Honors Summer 2026 Courses
Courses are categorized by where they fall in Degree Works for graduation with University Honors
Note: Courses of Intention can count as Honors Electives, but Honors Electives cannot count as Courses of Intention. For assistance with your specific needs please see your Honors Advisor.
Note: Courses of Intention can count as Honors Electives, but Honors Electives cannot count as Courses of Intention. Be sure to also check for any major restrictions. For assistance with your specific needs please see your Honors Advisor.
High Performance Leadership
CRN 40929 | Online Asynchronous | Prof. Tom Connolly | May 18 - June 18
*Add/Drop Deadline May 19
This course focuses on building and developing high performing leaders. Students will learn and review modern leadership theory and practical application. The course will walk students through common pitfalls of leading teams, how to overcome these obstacles, and how to work efficiently as a team. The course will also require students to reflect upon themselves as leaders in a diverse community.
Leading Through Change
CRN 42017 | Online Asynchronous | Prof. Sombo Muzata | May 19 - July 9
*Add/Drop Deadline May 20
This course will explore personal and organizational leadership concepts to prepare students for their leadership journey. At a general level, students will learn why leadership matters. Various leadership models will be discussed in detail, including their application. Students will learn about challenges with leading through changing contexts and work on a semester-long project to develop a possible solution to a leadership problem.
Space, Place, & Identity
CRN 42856 | Online Asynchronous | Prof. April Sopkin | May 18 - June 18
*Add/Drop Deadline May 19
This course will explore how space, place, and identity contribute to our perceptions of our world and our personal belief systems. Students will venture outside of their personal frame of reference—in pop culture, in foundational knowledge, in lived experience—as we read an eclectic library of texts in fiction and creative nonfiction. The course reading list may include, for example, selections from "A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South" by Cinelle Barnes, fiction by renowned sci-fi writer Ted Chiang, work by the late astronomer Carl Sagan, excerpts from the graphic memoir "Seek You" by Kristen Radtke and much more, including a few podcast episodes, photo essays and travel narratives.
City as Text: Iceland
CRN 42722 | Hybrid Asynchronous | Prof. Christy Tyndall | May 17 - May 24
This interdisciplinary course immerses students in the Icelandic approach to well-being, sustainability, gender equity, and mental health. Through experiential learning, guest lectures, and daily explorations, students gain firsthand insights into Icelandic society, culture, politics, and nature. The course promotes reflection on the intersections of environment, policy, and wellbeing both in Iceland and globally.
By the end of this course, students will be able to: ● Analyze how Iceland’s natural environment influences social, cultural, and wellbeing policy. ● Use mapping, observing, listening, and reflecting strategies to explore and uncover Iceland’s underlying social, cultural, and physical systems that shape wellbeing. ● Evaluate Iceland’s practices in gender equality, wellbeing, mental health, and environmental sustainability. ● Critically reflect on their own assumptions about wellbeing in a global context. ● Communicate intercultural insights verbally and in writing. ● Synthesize experiential and academic knowledge into an interdisciplinary capstone project.
Nationally Competitive Awards & Beyond
CRN 42730 | MTWRF | Online Synchronous | 10 AM- 11:40 AM | Professor Meredith Sisson | May 18 - June 5
Wouldn’t it be great to get someone else to pay for you to do something cool? This honors module will teach you how to apply for nationally competitive awards, which can support research, study abroad, postgraduate study, and other enrichment activities. You will learn about some of the many opportunities that exist, as well as what it takes to put together a competitive application. Throughout the course, you will hone your writing skills and learn to craft compelling Personal and Research Statements. You will learn interview techniques and participate in a mock-interview. By the end of the course, you will have completed a draft of a scholarship application (which you can then choose to submit!) The skills and knowledge gained in this course can be directly applied to other applications, such as for graduate school, jobs, and grants.