Honors College at the University of Pittsburgh

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<p>Generally most students take between 1-3 UHC classes in a semester (if they take any). The most common UHC courses are: Chem, Bio, Calc, Physics, Neuro, Engineering, and a few others that I can’t remember if they are or aren’t Honors (like Orgo). There are humanities honors classes (History and perhaps English at the least) but they don’t get as big of an enrollment. There are also TONS of UHC electives that are very popular as well! Those tend to be Humanities.</p>

<p>So a UHC student can take no UHC classes or some UHC classes. Never take all UHC classes (I’m not sure if that is even possible). And know that UHC classes tend to exist at the lower levels (i.e. year 1 or 2 of a particular department, or electives). </p>

<p>The UHC degree is called a B.Phil (Bachelor’s of Philosophy). Very few people will pursue it because it involves extensive research leading to the writing and defensive of a thesis. You can pursue this if you would like, most people work on it during their junior or senior year at Pitt. It does take close to a full academic year to complete.</p>