Department: Honors Program

Code Name Description
HON1850 FYHP Colloquium I Colloquium I investigates the concept of identity through a multi-disciplinary approach. Faculty members from psychology, sociology, fine arts, philosophy, and history provide guest lectures. Students synthesize and apply ideas through brief reflect...
HON1851 FY Honors Colloquium Seminar In the FYH Colloquium Seminar, students explore academic and social adaptation issues in the college setting, discuss the meaning of lectures in the colloquia, and explore metacognitive issues that contribute to college success. The seminar will incl...
HON1852 First Year Honors Colloq II Colloquium II expands the exploration of identity to the role of identity within different cultures. Students are introduced to the concept of culture through readings by Clifford Geertz. These concepts are applied to various cultures through texts...
HON1853 First Year Honors Seminar II No Description Set
HON2001 On the Road: Choices/Opprtnies HON 2001 has been designed to take students’ understanding of identity “on the road,” toward understanding how individuals and groups deal with the choices, dilemmas and opportunities of the human experience. We use critical inquiry and critical thin...
HON2090 FYH Writing Seminar The First Year Honors Writing Seminar explores specific writing styles and communication goals based on accelerated skill level as demonstrated in high school honors and AP courses. The course will examine autobiographical, persuasive, and research w...
HON2100 Leadership A frequent ambition—and expectation—of your college experience is you will develop your ability to lead in your own life, in community life and in a future career. This course will examine how your personal attributes can contribute to developing a...
HON2840 Roots of American Thought No Description Set
HON2850 Identity This course investigates the concept of personal identity through a multi-disciplinary approach. The exploration of diversity will focus on how we conceptualize and articulate the complexities of identity as they apply to difference, diversity, and...
HON2889 FYH Colloquium I The First Year Honors Colloquium I addresses various topics that contribute to achieving academic excellence, such as learning and study styles, accelerated vocabulary development and critical thinking skills, awareness of personal perceiving and pro...
HON3001 Applied Inquiry: Mngful Qstns How we construct ways of understanding important issues plays a pivotal role in every part of our lives. This interactive interdisciplinary course asks questions about a broad array of topics that apply to every major in the College: what are respons...
HON3002 Honors Research I A general research topic, which was broadly defined by students in HON 4890, is progressively redefined and honed in this and the subsequent two semesters. Guided by a thesis writing rubric, students develop specific research questions, advance their...
HON3003 Honors Research II In this seminar students undertake the research that they have proposed in HON 3002, working collaboratively as peer reviewers of each other’s work. With the supervision of the seminar faculty and thesis mentor, students execute sampling and data c...
HON4000 Independent Research/Study No Description Set
HON4010 Honors Research Project No Description Set
HON4050 Independent Studio No Description Set
HON4100 Independent Reading No Description Set
HON4890 Honors Scholar Seminar This first course in the Honors Scholars sequence of courses focuses on developing those skills requisite for independent research, such as awareness of personal research style, critical analysis, thesis framing, and thematic development. Strong emph...
HON4900 Honors Colloquium II Colloquium II is a research techniques course, its aim is to develop skills in finding information in a wide range of media such as books, periodicals, databases, indices, interviews, surveys, and Internet resources. The final product of this course...
HON4910 Honors Research No Description Set
HON4911 Honors Scholar Research I A general research topic, which was broadly defined by students in HON 4890, is progressively redefined and honed in this and the subsequent two semesters. Guided by a thesis writing rubric, students develop specific research questions, advance thei...
HON4912 Honors Scholar Research II Continuing the research plan, students devise means by which to gather original data on their thesis topic with the intent of examining its present day import. Research methods are reviewed and evaluated for their application to the thesis. Origina...
HON4920 Honors Scholar Thesis The remaining part of the thesis, typically the abstract, table of contents, introduction, discussion, conclusion, and bibliography are written and addenda gathered. The Review of Literature is revisited and edited. A public presentation of the the...