​NUHP Courses

NUHP Scholars engage in small discussion-based and interdisciplinary seminars to enhance their Honors and overall Penn experience.  Through these seminars, NUHP Scholars engage with leading faculty from across the University.

NUHP Course Requirements:

Beginning with the Class of 2015, Nursing Undergraduate Honors Program (NUHP) Scholars must complete a minimum of five (5) honors courses.

• NURS 389H – Nursing Honors Inquiry – Spring of junior year
• NURS 386H – Nursing Honors Research Project – Fall of senior year
• 3 elective honors courses selected from Nursing, Benjamin Franklin Scholars (BFS) Seminars, or Joseph Wharton Scholars (JWS) courses

• Nursing 385H – Nursing Honors Inquiry – Spring of junior year
• Nursing 386H – Nursing Honors Research Project – Fall of senior year
• 2 elective honors courses selected from Nursing, Benjamin Franklin Scholars (BFS) Seminars, or Joseph Wharton Scholars (JWS) courses

Please note: NURS 385H/386H exempts NUHP Scholars from the BSN Nursing Case Study requirement. 

Nursing Honors courses previously offered include:
NURS318 (GCOS318, HSOC341). Race, Gender, Class and the History of American Health Care. Fairman.
A product of this course has been accepted for presentation at a national meeting! Read the abstract.

NURS324 (GSOC324,HSOC324). Children's Health in the United States, 1800-2000. Connolly.

NURS338 (GSOC338, NURS638). "Sweet Little Old Ladies and Sandwiched Daughters": Social Images and Issues in our Aging Society. Kagan.

NURS339 (GSOC339, HSOC339) "Aging, Beauty and Sexuality": Psycological Gerontology in the 21st Century. Kagan.


Non-nursing Honors:
Beginning with the Class of 2015, all NUHP Scholars are also Benjamin Franklin Scholars. As such, NUHP scholars are required to take three (3) Benjamin Franklin Scholars (BFS) Seminars. These courses may also be counted toward Nursing sector requirements and/or as a free elective. The current listing of BFS Seminars may be found at: http://www.upenn.edu/curf/bfs/bfs-current-courses/