Honors Minors

Students in the Honors College have the option of completing an honors minor. The honors minor can be completed through one of three pathways within Radford's REAL General Education program. All credits in an honors minor count toward completing either Honors College curricular track. Students who complete an honors minor without completing an Honors College curricular track have their work recognized on their transcript, but not on the diploma.

General Structure

  • 15-18 total credits
    • 3 credits honors PHIL 115 
    • 9-12 credits in honors courses approved in the particular REAL area (R, E, or A)
    • 3 credits in HNRS 310
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0 in honors minor coursework
  • Students can earn only one honors minor
  • Minor can count toward either honors curricular track

Honors Minor in Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning (R)

Building on the Honors College core value of curiosity, this minor incorporates a central theme of science and quantitative reasoning as forms of exploration. 

  • 3 credits in honors PHIL 115 (Wicked Problems)
  • 9-12 credits in any R-designated honors course (e.g., GEOL 104, GEOG 140, STAT 200)
  • 3 credits in HNRS 310 (Advanced Honors Seminar)

Honors Minor in Humanistic and Artistic Expression (E)

The Honors College core value of authenticity posits a border between expressions of one’s “real” self and the community of which it is a part. The tension between a true self and a societally-constructed self shifts over time and context, with social forces affecting opportunities to know and express the self. This minor investigates the tensions inherent in authenticity through the metaphor of wilderness. 

  • 3 credits in honors PHIL 115 (Wicked Problems)
  • 9 credits in any E-designated honors course (e.g., HIST 102, ENGL 200, THEA 100)
  • 3 credits in HNRS 310 (Advanced Honors Seminar)

Honors Minor in Cultural and Behavioral Analysis (A)

Converging with the Honors College core value of community, this minor investigates the theme of pathways: crossroads and intersections with the potential to align and divide people. 

  • 3 credits in honors PHIL 115 (Wicked Problems)
  • 9 credits in any A-designated honors course (e.g., ART 215, SOCY 121, ECON 105)
  • 3 credits in HNRS 310 (Advanced Honors Seminar)