Honors Curriculum

Honors Core

Honors students participate in an alternate curriculum that completely substitutes for the General Education requirements at WOU.  Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) and related credits count, where allowed.

  • Honors Health/Wellness
  • Honors History
  • Literature & The Arts
    • Honors Literature
    • Honors Theatre
    • Honors Creative Arts

  • Honors Ethics
  • Honors Rhetoric
  • Science & Math
    • Honors Earth Science
      or Honors Biology
    • Honors Computer Science
      or Honors Math

Exploratory Honors

Exploratory courses are multi-disciplinary so you can sample different interests. Four are required for graduation, and you choose the ones you want.

Honors Colloquia

Honors colloquia are highly original, seminar-style classes.
Two are required for graduation.

Honors Thesis/Senior Projects

The Senior Project represents a significant endeavor that can be creative, scholarly, scientific, service-oriented, or experiential.  Non-traditional options (leadership portfolio, wellness project, culture project) also exist.

Current & Upcoming Classes

Last Updated May 9, 2024 (we will be running a supremely compressed schedule next year to facilitate the honors director transition)

Spring 2024 Honors Classes -- CURRENT TERM

Class Number & Title
CR
Time
Location
Prof.
CRN
HNR 105 Honors History
4
MW 10:00-11:50
APS 212
E. Swedo
30592
HNR 153 Honors Literature
4
TR 2:00-13:50
APS 212
R. Topper
30593
HNR 171 Honors Theatre
3
TR 12:30-1:50
HWC 203
M. Phillips
30594
 
Honors Exploratory & Colloquium:
HNR 276 Mathematics of Voting 4 TR 10:00-11:50 APS 212 L. Merrill 30907
HNR 300 Mysticism in World Religions 4 MW 2:00-3:50 APS 212 K. Kirby 30908
HNR 406 Remembering Trauma (hybrid) 4 MW 12:00-1:50 HWC 205 T. Good 30909
 
Honors Thesis/Senior Project Classes:
HNR 351 Honors Thesis Development
2
T 1:00-1:50
APS 212
G. Keulks
30620
HNR 351 Honors Thesis Development
2
W 12:00-12:50
APS 212
G. Keulks
30621
HNR 351 Honors Thesis Development
2
W 4:00-4:50
APS 212
G. Keulks
30622
HNR 378 Honors Thesis/Senior Project
1-6
N/A
N/A
G. Keulks
30597

Fall 2024 Honors Classes

Class Number & Title
CR
Time
Location
Prof.
CRN
 
Honors Exploratory Courses
HNR 300 Migration & Borders in Hispanic World 4 TR 12:00-1:45 BELL K. Connolly
HNR 301 Digital Inclusivity 3 W 5:00-7:45 RWEC G. Zobel
HNR 303 Non-Nicene Christianity 4 MW 10:00-11:45 APS 212 K. Kirby
 
Honors Thesis/Senior Project Classes:
HNR 325 Honors Thesis Orientation
2
T 11:00-11:50
APS 212
G. Keulks
HNR 325 Honors Thesis Orientation
2
T 1:00-1:50
APS 212
G. Keulks
HNR 325 Honors Thesis Orientation
2
T 3:00-3:50
APS 212
G. Keulks
HNR 378 Honors Thesis/Senior Project
1-6
N/A
N/A
G. Keulks

 

Winter 2025 Honors Classes

Class Number & Title
CR
Time
Location
Prof.
CRN
 
Honors Exploratory Courses
HNR 300 Chess in Mass Media and Culture 4 W 4:00-7:30 RWEC G. Zobel
HNR 306 Dance and the Moving Image 3 TBD T. Cowart
LIT 386 Film History and Technique 4 G. Keulks
 
Honors Thesis/Senior Project Classes:
HNR 378 Honors Thesis/Senior Project
1-6
N/A
N/A
G. Keulks

 

Spring 2025 Honors Classes

Class Number & Title
CR
Time
Location
Prof.
CRN
 
Honors Exploratory Courses
HNR 300 UFO’s: Government on the Record 4 MW 2:00-3:45 APS 212 E. Dickinson
HNR 303 Children’s Lit in Diverse Classrooms
4
MW 12:00
RWEC
M. LeJeune
 
Honors Thesis/Senior Project Classes:
HNR 351 Honors Thesis Development
2
Online
G. Keulks
HNR 378 Honors Thesis/Senior Project
1-6
N/A
N/A
G. Keulks

 

Honors Program

Academic Programs and Support Center, Room 210

Phone: (503) 838-8519
Email: honors@wou.edu

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