Honors Courses

Orange Coast College currently offer honors courses in 16 disciplines: anthropology, art, astronomy, biology, business, English, geography, geology, history, humanities, mathematics, marine science, political science, psychology, sociology and Spanish.

Honors courses are challenging.  Honors instructors enhance basic curriculum requirements of their classes by offering more intensive study than is possible in most non-honors sections.  Freedom of inquiry and student discovery are stressed.  Honors sections are intended to foster discussion, a mastery of content, critical thinking and analysis.  Guest speakers, field trips and comprehensive research (including presentation of results) further enhance most honors sections.

Honors courses are open to all students, whether or not they are enrolled in the Honors Program itself.  In addition, there are no prerequisites for honors sections other than those that apply to non-honors sections of the same courses.  However, completion of or concurrent enrollment in English 100 is strongly recommended as most honors sections include an advanced writing component.

To search for honors courses in the class schedule:

1. Go to the class schedule page: http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu/academics/class_schedule/Class+Schedule.htm
2. Click on the "Intersession/Spring 2009" link (or, simply click here: https://bannerlsp.cccd.edu/pls/PROD/pw_pub_sched.p_search)
3. At the top left, click once on "OCC Spring/Intersession 2009 " to select it; then, click on the "Select Term" button
4. Scroll down in the "Attributes" box (at the bottom of the page) and select "Honors Course" by clicking on it once; then click on the "Search" button




I have a feeling from taking such a class, "Yes I can do anything in life." Being successful means setting goals and pushing one's self to the limits to reach them.

~ Joanne L. Edwards, Honors Student

Revised 1/29/09