The Four-Year Honors College & Engineering Plan

Brian Davis, an Honors College engineering studentBeing in the Honors College is one of the most challenging things that I have been through, but I can also say that is also one of the most rewarding. Most think that engineering has nothing to do with writing and reading, but one of the most important parts of being an engineer is the ability to communicate effectively. Through the Honors College, I have been grown significantly in my articulation of information, as well as how best to convey what I am trying to say.”
Brian Davis, Honors College Student and Engineering Major

Honors College students who are majoring in engineering (electrical engineering, cyber engineering, or computer science) at Houston Christian University will need to follow a specially designed curriculum plan in order to complete both the Honors College requirements and the requirements for their major within four years. To ensure that Honors College students who are majoring in engineering are able to take their introductory engineering courses in their first year, Honors College engineering students will enroll in ENGL 1313 and ENGL 1323 in their first year to satisfy the writing requirements for the liberal arts core curriculum. In their second year, these students will begin taking the traditional Honors College discussion and lecture courses until they complete the sequence of Honors College courses in their senior year.

 

Honors-Engineering Degree Pathways

  • Electrical Engineering with Honors College Core

    Electrical Engineering with Honors College Core:

    First  Year

    Fall
    FYS 1300 First-Year Seminar (FYS)
    ENGL 1313 Composition and Literature I
    ENSC 1411 Engineering and Cyber Projects I
    COSC 1351 Introduction to Computer Programming
    MATH 1434/1034 Precalculus with Lab

    Spring
    CHEM 2415 or BIOL 2454 Science with Lab
    ENGL 1323
    Composition and Literature II
    ENSC 1412 Engineering and Cyber Projects II
    MATH 1451/1051
    Calculus I with Lab
    COSC 1352 Intermediate Computer Programming

    Second Year

    Fall
    HNRS 1610 Walking to Piraeus: The Ancient Greek World
    HNRS 1030 Honors Lecture I
    PHYS 2413/2013 Principles of Physics I with Lab
    ELEN 2342 Intro to Digital Design
    MATH 2451/2051
    Calculus III with Lab

    Spring
    HNRS 1640 All Roads Lead to Rome: The Ancient Roman & Early Christian Worlds
    HNRS 1060 Honors Lecture II
    ENSC 2361 Electrical Engineering and Circuits
    PHYS 2423 /2023
    Principles of Physics II with Lab
    MATH 3333 Ordinary Differential Equations

    Third Year

    Fall
    HNRS 2311 Faith, Reason, & Romance: The Medieval & Renaissance Worlds
    HNRS 2030 Honors Lecture III
    ELEN 3360 Electrical Circuits II
    ELEN 3363 Electronic Circuits
    ELEN 4374
    OT Networks
    MATH 2451/2051
    Calculus III with Lab

    Spring
    HNRS 2640 Enlightenment & Modernity: 1600-1800
    HNRS 2060 Honors Lecture IV
    ELEN 3361 Linear Systems
    ELEN 3364
    Electronic Circuits II
    CYEN 4374 OT Network Security
    MATH 3314 Probability and Statistics

    Fourth Year

    Fall
    HNRS 3610 The Last Two Hundred Years: 1800 to the Present
    HNRS 3030 Honors Lecture V
    ELEN 3325 Electrical and Magnetic Fields
    ELEN 3374 Automatic Control Systems
    ELEN 4341 Embedded Systems
    ELEN 4311 Senior Project I

    Spring
    HNRS 3640 The Story of Scripture: The Biblical Narrative from Genesis to Revelation
    HNRS 3060 Honors Lecture VI
    ELEN 3342 Digital Signal Processing
    ENSC 4312 Senior Project II
    ENSC 4315 Internship/Professional Experience

    (Updated February 21, 2023)

  • Cyber Engineering with Honors College Core

    Cyber Engineering with Honors College Core:

    First Year

    Fall
    FYS 1300 Freshman Year Seminar
    ENGL 1313 Composition and Literature I
    ENSC 1411 Engineering and Cyber PRojects I
    COSC 1351 Introduction to Computer Programming
    MATH 1434/1034 Precalculus with Lab

    Spring
    CHEM 2415 OR BIOL 2454 Science with Lab
    ENGL 1323 Composition and Literature II
    ENSC 1412 Engineering and Cyber Projects II
    COSC 1352 Intermediate Computer Programming
    MATH 1451/1051 Calculus I with Lab

    Second Year

    Fall
    HNRS 1310 Walking to Piraeus: The Ancient Greek World
    HNRS 1030 Honors Lecture I
    PHYS 2413/2013 Principles of Physics I with Lab
    ELEN 2342 Intro to Digital Design
    MATH 1452/1052 Calculus II with Lab

    Spring
    HNRS 1640 All Roads Lead to Rome: The Ancient Roman & Early Christian Worlds
    HNRS 1060 Honors Lecture II
    ENSC 2361 Electrical Engineering and Circuits
    PHYS 2423/2023 Principles of Physics II with Lab
    COSC 2353 Operating Systems
    MATH 3111 Advanced Topics in Math

    Third Year

    Fall
    HNRS 2610 Faith, Reason, & Romance: The Medieval & Renaissance Worlds
    HNRS 2030 Honors Lecture III
    COSC 3342 Computer Networks
    ELEN 4341 Embedded Systems
    MATH 3311 Introduction to Discrete Math

    Spring
    HNRS 2640 Enlightenment & Modernity: 1600-1800
    HNRS 2060 Honors Lecture IV
    CYEN 3331 Computer Network Security
    CYEN 4331 Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime
    MATH 3333 Ordinary Differential Equations
    MATH 3314 Probability and Statistics

    Fourth Year

    Fall
    HNRS 3610 The Last Two Hundred Years: 1800 to the Present
    HNRS 3030 Honors Lecture V
    CYEN 4337 Security Operations
    ELEN 4374 OT Networks
    ENSC 4311 Senior Project I
    CYEN 4333 or COSC 4381 Reverse Engineering or Data Analytics

    Spring
    HNRS 3640 The Story of Scripture: The Biblical Narrative from Genesis to Revelation
    HNRS 3060 Honors Lecture VI
    CYEN 4335 Applied Cryptography
    CYEN 4374 OT Network Security
    ENSC 4312 Senior Project II
    ENSC 4315 Internship/Professional Experience

    (Updated February 21, 2023)

  • Computer Science with Honors College Core

    Computer Science with Honors College Core:

    First Year

    Fall
    FYS 1300 Freshman Year Seminar
    ENGL 1313 Composition and Literature I
    ENSC 1411 Engineering and Cyber Projects I
    COSC 1351 Introduction to Computer Programming
    MATH 1434/1034 Precalculus with Lab

    Spring
    ENGL 1323 Composition and Literature II
    ENSC 1412 Engineering and Cyber Projects II
    COSC 1352 Intermediate Computer Programming
    MATH 1451/1051 Calculus with Lab

    Second Year

    Fall
    HNRS 1310 Walking to Piraeus: The Ancient Greek World
    HNRS 1030 Honors Lecture I
    PHYS 2413/2013 Principles of Physics I with Lab
    COSC 2351 Data Structures
    COSC 2355 Database Management Systems
    MATH 1452/1052 Calculus II with Lab

    Spring
    HNRS 1640 All Roads Lead to Rome: The Ancient Roman & Early Christian Worlds
    HNRS 1060 Honors Lecture II
    PHYS 2423/2023 Principles of Physics II with Lab
    COSC 2353 Operating Systems
    COSC 2454 Advanced Data Structures, Algorithms, and Programming

    Third Year

    Fall
    HNRS 2610 Faith, Reason, & Romance: The Medieval & Renaissance Worlds
    HNRS 2030 Honors Lecture III
    COSC 3341 Computer Architecture
    COSC 3342 Computer Networks
    MATH 3311 Introduction to Discrete Math
    COSC 4381 Data Analytics

    Spring
    HNRS 2640 Enlightenment & Modernity: 1600-1800
    HNRS 2060 Honors Lecture IV
    MATH 2323 Linear Algebra
    CYEN 3331 Computer Network Security
    MATH 3314 Probability and Statistics
    MATH 3111 Advanced Topics in Math

    Fourth Year

    Fall
    HNRS 3610 The Last Two Hundred Years: 1800 to the Present
    HNRS 3030 Honors Lecture V
    ENSC 4315 Internship/Professional Experience
    COSC 4352 Software Design & Engineering
    ENSC 4311 Senior Project I
    CYEN Upper Level Elective

    Spring
    HNRS 3640 The Story of Scripture: The Biblical Narrative from Genesis to Revelation
    HNRS 3060 Honors Lecture VI
    CYEN Upper Level Elective
    ENSC 4312 Senior Project II
    COSC 3352 Theory of Computing
    COSC 3354 Web Application Programming

    (Updated February 21, 2023)

  • Computer Information Systems with Honors College Core

    Computer Information Systems with Honors College Core:

    First Year

    Fall
    ENGL 1313 Composition and Literature I
    FYS 1300 First-Year Seminar (FYS)
    MATH 1313 College Algebra
         ECON 1301 Survey of Economics (or)
         ECON 2311 Microeconomics
         ACCT 1301 Survey of Accounting (or)
         ACCT 2301 Principles of Accounting 1

    Spring
    ENGL 1323 Composition and Literature II
    MGMT 3302 Management Principles
    SCI (with lab) Elective
         MATH 1434 Precalculus (or)
         BUSA 2301 Business Math

    Second Year

    Fall
    HNRS 1610 Walking to Piraeus
    HNRS 1030 Honors Lecture I
    COSC 1351 Introduction to Computer Programming
    BUSA 2315 Business Statistics
    WRIT 3345 Technical Writing

    Spring
    HNRS 1640 All Roads Lead to Rome
    HNRS 1060 Honors Lecture II
    COSC 1352 Intermediate Computer Programming
    BUSA 3315 Spreadsheet Modeling
    MKTG 3301 Marketing Principles
    BUSA 2320 Legal Environment of Business

    Third Year

    Fall
    HNRS 2311 Faith, Reason, & Romance
    HNRS 2030 Honors Lecture III
    MIS 3330 Info. Systems and Business Applications
    IS 3341 IT Infrastructure
    COSC 2351 Data Structures
    COSC 3342 Computer Networks

    Spring
    HNRS 2640 Enlightenment & Modernity
    HNRS 2060 Honors Lecture IV
    COSC 2353 Operating Systems
    CYEN 3331 Computer Network Security
    MIS 4350 Predictive Analytics and Data Mining

    Fourth Year

    Fall
    HNRS 3610 The Last Two Hundred Years
    HNRS 3030 Honors Lecture V
    HNRS 3130 Honors Science Readings
    IS 4341 Data and Information Management
    COSC 4331 Cybersecurity Principles
    CYEN 4351 Software Design & Engineering

    Spring
    HNRS 3640 The Story of Scripture
    HNRS 3060 Honors Lecture VI
    IS 4311 Project Management
    ENSC 4315 Internship/Professional Experience
    IS 4342 Cyber Human Systems
    COSC 3353 Programming Languages for Web Applications

    (Updated August 12, 2021)