Academic Programs

Faith and Reason: Integrating faith and reason is implied in the very motto of the University, religio et eruditio , and is central to the purpose of any Christian university.
Humanities and Sciences: All truth is God's truth. While disciplinary silos have their uses, they are counterproductive to Christian formation if they prevent seeing the whole of creation as a purposeful unity. So we put a wide array of academic disciplines into conversation with one another.
Theory and Practice: Faith without works is dead (Jas 2.26); doing without understanding is also dead (Mk 7.1-8).
Head and Heart: Aligning the intellect and the emotions with the truth is a particularly important task for Christian discipleship in the context of late modernity, for "what we love we grow to resemble" (Bernard of Clairvaux).

The Honors Community includes two independent yet complementary academic programs. Qualified students may apply for admission to either program regardless of their participation in the other. Students who successfully complete both programs will graduate with University Honors, one of Union's highest accolades.

Honors Integrative Studies Discipline-specific Honors
Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies Minor

Honors Community

Academic Programs

Honors Integrative Studies

Discipline-specific Honors

Past Examples

DSH Forms for Use by Departments, Faculty, and Students

Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies Minor