Honors Access
University of South Dakota
Contact Information
Melissa Berninger
Director, Honors
414 East Clark Street
The University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD 57069
P | 605-658-3341
Melissa.Berninger@usd.eduupdated | 05/24Home campus enrollment is required.
About the Program
The Honors Program at USD is not about courses that move faster and cover more material. It is about developing each Â鶹´«Ã½ into a person who is passionate about contributing to society and prepared for a rapidly changing world. It is about offering enriched educational opportunities for academically talented and highly motivated Â鶹´«Ã½s. It is more than 40 years of experience delivering the best education a University has to offer: engaging, stimulating and rewarding!
USD honors Â鶹´«Ã½s often engage in many additional university programs, including SERVE, AWOL, study away, and undergraduate research.
Available Honors Courses
NSE Â鶹´«Ã½s may enroll in any Honors course on a space availabiltiy basis.
UHON 110: Honors English
SPCM 101: Honors Speech Communication
UHON 111 Ideas in History
UHON 210, 211: Honors Interdisciplinary Civilization
UHON 390: Honors Seminars
Samples of recent Honors seminar topics:
Space and Time: an Introduction to Relativity
Literature and Philosophy
Ethical Issues in Molecular Biology Today
Republican Ideology and the American Political Experience
Love Stinks
Women in Antiquity
