Honors Program Office

For details about days, times, locations, instructors, and textbooks please view the Online Class Schedule.

• ASTR 481 - Honors Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
• ENGWR 480 - Honors College Composition Honors Composition and Literature
• HIST 483 - Honors US History
• PSCH 480 - Honors Psychology
• POLS 481 - Honors International Relations
• NUTRI 481 - Cultural Foods of the World
• SOC 480 - Honors Introductory Sociology
• STAT 480 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics - Honor

For details about days, times, locations, instructors, and textbooks please view the Online Class Schedule.

ANTH 481 Honors Cultural Anthropology
BIOL 482 Honors Marine Biology
CISP 480 Honors Introduction to Structured Programming
ENGWR 480 Honors College Composition
ENGWR 482 Honors Advanced Composition and Critical Thinking
HIST 484 History of the United States - Honors
POLS 480 Introduction to International Relations - Honors
PSYC 481 Honors Abnormal Behavior
SOC 480 Introductory Sociology - Honors

For details about days, times, locations, instructors, and textbooks please view the Online Class Schedule.

ASTR 481 - Honors Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology and Lab
ENGWR 480 - Honors College Composition/UMOJA SAKHU
ENGWR 480 - Honors College Composition
ENGWR 480 - Honors College Composition/PUENTE
HIST 483 - Honors History of the US to 1865
POLS 481 - Honors Introduction to Government: United States
NUTRI 481 - Honors Cultural Foods of the World
PSYC 480 - Honors General Principles of Psychology

You are eligible to participate in the ARC Honors Program if you:

Have an ENGWR 300 placement or
Have an ENGWR 300 placement and cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in nine units of transfer-level coursework or
Have a score of 90 or higher on an ARC writing placement test taken prior to February 1, 2018 or
Have an Honors placement at another community college (please bring documentation to the Honors Program Office, 607E in the Portable Village)

If you don't meet these requirements, you may submit a  PREP for Honors (Pre-Requisite Re-Evaluation Petition)  to the Honors Coordinator by one of the deadlines indicated below. Please click on the appropriate link below for details about the  PREP for Honors  for high school students and returning students.

ARC students are eligible for the Honors Transfer Certificate by completing 15 units of approved Honors coursework. Students who successfully complete five Honors courses receive a transcript notation showing that they have earned the certificate.

In addition to the transcript notation, completion of the certificate with a 3.5 or better GPA makes a student eligible for enhanced prospects for transfer to competitive schools through the ARC Honors Program's partnerships with UCLA, UC Irvine, and other public and private four-year institutions. These enhanced transfer partnerships are ONLY available to students who complete the certificate requirements with the minimum GPA, and are in addition to transfer admission guarantees (TAG) or transfer admission agreements (TAA) offered through ARC.

American River College does not automatically confer certificates because requirements vary from program to program. For information on how to petition for a Certificate at ARC, including the Honors Certificate, please navigate here: https://arc.losrios.edu/why-arc/graduation-and-transfer/get-a-certificate

The HTCC negotiates transfer partnerships with colleges and universities. Students completing our programs enjoy enhanced transfer consideration and/or other benefits at the partner campuses. These may include guaranteed or priority acceptance consideration, special scholarships, housing priority, pre-transfer library privileges, recognition of HTCC honors program completion as an indicator of academic rigor, and a range of other academic, cultural, and social benefits. For more information navigate here: https://www.honorstransfercouncil.org/transfer-partners

For more information on Academic Opportunities for Honors Students, including information on The Bay Honors Consortium (BHC) Honors Research Symposium, please navigate here: https://www.honorstransfercouncil.org/students

The UCLA Transfer Alliance Program gives you the opportunity to enhance your ability to transfer to UCLA at the junior level from ARC. Students are certified after completing the ARC Honors Certificate and given priority consideration for admission to the College. Historically, ARC students are 74% more likely to be admitted to UCLA if they receive an Honors Certificate and apply using the TAP protocols than students applying without TAP. For general information please navigate here: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/ucla-transfer-alliance-program

TAP Eligible majors within the College of Letters and Science can be found in the link below. You should complete as many preparatory courses for your major as possible prior to transferring, based on the availability of the courses at your current or local schools. ARC students are strongly encouraged to complete IGETC prior to transfer. Some majors are highly selective; for these UCLA looks for stronger preparation and the completion of most preparatory courses before transferring. For more information please navigate here: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/deciding-on-major/major-preparation-the-college