Honors Academic Courses


Honors University Core

Student can earn honors credit by taking the Honors version of their required University Core courses.

Example: Students can take Honors World Literature before 1600 as their required core literature course or Honors Calculus I as their required core math course.

*Please note that Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, CLEP, ACT/SAT, and dual-enrollment credits while accepted as Auburn credits will not be accepted as Honors College credits.*

Honors Departmental

Students may choose to complete the Honors version of major specific, departmental courses.

Example: Student who are required by their major, or minor, to take Organic Chemistry can opt to take the Honors version of Organic Chemistry or students who are majoring or minoring in a business based field can take Honors Principles of Accounting to fill a requirement while receiving honors credit.

*Please note that some courses have prerequisites.*

Honors Interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinary core courses offered by the Honors College are specialized classes available to Honors students each semester. These classes are distinguished from traditional courses by utilizing a strong emphasis on cultivating new methods of thinking and communicating ideas. These interdisciplinary core courses involve engaging and enriching class discussions requiring in-depth thinking and reasoning. As part of Auburn University’s land grant mission these classes impart the knowledge, skills, and values so essential to education and the creation of responsible citizens on both a local and global scale.

Example: Student who take Technology and Culture I & II examine the intersections of technology and culture in a variety of social, historical, and professional contexts. Students explore how humans use technology to shape their environment, discuss how technologies are understood and used by diverse people around the globe, investigate the forces behind technological and cultural change, and study the relationship between technology and science.

Honors Study and Travel

Honors Study and Travel, HONR 3087, is a course designed to inform students about a specific country abroad or a region within the United States. Students study the culture and history of the destination throughout the semester and then travel to that destination as the culminating experience for the course.

Example: History professor, Dr. Sippial, taught a small group of honors student about Cuban culture and history. Once the semester ended, the students took a trip to Cuba to explore the subject matters they studied during the regular semester. This a great opportunity to study abroad if you want to go on a shorter trip or you have a curriculum that doesn’t allow you to be off campus for a whole semester.

Honors Seminars

Honors Seminars, HONR 3007, are taught in small discussion groups similar to graduate courses. Students are not required to have a background in the topic, only possess an interest in the material. Seminar topics vary and are announced each semester. These courses count towards graduation as elective hours.

Example: The Global Citizenship course focuses on students discovering the answer to “what does it mean to be a global citizen?”

Honors Research Seminars

Honors Research Seminars, HONR 3987, provide Honors students with a research experience under the close supervision of an Auburn faculty member. The course is designed to enable a faculty member to mentor a number of students who are working on collaborative research. Research Seminar course topics vary and are announced each semester.

Examples: Marine Research students enjoyed the opportunity to research in and out of the lab live coral reef organisms (sea anemones, shrimps, fishes) from the Caribbean Sea. During spring break, these students take a trip to the Florida keys to conduct field surveys, and go on snorkeling trips to collect samples of the organizms they have been researching. The only prerequisite for this class is General Biology. Most students who take this class are not science based majors.

Human Genomics and Personalized Medicine, lead by one of Auburn’s Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology professors, is another popular research seminar. Students have the unique opportunity to learn more about the human genome. This course is great for any students who are pursuing in professional health degrees.

Honors Contract Courses

Honors Contracts enable students to earn credit by incorporating an Honors component within a regularly offered class. This is a great way to customize your Honors experience, form a relationship with your professors, and get the most out of your major or minor classes. Completion of the Honors Contract form with faculty member and department head approval is required and must be submitted by the 15th day of class. Courses that may be contracted include:

  • A core course that cannot be taken as Honors due to a scheduling conflict or lack of an Honors version.
  • A course required to complete the student’s College Curriculum Model.

Honors Participation Courses


Honors Freshmen Exploration, HONR 1077

The Freshmen Exploration course introduces students to Auburn University and the Honors College. Each week, guest speakers present topics relevant to Honors students. Some of the topics discussed include Study Abroad, campus involvement, course registration, National Prestigious Scholarships, service learning, and more.

Honors Lyceum

Every semester the Honors College offers Honors Lyceum classes on varying topics. Always in high demand, the Honors Lyceum provides Honors students with an open forum for discussion of current events, international affairs, and controversial issues. Subject matter for the course varies from semester to semester, but has recently focused on such issues as: world hunger, the reform of undergraduate education in the United States, service learning, faculty research on the Auburn campus, and cultural learning experiences.

Honors Signature Impact Experiences

Examples: Project Horseshoe Farms Tutoring is a remote tutoring program where honors students tutor middle schoolers from Greensboro, Alabama in math and reading via skype. The honors students are paired with the same middle schooler every week in an effort to make an impactful connection, all while helping the student with their academic pursuits.

Times on Tuesday is another honors lyceum for students interested in current events. Each week the students read the New York Times and come together for discussion on the week’s biggest topics.

Honors Book Club

During the semester students typically read two to three books and actively participate in class discussions.

These classes are typically taught by higher administers and faculty on campus who come from all disciplines of the University. The books read are hand-picked by the instructor and are usually more contemporary.

Honors Forum

Students enrolled in the Forum course select a minimum of ten campus lectures, films, and performances from a pre-approved list to attend. The events span a wide range of subjects and students submit a reflective essay after each event attended.

This class is a great way for students to engage in the vast array of opportunities provided by the University and its partners while earning honors credit.


Honors Research

Students work with a departmental professor in their major or minor to complete a project of their choosing.

Typically, students will participate in honors research their junior or senior year. For majors that require research, you can take the honors version of research and meet both your requirement and receive honors credit.

Honors Thesis

Students work with a departmental professor in their major or minor to complete a project of their choosing and produce a written document or oral presentation.

Honors thesis is a wonderful option for any student who wants the experience of writing an undergraduate thesis. Writing a thesis benefits both students preparing to attend professional or graduate school, as well as those entering directly into the workforce.

Honors Special Topics

Students work with a departmental professor in their major or minor to complete a project of their choosing. Honors Contract courses in the major field of study at the 4000-5000 level Students may contract courses in their major field of study by incorporating an Honors component within a regularly offered class.

This course is very similar to Honors Research. It gives students an opportunity to work one on one with a professor on a project that is interesting to them.

Graduate-level courses in the major field of study

Students who meet the required pre-requisites may take graduate-level courses within their field of study. A maximum of twelve of these hours may count towards both the student’s undergraduate and graduate degrees at Auburn University. These graduate courses tend to be 6000 level courses that bridge undergraduate and graduate level courses.

Course Listing | Spring 2024

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HONR Course Listing

CRNSubjCrseSecCredTitleDaysTimeCapInstructor AU Email Location
Counts as a core Humanities specifically designed for Honors College students. From an interdisciplinary perspective, this course examines the intersections of technology & technology & culture in a variety of social, historical, professional, and global settings.12053HONR101713Honors Tech and Culture IIMWF11:00 AM-11:50 AM25George M Plasketesplaskgm@auburn.eduHALEY 3150
Sustainability & the Modern World I provides an interdisciplinary exploration into the concept of sustainability as theory and practice with a focus on issues related to food and water. The course exposes students to systems of thinking, and invites them to think critically about the interconnectedness of natural, technological, cultural, and economic issues of sustainability. Counts for SUST 2000 and core social science credit. 16915HONR102713Honor Sustainability IMW02:00 PM-03:15 PM27Wayde C Morsewcm0005@auburn.eduTHACH 112/HALEY 2124
First year course that introduces new Honors College students to the Honors College and Auburn University and helps students become better informed about its resources and services. Topics include Honors College advising, Study Abroad, Campus Involvement, the Career Center, Academic Support and Study Skills, and many more. This course is for first year honors students only.12431HONR1077EA11Honors Freshman ExplorationW09:00 AM-09:50 AM29Katie E Martinkem0061@auburn.eduMELL 4546
For this section of Honors Lyceum, you and your classmates will explore Auburn University’s art museum, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. We’ll read and analyze a set of texts about the history of art museums, the various ways art museums function, who works in museums and what they do, who visits museums and how they use them, and finally what recent trends and changes are shaping the future of art museums like the Jule.17513HONR108701Honors Lyceum: Explore the Art MuseumT04:00 PM-05:00 PM15Kathryn M Floyd and Chris Molinskikmf0004@auburn.edu and cdm0116@auburn.eduJule Collins Art Museum Study Room
Honors Interdisciplinary Exploration (HIE) is a new honors lyceum intending to bring together students and faculty from across Auburn University under the single umbrella of honors education. This is done through a topic-based structure, where every week students will either sit down for a discussion or travel to a field experience with a different instructor to learn about how one topic can be approached by several different fields. Guest professors will come from all of Auburn’s different colleges to provide a true interdisciplinary exploration of a topic. In light of Auburn’s historical relationship with agriculture and new campus initiatives related to food, the inaugural HIE topic will be Food. Students can expect to explore food from many different perspectives including engineering, agriculture, business, psychology, and literature.14947HONR108711Honors Lyceum: Honors Interdisciplinary Exploration: FoodR02:00 PM-03:15 PM25Alicia R Powersarp0042@auburn.eduHALEY 3150
Want to make an impact? Get course credit, have fun, AND make a difference in children’s lives! In this course, you will be volunteering with K-12 students in Lee County Schools Summer Learning Program while learning about classroom management, poverty and race in school systems, and Alabama’s education system. Impact students through mentoring, tutoring, and engaging K-12 students in learning-based activities.14197HONR108731Honors Lyceum: Service in SchoolsR02:00 PM-03:15 PM25Anna Margaret Y Goldmanayg0005@auburn.eduHALEY 2224
There are 5 distinct priorities that when in the right alignment will help you win in both your personal and professional life. Understanding and ensuring they are in the right alignment takes consistent reflection and recalibration of one’s priorities. This continual realignment allows the best leaders to keep the most important at the forefront, cutting through the constant barrage of tasks, activities, interruptions and urgent requests. Over the next 16 weeks we will be diving into understanding what these priorities are. The goal of the class is to bring awareness to how your priorities are aligned and give you the tools to win in both your personal and professional life. 15018HONR108761Honors Lyceum: The Prioritized LifeW01:00 PM-01:50 PM12William R Walkerwrw0013@auburn.eduHALEY 3187
This lyceum introduces students to Economic Development from both a global and local perspective. While broadly exploring the process of improving the well-being of people, the primary focus will be on economics. The course will encourage students to be curious while keeping their heads, look outward, work wisely saving the best, use the human touch to change the world, and have fun through informal discussions.14486HONR108771Honors Lyceum: Economic Development: Local and Global PerspectivesT12:30 PM-01:45 PM30Joseph S Johnsonjsj0033@auburn.eduHALEY 2124
In this Lyceum the speakers will discuss their involvement in research within their particular field. This is a great class to introduce you to research opportunities on Auburn’s campus, and explore the different types of research that contributes to our R1 status. 12830HONR1087101Honors Lyceum: Research at AuburnR09:30 AM-10:45 AM25Suzanne P Huntersap0005@auburn.eduLIBRY 4041
This course will advance students’ digital visual design skills beginning with Adobe Express (web-based drag-and-drop app) but primarily focusing on developing skills in Adobe Photoshop (desktop app), available to students at no additional cost through Auburn’s Adobe Creative Campus initiative. Students will learn image editing, compositing, and publishing. No previous knowledge or skills are required. The digital literacy skills students will learn in this course and demonstrate via a web portfolio have broad applications across all fields of study, empowering students with creative communication skills that will be useful in any career.14493HONR1087121Honors Lyceum: Visual DesignW09:00 AM-09:50 AM30Chelsy P Hoopercph0023@auburn.eduLibrary 3011
In this Lyceum the speakers will discuss their involvement in research within their particular field. This is a great class to introduce you to research opportunities on Auburn’s campus, and explore the different types of research that contributes to our R1 status. This section is specifically designed for COSAM students and will focus on COSAM related research. 14485HONR1087141Honors Lyceum: Research at Auburn: COSAMM03:00 PM-03:50 PM25Meredith A Powellmaj0007@auburn.eduHALEY 2332
In this course students are expected to conduct 15 hours of service and do an in-class presentation on their service experience. This class will meet 4-6 times during the semester, but most of your weekly meeting times will be canceled, allowing for community service time. 14831HONR1087151Honors Lyceum: Service LearningW10:00 AM-10:50 AM30Zachary Werninckzzw0084@auburn.eduHALEY 3218
We often discuss the importance of “leadership” in different contexts. You might be asked to describe your leadership experience in an organization, or to recount a time when you led a team. In the corporate world, success or failure of a team or company is often attributed to how “good” or “bad” the leadership of the group is. But what makes a leader? Are leaders born or made? How do we define “good” and “bad” leadership? In this course, we will explore the foundations of leadership to provide you with the basic tools needed to start on your own leadership journey.12829HONR1087D011Honors Lyceum: Foundations of LeadershipT05:00 PM-05:50 PM11Sean M Bittnersmb0042@auburn.eduonline
We often discuss the importance of “leadership” in different contexts. You might be asked to describe your leadership experience in an organization, or to recount a time when you led a team. In the corporate world, success or failure of a team or company is often attributed to how “good” or “bad” the leadership of the group is. But what makes a leader? Are leaders born or made? How do we define “good” and “bad” leadership? In this course, we will explore the foundations of leadership to provide you with the basic tools needed to start on your own leadership journey.14102HONR1087D021Honors Lyceum: Foundations of LeadershipW05:00 PM-05:50 PM11Sean M Bittnersmb0042@auburn.eduonline
This course is a fun and rewarding way to help Freshman Honors students AND give back to the Honors College. Peer Instructors are assigned to one of the Freshman Exploration sections. Questions can be sent to honors@auburn.edu.16274HONR1087D031Honors Lyceum: Peer InstructorsTBA0TBA TBA
Embracing Chaos: Transferable Skills in the Workplace is designed to teach college students about the importance of their unique experiences and the transferable skills they’ve gained from these experiences. The course will also cover how students can leverage these skills into a job offer or a leadership position. This course encourages students to see their limitless potential and avoid pigeonholing themselves based on their major.17587HONR1087EA11Honors Lyceum: Embracing Chaos: Transferable Skills in the WorkplaceT09:30 AM-10:45 AM30Carrington R Clevengercrc0063@auburn.eduMILLR 226
This course is designed for college students to understand the need for maintaining lifestyle of health and wellness. Students will be presented with current research related to health and wellness along with practical opportunities to enhance their relationship with food in college. 13648HONR1087EA21Honors Lyceum: Mindfulness MattersM03:00 PM-03:50 PM30Savannah L Bakerslw0083@auburn.eduMELL 3546
More than 15 years after its end, Harry Potter refuses to give up the spotlight. As the best-selling book series ever published, it has spawned a multi-billion-dollar industry, influenced an entire generation, and is still making waves today. Why? This course will examine Harry Potter as a work of literature and as a cultural touchstone in the public imagination. We will investigate how the series has influenced society, as well as tackle the themes of ethics, class, race, gender, sexuality, and criminal justice that can be found in the novels, challenging students to think about Harry Potter in new ways. In addition to scholarly readings, we will also discuss some of the most pressing questions for fans of the series: What is considered HP canon? What role does fanfiction play in constructing fan identities? Was Harry really the chosen one? How was Peter Pettigrew a Gryffindor? This course is for students who both have a deep love of the Harry Potter series and who want to examine it through a more critical lens. Note: The Harry Potter novels will be used heavily as textual resources. To fully engage in the course topic, it is expected that students are familiar with the book series and have read it in full. 14487HONR1087EA31Honors Lyceum: Harry Potter and the Public ImaginationW03:00 PM-03:50 PM24Yvette J Stoneymj0001@auburn.eduLIBRY 4127
The course is designed to help students in developing a career plan and investigating the work world in terms of the students’ career/life goals. Students will explore career competencies that are sought by employers and graduate schools, and learn how best to represent these competencies on resumes and in interviews.14614HONR1087EA41Honors Lyceum: CareerT02:00 PM-03:15 PM20Whitney R Comerwrc0024@auburn.eduLIBRY 4027
Students attend 10 approved events held around Auburn’s campus or virtually and submit short summaries of their experience online.  Events include research presentations, film screenings, academic seminars, plays, music concerts, lectures, Career Center workshops, etc. 12733HONR207711Honors ForumTBA45Krista A Grantkag0052@auburn.eduTBA
Students attend 10 approved events held around Auburn’s campus or virtually and submit short summaries of their experience online.  Events include research presentations, film screenings, academic seminars, plays, music concerts, lectures, Career Center workshops, etc. 12793HONR207721Honors ForumTBA45Krista A Grantkag0052@auburn.eduTBA
Students attend 10 approved events held around Auburn’s campus or virtually and submit short summaries of their experience online.  Events include research presentations, film screenings, academic seminars, plays, music concerts, lectures, Career Center workshops, etc. 18195HONR207731Honors ForumTBA45Krista A Grantkag0052@auburn.eduTBA
Students attend 10 approved events held around Auburn’s campus or virtually and submit short summaries of their experience online.  Events include research presentations, film screenings, academic seminars, plays, music concerts, lectures, Career Center workshops, etc. HONR207741Honors ForumTBA45Meredith A Powellmaj0007@auburn.eduTBA
We often tend to think of psychological well-being as the straightforward consequence of having good brain chemistry, habits, and attitudes — with perhaps some attention given to our family history. Using a social constructivist lens, this book club will offer an alternative way of understanding psychological make-up and well-being. We will read and discuss Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment, a psychological ethnography about one woman’s mental health challenges and the social and cultural factors that contribute to her life circumstances and her view of herself. Book club members will be invited to consider how a range of social and cultural factors — including family dynamics, economic policy, medical systems, and social norms — either contribute to or detract from psychological well-being. Using Vita as a model, we will also discuss how our own social and cultural environment informs our psychological health and sense of self.13457HONR208741Honors Book Club: Illness, Love, and Abandonment: Social Conditions and Psychological Well-beingR04:00 PM-04:50 PM15Nathaniel A Maddoxnam0056@auburn.eduHALEY 2468
The impact Shakespeare has on popular culture is undeniable. From movies to books, the Bard’s structure and themes permeate most of our favorite forms of entertainment. This is also true for If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio. In the book, Rio demonstrates that when a group of classically trained theatre kids get together, it is anything but dull – but when one of them mysteriously dies, their whole world is flipped upside down. In this class, we will examine how Rio uses Shakespearean tropes and plot structures to advance her story. We will also explore the differences in Shakespeare’s plays and their presence in other forms of popular culture.14054HONR208751Honors Book Club: If We Were Villains: Shakespeare’s Influence in Popular CultureW11:00 AM-11:50 AM15Emily K Primekp0006@auburn.eduHALEY 2468
“Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell14101HONR208771Honors Book Club: Outliers: The Story of SuccessR02:00 PM-03:15 PM15Kathleen B Boydkbb0035@auburn.eduMary Martin 400
Readings selected by students at the start of the semester14196HONR208781Honors Book ClubM03:30 PM-04:20 PM12David E Houselhouseda@auburn.eduAlumni Center
The Hunger Games17363HONR2087101Honors Book Club: Developing a Battleplan for LeadershipR11:00 AM-12:15 PM15Charlie Gordoncsg0016@auburn.eduHALEY 2468
Outsold by only the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. She is best known for her 66 detection novels and 14 short stories, but maybe less mainstream, she was also part of a group of whodunit writers in the early 20th century known as The Detection Club. Formed in 1930, The Detection Club was a group of British mystery writers with Christie at the helm. They swore an oath and developed ten “fair play” commandments they all followed in their writing. They had had dinners and costume parties, helped each other with tricky plots, and even wrote books together. In this course, we will form our own detection club, attempting each week to solve some of Christie’s most famous mysteries while also examining why her work as been so impactful and long-lasting decades after her death. Though often criticized as the “lowest” form of literature, whodunits have not lost their popularity (think recent hits like Rian Johnson’s Knives Out and Glass Onion, Season 3 of You, Poker Face, etc.). In addition to attempting to solve some of Christie’s mysteries, we will also discuss Christie’s legacy in popular culture through the lens of a modern Christie-inspired novel, seeing if The Detection Club’s commandments are still followed by today’s authors and discovering why Christie’s work is so durable. Or, in the words of a recent screenwriter, “why it’s so damn hard to do.”12986HONR2087EA11Honors Book Club: The Detection Club: The Legacy of Agatha ChristieW02:00 PM-02:50 PM15Yvette J Stoneymj0001@auburn.eduLIBRY 4127
This class will dive into the Enneagram personality test throught eh 13853HONR2087EA21Honors Book Club: Self-Discovery through the EnneagramT01:00 PM-01:50 PM15Ruthanna B Spiersblakerl@auburn.eduLIBRY 3041
For this book club, we will be exploring different Leadership books. “Leadership Lens: Exploring 3 different leadership perspectives – Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney, Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child, and Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t16105HONR2087EA31Honors Book Club: LeadershipW10:00 AM-10:50 AM15Whitney R Comerwrc0024@auburn.eduMELL 3510b
For Week of Service counselors only12401HONR300713Honors Seminar: Week of Service LeadershipTR03:30 PM-04:45 PM0Whitney R Comerwrc0024@auburn.eduLIBRY 3027
Additive manufacturing, or 3d printing, has been gaining popularity since it was first conceived nearly 50 years ago. Technology has progressed to the point where small and portable units are affordable to nearly any consumer. Through a combination of lecture, article discussion and a term project, this course aims to teach the history of 3d printing over the last 50 years with a focus on modern advancements, media perception, and use in popular culture.12394HONR300723Honors Seminar: 3D PrintingTR02:00 PM-03:15 PM15Scott D Silvissds0047@auburn.eduHALEY 2468
In this course, we will trace the archaeological imagination through a range of media from the early nineteenth century through the present. Examining how writers, artists, and filmmakers engage with archaeological discourse and discoveries, we will uncover how the stories of archaeology shape our perceptions of ourselves and our place in the world.16330HONR300733Honors Seminar: The Stories of ArchaeologyTR09:30 AM-10:45 AM15Angela K Blumbergakb0086@auburn.eduLIBRY 4127
This course will prepare students to make more informed job/career decisions and strategies. They will participate in a comprehensive assessment to identify their “motivated” abilities. Using these insights, students will learn about “Goodness of Fit” and how to match their talents to the critical motivations required for both performance and satisfaction in their chosen job/career. Participants will be guided in developing long-term goals, short-term plans, job interviewing skills, mentorship relationships, and co-curricular learning opportunities.14051HONR300753Honors Seminar: Career Planning: Be the Best YouTR02:00 PM-03:15 PM15Joseph S Johnsonjsj0033@auburn.eduHALEY 2124
Popular culture—our “whole way of life” and “everydayness”—including all mass media, is the major cultural environment which almost all individuals can relate to and have experienced during the twentieth-plus century. Consequently, our cultural heritage, orientation and individual and collective cultural identity are vitally linked to and shaped by popular culture.  This course is designed to facilitate the recognition, understanding, utilization, and appreciation of the basic theories, approaches, concepts, and issues within popular culture, and their critical connections to the various communication processes.  Particular emphasis will be placed on identification and analysis of materials and texts which largely define the people, places and things that are a composite of contemporary American culture as they are presented as meaningful texts within radio, television, film, music, and advertising.14052HONR300763Honors Seminar: Pop CultureMW02:00 PM-03:15 PM15George M Plasketesplaskgm@auburn.eduHALEY 3150
The goal of the seminar is to provide an opportunity for Honors College students to support their peers on their journey toward academic success. Academic coaches provide tutoring and mentoring to fellow Honors students in a variety of subject-specific courses. Students in the course are responsible for hosting weekly coaching sessions and should be prepared to help students in their given subjects by reviewing the course material, preparing additional study materials, and serving as a mentor for Honors students attending sessions. Apply to be a coach through the link by Friday, November 10: https://auburn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9mlsUFcvNL9g8EB14053HONR300773Honors Seminar: Peer CoachesTBA0Yvette J Stoneymj0001@auburn.eduTBA
This course explores the science of well-being and happiness while equipping students with practical tools to lead more fulfilling lives. The course will follow Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning, emphasizing active learning experiences that foster deep understanding and transformative growth.” We will focus primarily on the science of happiness and integrate findings from positive psychology. Some concepts in psychiatry, behavioral genetics, and neuroscience will be explored.18484HONR300783Honors Seminar: Happiness 101TR11:00 AM-12:15 PM15Patrick M Georgepmg0025@auburn.eduHALEY 3187
Immigration control and border enforcement are highly contentious issues in contemporary American politics. This Honors Seminar explores the causes, consequences, and government responses to migration flows into the US, both voluntary immigrants seeking assimilation, and involuntarily displaced refugees banished by persecution, armed conflict, or natural disasters, seeking asylum.18485HONR300793Honors Seminar: American Public Policy and Migrant PopulationsTR09:30 AM-10:45 AM15Charles E Davis and Paul Harrisced0005@auburn.edu and pah0005@auburn.eduHALEY 3326
The Vampire figure began to capture the Western cultural imagination in the 19th century with works like John Polidori’s “The Vampyre” (1819), J. Sheridan La Fanu’s Carmilla (1872), and, of course, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), continuing to frighten and seduce writers, readers, and audiences ever since. In recent years, the vampire has seemed ubiquitous: the focus of numerous books, films, and television shows. In this seminar,  we will examine the ways in which the vampire comes to represent, in different eras or all at once, desire and repulsion, modernity and anachronism, productive capitalism and aristocratic decadence. We will especially look at the vampire’s evolution from gothic villain to modern romantic hero as we move from 19th century vampire texts to 21st century texts and films.16343HONR3007113Honors Seminar: Cultural Representations of the VampireTR02:00 PM-03:15 PM15Ellen C Campbellecc0067@auburn.eduLIBRY 3027
Students will learn how creative principles are used to innovate in any business or discipline. This course will explore innovative individuals and businesses that have influenced their fields by the use of creative practice. The creative principles that drive innovation will be explored in depth and many examples of these creative principles will be explored.17150HONR3007EA13Honors Seminar: The Business of Creativity and InnovationTR12:30 PM-01:45 PM15Christopher J Quallsquallcj@auburn.eduHALEY 3150
Games of International Relations is a course that uses games to teach broader concepts of international relations and principals of strategic interaction more generally. The key materials in this course are not books (though there are select readings each week), but games that simulate fundamental dilemmas in international relations and challenge students to put themselves in the shoes of international leaders. Students will learn not only by reading, but by playing games that put themselves in the roles of policymakers and leaders.18307HONR3007EA23Honors Seminar: Games in International RelationsTR11:00 AM-12:15 PM15Peter B Whitepbw0011@auburn.eduMELL 4510b
Honors departmenal permission needed to register. For more infomration contact Whitney Comer wrc0024@auburn.edu. 15662HONR308723Honors College Study & Travel: Florida KeysTBATBA0Christopher Lepczyk TBA
Honors departmenal permission needed to register. For more infomration contact Whitney Comer wrc0024@auburn.edu. 15661HONR3087EA13Honors College Study & Travel: ItalyW09:00 AM-09:50 AM0Savannah L Bakerslw0083@auburn.eduLIBRY 4133
This Honors research seminar aims to foster critical approaches to understanding the broader cultural significance of contemporary popular sports in the United States. We will suspend the conception of sport as merely a happy pastime to view sport as reflecting ideological issues such as race, class, gender, education, and online discourse, even as rhetoric around sports participation and punditry helps to shape prevailing American values and attitudes. Required texts will include literature, film, television, and creative nonfiction/journalism, and the course will culminate in an independent research project guided by instructor and peer feedback in which each student will identify and intervene in a contemporary controversy in sports that overlaps with broader ideological debate18339HONR398713Honors Research Seminar: Sports in American CultureMWF10:00 AM-10:50 AM15Daniel R Gracedrg0024@auburn.eduHALEY 3224
This course will expose students to hands-on research experience on several cutting-edge biomedical research techniques including cell culture, transfection, site-directed mutagenesis, ligand binding assay, confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, western blotting, and radioimmunoassay.12987HONR398723Honors Research Seminar: Genomics and Personalized MedicineM02:00 PM-04:30 PM6Ya-Xiong Taotaoyaxi@auburn.eduTBA
In this course, we will share a broad foundation of health issues in children and adolescents with an emphasis on psychosocial and behavioral development. We aim to educate tomorrow’s leaders with a guided study of child and adolescent health and wellbeing. Students will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with important areas in school or community environments including, but not limited to, nutritional health, physical activity, respiratory health, oral health, and mental health. We will pay close attention to social determinants of health with the significance of family and community impact on children and adolescents. Lastly, we will explore relationships between human behaviors and health, and examine the effects of interventions on health outcomes.14103HONR398733Honors Research Seminar: Health for Children and AdolescentR02:00 PM-04:30 PM15Linda M Gibson-Younggibsolm@auburn.eduTBA
This course investigates the widespread public health and marketing interest in the Mediterranean diet (MD) in the last few decades, using a variety of methods and conceptual frameworks to explore the relationship between food, diet, and identity. We will study different ways that the MD has been put to work and represented in a wide range of media, including diet advice and cookbooks, scientific and medical studies, food advertisements, and public health education literature. Through an analysis of the purposes and practices entailed in promoting the MD, we will consider the ways in which traditional food cultures are produced, sustained, and, ultimately, transformed by modern social institutions.18683HONR398743Honors Research Seminar: What is the Mediterranean diet?: An exploration of food and identityMW02:00 PM-03:15 PM15Xaq Z Frohlichxzf0012@auburn.eduHALEY 2468
The students will be trained to identify the lacuna / gap in the current research literature associated with an etiopathology of a neurological disease and the pertinent requirement for a new prophylactic or therapeutic drug therapy. Open to all majors. Research focus can be customized to interest and career goals.14942HONR398753Honors Research Seminar: Natural Products & its impact on drug discovery for animal & human wellnessW03:00 PM-05:00 PM18Muralikrishnan Dhanasekarandhanamu@auburn.eduHALEY 3187
All students—not only science students—should strive to complete at least one research internship before graduation. The research skills and methodologies student learn and practice as editorial interns with the Auburn University Digital Scholarship Initiative (AUDSI) working on major online digital projects such as the George Eliot Archive and Alabama Authors digital will set them apart, opening doors to a wider range of graduate school and/or career opportunities. Topics include collections management, data visualization, website design, content editing, and developing tools for text analysis. Come learn with an interdisciplinary team of computer science and humanities students. All majors are welcome, and no programming or digital project experience is necessary. 15135HONR398763Honors Research Seminar: Methods in Digital HumanitiesW03:00 PM-04:50 PM10Beverley D Rilettbdr0032@auburn.eduTBA

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