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.

Explore our Seminars

Because seminars are taught by specific faculty members, not all seminars are offered each semester or year. 

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.  

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNSEMINAR TITLESUMMER SESSIONDAYSCLASS_TIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR292B147089Blessed are the PeaceMakers1st Summer Session: May 13 - June 7M T W R F 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMVaughan Knaus, Pam
HONR392 (crosslisted with 492)146138Tikkun Olam1st Summer Session: May 13 - June 24M T W R F 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMMerline, Anne Marie
HONR492 (crosslisted with 392)146329Tikkun Olam1st Summer Session: May 13 - June 24M T W R F 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMMerline, Anne Marie

Fall 2024

Honors 192 Seminars

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNSEMINAR TITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR192167916Action as Expression--Everyday Dance for Every BodyM W F9-9:50Glycenfer, Francie
HONR192267919History of Democracy in AmericaT R11-12:15Sheflin, Doug
HONR192367921Action as Expression--Everyday Dance for Every BodyM W F10-10:50Glycenfer, Francie
HONR192476361Constructive DialogueM W12:30-1:45Sink, Elizabeth
HONR192567925BibliotherapyT R12:30-1:45Hutchins and Brimhall
HONR192667927You Are What You Eat: Food in Our Everyday LifeM W2-3:15Raadik Cottrell, Jana
HONR192767929The Power of Love; the Love of PowerM W F11-11:50Scott, Anne
HONR192867931Who Are You? Exploring Concepts of Identity and SelfM W F10-10:50Huff, Alyson
HONR192967933The Power of Community: Understanding Human SustainabilityT R11-12:15Merline, Anne Marie
HONR1921067935Leisure in your life – a look at leisure, recreation, and work in contemporary society -T R12:30-1:45Raadik Cottrell, Jana
HONR1921167937Leisure in your life – a look at leisure, recreation, and work in contemporary society -T R2-3:15Raadik Cottrell, Jana
HONR1921267939Constructive DialogueM W12:30-1:45Holz, Leah
HONR1921367941The Power of Love; the Love of PowerM W F12-12:50Scott, Anne
HONR1921476362International Graphic NovelsM W F1-1:50Davies, Ashley
HONR192156794520th Century American GangstersM W F12-12:50Vaughan Knaus, Pam
HONR192166794720th Century American GangstersM W F1-1:50Vaughan Knaus, Pam
HONR1921768101The 1960s in America: Moving Forward or Falling Apart?M W F2-2:50Vaughan Knaus, Pam
HONR1921868778How wildlife influences human societyM W F10-10:50Vieira, Nicole
HONR1921969047How wildlife influences human societyM W F11-11:50Vieira, Nicole
HONR1922069049Pompeii: Death of a Roman CityM W F3-3:50Wilson, Emily
HONR1922169050Children's Literature and CultureM W F9-9:50Gollapudi, Aparna
HONR1922269052Who Are You? Exploring Concepts of Identity and SelfM W F11-11:50Huff, Alyson
HONR1922570596Pompeii: Death of a Roman CityM W F4-4:50Wilson, Emily
HONR1922770596Endurance of Transitory Narrative: Spoken, Lived, and Printed StoriesM W8:00-9:15Meyer, Andrew
HONR19230Key and Honors CollaborationM W11-12:15Blanche Hughes and Rickey Frierson
HONR1927xxStudy Abroad: HappinessF3-5:45Bingham, Shawn

Honors 292 Seminars

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNSEMINAR TITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR292A170695Climate Change Ecology and Challenges from Plants to PeopleT R11-12:15Reeves, Justin
HONR292A273518Exploring and Explaining Animal BehaviorT R12:30-1:45Reeves, Justin
HONR292B170696Knowing in Arts and HumanitiesT R2-3:15Foskin, Kevin
HONR292B270697Art and Revolt: Fighting Regimes, Religion, and SelfM W12:30-1:45Zwick-Tapley, Sarah
HONR292B370698Art and Revolt: Fighting Regimes, Religion, and SelfM W3-4:15Zwick-Tapley, Sarah
HONR292B470699Manifest America: Knowing the Roots of Modern America by Looking WestM W F11-11:50Sheflin, Doug
HONR292B570700Knowing Through LiteratureM W3-4:15Kitchens, John
HONR292B670701Memoir and Non-fiction Graphic NovelsM W F12-12:50Davies, Ashley
HONR292C170704Knowing Across Cultures: Wildlife Conservation IssuesM W F1-1:50Vieira, Nicole
HONR292C270705Knowing Across Cultures: Exploring the Foundations of Moral Reasoning Across CulturesT R11-12:15Jaggers, Keith
HONR292C370706Knowing Across Cultures: Caribbean Crossroads: A Survey of the History, Culture, and Identities of the Caribbean IslandsM W F10-10:50Olivo-Delgado, Carlos
HONR292C470707Knowing Across Cultures: Refugees in a Global EraT R3:30 - 4:45Lopez Ramirez, Carmen

Honors 392 Seminars

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNSEMINAR TITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR392167949The Passion Within: Adventures in CreativityM W11:30-12:45Glycenfer, Francie
HONR392267950Tikkun OlamW2-4:30Merline, Anne Marie
HONR392367951You'd Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and MoralityT R11-12:15Zwick-Tapley, Sarah
HONR392467952You'd Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and MoralityT R12:30-1:45Zwick-Tapley, Sarah
HONR392567953Not All Who Wander Are Lost: The Contemporary Flaneur, Nomad, and WandererM W F9-9:50Holz, Leah
HONR392668019Myth Busters: Science, Pseudoscience, and Just Plain NonsenseM W3-4:15Mykles, Don
HONR392768889Spain as Drama: From Comedy to TragedyT R11-12:15Suarez Garcia, Jose
HONR392872001Self In/Of Landscape: Expanding the Field of EcopoetryT R3:30-4:45Doxey, Joanna
HONR392975426Paris, A Moveable Feast: The Arts, Literature, and Philosophy of Paris in the 20th CenturyT R2-3:15Kitchens, John
HONR3921076275Art, Research, and CommunityT R3:30-4:45Kitchens, John
HONR3921276277Not All Who Wander Are Lost: The Contemporary Flaneur, Nomad, and WandererM W F11-11:50Holz, Leah
HONR3921376278Being Human: You as a Biological Being!T R11-12:15Dewey, Tanya

Honors 492 Seminars

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNSEMINAR TITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR492165800The Cultural Cold War in Literature and FilmM W F12-12:50Brown, Joe
HONR492265802Globalize This: Fear and Loathing in the Age of Progress and ProsperityT R12:30-1:45Jaggers, Keith
HONR492365803Freedom in Focus: Understanding the Quest for Human Liberation Through Philosophy and FilmT2-4:50Jaggers, Keith
HONR492465805The Greatest Conversation Piece Ever Invented in America: BaseballM W3-4:15Vaughan Knaus, Pam
HONR492572002Music and the Moving ImageM W F1-1:50Obluda, Dan
HONR492669365Music, War, and American Collective MemoryT R9:30 - 10:45Shupe, Abby
HONR492770642World War I and How it Shaped the Conflicts of the Last 100 YearsM W F2-2:50Cooper, Lee
HONR492876590America and the Civil WarM W F10-10:50Elkins, 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.

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNSEMINAR TITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR193120753Wild Thinking – Creativity in Art, Science, and BusinessM W F 09:00 AM - 09:50 AMFrances Glycenfer (P)
HONR193216027Water: The Myth, Magic, and History of an Essential (and Limited) ResourceM W F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AMAlyson Huff (P)
HONR193310549Saving Earth’s biodiversity from ourselves through ethics, policy, and personal actionM W F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AMNicole Vieira (P)
HONR193410550Folk Tales, Myths, and Romance: Making Sense of our World through Traditional StoriesM W F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AMAnne Scott (P)
HONR193510560Gettysburg: America’s RebirthM W F 12:00 PM - 12:50 PMPamela Vaughan Knaus (P)
HONR193610561Saving Earth’s biodiversity from ourselves through ethics, policy, and personal actionM W F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PMNicole Vieira (P)
HONR193710562Vietnam & America: An IntroductionM W F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PMPamela Vaughan Knaus (P)
HONR193810563Vietnam & America: An IntroductionM W F 02:00 PM - 02:50 PMPamela Vaughan Knaus (P)
HONR193914057What Unites Us: Music as Human Expression T R 09:30 AM - 10:45 AMMegan Lanz (P)
HONR1931010564Issues in International Travel and Tourism: The Global to Local Nexus T R 12:30 PM - 01:45 PMJana Raadik Cottrell (P)
HONR1931112575Children’s Literature and Culture T R 09:30 AM - 10:45 AMAparna Gollapudi (P)
HONR1931212576Music in Hollywood Films T R 09:30 AM - 10:45 AMDan Obluda (P)
HONR1931312676Diversity and Social Justice T R 09:30 AM - 10:45 AMToni Zimmerman (P)
HONR1931412677Got Affluenza? Consumerism and the Environment T R 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMAnne Marie Merline (P)
HONR1931512899Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) T R 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMGamze Cavdar (P)
HONR1931714058Imaginative Obsessions: Persistent Inquiry & Literary InvestigationsM W F 12:00 PM - 12:50 PMJoanna Doxey (P)
HONR1931814265Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll in the Ancient WorldM W 12:30 PM - 01:45 PMEmily Wilson (P)
HONR1931915221Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll in the Ancient WorldM W 02:00 PM - 03:15 PMEmily Wilson (P)
HONR292A119658Water ScienceM W F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AMCarlos Olivo-Delgado (P)
HONR292A216030Climate Change Ecology and Challenges from Plants to People T R 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMJustin Reeves (P)
HONR292A318187Exploring and Explaining Animal Behavior T R 12:30 PM - 01:45 PMJustin Reeves (P)
HONR292A421798More than WordsM W 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMElizabeth Sink (P)
HONR292B116031Science Fiction and Social CriticismM W F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AMJoseph Brown (P)
HONR292B216028Memoir and Non-fiction Graphic Novels T R 12:30 PM - 01:45 PMAshley Davies (P)
HONR292B316032Memoir and Non-fiction Graphic Novels T R 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMAshley Davies (P)
HONR292B516034Art and Revolt: Fighting Regimes, Religion, and SelfM W 12:30 PM - 01:45 PMSarah Zwick-Tapley (P)
HONR292B721800Knowing Through LiteratureM W 02:00 PM - 03:15 PMJohn Kitchens (P)
HONR292B816037Knowing Through Literature T R 02:00 PM - 03:15 PMJohn Kitchens (P)
HONR292B921801Knowing by Listening: American History through MusicM W F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PMDouglas Sheflin (P)
HONR292C116038Knowing Nature: Environmental Perceptions across Cultures T R 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMJenne Schmidt
HONR292C316040Knowing Across Cultures: Refugees in a Global Era T R 03:30 PM - 04:45 PMCarmen Lopez Ramirez (P)
HONR292C421803Knowing Across Cultures: Wildlife Conservation IssuesM W F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AMNicole Vieira (P)
HONR292C521804Knowing Across Cultures: Exploring the Foundations of Moral Reasoning Across Cultures T R 12:30 PM - 01:45 PMKeith Jaggers (P)
HONR392118132Contemporary East Asian Cinema T R 02:00 PM - 03:15 PMHye Seung Chung (P)
HONR392210565Spain as Drama: From Comedy to TragedyM W F 10:00 AM - 10:50 AMJose Suarez Garcia (P)
HONR392310566Friendship in the Western World: Ancient Greece, Modern and Contemporary Perspectives T R 02:00 PM - 03:15 PMAndre Archie (P)
HONR392410567The Bible As Literature T R 12:30 PM - 01:45 PMZach Hutchins (P)
HONR392510568The Ecology of Language T R 09:30 AM - 10:45 AMMaite Correa (P)
HONR392714059 From the Cradle to the Grave: Abraham Lincoln, What’s Up with That Hat?M W 03:00 PM - 04:15 PMPamela Vaughan Knaus (P)
HONR392816043You’d Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and Morality T R 12:30 PM - 01:45 PMSarah Zwick-Tapley (P)
HONR392921805You’d Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and Morality T R 03:30 PM - 04:45 PMSarah Zwick-Tapley (P)
HONR492110572Philanthropy In Action: Passion To ServeM W 11:30 AM - 12:45 PMFrances Glycenfer (P)
HONR492210573Globalize This: Fear and Loathing in the Age of Progress and Prosperity T R 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMKeith Jaggers (P)
HONR492318134Freedom in Focus: Understanding the Quest for Human Liberation Through Philosophy and Film T 02:00 PM - 04:30 PMKeith Jaggers (P)
HONR492410574Paris, A Moveable Feast: The Arts, Literature, and Philosophy of Paris in the 20th Century T R 03:30 PM - 04:45 PMJohn Kitchens (P)
HONR492510575How Music & Images Tell a Story T R 03:30 PM - 04:45 PMDan Obluda (P)
HONR492613055Chicago's Music: The Crossroads of History, Race, and Culture T R 02:00 PM - 03:15 PMJohn Pippen (P)
HONR492713884Change - Social, Environmental and Economic Perspectives T R 09:30 AM - 10:45 AMJana Raadik Cottrell (P)
HONR492816044Making a Difference, but How? A Course on Civic EngagementM W F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AMAnne Scott (P)
HONR492922608America and the Civil WarM W F 09:00 AM - 09:50 AMMary Elkins (P)