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Examples of 4-Year Plans for Completing the Honors Curriculum

These are examples of majors drawn from different academic colleges across Purdue in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. These examples are meant to give you a general sense of how you can incorporate Honors courses in your major plans of study.

Hopefully, they serve as a guide to planning how you will complete the credit and Scholarly Project requirements of the Honors curriculum during your studies at Purdue. Please consult your Honors Advisor to sketch your own individualized plan, based on your major.

Communications Major

Fall Semester Spring Semester
1st Year – Fall
  • HONR 19901 – Honors First-Year Experience I (1)
  • COM 11400 – Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3)
  • Choose One:
    • COM 10000 – Intro to Communication Studies (1) or
    • World Language Level I (3)
  • Quantitative Reasoning (3)
  • Human Cultures: Humanities (3)
  • Elective (3)
Total: 16 Credits		 1st Year – Spring
  • HONR 19902 – Honors First-Year Experience II (1)
  • HONR 19903 – Interdisciplinary Approaches in Writing (3)
  • COM 10200 – Introduction to Communication Theory (3)
  • World Language Level II (3)
  • Science (3)
  • Information Literacy
Total: 16–17 Credits
2nd Year – Fall
  • HONR 31300 – Science, Technology and Society (3)
  • COM 20400 – Critical Perspectives on Communication (3)
  • COM 31800 – Principles of Persuasion (3)
  • CLA Core II: Diversity Selective (3)
  • World Language Level III (3)
Total: 15 Credits 		2nd Year – Spring
  • HONR 29900 – Interdisciplinary Honors Experiential Learning (3)
  • Area F: Additional COM Course (3)
  • World Language Level IV (3)
  • Science (3)
  • Elective (3)
Total: 15 Credits
3rd Year – Fall
  • COM 30400 – Quantitative Methods for Communication Research (3)
  • Choose One:
    • HONR 29500 – Independent Experience (3) or
    • HONR 39500 – Independent Study (3)
  • Choose One:
    • COM 25200 – Writing for Mass Media (3)
    • COM 25700 – Public Relations Techniques (3)
    • COM 31100 – Copy Editing (3)
    • COM 36100 – Multiplatform Journalism (3)
    • COM 40700 – Social Media & News Organizations (3)
  • Elective (3)
  • Elective (3)
Total: 15 Credits 		3rd Year – Spring
  • Choose One:
    • COM 21200 – Interpersonal Communication (3) or
    • COM 31400 – Advanced Presentational Speaking (3)
  • Required Concentration Course (3)
  • Required Concentration Course (3)
  • Elective (3)
  • Elective (3)
Total: 15 Credits
4th Year – Fall
  • HONR 46400 – Scholarly Project (3)
  • Required Concentration Course (3)
  • Area E: Experiential Learning Course (3)
  • Elective (3)
  • Elective (3)
Total: 15 Credits 		4th Year – Spring
  • Required Concentration Course (3)
  • Required Concentration Course (3)
  • Elective (3)
  • Elective (3)
  • Elective (2)
Total: 14 Credits

Finance Major

Fall Semester Spring Semester
1st Year – Fall
  • HONR 19901 – Honors First-Year Experience I (1)
  • HONR 19903 – Interdisciplinary Approaches in Writing (3)
  • MGMT 18700 – Intro to AI for Business (2)
  • MGMT 20000 – Introductory Accounting (3)
  • MGMT 25300 – Finance Industry Exploration (2)
  • Calculus Selective (Choose One):
    • MA 16010 (3), MA 16100 (5), or MA 16500 (4)
  • Choose One:
    • CS 17600, MGMT 22300, MGMT 23500, MGMT 24500 (preferred), or MGMT 34900 (3)
Total: 16–19 Credits 		1st Year – Spring
  • HONR 19902 – Honors First-Year Experience II (1)
  • ECON 25100 – Microeconomics (3)
  • COM 11400 – Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3)
  • MGMT 29500 – Business Professional Development (1)
  • Science #1 Selective (2–5)
  • Elective (3)
  • Elective (2–3)
Total: 15–18 Credits
2nd Year – Fall
  • ECON 25200 – Macroeconomics (3)
  • MGMT 20100 – Management Accounting I (3)
  • MGMT 25500 – Foundations of Business Ethics (1)
  • MGMT 31000 – Financial Management (3)
  • Statistics Selective (Choose One):
    • STAT 30301, 35000, or 35500 (3)
  • Science #2 Selective (2–5)
Total: 15–18 Credits 		2nd Year – Spring
  • HONR 31300 – Science, Technology & Society (3)
  • PSY 12000 – Elementary Psychology (3)
  • MGMT 30500 – Business Statistics (3)
  • MGMT 41100 – Investment Management (3)
  • MGMT 41300 – Corporate Finance (3)
  • Choose One:
    • MGMT 35000 or MGMT 35300 (preferred) (3)
Total: 15–18 Credits
3rd Year – Fall
  • HONR 31500 – Across Differences (3)
  • HONR 29900 – Interdisciplinary Experience (1–3)
  • Choose One:
    • MGMT 33500, ENGL 42000, or ENGL 42100 (3)
  • MGMT 41310 – Financial Data Analysis & Modeling (3)
  • Major Selective (3)
  • Major Selective (3)
Total: 16–19 Credits 		3rd Year – Spring
  • MGMT 25400 – Legal Foundations of Business I (3)
  • Choose One:
    • MGMT 28800, 30600, 38800, 47200, or ECON 36000 (3)
  • Cultural Competency I Selective (3)
  • Major Selective (3)
  • Major Selective (3)
Total: 15 Credits
4th Year – Fall
  • Major Selective (Honors Scholarly Project) (3)
  • MGMT 36100 – Operations Management (3)
  • MGMT 38200 – Management Information Systems (3)
  • MGMT 32400 – Marketing Management (3)
  • Major Selective (3)
Total: 15 Credits 		4th Year – Spring
  • MGMT 35200 – Strategic Management (3)
  • OBHR 33000 – Organizational Behavior (3)
  • Major Selective (3)
  • Elective (1–3)
  • Elective (3)
Total: 13–15 Credits

Pharmacy Major (Pre-Pharm to PharmD)

Pre-Pharmacy Phase

Fall Semester (Pre-Pharm) Spring Semester (Pre-Pharm)
1st Year – Fall
  • BIOL 11000 (4)
  • CHM 12901 (5)
  • COM 11400-H / H-Ready (3)
  • MA 16010 (3)
  • PHRM 10000 (1)
  • HONR 19901 (1)
Total: 17 Credits 		1st Year – Spring
  • BIOL 11100 (4)
  • PHSC 20400 (3)
  • PHSC 20401 (4)
  • HONR 19902 (1)
  • HONR 19903 (3)
Total: 15 Credits
2nd Year – Fall
  • BIOL 20300 (4)
  • PHYS 22000 (4)
  • PHSC 20500 (4)
  • PHSC 20501 (1)
  • STAT 30100 (3)
  • PHRM 20000-H (1)
Total: 17 Credits 		2nd Year – Spring
  • BIOL 22100 (4)
  • BIOL 20400 (4)
  • PHSC 20800 (3)
  • PHSC 42200 (3)
  • AGEC 21700 (3)
Total: 17 Credits

Pharm D

Fall Semester Spring Semester
Pharmacy Year 1 (P1) – Fall
  • PHRM 81000 (1)
  • PHRM 82000 (2)
  • PHRM 82200 (2)
  • PHRM 82400 (3)
  • PHRM 81600 (2)
  • PHRM 81700 (2)
  • PHRM 82800 (3)
  • PHRM 83400 (1)
  • PHRM 83600 (2)
  • PHRM 83800 (0.5)
Total: 18.5 Credits 		Pharmacy Year 1 (P1) – Spring
  • PHRM 80000 (2.5)
  • PHRM 80100 (2.5)
  • PHRM 81100 (1)
  • PHRM 81800 (1)
  • PHRM 82100 (2)
  • PHRM 82200 (2)
  • PHRM 82900 (2)
  • PHRM 83500 (3)
  • PHRM 83900 (0.5)
Total: 16.5 Credits
P1 Summer
  • PHRM 84200 (3 Credits)
Pharmacy Year 2 (P2) – Fall
  • PHRM 80200 (2.5)
  • PHRM 80300 (2.5)
  • PHRM 81200 (1)
  • PHRM 84000 (2)
  • PHRM 84800 (3)
  • PHRM 85200 (3)
  • PHRM 85400 (0.5)
  • Elective (2)
Total: 16.5 Credits
Pharmacy Year 2 (P2) – Spring
  • PHRM 80400 (2.5)
  • PHRM 80500 (2.5)
  • PHRM 81300 (1)
  • PHRM 84100 (2)
  • PHRM 84300 (3)
  • PHRM 84700 (2)
  • PHRM 85500 (0.5)
  • Elective (4)
Total: 17.5 Credits
P2 Summer
  • PHRM 86200 (2.5)
  • PHRM 87400 (0.5)
Total: 3 Credits
Pharmacy Year 3 (P3) – Fall
  • PHRM 80600 (2.5)
  • PHRM 80700 (2.5)
  • PHRM 81400 (1)
  • PHRM 86000 (2)
  • PHRM 86600 (2)
  • PHRM 86800 (3)
  • PHRM 87000 (1)
  • Elective (2)
Total: 16 Credits
Pharmacy Year 3 (P3) – Spring
  • PHRM 80800 (2.5)
  • PHRM 80900 (2.5)
  • PHRM 81500 (1)
  • PHRM 86100 (2)
  • PHRM 86700 (1)
  • PHRM 86900 (2)
  • PHRM 87100 (2)
  • Elective (2)
Total: 15 Credits
Pharmacy Year 4 (P4)
  • PHRM 880 – Rotations (27)