Honors Incoming Student Registration
Welcome to the Iona University Honors Program!
As you begin to plan your course schedule for your first semester at Iona, you will need to include specific Honors Program courses. Here is what you need to know!
How to Register
All Honors students will be advised by a professional advisor in the Center for Advising and Academic Services. During your meeting, you will discuss your Honors Core requirements, as well as your planned major and the courses that you will be required to take with that plan in mind. Be sure to tell your advisor, during your meeting, that you are in the Honors program to be sure you are properly advised.
All Honors freshmen will register for one section of HON 150: The Honors Cornerstone. This is the first course in the Honors seminar sequence. You will then choose four other courses for your first course schedule.
As you think about your first university schedule, it is important that you account for all of your College-level coursework and Exam Scores that you need to have reviewed by your Advisor, so that you do not lose out on these credits and do not duplicate courses you have already taken. Plan to send Final Official Transcripts, or Final Official Exam Scores, directly to the Iona Undergraduate Admissions office when your final grades/scores post and do discuss this when you are being advised.
What Courses Should I Take?
You will be guided to register for a balance of courses that meet some of the Honors Core Distribution requirements, recommendations may include:
- English, History, Religious Studies, Philosophy or Fine Arts course to fulfill at least one of the requirements in the category of Diversity, Cross-Cultural and Global Perspectives. Some courses may also be useful as Major level courses, an option we call ‘double-dipping.’
- Introductory Social Science courses in Economics, Psychology, Sociology, or Political Science – please note that Business Majors are required to take Economics 201 & 202, which can be ‘double-dipped’ for Major and Honors Core requirements.
- Math 200 or Math 231. Please note that MTH 231 may be a prerequisite for some majors.
- CS 180 or CS 201. Please note that CS 201 be a prerequisite for some majors.
- One course in a Major level science, from Biology 101 or 125, Chemistry 107 or 109, or Physics 101. Although some majors require more prerequisites, the courses above may be ‘double-dipped’ as appropriate.
- An Ancient or Modern Language course to fulfill or begin to fulfill the language requirement.
All Iona University students must take at least one semester of a language other than English (3-credit course) as part of the 9 credit Diversity, Cross-Cultural and Global Perspectives requirement. (A second course in the same language, though not required of all students, counts for three more credits toward the 9 credit DCCG). An online placement system has been developed by the University's Languages faculty to ensure that your language study at Iona is well suited to your background in a particular language.
If you have studied Spanish or Italian and/or if you are a heritage speaker of either language, you need to complete the placement text on the language you intend to study at Iona. The language placement test takes only 15 to 20 minutes. Please review the Major Recommendations page for guidance about courses.
LaPenta School of Business students will all fulfill a Business Core as a part of the curriculum of all business degrees. The Business Core consists of 12 courses, which will be taken throughout the four-year degree. Students may start their first year with BUS 100, 130 and 150.
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