Dr. Floyd F. Koch Honors College

As part of Palm Beach State College's commitment to high achievement, the Dr. Floyd F. Koch Honors College is designed for students who seek challenging co-curricular and service-learning experiences in their Associate in Arts degree. The Honors College develops students to make interdisciplinary, real-life connections and excel in leadership skills to prepare them to thrive as they transfer to a university and future careers.

Students in the Honors College have access to small class sizes, early registration access, and a learning environment that develops critical thinking and research skills through in-depth class discussions, and engagement of analytical thinking. Honors College Faculty integrate one or more of the following within their curriculum: scholarship, critical thinking, global awareness, research, communication, and civic engagement and leadership.

Honors College graduates are given special recognition at their graduation ceremony. The distinction will be noted on their academic transcript, and the seal of the Dr. Floyd F. Koch Honors College will appear on their degree.

Applying to the Honors College

Students are eligible to apply on a rolling admission basis to the Dr. Floyd F. Koch Honors College when a student has completed a Palm Beach State College application.

Once accepted into the Honors College, honors students may choose between two Honors College graduation tracks: Honors Gold Track or Honors Silver Track.

For more information on how to apply and a description of the graduation tracks: visit www.pbsc.edu/HonorsCollege

Honors Courses

ASSOCIATE LEVEL HONORS COLLEGE COURSES

Honors courses are restricted to students in the Honors College or with special permission. Honors courses are offered on a rotating basis among campuses and terms and summer term offerings are limited. Courses are not offered on every campus nor offered purely online.

An asterisk (*) is used to indicate honors content in Gordon Rule and/or General Education courses. All honors courses are offered electives.

AMH2010 Honors United States History to 1877 (AA) (*)

AMH2020 Honors United States History since 1877 (AA) (*)

AML2010 Honors American Literature to 1865 (AA) (*)

AML2020 Honors American Literature After 1865 (AA) (*)

AML2600 Honors African American Literature (AA)

ARH1000 Honors Art Appreciation (AA) (*)

ARH2050 Honors Art History: Ancient to Renaissance (AA) (*)

ARH2051 Honors Art History; Renaissance to Contemporary (AA) (*)

BSC1005 Honors Concepts in Biology (AA) (*)

BSC1010 Honors Principles of Biology 1 (AA) (*)

BSC2085 Honors Anatomy and Physiology 1 (AA) (*)

BSC2421 Honors Introduction to Biotechnology (AA)

CGS1100 Honors Microcomputer Applications (AA)

CHM1045 Honors General Chemistry 1 (AA) (*)

CHM1046 Honors General Chemistry 2 (AA) (*)

ECO2013 Honors Principles of Macroeconomics (AA) (*)

ENC1101 Honors English Composition 1 (AA) (*)

ENC1102 Honors English Composition 2 (AA) (*)

ENC1141 Honors Writing About Literature (AA)

ENL2012 Honors English Literature Before 1800 (AA) (*)

ENL2022 Honors English Literature After 1800 (AA) (*)

EVR1001 Honors Introduction to Environmental Science (AA) (*)

EVR2266 Honors Survey of Environmental Mapping/GIS/Remote Sensing (AA)

HSC1101 Honors Contemporary Issues in Health (AA)

HSC2100 Honors Health Concepts and Strategies (AA) (*)

HUN1201 Honors Elements of Nutrition (AA) (*)

IDH2105 Honors Knowledge Through the Ages (AA)

IDH2911 Honors Research Process (AA)

INR2002 Honors International Relations (AA)

LIT1000 Honors Introduction to Literature (AA) (*)

LIT2090 Honors Contemporary Literature (AA) (*)

LIT2110 Honors World Literature Before the Renaissance (AA) (*)

LIT2120 Honors World Literature After the Renaissance (AA) (*)

LIT2380 Honors Women in Literature (AA)

MAC1105 Honors College Algebra (AA) (*)

MAC1114 Honors Trigonometry (AA) (*)

MAC1140 Honors Precalculus (AA) (*)

MAC2311 Honors Calculus with Analytic Geometry 1 (AA) (*)

MAC2312 Honors Calculus with Analytic Geometry 2 (AA) (*)

MCB2010 Honors Microbiology (AA) (*)

MUL1010 Honors Music Appreciation (AA) (*)

PHY2048 Honors General Physics with Calculus 1 (AA) (*)

PHY2053 Honors General Physics 1 (AA) (*)

POS1041 Honors Introduction to American Government (AA) (*)

PSY2012 Honors General Psychology (AA) (*)

SLS1501 Honors Introduction to the College Experience (AA)

SOW1051LR Honors True Calling: Community-Based Learning (AA)

SPC1017 Honors Fundamentals of Speech Communication (AA) (*)

SPN1120 Honors Elementary Spanish 1 (AA)

SPN1121 Honors Elementary Spanish 2 (AA)

STA2023 Honors Statistics (AA) (*)

SYG2000 Honors Introduction to Sociology (AA)