Honors Classes
The SCC Honors Program involves 15 units of Honors-approved classes.
This could be:
- five (5) SCC Honors courses (courses that are listed with "Honors" in the course name, see the course list on Canvas)'
- or four SCC Honors courses and one 400-level SCC STEM class (MATH/BIO/CHEM/PHYS) with contract and research project,
- or three SCC Honors courses and two 300-level select SCC non-Honors classes with contract and research project,
- or three SCC Honors courses and one 300-level select SCC non-Honors class with research project and one Honors class from another Los Rios campus,
- or three SCC Honors courses and two Honors classes from another Los Rios campus
You must complete at least three (3)SCC Honors courses.
Course Requirements Prior to Fall 2025
If you began the SCC Honors Program prior to 2025, you may have seen different course requirements information. Please contact the Honors Program coordinator regarding the application of older requirements.
If you are starting the Honors Program in Fall 2025 or after, you must follow the above-mentioned approved courses requirements and restrictions.
| 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.