Honors Seminars
Honors seminars are the bedrock of Honors@CSU. These are small, discussion-based classes that take an interdisciplinary approach to a topic. The topics are varied, and students are encouraged to select a topic that piques their curiosity. These seminars offer students an opportunity to learn something new, and more importantly, learn how to approach learning by exploring the ways in which multiple disciplines can inform and enrich the understanding of a topic. With enough practice, students will take this transformative acquisition of knowledge into their own disciplines, becoming changemakers, leaders, and innovators in their respective fields. Seminar topics rotate, which means that each semester will feature different topics at different course levels.
Seminars for students on the Track 1 curricular path will satisfy up to 18 of the university’s 31 required AUCC credits. Students on the Track 2 curricular path will register for one sophomore level seminar that can meet one of three possible outstanding AUCC needs. Please confirm with your Honors advisor which sophomore seminar will be of most benefit.
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Upcoming Semester Seminars
Seminar offerings for upcoming semesters are posted here prior to CSU’s Plan Ahead period, which is approximately a month before registration.
Summer 2024
NOTE: HONR 392 / HONR 492 is crosslisted this summer. This means it is the same class; however, students may register for whichever level is needed. Please contact an Honors advisor for assistance.
SUBJECT | COURSE | SECT | CRN | SEMINAR TITLE | SUMMER SESSION | DAYS | CLASS_TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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HONR | 292B | 1 | 47089 | Blessed are the PeaceMakers | 1st Summer Session: May 13 - June 7 | M T W R F | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Vaughan Knaus, Pam |
HONR | 392 (crosslisted with 492) | 1 | 46138 | Tikkun Olam | 1st Summer Session: May 13 - June 24 | M T W R F | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Merline, Anne Marie |
HONR | 492 (crosslisted with 392) | 1 | 46329 | Tikkun Olam | 1st Summer Session: May 13 - June 24 | M T W R F | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Merline, Anne Marie |
Fall 2024
Honors 192 Seminars
SUBJECT | COURSE | SECT | CRN | SEMINAR TITLE | DAYS | TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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HONR | 192 | 1 | 67916 | Action as Expression--Everyday Dance for Every Body | M W F | 9-9:50 | Glycenfer, Francie |
HONR | 192 | 2 | 67919 | History of Democracy in America | T R | 11-12:15 | Sheflin, Doug |
HONR | 192 | 3 | 67921 | Action as Expression--Everyday Dance for Every Body | M W F | 10-10:50 | Glycenfer, Francie |
HONR | 192 | 4 | 76361 | Constructive Dialogue | M W | 12:30-1:45 | Sink, Elizabeth |
HONR | 192 | 5 | 67925 | Bibliotherapy | T R | 12:30-1:45 | Hutchins and Brimhall |
HONR | 192 | 6 | 67927 | You Are What You Eat: Food in Our Everyday Life | M W | 2-3:15 | Raadik Cottrell, Jana |
HONR | 192 | 7 | 67929 | The Power of Love; the Love of Power | M W F | 11-11:50 | Scott, Anne |
HONR | 192 | 8 | 67931 | Who Are You? Exploring Concepts of Identity and Self | M W F | 10-10:50 | Huff, Alyson |
HONR | 192 | 9 | 67933 | The Power of Community: Understanding Human Sustainability | T R | 11-12:15 | Merline, Anne Marie |
HONR | 192 | 10 | 67935 | Leisure in your life – a look at leisure, recreation, and work in contemporary society - | T R | 12:30-1:45 | Raadik Cottrell, Jana |
HONR | 192 | 11 | 67937 | Leisure in your life – a look at leisure, recreation, and work in contemporary society - | T R | 2-3:15 | Raadik Cottrell, Jana |
HONR | 192 | 12 | 67939 | Constructive Dialogue | M W | 12:30-1:45 | Holz, Leah |
HONR | 192 | 13 | 67941 | The Power of Love; the Love of Power | M W F | 12-12:50 | Scott, Anne |
HONR | 192 | 14 | 76362 | International Graphic Novels | M W F | 1-1:50 | Davies, Ashley |
HONR | 192 | 15 | 67945 | 20th Century American Gangsters | M W F | 12-12:50 | Vaughan Knaus, Pam |
HONR | 192 | 16 | 67947 | 20th Century American Gangsters | M W F | 1-1:50 | Vaughan Knaus, Pam |
HONR | 192 | 17 | 68101 | The 1960s in America: Moving Forward or Falling Apart? | M W F | 2-2:50 | Vaughan Knaus, Pam |
HONR | 192 | 18 | 68778 | How wildlife influences human society | M W F | 10-10:50 | Vieira, Nicole |
HONR | 192 | 19 | 69047 | How wildlife influences human society | M W F | 11-11:50 | Vieira, Nicole |
HONR | 192 | 20 | 69049 | Pompeii: Death of a Roman City | M W F | 3-3:50 | Wilson, Emily |
HONR | 192 | 21 | 69050 | Children's Literature and Culture | M W F | 9-9:50 | Gollapudi, Aparna |
HONR | 192 | 22 | 69052 | Who Are You? Exploring Concepts of Identity and Self | M W F | 11-11:50 | Huff, Alyson |
HONR | 192 | 25 | 70596 | Pompeii: Death of a Roman City | M W F | 4-4:50 | Wilson, Emily |
HONR | 192 | 27 | 70596 | Endurance of Transitory Narrative: Spoken, Lived, and Printed Stories | M W | 8:00-9:15 | Meyer, Andrew |
HONR | 192 | 30 | Key and Honors Collaboration | M W | 11-12:15 | Blanche Hughes and Rickey Frierson | |
HONR | 192 | 7xx | Study Abroad: Happiness | F | 3-5:45 | Bingham, Shawn |
Honors 292 Seminars
SUBJECT | COURSE | SECT | CRN | SEMINAR TITLE | DAYS | TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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HONR | 292A | 1 | 70695 | Climate Change Ecology and Challenges from Plants to People | T R | 11-12:15 | Reeves, Justin |
HONR | 292A | 2 | 73518 | Exploring and Explaining Animal Behavior | T R | 12:30-1:45 | Reeves, Justin |
HONR | 292B | 1 | 70696 | Knowing in Arts and Humanities | T R | 2-3:15 | Foskin, Kevin |
HONR | 292B | 2 | 70697 | Art and Revolt: Fighting Regimes, Religion, and Self | M W | 12:30-1:45 | Zwick-Tapley, Sarah |
HONR | 292B | 3 | 70698 | Art and Revolt: Fighting Regimes, Religion, and Self | M W | 3-4:15 | Zwick-Tapley, Sarah |
HONR | 292B | 4 | 70699 | Manifest America: Knowing the Roots of Modern America by Looking West | M W F | 11-11:50 | Sheflin, Doug |
HONR | 292B | 5 | 70700 | Knowing Through Literature | M W | 3-4:15 | Kitchens, John |
HONR | 292B | 6 | 70701 | Memoir and Non-fiction Graphic Novels | M W F | 12-12:50 | Davies, Ashley |
HONR | 292C | 1 | 70704 | Knowing Across Cultures: Wildlife Conservation Issues | M W F | 1-1:50 | Vieira, Nicole |
HONR | 292C | 2 | 70705 | Knowing Across Cultures: Exploring the Foundations of Moral Reasoning Across Cultures | T R | 11-12:15 | Jaggers, Keith |
HONR | 292C | 3 | 70706 | Knowing Across Cultures: Caribbean Crossroads: A Survey of the History, Culture, and Identities of the Caribbean Islands | M W F | 10-10:50 | Olivo-Delgado, Carlos |
HONR | 292C | 4 | 70707 | Knowing Across Cultures: Refugees in a Global Era | T R | 3:30 - 4:45 | Lopez Ramirez, Carmen |
Honors 392 Seminars
SUBJECT | COURSE | SECT | CRN | SEMINAR TITLE | DAYS | TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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HONR | 392 | 1 | 67949 | The Passion Within: Adventures in Creativity | M W | 11:30-12:45 | Glycenfer, Francie |
HONR | 392 | 2 | 67950 | Tikkun Olam | W | 2-4:30 | Merline, Anne Marie |
HONR | 392 | 3 | 67951 | You'd Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and Morality | T R | 11-12:15 | Zwick-Tapley, Sarah |
HONR | 392 | 4 | 67952 | You'd Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and Morality | T R | 12:30-1:45 | Zwick-Tapley, Sarah |
HONR | 392 | 5 | 67953 | Not All Who Wander Are Lost: The Contemporary Flaneur, Nomad, and Wanderer | M W F | 9-9:50 | Holz, Leah |
HONR | 392 | 6 | 68019 | Myth Busters: Science, Pseudoscience, and Just Plain Nonsense | M W | 3-4:15 | Mykles, Don |
HONR | 392 | 7 | 68889 | Spain as Drama: From Comedy to Tragedy | T R | 11-12:15 | Suarez Garcia, Jose |
HONR | 392 | 8 | 72001 | Self In/Of Landscape: Expanding the Field of Ecopoetry | T R | 3:30-4:45 | Doxey, Joanna |
HONR | 392 | 9 | 75426 | Paris, A Moveable Feast: The Arts, Literature, and Philosophy of Paris in the 20th Century | T R | 2-3:15 | Kitchens, John |
HONR | 392 | 10 | 76275 | Art, Research, and Community | T R | 3:30-4:45 | Kitchens, John |
HONR | 392 | 12 | 76277 | Not All Who Wander Are Lost: The Contemporary Flaneur, Nomad, and Wanderer | M W F | 11-11:50 | Holz, Leah |
HONR | 392 | 13 | 76278 | Being Human: You as a Biological Being! | T R | 11-12:15 | Dewey, Tanya |
Honors 492 Seminars
SUBJECT | COURSE | SECT | CRN | SEMINAR TITLE | DAYS | TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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HONR | 492 | 1 | 65800 | The Cultural Cold War in Literature and Film | M W F | 12-12:50 | Brown, Joe |
HONR | 492 | 2 | 65802 | Globalize This: Fear and Loathing in the Age of Progress and Prosperity | T R | 12:30-1:45 | Jaggers, Keith |
HONR | 492 | 3 | 65803 | Freedom in Focus: Understanding the Quest for Human Liberation Through Philosophy and Film | T | 2-4:50 | Jaggers, Keith |
HONR | 492 | 4 | 65805 | The Greatest Conversation Piece Ever Invented in America: Baseball | M W | 3-4:15 | Vaughan Knaus, Pam |
HONR | 492 | 5 | 72002 | Music and the Moving Image | M W F | 1-1:50 | Obluda, Dan |
HONR | 492 | 6 | 69365 | Music, War, and American Collective Memory | T R | 9:30 - 10:45 | Shupe, Abby |
HONR | 492 | 7 | 70642 | World War I and How it Shaped the Conflicts of the Last 100 Years | M W F | 2-2:50 | Cooper, Lee |
HONR | 492 | 8 | 76590 | America and the Civil War | M W F | 10-10:50 | Elkins, Mary |
Current Semester Seminars
Spring 2024
Search this table by seminar title, seminar instructor, or day/time course is offered. Selecting the seminar title within the table will provide a course description. Planned course offerings and course descriptions listed below are subject to change. Always check RamWeb (Aries) for final details, especially right before registration begins.
SUBJECT | COURSE | SECT | CRN | SEMINAR TITLE | DAYS | TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
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HONR | 193 | 1 | 20753 | Wild Thinking – Creativity in Art, Science, and Business | M W F | 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM | Frances Glycenfer (P) |
HONR | 193 | 2 | 16027 | Water: The Myth, Magic, and History of an Essential (and Limited) Resource | M W F | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Alyson Huff (P) |
HONR | 193 | 3 | 10549 | Saving Earth’s biodiversity from ourselves through ethics, policy, and personal action | M W F | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Nicole Vieira (P) |
HONR | 193 | 4 | 10550 | Folk Tales, Myths, and Romance: Making Sense of our World through Traditional Stories | M W F | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Anne Scott (P) |
HONR | 193 | 5 | 10560 | Gettysburg: America’s Rebirth | M W F | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | Pamela Vaughan Knaus (P) |
HONR | 193 | 6 | 10561 | Saving Earth’s biodiversity from ourselves through ethics, policy, and personal action | M W F | 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM | Nicole Vieira (P) |
HONR | 193 | 7 | 10562 | Vietnam & America: An Introduction | M W F | 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM | Pamela Vaughan Knaus (P) |
HONR | 193 | 8 | 10563 | Vietnam & America: An Introduction | M W F | 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM | Pamela Vaughan Knaus (P) |
HONR | 193 | 9 | 14057 | What Unites Us: Music as Human Expression | T R | 09:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Megan Lanz (P) |
HONR | 193 | 10 | 10564 | Issues in International Travel and Tourism: The Global to Local Nexus | T R | 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Jana Raadik Cottrell (P) |
HONR | 193 | 11 | 12575 | Children’s Literature and Culture | T R | 09:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Aparna Gollapudi (P) |
HONR | 193 | 12 | 12576 | Music in Hollywood Films | T R | 09:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Dan Obluda (P) |
HONR | 193 | 13 | 12676 | Diversity and Social Justice | T R | 09:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Toni Zimmerman (P) |
HONR | 193 | 14 | 12677 | Got Affluenza? Consumerism and the Environment | T R | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Anne Marie Merline (P) |
HONR | 193 | 15 | 12899 | Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) | T R | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Gamze Cavdar (P) |
HONR | 193 | 17 | 14058 | Imaginative Obsessions: Persistent Inquiry & Literary Investigations | M W F | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | Joanna Doxey (P) |
HONR | 193 | 18 | 14265 | Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll in the Ancient World | M W | 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Emily Wilson (P) |
HONR | 193 | 19 | 15221 | Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll in the Ancient World | M W | 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM | Emily Wilson (P) |
HONR | 292A | 1 | 19658 | Water Science | M W F | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Carlos Olivo-Delgado (P) |
HONR | 292A | 2 | 16030 | Climate Change Ecology and Challenges from Plants to People | T R | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Justin Reeves (P) |
HONR | 292A | 3 | 18187 | Exploring and Explaining Animal Behavior | T R | 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Justin Reeves (P) |
HONR | 292A | 4 | 21798 | More than Words | M W | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Elizabeth Sink (P) |
HONR | 292B | 1 | 16031 | Science Fiction and Social Criticism | M W F | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Joseph Brown (P) |
HONR | 292B | 2 | 16028 | Memoir and Non-fiction Graphic Novels | T R | 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Ashley Davies (P) |
HONR | 292B | 3 | 16032 | Memoir and Non-fiction Graphic Novels | T R | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Ashley Davies (P) |
HONR | 292B | 5 | 16034 | Art and Revolt: Fighting Regimes, Religion, and Self | M W | 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Sarah Zwick-Tapley (P) |
HONR | 292B | 7 | 21800 | Knowing Through Literature | M W | 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM | John Kitchens (P) |
HONR | 292B | 8 | 16037 | Knowing Through Literature | T R | 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM | John Kitchens (P) |
HONR | 292B | 9 | 21801 | Knowing by Listening: American History through Music | M W F | 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM | Douglas Sheflin (P) |
HONR | 292C | 1 | 16038 | Knowing Nature: Environmental Perceptions across Cultures | T R | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Jenne Schmidt |
HONR | 292C | 3 | 16040 | Knowing Across Cultures: Refugees in a Global Era | T R | 03:30 PM - 04:45 PM | Carmen Lopez Ramirez (P) |
HONR | 292C | 4 | 21803 | Knowing Across Cultures: Wildlife Conservation Issues | M W F | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Nicole Vieira (P) |
HONR | 292C | 5 | 21804 | Knowing Across Cultures: Exploring the Foundations of Moral Reasoning Across Cultures | T R | 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Keith Jaggers (P) |
HONR | 392 | 1 | 18132 | Contemporary East Asian Cinema | T R | 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM | Hye Seung Chung (P) |
HONR | 392 | 2 | 10565 | Spain as Drama: From Comedy to Tragedy | M W F | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Jose Suarez Garcia (P) |
HONR | 392 | 3 | 10566 | Friendship in the Western World: Ancient Greece, Modern and Contemporary Perspectives | T R | 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM | Andre Archie (P) |
HONR | 392 | 4 | 10567 | The Bible As Literature | T R | 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Zach Hutchins (P) |
HONR | 392 | 5 | 10568 | The Ecology of Language | T R | 09:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Maite Correa (P) |
HONR | 392 | 7 | 14059 | From the Cradle to the Grave: Abraham Lincoln, What’s Up with That Hat? | M W | 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM | Pamela Vaughan Knaus (P) |
HONR | 392 | 8 | 16043 | You’d Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and Morality | T R | 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM | Sarah Zwick-Tapley (P) |
HONR | 392 | 9 | 21805 | You’d Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and Morality | T R | 03:30 PM - 04:45 PM | Sarah Zwick-Tapley (P) |
HONR | 492 | 1 | 10572 | Philanthropy In Action: Passion To Serve | M W | 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Frances Glycenfer (P) |
HONR | 492 | 2 | 10573 | Globalize This: Fear and Loathing in the Age of Progress and Prosperity | T R | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | Keith Jaggers (P) |
HONR | 492 | 3 | 18134 | Freedom in Focus: Understanding the Quest for Human Liberation Through Philosophy and Film | T | 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM | Keith Jaggers (P) |
HONR | 492 | 4 | 10574 | Paris, A Moveable Feast: The Arts, Literature, and Philosophy of Paris in the 20th Century | T R | 03:30 PM - 04:45 PM | John Kitchens (P) |
HONR | 492 | 5 | 10575 | How Music & Images Tell a Story | T R | 03:30 PM - 04:45 PM | Dan Obluda (P) |
HONR | 492 | 6 | 13055 | Chicago's Music: The Crossroads of History, Race, and Culture | T R | 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM | John Pippen (P) |
HONR | 492 | 7 | 13884 | Change - Social, Environmental and Economic Perspectives | T R | 09:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Jana Raadik Cottrell (P) |
HONR | 492 | 8 | 16044 | Making a Difference, but How? A Course on Civic Engagement | M W F | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Anne Scott (P) |
HONR | 492 | 9 | 22608 | America and the Civil War | M W F | 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM | Mary Elkins (P) |