Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering Honors Program
Honors in Engineering
Successful completion of the Program of Study results in graduation with honors in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, or Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
In order to be eligible for the program, a student must have been admitted to the Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering, have junior or senior standing, and must have achieved a Cumulative Grade Point Average of at least 3.2. Approval of the Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering and the Director of the Honors Program is also required.
To qualify for a bachelor's degree with departmental honors, the student must:
- Earn a Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.5 in the departmental courses, and a minimum overall grade point average of 3.2, and,
- Complete a senior honor thesis, which encompasses a senior level research or design project equivalent to six hours of degree credit.
To complete a senior honors thesis, a student must:
- Arrange for a faculty member in the relevant discipline to direct the thesis.
- Receive approval from the Director of the Honors Program to register for senior thesis credit,
- Register for the course hours required by the department for a Senior Honors Thesis, and,
- Give an oral defense of the thesis to a committee composed of the thesis director, a member of the faculty selected by the chair of the department in which the thesis is written, and a representative of the Honors Program
Honors Program Electives
The following Arts and Sciences interdepartmental courses are incorporated in the Honors Program at UNO. Only students qualifying for the honors program in engineering (3.2 GPA overall, 3.5 GPA in engineering) may enroll in any of these courses. Admission is by permission only.
Not all courses are offered every semester. To see a list of current courses, please see our online catalog.
Humanities / Social Sciences Electives
These courses may be used by the student as EITHER humanities or social sciences electives for honors program students' respective engineering degrees. In other words, these courses are to be taken "in place of" rather than "in addition to" the humanities and social sciences electives required in the various engineering curricula.
| A&S | 1100 | FRENCH CULTURE & CIVILIZATION |
| A&S | 1110 | SPANISH CULTURE & CIVILIZATION |
| A&S | 1119 | ANCIENT GREECE |
| A&S | 2219 | BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN THOUGHT |
| A&S | 2229 | THE RENAISSANCE |
| A&S | 2310 | THE MIDDLE AGES |
| A&S | 2410 | RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, ELNIGHTENMENT |
| A&S | 2429 | THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT |
| A&S | 2529 | THE NINETEENTH CENTURY |
| A&S | 2899 | TWENTIETH CENTURY ISSUES |
| A&S | 2900 | EUROPEAN CIVIZIATION |
| A&S | 3110 | THE NINETEENTH CENTURY |
| A&S | 3099 | THE HONORS COLLOQUIUM |
| A&S | 3599 | NATURAL SCIENCE |
Literature Electives
These courses may be used by honors program students as literature electives for the respective engineering degrees. In other words, these courses are to be taken "in place of" rather than "in addition to" the literature electives required in the various engineering curricula.
| A&S | 1119 | ANCIENT GREECE |
| A&S | 2229 | THE RENAISSANCE |
| A&S | 2310 | THE MIDDLE AGES |
| A&S | 2410 | RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, ENLIGHTENMENT |
| A&S | 2429 | THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT |
| A&S | 2529 | THE NINETEENTH CENTURY |
| A&S | 3110 | THE END OF THE PAST: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY |