Honors Courses
The Honors Program Advisory Committee and the Cerro Coso Curriculum Instructional Committee have established the following criteria for all honors classes:
- The catalog course description of all honors courses must specifically state that the course covers topics above and beyond the level of the non-honors course.
- All honors courses must have at least one additional student learning outcome specifically related to the honors course. This outcome must be separate, above and beyond the student learning outcome of the non-honors course.
- All honors courses must have at least one additional topic in the detailed topical outline specifically related to the honors course. This topic must be separate, above and beyond the topics in the non-honors course.
- All honors courses ought to have at least one additional assignment specifically related to the honors course. Honors assignment(s) must be separate, above and beyond the assignments of the non-honors course and may include but not be limited to research papers, field trips, presentations, homework assignments.
Classes by Semester
Schedule subject to change
Spring 2026
| Course | Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Course | Name | Instructor |
| BIOL C105H | Concepts of Biology: Honors | Ooi |
| BIOL C112H | General Biology II: Honors | Sellers |
| CHEM C113H | General Inorganic Chemistry II: Honors | Gilewski |
| CHEM C223H | Organic Chemistry II: Honors | Gilewski |
| ENGL C102H | Critical Thinking through Literature: Honors | Davis/Swiridoff |
| ENGL C221H | World Literature: Antiquity to 17th Century - Honors | Davis |
| HIST C131H | History of the United States to 1877: Honors | Jones |
| HIST C132H | History of the U.S. from 1877 to Present: Honors | Jones |
Fall 2026
| Course | Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH C121H | Physical Anthropology: Honors | King |
| BIOL C105H | Concepts of Biology: Honors | Ooi |
| BIOL C111H | General Biology I: Honors | Sellers |
| ENGL C102H | Critical Thinking through Literature: Honors | Swiridoff |
| ENGL C222H | World Literature: 17th Century to Present - Honors | Swiridoff |
| STAT C1000H | Introduction to Statistics Honors | Chen |
| POLS C1000H | American Government and Politics Honors | Jones |
| PSYC C1000H | Introduction to Psychology Honors | Bowen |
Spring 2027
| Course | Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL C105H | Concepts of Biology: Honors | Ooi |
| BIOL C112H | General Biology II: Honors | Sellers |
| CHEM C113H | General Inorganic Chemistry II: Honors | Gilewski |
| ENGL C102H | Critical Thinking through Literature: Honors | Davis |
| ENGL C235H | Introduction to Shakespeare: Honors | Davis |
| HIST C104H | Western Civilization - Renaissance to the Modern Era: Honors | Beshwate |
| HIST C131H | History of the United States to 1877: Honors | Jones |
| HIST C132H | History of the U.S. from 1877 to Present: Honors | Jones |
Fall 2027
| Course | Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH C121H | Physical Anthropology: Honors | King |
| BIOL C105H | Concepts of Biology: Honors | Ooi |
| BIOL C111H | General Biology I: Honors | Sellers |
| ENGL C102H | Critical Thinking through Literature: Honors | Swiridoff |
| ENGL C245H | Women’s Literature: Honors | Swiridoff |
| HIST C103H | Western Civilization - Antiquity to the Renaissance: Honors | Beshwate |
| STAT C1000H | Introduction to Statistics Honors | Chen |
| POLS C1000H | American Government and Politics Honors | Jones |
Spring 2028
| Course | Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Course | Name | Instructor |
| BIOL C105H | Concepts of Biology: Honors | Ooi |
| BIOL C112H | General Biology II: Honors | Sellers |
| CHEM C113H | General Inorganic Chemistry II: Honors | Gilewski |
| CHEM C223H | Organic Chemistry II: Honors | Gilewski |
| ENGL C102H | Critical Thinking through Literature: Honors | Davis |
| ENGL C221H | World Literature: Antiquity to 17th Century - Honors | Davis |
| HIST C131H | History of the United States to 1877: Honors | Jones |
| HIST C132H | History of the U.S. from 1877 to Present: Honors | Jones |
Fall 2028
| Course | Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH C121H | Physical Anthropology: Honors | King |
| BIOL C105H | Concepts of Biology: Honors | Ooi |
| BIOL C111H | General Biology I: Honors | Sellers |
| ENGL C102H | Critical Thinking through Literature: Honors | Swiridoff |
| ENGL C222H | World Literature: 17th Century to Present - Honors | Swiridoff |
| STAT C1000H | Introduction to Statistics Honors | Chen |
| POLS C1000H | American Government and Politics Honors | Jones |
| PSYC C1000H | Introduction to Psychology Honors | Bowen |
Spring 2029
| Course | Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Course | Name | Instructor |
| BIOL C105H | Concepts of Biology: Honors | Ooi |
| BIOL C112H | General Biology II: Honors | Sellers |
| CHEM C113H | General Inorganic Chemistry II: Honors | Gilewski |
| ENGL C102H | Critical Thinking through Literature: Honors | Davis |
| ENGL C235H | Introduction to Shakespeare: Honors | Davis |
| HIST C104H | Western Civilization - Renaissance to the Modern Era: Honors | Beshwate |
| HIST C131H | History of the United States to 1877: Honors | Jones |
| HIST C132H | History of the U.S. from 1877 to Present: Honors | Jones |
Semesters by Class
Schedule subject to change
| Course | Fall 2026 |
Spring 2027 |
Fall 2027 |
Spring 2028 |
Fall 2028 |
Spring 2029 |
Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH C121H Physical Anthropology: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | King | |||
| BIOL C105H Concepts of Biology: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Ooi |
| BIOL C111H General Biology I: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Sellers | |||
| BIOL C112H General Biology II: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Sellers | |||
| CHEM C113H General Inorganic Chemistry II: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Gilewski | |||
| CHEM C223H Organic Chemistry II: Honors |
✓ | Gilewski | |||||
| ENGL C102H Critical Thinking through Literature: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Davis/Swiridoff |
| ENGL C221H World Literature: Antiquity to 17th Century - Honors |
✓ | Davis | |||||
| ENGL C222H World Literature: 17th Century to Present - Honors |
✓ | ✓ | Swiridoff |
| Course | Fall 2026 |
Spring 2027 |
Fall 2027 |
Spring 2028 |
Fall 2028 |
Spring 2029 |
Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGL C235H Introduction to Shakespeare: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | Davis | ||||
| ENGL C245H Women's Literature: Honors |
✓ | Swiridoff | |||||
| HIST C103H Western Civilization - Antiquity to the Renaissance: Honors |
✓ | Beshwate | |||||
| HIST C104H Western Civilization - Renaissance to the Modern Era: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | Beshwate | ||||
| HIST C131H History of the United States to 1877: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Jones | |||
| HIST C132H History of the U.S. from 1877 to Present: Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Jones | |||
| STAT C1000H Introduction to Statistics Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Chen | |||
| POLS C1000H American Government and Politics Honors |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Jones | |||
| PSYC C1000H Introduction to Psychology Honors |
✓ | ✓ | Bowen |
