HON 39AN: Becoming Human
M/W 9:30-10:45 Dr. Michala Stock
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Upcoming Honors Colloquium Courses
Spring 2026 registration opens Monday, October 27
Current Honors Course Offerings
Spring 2026 - Honors Colloquium Classes
Date/Time: 惭/奥听9:30-10:45
Credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. Michala Stock
Description: 听In this course, students examine human growth and development from a variety of perspectives, tracing life history stages from before birth, through infancy, to childhood, and adolescence. Students will explore the ways in which different factors influence human growth and development, including the intersections of (epi)genetic and biocultural processes, whose plasticity ultimately produces variation within humanity. The goal of this course is to provide learners with a more nuanced understanding of how evolutionary, environmental, and cultural processes interact in the growth and health in human populations.
Date/Time: T/R 12:30-1:45
Credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. Liz Macy
Description: In this course, students examine the role of music within the context of disaster. Understood to be catalysts for artistic expression, disasters produce musical expressions related to trauma in myriad forms. Following an historical overview of large-scale natural and man-made disasters and the kinds of music produced in relation to them, we will examine the ways in which disaster figures into the production and consumption of music in places like Haiti, New Orleans, Indonesia, South Africa, Cambodia, Uganda, and in the Post-9/11 world. Moreover, students will discuss music as a tool in social justice, considering the way that music is used as social commentary and critique and for social activism. Students will develop an understanding of how music and disaster have historically been intertwined, and how music shapes our understanding of conflict and catastrophe.
Spring 2026 - Honors General Studies Classes
Date/Time: T/R 12:30-1:45
Credits: 3
滨苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟辞谤:听Dr. Jason Jordan
Description: This course teaches students how to design and deliver effective, ethical presentations. The ability to adapt to different audiences and contexts – such as professional or public situations – is emphasized. The course provides instruction on and practice of organization, delivery and performance, technology, and research skills. Students also learn effective listening techniques and critical thinking skills. The course empowers students to become successful professional presenters and public speakers.
General Studies: Oral Communication
Date/Time: T/R 11:00-12:15
Credits: 3
滨苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟辞谤:听Dr. Doug Petcoff
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Honors Program or Permission from the Honors Director
Description: In this course students learn about the initial discoveries that sparked new scientific fields and about the subsequent revolutions caused by such discoveries. By examining the role of the scientific method in the production of knowledge, students improve their own scientific literacy and learn to critically examine historical scientific experiments. Students investigate the methodologies used, the theories and hypotheses tested, and manipulate original data created in selected experiments. Course discussions also examine the complex relationship between science and world views.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Date/Time: 惭/奥听12:30-1:45
Credits: 3
滨苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟辞谤:听Dr. Roger Green
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Honors Program or Permission from the Honors Director
Description:
Technology鈥檚 impact on human life emerges in a wide array of fields such as agriculture, medicine, warfare, politics, education, transportation, space exploration, communication, data science and robotics. In this interdisciplinary course, students consider definitions of technology and examine the historical relationship between humans and technology. Course discussions also explore debates on the ethical uses of technologies and how technological developments impact our lives as individuals and collectively.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences
顿补迟别/罢颈尘别:听M/W 11:00-12:15
Credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. David Tasker
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Honors Program or Permission from the Honors Director
Description: This is a course for students in the Honors Program and addresses the process of writing extended essays supported by research. The course includes an introduction to research methods, practice in critical reading, thinking, and writing across the disciplines, integration of source material, and the conventions of MLA and APA styles of documentation. Students can expect to do a series of shorter writing and research assignments leading to the longer, documented paper and will write reflectively on their writing process.
General Studies: Written Communication
Date/Time: M/W 9:30-10:45
Credits:听3
Instructor: Dr. Kishore Kulkarni
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Description: TBA
General Studies: Business/Social and Behavioral Sciences
Date/Time: T/R 9:30-10:45
Credits:听3
Instructor: Rey Hern谩ndez
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Description: This course offers an introductory analysis of听economic decision making in a market system. The roles, actions, and interactions of consumers, firms, and the government are explored. Market failure and government failure are also considered. Microeconomic principles and analysis are applied to current events and problems and are used to explore human behavior.
Note:听B- or better required for听Honors credit.
General Studies: Business/Social and Behavioral Sciences
Date/Time: Online
Credits:听3
滨苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟辞谤:听Dr. Luis Rivas
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Description:听Students study the expectations that shape scholarly writing in their various academic disciplines. Students draw on research appropriate for discipline-specific peer-reviewed publications and/or conference presentations. During this course, students learn to transform their written work into submission-ready artifacts with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review. This course is ideal for students who plan to attend graduate school or are in writing-intensive degree programs.
General Studies: Written Communication CO3
Date/Time: T/R 12:30-1:45
Credits:听3
滨苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟辞谤:听Dr. Jessica Parker
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Description:Students explore the expectations that shape scientific writing in their various scientific disciplines and employ the correct forms, interpret and synthesize the literature and present their researched writing to various audiences. Students draw on research appropriate for discipline-specific publications and/or conference presentations. During this course, students transform their work into publishable/presentable texts with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review. This course is ideal for students who are majoring in a science discipline.
Note:听B- or better required for听Honors credit.
General Studies: Written Communication CO3
Date/Time: Online or T/R 11:00-12:15
Credits:听3
滨苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟辞谤:听Dr. Jane Vigil
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Description:听This course introduces key concepts and practices of professional writing, including various written genres, research, document design and visual rhetoric, and use of style guides. Students explore the expectations that shape professional writing such as how to employ the correct forms, interpret and synthesize the literature and present their researched writing to various audiences. During this course, students learn to transform their work into sharable documents with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review. This course is ideal for students to develop and polish writing skills that will be needed for their career.
Note:听B- or better required for听Honors credit.
General Studies: Written Communication CO3
Date/Time: Wednesday, 2:00-4:50 (Hybrid, Synchronous In-person)
Credits:听3
滨苍蝉迟谤耻肠迟辞谤:听Dr. Philip Bernhardt
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Description:In this senior experience course, students will have opportunities to synthesize the knowledge, skills, and theoretical constructs learned throughout their undergraduate studies. Students will design an action research project relevant to their field of study, discipline, and/or profession. The course requires students to identify applicable research topics, formulate research questions, analyze the quality and credibility of research, synthesize research to develop and organize a literature review, select appropriate research designs and methods, and develop a research proposal aligned with the elements and requirements outlined by 网曝吃瓜鈥檚 IRB process and Human Subjects Protection Program. Students will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research proposals to demonstrate developed expertise.
Note:听B- or better required for听Honors credit.
Honors General Studies Options
Honors students can select from general studies options to complete academic course requirements. Many of these options can also fulfill degree program and university requirements.
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听C- or better in听ENG听1009 or C- or better in听ENG听1010 or Appropriate score on the First Year Writing placement or ACT听English 27 or SAT Verbal 570 or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (620) AND Student in the Honors program or approval by the Honors Director
Description:听This is a course for students in the Honors Program and addresses the process of writing extended essays supported by research. The course includes an introduction to research methods, practice in critical reading, thinking, and writing across the disciplines, integration of source material, and the conventions of MLA and APA styles of documentation. Students can expect to do a series of shorter writing and research assignments leading to the longer, documented paper and will write reflectively on their writing process.
Note:听Because of continual development in research technology and techniques, credits ten years or older, from any institution, will not transfer.听ENG听1021听requires a grade of C- or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
General Studies:听Written Communication
Guaranteed Transfer:听GT-CO2
Credits:听3
Description:听This course teaches students how to design and deliver effective, ethical presentations. The ability to adapt to different audiences and contexts – such as professional or public situations – is emphasized. The course provides instruction on and practice of organization, delivery and performance, technology, and research skills. Students also learn effective listening techniques and critical thinking skills. The course empowers students to become successful professional presenters and public speakers.
Note:听Credit will be granted for only one prefix: COMM or听HON.
Sections of this course may be offered in-person, in hybrid format, or online.
General Studies:听Oral Communication
Cross Listed Course(s):听COMM 1010
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Description: This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamental concepts of human nutrition, including digestion, absorption, metabolism, and the function of nutrients as they relate to human health and disease.
Note:听B- or better required for听Honors credit.
General Studies: Natural and Physical Sciences
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Honors Program or Permission from the Honors Director
Description: In this course students learn about the initial discoveries that sparked new scientific fields and about the subsequent revolutions caused by such discoveries. By examining the role of the scientific method in the production of knowledge, students improve their own scientific literacy and learn to critically examine historical scientific experiments. Students investigate the methodologies used, the theories and hypotheses tested, and manipulate original data created in selected experiments. Course discussions also examine the complex relationship between science and world views.
Note: B- or better required for Honors credit.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s):听ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description:听This course is an interdisciplinary inquiry where students learn about the dynamics of social change. Discussions focus on important examples of radical social transformation throughout history and from around the globe. Students explore definitions and theoretical models that can be used to explain and institute change. Students are also encouraged to learn about and connect with community-based organizations involved in creating change and promoting social justice. Some sections of this course may be offered as Service Learning courses.
Note:听B-颅 or better required for听Honors credit.
Some sections of this course may be taught as Service Learning.
General Studies:听Social and Behavioral Sciences, Global Diversity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the Honors Program or Permission from the Honors Director
Description: In this course students learn about the initial discoveries that sparked new scientific fields and about the subsequent revolutions caused by such discoveries. By examining the role of the scientific method in the production of knowledge, students improve their own scientific literacy and learn to critically examine historical scientific experiments. Students investigate the methodologies used, the theories and hypotheses tested, and manipulate original data created in selected experiments. Course discussions also examine the complex relationship between science and world views.
Note: B- or better required for Honors credit.
General Studies: Natural and
Physical Sciences
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听Enrollment in the听Honors Program or Permission from the听Honors Director
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s):听ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description:听In the Modern Period, Critical Theory emerges as a decidedly multidisciplinary field that challenges the foundations of the existing social order through in-depth analysis of capitalism, culture, power, the family, and the individual. This course provides an overview of the development of the field of Critical Theory and examines some of its major currents. Topics may include: Psychoanalytic Criticism, Marxist Criticism, Discourse Theory, Feminist Criticism/Gender Studies/Queer Theory, Deconstruction, Race Theory, Postmodernism, New Historicism, Cultural Studies, Narratology, and Digital Media Studies.
Note:听B- or better required for听Honors credit.
General Studies:听Arts and Humanities
Honors Core Courses
Core courses taken by all honors students include 1 Advanced Communications course, 2 interdisciplinary Honors Colloquia, and the Senior Honors Thesis, an independent research and/or creative project normally completed during the senior year. The Senior Honors Thesis can also be completed in conjunction with degree program requirements.
Honors Advanced Communications
Schedule a time to talk with an honors advisor about other course options not listed here.
Note: Course offered only in Fall semesters
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听ANT听3251
Description:听This course requires students to conduct ethnographic research through qualitative methods of data collection, management, interpretation, and analysis. Class discussion, lecture, and student fieldwork will focus on ethnographic research and methods to obtain in-depth information on human behavior and beliefs in their natural settings.
University Requirement(s):听Senior Experience
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听Senior Standing or permission of department
Description:听In this senior experience course, students will have opportunities to synthesize the knowledge, skills, and theoretical constructs learned throughout their undergraduate studies. Students will design an action research project relevant to their field of study, discipline, and/or profession. The course requires students to identify applicable research topics, formulate research questions, analyze the quality and credibility of research, synthesize research to develop and organize a literature review, select appropriate research designs and methods, and develop a research proposal aligned with the elements and requirements outlined by 网曝吃瓜鈥檚 IRB process and Human Subjects Protection Program. Students will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research proposals to demonstrate developed expertise.
University Requirement(s):听Senior Experience
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听ENG听1020,听ENG听1021
Description:听Students study the expectations that shape scholarly writing in their various academic disciplines. Students draw on research appropriate for discipline-specific peer-reviewed publications and/or conference presentations. During this course, students learn to transform their written work into submission-ready artifacts with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review. This course is ideal for students who plan to attend graduate school or are in writing-intensive degree programs.
General Studies:听Written Communication
Guaranteed Transfer:听GT-CO3
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s): ENG听1020,听ENG听1021
Description:Students explore the expectations that shape scientific writing in their various scientific disciplines and employ the correct forms, interpret and synthesize the literature and present their researched writing to various audiences. Students draw on research appropriate for discipline-specific publications and/or conference presentations. During this course, students transform their work into publishable/presentable texts with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review. This course is ideal for students who are majoring in a science discipline.
Note:听B- or better required for听Honors credit.
General Studies: Written Communication CO3
Guaranteed Transfer:听GT-CO3
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听ENG听1020 or听ENG听1021 and Junior-level standing
Description:听This course introduces key concepts and practices of professional writing, including various written genres, research, document design and visual rhetoric, and use of style guides. Students explore the expectations that shape professional writing such as how to employ the correct forms, interpret and synthesize the literature and present their researched writing to various audiences.听 During this course, students learn to transform their work into sharable documents with the guidance of instructor feedback and peer review. This course is ideal for students to develop and polish writing skills that will be needed for their career.
Note:听Course revised June 28, 2021
General Studies:听Written Communication
Guaranteed Transfer:听GT-CO3
Honors Colloquium
This variable topics course provides students with the opportunity to examine historical and/or contemporary issues from interdisciplinary perspectives. Course activities will include relevant readings from a variety of perspectives and disciplines, discussions encouraging synthesis and analysis of conflicting or competing views, and written assignments.
Past Honors Colloquia
Time/Date: Summer 2023
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Schliemann and Dr. Sara Jackson-Shumate
Credits: 3
Description: This class will focus on different methods to addressing climate change locally and globally. Students will analyze social, political, and economic strategies that governments and intergovernmental bodies, such as the United Nations or African Union can adopt to mitigate and counteract the effects of climate change. The class will also evaluate physical science and engineering strategies that can be employed to address the physical causes of climate change. Students will analyze these methods in the context of environmental justice and equity.
Time/Date: TBA
Instructor: Dr. Pamela L. Troyer
Credits: 3
Description: In The Better Angels of Our Nature:听 Why Violence Has Declined, acclaimed social psychologist Steven Pinker argues that over human history societies have become less violent.听 He illustrates his arguments with biological and neurological evidence and also considers the way cultures have discussed violence in ancient epics, mythologies, and literature.听 In this course we will consider narratives, both orally told and written, through which communities have examined the consequences of violence and redefined heroic codes. We will draw on such sources as the ancient Greek epic Iliad, the medieval Viking Njal鈥檚 Saga, contemporary political movements, and more. Some of the topics, such as the Chinese Monkey King, and the graphic novel American Born Chinese show us how we also use humor to consider the effects of violence.
Time/Date: TBA
Instructor: Kamran Sahami
Credits: 3
Description:听This seminar-type course examines the current state of scientific thought on the question of alien life and civilizations most often attributed to physicist Enrico Fermi. In 1950 Fermi initiated a series of informal discussions among his Los Alamos colleagues as to the ubiquity of extra-terrestrial life and the probabilities of contact with alien civilizations. He famously asked 鈥淲here are they?鈥� citing the lack of any physical evidence for extra-terrestrial life, and hence the scientific paradox which still carries his name. This class will delve into the history of this question, which predates Fermi by millennia, looking at the myriad of proposed solutions to the paradox. The very nature of the question cast an incredibly wide, interdisciplinary net, encompassing the fields of physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology (chemical, organismic ang evolutionary), geology, meteorology, sociology, anthropology, communications theory, and philosophy to list a few. The course will survey the contributions of these fields to the question, drawing often on primary sources, but concentrate more on critical thinking and communication skills, than on disciplinary knowledge.听If you have any questions or concerns email Dr. Sahami at听[email protected]
Credits: 3
Description: This is an interdisciplinary seminar that explores the topic of the sky and human observation of it. This course brings together the sciences and the humanities through the disciplines of atmospheric science and art. We will study the color and compositions and the importance of the sky using the tools of these disciplines. The course begins with a short historical overview of the shift and differences between a mythic understanding of the cosmos to an empirical, scientific perspective. Students will learn about physical causes of atmospheric phenomena and the depiction of these phenomena in artworks throughout history. Students will engage in projects involving citizen science, data collection, and the production of their own art and personal reflection on the importance of the sky. Sessions will include guest speakers sharing varied modes of interpreting celestial colors.
Faculty: Dr. Caleb Cohoe
Offered: M/W 12:30-1:45
Description: Does death end our existence or can we continue on in some way? What sort of pleasures or pains await in an afterlife? Is continued bodily possible or would a future life proceed entirely apart from the body? If there is an afterlife, what is its purpose or value? We will look at the approaches to this question found in a wide variety of ancient and medieval thinkers, from Homer and the authors of Ecclesiastes and early Buddhist texts to Plato, Sophocles, Lucretius, and Cicero and on to the medieval era with Augustine, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Moses Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas, and Dante. We will also consider the broader implications that these questions have for our overall view of the world and our place in it, comparing theistic accounts of the world with atheistic and naturalistic accounts. Through this course we will come to appreciate how careful reflection on these issues can help us to better understand our own beliefs and those of others. Your final project will involve analytic and imaginative engagements with depictions of death and the afterlife and your own reflections on the value of life.
Credits: 3
Description: This course critically reviews Asian American history and examines its relevance to contemporary issues in the U.S. It employs an interdisciplinary approach to examine the intersectionality of power, race, class, gender, and internal marginalization in shaping Asian American experiences. Topics include: racial formation of Asian American ethnic identities; historical roots of discrimination and anti-Asian violence (with special topics on Asian American women and Asian Americans in Colorado); negotiation of Asian American identities and culturally distinctive coping strategies; the myth and consequences of 鈥淢odel Minority鈥�; the relevance of the 鈥淪ojourner Hypothesis鈥� in the 21st century; and generations of Asian American social movements aiming at achieving equality and justice for all.
| Description: Language is central to our social existence because it offers us such a rich resource for communication. But it is argued that language is also deeply connected to how we perceive and experience the general world, both socially and physically. And as much as we think through language to fill our minds with intangible abstractions, we embody language to make the abstract tangible. But just how do we do this? There鈥檚 also the idea that such linguistic sense making is shaped culturally, so language would serve as a means to maintain sociocultural order as well as create sociocultural difference and variation. Through this course, students examine such ideas, along with the research, debates, and a bit of the history around the interconnection of language, body, culture, and mind.
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| Description: The belief that the U.S. is the land of opportunity-a place where social mobility is truly possible- lies at the heart of many narratives on the American Dream. This course exploresthe history of the concept of the American Dream, the ways it has been depicted, and howit is etched into national identity. Students examine the relationship between the AmericanDream and democratic values and discuss the relevance of this concept to lived realities inthe U.S. today.
This seminar will include selections from many kinds of texts as a means for examining the topic of the American Dream including: critical theory, journalism, political commentary,short fiction, novel and film. Topics will include: theories of social class and socialmobility, the relationship between the American Dream and work, the differentideological currents that tend to characterize narratives on the American Dream, the roleof ideology and cultural production in society, obstacles that stand in the way of achievingthe American Dream, and the mythic status of the American Dream vs. lived realities.
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| Description: This course will investigate the nature of podcasts as a relatively new medium where many Americans turn for news, entertainment and education. We will investigate the medium as it pertains to the current cultural moment, as well as create our own weekly podcaston a subject agreed upon by the class as a whole. |
| Description: This course will investigate the history of agriculture, the development of modern foodsystems, US agricultural policy, the environmental impacts of industrial food production, and the socioeconomic drivers of the global agricultural market. The course will also investigate alternatives to the modern industrial agricultural system including organic farming, slowfood, eating local, and urban farming. Classroom activities will emphasize the complexity and the interconnected nature of the modern agriculture system. The course will feature field trips to sustainable farming operations and guest speakers from local farms and/or restaurants.
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| Description: This course will explore humor in literature, media and culture. We will identify subgenres of humor, including farce, slapstick, dark,broad, romantic, irony, satire and stand-up. We will interrogate what makes us laugh, how different societies and cultures engage with humor, how gender, race and class are represented in humor, and particularly how humor can be used to create meaningful change interpersonal lives as well as in society. |
| Description: This colloquium will incorporate the 1 Book/1Project/2 Transform selection A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by award-winning Native author Alicia Elliott.听 We will use Elliott ‘s memoir along with other readings from psychology , philosophy,听 sociology, and works of fiction to expand our understanding听听 of issues like听 intergenerational trauma, oppression, mental illness, parenting, poverty, gentrification, and nutrition. We will explore individual and systemic barriers to empathic understanding. In addition to discussions, written reflections, and student projects, this course will feature guest speakers, community-based learning, and a visit from author Alicia Elliott. |
| Description: This colloquium focuses on our social lives from two main perspectives. The first perspective is in terms of our
first-person, lived experiences. What is it “like” to be around friends and family as opposed to strangers on the street or anonymous drivers in the cars next to you? Is there a specific experience associated with belonging to a political community? Sometimes we interact seamlessly with other people without even noticing the details of our experience. In other cases, the fact that we are not alone truly (or perhaps annoyingly!) comes to the fore. The complexity of these experiences has been described in detail by philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, novelists, among others. The first half of our course will explore the nature of these kinds of descriptions and compare them to our own first-person plural experiences. The second focus of this course is quantitative and qualitative social data. Data and modeling techniques attempt to present representations of reality by way of simplifying complexity. Given the complexity of our social experiences, though, what should we make of the ubiquitous attempts that present human beings simply in terms of our data? Governments, schools, and businesses frequently create data-based profiles and narratives for us and use that kind of data along with social network analyses to make decisions. How accurate can these data depictions be, and how show we feel about being simplified in these ways? After digging into the social world oriented in terms of data and models of society, we will then be in a prime position to evaluate similarities and differences between sociality as experienced from an intimate, first-person point of view and sociality from the more removed vantage point of data.
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Honors Thesis Sequence
Credits:听1
Prerequisite(s):听鈥淐鈥� or better in ENG 1020 or ENG 1021, Junior or Senior standing, Enrollment in the听Honors Program and Permission from the听Honors Director.
Description:听This course is taken prior to the Senior听Honors Thesis (HON听4950) and is only open to听Honors students. This course familiarizes students with project organization and the scope and proper format of an undergraduate thesis project. Each student develops: a thesis statement, a project outline, an initial bibliography and a working abstract. Students also identify a primary Thesis Advisor for their projects. The Thesis Advisor is a faculty member with expertise in a discipline closely related to the topic of the thesis project.
Note:听This course must be completed with a B- or better in order to advance to the Senior听Honors Thesis.
Credits:听3
Prerequisite(s):听HON听4948 with B- or better, Senior standing, Enrollment in the听Honors Program and Permission from the听Honors Director, approval from student鈥檚 department/degree program if taken in place of Departmental Senior Experience course.
Description:听The听Honors Thesis is the culmination of the听Honors undergraduate experience. In this course, students complete an independent research and/or creative project under the direction of a primary Thesis Advisor and the听Honors Director. The Thesis Advisor is a faculty member with expertise in a discipline closely related to the topic of the thesis project. Students submit a written thesis and deliver a public oral presentation of their work.
Note:听Students are required to receive approval from their department chair if this course is taken in place of a departmental Senior Experience course. This course must be completed with a B- or better in order to count for听Honors credit.
University Requirement(s):听Senior Experience
Credits:听1
Prerequisite(s):听HON听4948 with B- or better, Senior standing, Enrollment in the听Honors Program and Permission from the听Honors Director
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s):听This one-credit course must be paired with an upper division departmental Senior Experience, research or capstone course
Description:听The Paired听Honors Thesis is the culmination of the听Honors undergraduate experience. This one-credit course must be paired with an upper division departmental Senior Experience, research or capstone course. In this course, students complete an independent research and/or creative project under the direction of a primary Thesis Advisor and the听Honors Director. The Thesis Advisor is a faculty member with expertise in a discipline closely related to the topic of the thesis project. Students submit a written thesis and deliver a public oral presentation of their work.
Note:听This course must be completed with a B- or better in order to count for听Honors credit.