Courses

The Foundations of Success

In your first year, you will take a two-course foundational sequence of seminars. This will be taught by a team of professors, each from a different discipline. By studying the intersections between multiple subjects, you’ll discover the interdisciplinary connections that can be overlooked when only thinking about material through one lens — connections that may spark new interests, shift how you see and think about the world, or even become the focus of your future career.

First-year tracks:

Classes that stimulate the mind

After your first year, you’ll take three upper-division honors seminars. Honors seminars focus on unique topics that change every year. Seminars are designed specifically for the Honors Program and limited to Honors students. They are designed to help students fulfill their IDEAS general education foundation course requirements (in addition to their Honors requirements).

Honors modules are non-Honors courses selected for their high degree of rigor and interdisciplinarity. Modules feature an Honors component, designed by the instructor for the Honors student, that fosters independent scholarship and intellectual creativity. Students may take one module toward their three required Honors seminars.

Honors Courses & Modules

Honors Seminars Fall 2026:

• HNRS 348: Indigenous Rights & Practices, Dr. K. Wilson 
  • IDEAS: Social & Behavioral Sciences + Global Perspectives
• HNRS 3ST-01 (Special Topics): Religion, Race, & Politics, Dr. K. Huckle
  • IDEAS: Social & Behavioral Sciences
• HNRS 3ST-02: Math for Social Justice, Dr. M. Gagliardo
  • IDEAS: Mathematics

Honors Modules Fall 2026

*Students may take up to 1 Honors module toward their 3 Honors course requirements

• BIOL 440/440L: Primate Ecology, Dr. A. Stone
• RLTH 350-01:Contemporary Christian Ethics, Dr. R. Hankins
• EXSC 302: Motor Development across the Lifespan, Dr. L, Kelly

Honors Seminars Spring 2027

• HNRS 305: Imagining Climate Crisis, Dr. B. Rasmusssen
  • IDEAS: Humanities: English + Global Perspectives
• HNRS 314: Medieval Manuscript Culture, Dr. P. Carlson
  • IDEAS: Humanities: Religion
• HNRS 326: Global Development, Dr. H. Hoang
  • IDEAS: Social & Behavioral Sciences + Global Perspectives

Honors Modules Spring 2027

*Students may take up to 1 Honors module toward their 3 Honors course requirement

• SOC 321: Medical Sociology, Dr. A. Nack 
• COMM 360:Film Theory, Dr. D. Pagliasotti
• EXSC 302: Motor Development across the Lifespan, Dr. L, Kelly

Honors Seminars Fall 2025

• HNRS 305: Imagining Climate Crisis, Dr. B. Rasmussen 
  • IDEAS: Humanities: English + Global Perspectives
• HNRS 309: France and Its Ghosts (Travel Seminar), Dr. S. Khadraoui-Fortune
  • IDEAS: Humanities: Languages & Cultures + Global Perspectives
• HNRS 3ST: We Are All Monsters Here, Dr. D. Pagliassotti
  • IDEAS: Social & Behavioral Science

Honors Modules Fall 2025

*Students may take up to 1 Honors module toward their 3 Honors course requirements

• ERS 300: Race & the City in Film, Dr. L. Muñoz
• BIOL 440/440L: Primate Ecology, Dr. A. Stone
• RLTH 350-01:Contemporary Christian Ethics, Dr. R. Hankins
• COMM 360: Film Theory, Dr. D. Pagliossotti
• EXSC 302: Motor Development across the Lifespan, Dr. L, Kelly

Honors Seminars Spring 2026

• HNRS 3ST: Psychedelic Religion, Dr. S. Thomas
  • IDEAS: Humanities: Religion
• HNRS 446: Poetry & National Consciousness, Dr. J. Lyons
  • IDEAS: Humanities + US Diversity
• HNRS 4ST: The Ethics of Jesus, Dr. B. Collins, Rev. Scott Adams
  • IDEAS: Humanities: Philosophy

Honors Modules Spring 2026

*Students may take up to 1 Honors module toward their 3 Honors course requirement

• CHEM 4ST: Drugs & Poisons, Dr. K. Hoffmann
• SOC 321: Medical Sociology, Dr. A. Nack 
• COMM 360:Film Theory, Dr. D. Pagliasotti
• EXSC 302: Motor Development across the Lifespan, Dr. L, Kelly

Past Honors Seminars

• Philosophy of the US Constitution & Government (Dr. B. Collins, Philosophy)
• Music and the Civil Rights Movement (Dr. G. Freeland, Political Science)
• Visual Arts in Diverse Communities (Dr. M. Lorimer, Education)
• Immigration, Liberation, Theology (Dr. C. Duarte & Dr. J. Fogg, Sociology & Religion)
• Political Philosophy of the U.S. Constitution & Government (Dr. B. Collins, Philosophy)
• Muslim Sacred Space & Ritual (Dr. R. Aslan, Religion)
• Rites of Passage (Dr. L. Dahill, Religion)
• Social Media & Politics (Dr. A. Heresco, Communication; & Dr. J. Marichal, Political Science)
• Latinos and Public Health (Dr. C. Duarte, Sociology)
• Nietzsche (Dr. W. Stuart, German/Philosophy)
• Food, Ethics, and the Environment (Dr. S. Thomas, Religion)

Click here for the checklist of course requirements for completing the University Honors Program

Click here for the online Dynamic Forms version of the course requirements 
(this is to be submitted your senior year as you are applying for graduation)