Honors College Certificate Requirements

Honors certificates allow students to build a personalized academic pathway while exploring topics beyond their major. Each certificate requires 9 credits and can be completed alongside any undergraduate degree program.

Honors College Certificate requirements (Official requirements)

• Program: Honors College Certificate
• Total Credits: 9
• Catalog: 2026-2027

• Certificate in Interdisciplinary Honors

  Requirement:

  Choose from the following courses to complete 9 credits.

  Curriculum	Course	Course Title	Credits
  First-Year Experience Course LASC Goal 2	HON 100	Interdisciplinary Honors	3
  LASC Goal 6/WI	HON 200	Honors Colloquium in the Humanities	3
  LASC Goal 6/WI	HON 275	The Dreaming Machine: AI & the Movies	3
  LASC Goal 6	HON 305	Communications Strategy: Taylor Swift, TikTok, & Reality TV	3
  LASC Goal 5	HON 307	From Gladiators to Gospels: Rome’s Religious Revolution	3
  LASC Goal 3/3L	HON 318	Issues of the Nuclear Age	3
  LASC Goal 3/3L	HON 324	Life & Death in the Universe	3
  LASC Goal 9	HON 325	Influence Powered by Information & Disinformation	3
  Writing Intensive (WI)	HON 386	Eureka! A History of Mathematical Ideas	3
  	HON 435	An Introduction to Negotiations	3
  Total Credits: 9

• Certificate in Global Honors

  Requirement:

  Choose from the following courses and experiences to complete 9 credits.

  Curriculum	Course	Course Title	Credits
  Exchange or study abroad experience	HON 450	Topics in Experiential Travel	1-6
  	COMM 324	International Communications	3
  	ECON 300	Global Economic Issues	3
  	GEOS 320	Economic Geography	3
  	HIST 380	Silk, Spices & Secrets: Networks That Shaped the World	3
  	HSAD 218	Introduction to Healthcare and Global Health	3
  	HUM 320	Humanities East & West	3
  	NURS 342	Interdisciplinary Care of Diverse Populations	3
  	POL 160	International Relations	3
  	SUST 485	Global Health Perspectives	3
  	WS 420	Feminism in Global Perspectives	3
  Total Credits: 9

• Certificate in Honors Communication

  Requirement:

  Complete 9 credits from the following courses.

  Curriculum	Course	Course Title	Credits
  	COMM 110	Introduction to Communication Studies	3
  	COMM 211	Group and Team Communication	3
  	COMM 301	Business and Professional Communication	3
  	COMM 310	Rhetorical Theory and Criticism	3
  	COMM 315	Communication Theory	3
  	COMM 410	The Rhetoric of Popular Culture	3
  Total Credits: 9

• Certificate in Honors Entrepreneurship

  Requirement:

  Complete all three required courses for a total of 9 credits.

  Curriculum	Course	Course Title	Credits
  	ENTR 229/MGMT 229	Start Your Own Business	3
  	MKTG 325	Digital Marketing	3
  	MGMT 465	Entrepreneurship	3
  Total Credits: 9

• Certificate in Honors Individualized Studies

  Requirement:

  Complete 9 credits through approved experiential learning opportunities. Courses may be repeated for credit toward the certificate.

  Curriculum	Course	Course Title	Credits
  	HON 389	Learning Assistant Program Seminar	1
  	HON 469	Internship	1-12
  	HON 494	Undergraduate Research	1-5
  	HON 497	Independent Study	3
  Total Credits: 9

*Official degree requirements can only be found in the Minnesota State Moorhead Bulletin/Catalog. The information on this webpage is a high-level overview of the degree. Please refer to the bulletin for up-to-date requirements.