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

Fall 2025 Honors Seminar Offerings

Seminar offerings for upcoming semesters are posted here during CSU’s Plan Ahead period, which is approximately a month before registration.  RamWeb provides the most accurate information about days/times/instructors.  

Honors 192 Seminars

First-year honors students in Honors Track 1 will choose one of the following seminars for the fall semester.  Seminar titles listed below are linked to a full course description (please be patient of the title is not yet linked).  Please note:  RamWeb is the ultimate source for accurate information such as days/times/instructor–this table is the most accurate for seminar title/topics.  If you have questions, please reach out to [email protected].

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNTITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR19200167916Children’s Literature and CultureM W11:00 AM - 12:15 PMAparna Gollapudi (P)
HONR19200267919North American EmpiresT R11:00 AM - 12:15 PMDouglas Sheflin (P)
HONR19200367921Endurance of Transitory Narrative: Spoken, Lived, and Printed StoriesM W09:30 AM - 10:45 AMAndrew Meyer (P)
HONR19200476361TBDM W03:30 PM - 04:45 PM
HONR19200567925The Power of Community: Understanding Human SustainabilityT R12:30 PM - 01:45 PMAnne Marie Merline (P)
HONR19200667927How Wildlife Influences Human SocietyM W02:00 PM - 03:15 PMNicole Vieira (P)
HONR19200767929The Power of Love; the Love of PowerM W F12:00 PM - 12:50 PMAnne Scott (P)
HONR19200867931The Power of Love; the Love of PowerM W F11:00 AM - 11:50 AMAnne Scott (P)
HONR19200967933TBDT R09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
HONR19201067935TBDT R03:30 PM - 04:45 PMCarmen Lopez Ramirez (P)
HONR19201167937Constructive Communication Across DifferenceM W12:30 PM - 01:45 PMElizabeth Sink (P)
HONR19201267939Music in American CultureM W09:30 AM - 10:45 AMDan Obluda (P)
HONR19201367941TBDM W11:00 AM - 12:15 PMJustin Reeves (P)
HONR19201476362Constructive Communication Across DifferenceM W02:00 PM - 03:15 PMLeah Holz (P)
HONR1920156794520th Century American GangstersM W F12:00 PM - 12:50 PMPamela Vaughan Knaus (P)
HONR19201667947The 1960s in America: Moving Forward or Falling Apart?M W F01:00 PM - 01:50 PMPamela Vaughan Knaus (P)
HONR19201768101Constructive Communication Across DifferenceM W12:30 PM - 01:45 PMLeah Holz (P)
HONR19201868778Action as Expression–Everyday Dance for Every BodyT R09:30 AM - 10:45 AMFrances Glycenfer (P)
HONR19201969047Who Are You? Exploring Concepts of Identity and SelfM W F10:00 AM - 10:50 AMAlyson Huff (P)
HONR19202069049Who Are You? Exploring Concepts of Identity and SelfM W F11:00 AM - 11:50 AMAlyson Huff (P)
HONR19202169050The Power of Community: Understanding Human SustainabilityT R02:00 PM - 03:15 PMAnne Marie Merline (P)
HONR19202269052You Are What You Eat” – Food in Our Everyday LifeM W02:00 PM - 03:15 PMJana Raadik Cottrell (P)
HONR19202369363Leisure in your life – a look at leisure, recreation, and work in contemporary societyT R12:30 PM - 01:45 PMJana Raadik Cottrell (P)
HONR19202470595Leisure in your life – a look at leisure, recreation, and work in contemporary societyT R02:00 PM - 03:15 PMJana Raadik Cottrell (P)
HONR19202570596TBDM W03:30 PM - 04:45 PM
HONR19202671998Do No Harm: History of Medicine and HealthcareT R03:30 PM - 04:45 PMDavid Korostyshevsky (P)
HONR19202776363M W11:00 AM - 12:15 PMBlanche Hughes (P), Rickey Frierson

Honors 292 Seminars

Honors students (sophomore or above class level) take either HONR 292 A, B, or C in either the spring or fall semester.  292A fulfills 3 credits of AUCC 3A non-lab credit.  292B fulfills 3 credits of AUCC 3B.  292C fulfills 3 credits of AUCC 1C.  Please select the seminar that is most pertinent to your needs (for example, most students majoring in a science field will not need AUCC 3A).  Seminar titles listed below are linked to a full course description (please be patient of the title is not yet linked).  Please note:  RamWeb is the ultimate source for accurate information such as days/times/instructor–this table is the most accurate for seminar title/topics.  If you have questions, please reach out to [email protected].

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNTITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR292A00170695Knowing in the Sciences: Water ScienceM W F10:00 AM - 10:50 AMCarlos Olivo-Delgado (P)
HONR292A00273518Knowing in the Sciences: Exploring and Explaining Animal BehaviorT R11:00 AM - 12:15 PMJustin Reeves (P)
HONR292A00377787Knowing in the Sciences: Climate Change Ecology and Challenges from Plants to PeopleT R12:30 PM - 01:45 PMJustin Reeves (P)
HONR292B00170696Knowing in Arts and HumanitiesT R02:00 PM - 03:15 PMKevin Foskin (P)
HONR292B00270697Knowing in Arts and Humanities: Art and Revolt: Fighting Regimes, Religion, and SelfM W12:30 PM - 01:45 PMSarah Zwick-Tapley (P)
HONR292B00370698Knowing in Arts and Humanities: Art and Revolt: Fighting Regimes, Religion, and SelfM W03:00 PM - 04:15 PMSarah Zwick-Tapley (P)
HONR292B00470699Knowing in Arts & Humanities: Ways of Knowing and Diverse Graphic NovelsM W F01:00 PM - 01:50 PMAshley Davies (P)
HONR292B00570700Knowing in Arts and Humanities: How to Lead a Meaningful LifeM W03:00 PM - 04:15 PMJohn Kitchens (P)
HONR292B00670701Knowing in Arts & Humanities: M W F12:00 PM - 12:50 PMAshley Davies (P)
HONR292B00777788Knowing in Arts and Humanities: ’Blessed Are The Peacemakers’: Finding Harmony Amidst StrifeM W F02:00 PM - 02:50 PMPamela Vaughan Knaus (P)
HONR292C00170704Knowing Across Cultures: Wildlife Conservation IssuesM W F09:00 AM - 09:50 AMNicole Vieira (P)
HONR292C00270705Knowing Across Cultures: Exploring the Foundations of Moral Reasoning Across CulturesT R11:00 AM - 12:15 PMKeith Jaggers (P)
HONR292C00370706Knowing Across Cultures: Wildlife Conservation IssuesM W F12:00 PM - 12:50 PMNicole Vieira (P)

Honors 392 Seminars

Track 1 honors students will take HONR 392 in either the fall or the spring semester (most students take this their junior year).  HONR 292 is a prerequisite course. Seminar titles listed below are linked to a full course description (please be patient if the title is not yet linked).  Please note:  RamWeb is the ultimate source for accurate information such as days/times/instructor–this table is the most accurate for seminar title/topics.  If you have questions, please reach out to [email protected].

Note:  there are several Study Abroad opportunities that count as HONR 392 or HONR 492.   

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNTITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR39200167949Not All Who Wander Are Lost: The Contemporary Flaneur, Nomad, and WandererM W09:30 AM - 10:45 AMLeah Holz (P)
HONR39200267950Tikkun OlamW02:00 PM - 04:30 PMAnne Marie Merline (P)
HONR39200367951You’d Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and MoralityT R11:00 AM - 12:15 PMSarah Zwick-Tapley (P)
HONR39200467952You’d Be Murdered for This: Art, Political Regimes and MoralityT R12:30 PM - 01:45 PMSarah Zwick-Tapley (P)
HONR39200567953Being Human: You as a Biological Being!T R11:00 AM - 12:15 PMTanya Dewey (P)
HONR39200668019Self In/Of Landscape: Expanding the Field of EcopoetryT R03:30 PM - 04:45 PMJoanna Doxey (P)
HONR39200768889Sojourner Lit: An Intellectual Exploration of the JourneyT R02:00 PM - 03:15 PMJohn Kitchens (P)

Honors 492 Seminars

Track 1 honors students will take HONR 492 in either the fall or the spring semester.  Most students complete this their senior year.  HONR 392 is a prerequisite course. Seminar titles listed below are linked to a full course description (please be patient if the title is not yet linked).  Please note:  RamWeb is the ultimate source for accurate information such as days/times/instructor–this table is the most accurate for seminar title/topics.  If you have questions, please reach out to [email protected].

Note:  there are several Study Abroad opportunities that count as HONR 392 or HONR 492.  There is one that counts as both!

SUBJECTCOURSESECTCRNTITLEDAYSTIMEINSTRUCTOR
HONR49200165800Paris, A Moveable Feast: The Arts, Literature, and Philosophy of Paris in the 20th CenturyT R03:30 PM - 04:45 PMJohn Kitchens (P)
HONR49200265802Globalize This: Fear and Loathing in the Age of Progress and ProsperityT R12:30 PM - 01:45 PMKeith Jaggers (P)
HONR49200365803Freedom in Focus: Understanding the Quest for Human Liberation Through Philosophy and FilmT02:00 PM - 04:50 PMKeith Jaggers (P)
HONR49200465805The Greatest Conversation Piece Ever Invented in America: BaseballM W03:00 PM - 04:15 PMPamela Vaughan Knaus (P)
HONR49200572002Philanthropy In Action: Passion To ServeT R11:00 AM - 12:15 PMFrances Glycenfer (P)
HONR49200669365Music, War, and American Collective MemoryM W F09:00 AM - 09:50 AMAbigail Shupe (P)
HONR49200777789Freedom in Focus: The Cultural Cold War in Literature and FilmM W12:30 PM - 01:45 PMJoseph Brown (P)
HONR49200876590Spain and Europe as Drama: From Tragedy to ComedyM W F02:00 PM - 02:50 PMJose Suarez Garcia (P)