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Classes<\/h1>\n

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Honors Colloquia<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Every student in Honors must complete six elective colloquia, also called “exploratory” courses. The colloquia are selected through a competitive process by the Faculty Senate Honors Committee. They are designed to allow highly motivated and dynamic teachers and students the opportunity to learn together. <\/span>Because of the diversity of student majors in the Honors Program, courses are oriented towards non-majors and have no prerequisites. <\/span><\/p>\n

Past courses have ranged from once-in-a-lifetime offerings to enhanced versions of courses that faculty regularly teach well. \u00a0If student and faculty interest is high, occasionally a colloquium will be offered more than once. In 2024, for simplicity, the colloquia requirement was renamed “Honors Exploratory.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Current and Past Honors Colloquia<\/h2>\n

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\n 2024-2025<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n \n Migration and Borders in the Hispanic World — Kathleen Connolly, Spanish Digital Inclusivity: A Deep Dive into Accessible Media Creation — Greg Zobel, Teacher Education Non-Nicene Christianity — Ken Kirby, Philosophy & Religious Studies The Queen\u2019s Gambit: Chess in Mass Media & Culture — Greg Zobel, Teacher Education Dance and the Moving Image: Short-form Screendance Films — Tim Cowart, Dance Children\u2019s Literature in Diverse Classrooms \u2014 Marie LeJeune, Teacher Education <\/span>UFOs \u2013 Government Officials Go on the Record — Eliot Dickinson, Political Science Language in Place \u2014 Robert Troyer, Linguistics <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2023-2024<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n \n Extraordinary Bodies: Gender and Disability in Hispanic Cultures — Kathleen Connolly, Spanish Musicals and American History — Corrie Cowart, Dance The New Wild West — Henry Hughes, English Reproductive Health \u2014<\/span> Emily Vala-Haynes, Public Health Mathematics of Voting — Leanne Merrill, Mathematics<\/span> Mysticism in World Religious Traditions \u2014 Ken Kirby, Philosophy & Religious Studies <\/span>Remembering Trauma — Tiara Good, Communication Studies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2022-2023<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	Music & Social Justice Movements — Charles Mueller, Music Migration & Borders in the Hispanic World — Kathleen Connolly, Spanish Math Puzzles and Patterns — Leanne Merrill, Mathematics Overview of the Cannabis Industry — Graham Rankin, Chemistry Children\u2019s Literature in Diverse Classrooms \u2014 Marie LeJeune, Teacher Education Paradoxes — Ryan Hickerson, Philosophy Oregon Women’s History — Kimberly Jensen, History<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2021-2022<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n \n Rhetoric of Horror: Society and Identity \u2014 Tiara Good, Communication Studies<\/span> Complexity Theory: How the World Works at the Edge of Chaos \u2014<\/span>\u00a0Lar Soderlund, Writing Reproductive Health \u2014<\/span> Emily Vala-Haynes, Public Health Dance and Race Relations \u2014<\/span> Cynthia Gutierrez-Garner, Dance Speaking Rivers: People and Water \u2014<\/span> Henry Hughes, English Emotional & Physical Survival in Law Enforcement \u2014<\/span> Jennifer Moreno, Criminal Justice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2020-2021<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n Children\u2019s Literature in Diverse Classrooms \u2014 Marie LeJeune, Teacher Education <\/span>System Languages: From Morse to Moore \u2014<\/span>\u00a0Ted Beers, Computer Science Introduction to Linguistics \u2014 Cornelia Paraskevas, Linguistics & Writing Rhetoric of Horror: Society and Identity \u2014 Tiara Good, Communication Studies Mysticism in World Religious Traditions \u2014 Ken Kirby, Philosophy & Religious Studies Blues and the African-American Experience \u2014 Charles Mueller, Music<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2019-2020<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n \n Forensics in the Media \u2014 <\/span>Misty Weitzel, Criminal Justice The Dark Side of Big Data \u2014 Breeann Flesch, Computer Science<\/span> Medieval Truth vs. Medieval Myth \u2014<\/span> Samantha Morgan, Literature Voting Theory: Electoral Politics and Math \u2014<\/span> Leanne Merrill, Mathematics Marine Invertibrates: Creative Investigations \u2014<\/span> Karen Haberman, Biology Transmitting Reality through Personal Writing \u2014<\/span> Lars Soderlund, Writing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2018-2019<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n Communication and Civic Action \u2014 Emily Plec, Communication Studies <\/span>History of the Book as Disruptive Technology \u2014 Robert Monge & Elizabeth Brookbank, Library Science <\/span>Introduction to Linguistics \u2014 Cornelia Paraskevas, Linguistics & Writing <\/span>Creative Writing Workshop \u2014 Katherine Schmidt, Writing <\/span>The Dark Side of Big Data \u2014 Breeann Flesch, Computer Science<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2017-2018<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n Children\u2019s Literature in Diverse Classrooms \u2014 Marie LeJeune, Teacher Education <\/span>Nineteenth Amendment Centennial in History \u2014 Kimberly Jensen, History Language in Place \u2014 Robert Troyer, Linguistics Critical Videogame Studies \u2014 Daniel Tankersley, Art & Visual Design Dances that Changed the World \u2014 Sharon Oberst, Dance Artistic Pathways to Scientific Understanding \u2014 Karen Haberman, Biology Make \u2018Em Laugh \u2014 Kent Neely, Theatre Arts<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2016-2017<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n \n Intellectual Boldness & Humility \u2014 Sriram Khe, Interdisciplinary Studies <\/span>Introduction to Linguistics \u2014 Cornelia Paraskevas, Linguistics & Writing Non-Nicene Christianity \u2014 Ken Kirby, Philosophy & Religious Studies Games, Simulation, Role-Playing \u2014 Frederick Oerther, Business Complexity Theory: World on the Edge of Chaos \u2014 Lars Soderlund, Writing Popular Music & Postmodernism \u2014 Charles Mueller, Music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2015-2016<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n \n Performance Anxiety \u2014 Diane Baxter, Music <\/span>Difference, Inequality, Social Justice \u2014 Susanne Monahan, Sociology Game Theory \u2014 Breeann Flesch, Mathematics Children\u2019s Literature in Diverse Classrooms \u2014 Marie LeJeune, Teacher Education Critical Videogame Studies \u2014 Daniel Tankersley, Art & Visual Design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2014-2015<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n \n Creative Writing Workshop \u2014 Katherine Schmidt, Writing <\/span>Environmental Politics \u2014 Mary Pettinger, Political Science<\/span> Scientific Inquiry and Design for Educators \u2014 Erin Baumgartner, Biology History of the Book as Disruptive Technology \u2014 Robert Monge & Elizabeth Brookbank, Library Science<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 2013-2014<\/div>\n<\/td>\n	\n Exploring Literacy \u2014 Cornelia Paraskevas, Linguistics & Writing <\/span>Introduction to Linguistics \u2014 Cornelia Paraskevas, Linguistics & Writing History of Cognition \u2014 Joel Alexander, Behavioral Science Mysticism in World Religious Traditions \u2014 Ken Kirby, Philosophy & Religious Studies<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”2000 to 2013″ use_icon_font_size=”on” icon_font_size=”30px” open_use_icon_font_size=”on” open_icon_font_size=”30px” admin_label=”What is the \u201cEarly Childhood Senior Cohort?\u201d” module_class=”aks-faq” _builder_version=”4.16″ title_level=”h3″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”750ms” animation_delay=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” custom_css_main_element=”background-color: transparent;” border_width_all=”0px” border_width_bottom=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_before_last_edited=”off|phone”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n 2012-2013<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n Human Rights \u2014 Mary Pettinger, Political Science <\/span>Communication and Civic Action \u2014 Molly Mayhead, Communication Studies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2011-2012<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n Causes of Peace \u2014 Eliot Dickinson, Political Science<\/span> Why Do We Move? 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Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien \u2014 Ann Bliss, Literature<\/span> Mourning the Holocaust: Representing the Unrepresentable \u2014 Kit Andrews, Literature<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1995-1996<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n Improvisation (Dance) \u2014 Jacqueline McCormick, Dance<\/span> World War I & 20th Century Culture \u2014 Richard Meyer, Literature & Folklore<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1994-1995<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n Exploring America\u2019s Drug Policy \u2014 Carl Stevenson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1993-1994<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n Sensitivity to Language \u2014 Cornelia Paraskevas, Linguistics & Writing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1992-1993<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n World Music \u2014 Thomas Bergeron, Music<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1991-1992<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n The Discovery of America \u2014 John Rector, History<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1990-1991<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n The Rhetoric of Social Protest and Control \u2014 Molly Mayhead, Communication Studies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1989-1990<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n The College\/Knowledge Experience in the Fiction of Hardy and Lawrence \u2014 Betsy Sargent, Writing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1988-1989<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n Aspects of Evolution \u2014 J. Morris Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1987-1988<\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n \n Ethnic Oregon in the 1990\u2019s: Current and Future Perspectives \u2014 Xavier Romano<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#1f1f1f” custom_padding=”31px||31px|||” global_module=”22048″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Honors Program<\/a><\/h2>\n Academic Programs and Support Center, Room 210<\/span><\/p>\n Phone:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(503) 838-8519 Email:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>honors@wou.edu<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/honors\/files\/2021\/04\/wouhonors-instagram.png” alt=”WOU Honors Instagram” title_text=”wouhonors-instagram” url=”https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wouhonors\/” url_new_window=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”300px” custom_padding=”8.1%|7%|8.1%|7%|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/wou.edu\/honors\/files\/2021\/04\/honorsprogram-facebook.png” alt=”Honors Program Facebook” title_text=”honorsprogram-facebook” url=”https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wou.honors” url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”9.1%|7%|9.1%|7%|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Classes Honors Colloquia Every student in Honors must…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"parent":846,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"splash-page.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Honors Colloquia<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nEvery student in Honors must complete three elective colloquia. The colloquia are selected through a competitive process by the Faculty Senate Honors Committee. They are designed to allow highly motivated and dynamic teachers and students the opportunity to learn together. Because of the diversity of student majors in the Honors Program, courses are oriented towards non-majors and have no prerequisites. Past courses have ranged from once-in-a-lifetime offerings to enhanced versions of courses that faculty regularly teach well.  If student and faculty interest is high, occasionally a colloquium will be offered more than once.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Current and Past Honors Colloquia<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2018-2019<\/div><\/td>\n Emily Plec -- Communication and Civic Action\n\nRobert Monge & Elizabeth Brookbank \u2014 History of the Book as Disruptive Technology<\/span>\n\nCornelia Paraskevas \u2014 Introduction to Linguistics<\/span>\n\nKatherine Schmidt \u2014 Creative Writing Workshop<\/span>\n\nBreeann Flesch -- The Dark Side of Big Data<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2017-2018<\/div><\/td>\n Marie LeJeune -- Children's Literature in Diverse Classrooms\n\nKimberly Jensen -- Nineteenth Amendment Centennial in History\n\nRobert Troyer -- Language in Place\n\nDaniel Tankersley -- Critical Videogame Studies\n\nSharon Oberst -- Dances that Changed the World\n\nKaren Haberman -- Artistic Pathways to Scientific Understanding\n\nKent Neely -- Make 'Em Laugh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2016-2017<\/div><\/td>\n Sriram Khe -- Intellectual Boldness & Humility\n\nCornelia Paraskevas -- Introduction to Linguistics\n\nKen Kirby -- Non-Nicene Christianity\n\nFrederick Oerther -- Games, Simulation, Role-Playing\n\nLars Soderlund -- Complexity Theory: World Edge Chaos\n\nCharles Mueller -- Popular Music & Postmodernism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2015-2016<\/div><\/td>\n Diane Baxter -- Performance Anxiety\n\nSusanne Monahan -- Difference, Inequality, Social Justice\n\nBreeann Flesch -- Game Theory\n\nMarie LeJeune -- Children's Literature in Diverse Classrooms\n\nDaniel Tankersley -- Critical Videogame Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2014-2015<\/div><\/td>\n Katherine Schmidt -- Creative Writing Workshop\n\nMary Pettinger -- Environmental Politics\n\nErin Baumgartner -- Scientific Inquiry and Design for Educators\n\nRobert Monge & Elizabeth Brookbank -- History of the Book as Disruptive Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2013-2014<\/div><\/td>\n Cornelia Paraskevas -- Exploring Literacy\n\nCornelia Paraskevas -- Introduction to Linguistics\n\nJoel Alexander -- History of Cognition\n\nKen Kirby -- Mysticism in World Religious Traditions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2012-2013<\/div><\/td>\n Mary Pettinger -- Human Rights\n\nMolly Mayhead -- Communication and Civic Action<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2011-2012<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nEliot Dickinson <\/span> - Causes of Peace\n\nBob Hautala -- Why Do We Move? A Cross-Disciplinary Study\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2010-2011<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nKimberly Jensen <\/span> - Oregon Women Suffrage History\n\nDeborah Jones - Creativity\n\nEmily Plec -- Communication and Civic Action\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2009-2010<\/div><\/td>\n Mark Girod - Transformative Experiences\n\nJohn Campbell<\/span> - Environmental Writing: Cultural Foundations of Nature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2008-2009<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nSteve Gibbons & David Murphy <\/span> - Prison Writing\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2007-2008<\/div><\/td>\n \n Bob Hautala - Fitness\/Wellness: One Body\/Many Disciplines<\/p>\n Michael Phillips - The Intersection of Theatre Arts & Science<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2006-2007<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nGavin Keulks <\/span> - The Literature of Terrorism\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2005-2006<\/div><\/td>\n \n Gavin Keulks<\/span> - 20th Century Irish Literature: Modernism & Beyond<\/p>\n Emily Plec<\/span> - Masculinites and the Media<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2004-2005<\/div><\/td>\n \n Ram Sil<\/span> - The Terrorist as a Liminal Figure: A Cross-cultural and Historical Examination<\/p>\n Maria Fung & Sriram Khe<\/span> - Maps and Math<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2003-2004<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nSusan Kirtley<\/span> - The Truth of that Particular Fiction: Fact, Falsehood, and Invention in Historical Fiction\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2002-2003<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nJerry Braza <\/span> - The Art of Mindful Living\n\nGianna Martella<\/span> - Detective and Crime Fiction\n\nMax Geier <\/span> - Nuclear Landscapes\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2001-2002<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nJeffrey Diamond<\/span> - Judeo Christian Mysticism in Medieval and Renaissance Spain\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2000-2001<\/div><\/td>\n \n Ann Bliss<\/span> - The Arthurian Legend<\/p>\n Deborah Jones<\/span> - Creativity<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1999-2000<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nKimberly Jensen<\/span> - Women and the Sea: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of History, Metaphor, Ideology, and Institutions\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1998-1999<\/div><\/td>\n \n Dale Cannon and Robert Turner<\/span> - Religion and Science<\/p>\n Brian Caster<\/span> - Human Movement in Science, Art, and Technology<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1997-1998<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nMarion Schrock<\/span> - African American Culture as Seen Through its Music\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1996-1997<\/div><\/td>\n \n Ann Bliss<\/span> - Modern Mythology: C.S. 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Tolkien<\/p>\n Kit Andrews<\/span> - Mourning the Holocaust: Representing the Unrepresentable<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1995-1996<\/div><\/td>\n \n Jacqueline McCormick<\/span> - Improvisation (Dance)<\/p>\n Richard Meyer<\/span> - World War I & 20th Century Culture<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1994-1995<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nCarl Stevenson <\/span> - Exploring America's Drug Policy\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1993-1994<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nCornelia Paraskevas <\/span> - Sensitivity to Language\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1992-1993<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nThomas Bergeron <\/span> - World Music\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1991-1992<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nJohn Rector <\/span> - The Discovery of America\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1990-1991<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nMolly Mayhead<\/span> - The Rhetoric of Social Protest and Control\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1989-1990<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nBetsy Sargent<\/span> - The College\/Knowledge Experience in the Fiction of Hardy and Lawrence\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1988-1989<\/div><\/td>\n \n \n\nJ. 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