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In addition to SCC Honors Courses, any combination of up to two courses out of the following list may also be used to satisfy the 5 honors courses/15 units Honors Program requirement:

  • up to one of the following:
    • 400+ Level SCC STEM Course (MATH/CHEM/BIOL/PHYS)
  • up to two approved non-honors SCC courses (with a contract at the beginning of the semester with the professor to complete an extra special research or community service project). See the Canvas site modules for information on which courses are approved non-honors courses.
  • up to two (6 units) Honors courses from American River College (ARC) or Consumes River College (CRC)

You must complete a minimum of three SCC Honors courses, regardless of whether you also use alternative Honors-qualifying courses, in order to fill the 15-unit requirement.

Please see the Canvas site modules for more information on this, including an informational flyer and video.

Fall 2025 Honors Courses

Honors
Course #
Non-Honors
Course #
Course Name
ANTH 480 ANTH 300 Honors Physical Anthropology
ANTH 481 ANTH 310 Honors Cultural Anthropology
ARTH 484 ARTH 304 Ancient Art – Honors
ARTH 486 ARTH 306 Medieval Art – Honors
ARTH 487 ARTH 308 Renaissance Art – Honors
ARTH 488 ARTH 310 Modern Art – Honors
CHEM 484 n/a Advanced General Chemistry – Honors
COMM 481 COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking - Honors
ENGLT 480 n/a World Literature: Antiquity to the Early Modern World – Honors
ENGLT 4810 n/a World Literature: Seventeenth Century – Present – Honors
ENGWR 482 ENGL C1001 Honors Advanced Composition and Critical Thinking
ENGWR 488 ENGL C1000 Honors College Composition and Research
HIST 483 HIST 310 History of the United States – Honors
HIST 484 HIST 311 History of the United States – Honors
HIST 485 HIST 314 Recent United States History – Honors
HIST 486 HIST 320 History of the United States: African American Emphasis - Honors
HIST 487 HIST 321 History of the United States: African American Emphasis - Honors
MUFHL 481 MUFHL 310 Survey of Music History and Literature (Greek Antiquity to 1750) – Honors
MUFHL 482 MUFHL 311 Survey of Music History and Literature (1750-Present) – Honors
NUTRI 480 NUTRI 300 Nutrition Honors
PHIL 480 PHIL 330 History of Classical Philosophy – Honors
PHIL 481 PHIL 331 History of Modern Philosophy – Honors
POLS 480 POLS 310 Introduction to International Relations – Honors
POLS C1000H POLS C1000 Introduction to Government: United States – Honors
PSYC 489 n/a Topics in Psychology – Honors
PSYC C1000H PSYC C1000 Honors Introduction to Psychology
SOC 480 SOC 300 Introduction Sociology – Honors
SOC 481 SOC 301 Social Problems – Honors
SOC 482 SOC 321 Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in the United States – Honors
STAT C1000H STAT C1000 Introduction to Probability and Statistics – Honors

Some course numbers have changed to match the statewide Common Course Numbering (CCN) system