Current Offering

Honors College summer Course Design Fellowship

The Auburn University Honors College’s “Honor Your Teaching Summer Course Design Fellowship” supports AU faculty in the creation of new honors course offerings in their field of expertise.

Over the summer, fellows will design a new course with the assistance of the Honors College academic affairs staff. Through a series of three virtual workshop sessions, fellows will learn best practices in honors education, engage in discussion of their course ideas, and receive feedback on ways to strengthen their proposed course materials. Fellows are eligible for funding in subsequent summers pending successful application.

Who

All faculty, both tenure-track and non-tenure-track, from all disciplines are eligible to apply for the fellowship.

Faculty who have previously taught for the Honors College are eligible to apply for the fellowship, as are those who have not yet taught for the Honors College.

The most successful participants will dedicate considerable time outside the virtual workshops to work on their course design project.

Awards:

  • $1,000 (1-hour course)

  • $3,000 (3-hour course)

  • $2,000 (1-hour co-taught course; split between the fellows)

  • $6,000 (3-hour co-taught course; split between the fellows)

  • Courses will also receive standard honors compensation for the semesters that they are offered.

  • Standalone HONR, honors core, and honors departmental courses: $1,300 per credit hour
  • Hybrid Courses (e.g. HIST cross-listed with Honors HIST): Pay scale based on the 15th class day enrollment:
    • 1-4 students enrolled: no incentive payment
    • 5-7 students enrolled: $700
    • 8-12 students enrolled: $1200
    • 13-17 students enrolled: $1700
    • 18-20 students enrolled: $2200
    • 21+ students enrolled: $2800
  • Core and departmental course payments will be transferred to the college unless approval is granted by the faculty’s home department and college.

Requirements

Applicants should secure chair approval before applying for the fellowship. Your chair's information is required on the application, and our office will confirm their approval before considering your application complete. Please inform the chair of all requirements for the fellowship before you apply, including the expectation that fellows will:

  • Teach the newly designed course at least twice over the course of the subsequent two academic years.

  • Be eligible to teach their designed HONR course the fall or spring following the course design fellowship period.

  • Commit ample time outside the workshops to ensure that they produce high quality course materials.

  • Attend all three virtual summer workshops hosted by Honors College staff.

    • Summer 2026 workshops will be hosted on Monday, June 8th, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon CST and  Monday, July 13th, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon CST
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  • Submit a completed syllabus at the end of the summer for approval by Honors College academic affairs staff.

Fellows should consider applying simultaneously to the Biggio Center Course Re-Design Institute to secure additional financial and instructional support. For information on this program, please visit: https://biggio.auburn.edu/programs/course-redesign

Applications

Submit here. Your submission will include…

Curriculum Vitae

List of previous honors courses taught (if applicable)

General plan for course interested in designing (1 1/2-2 pp):

  • Types of course (i.e., lyceum, seminar)

  • Course description (1-2 paragraphs)

  • Intended student population (i.e., majors, career interests)

  • Expected course outcomes (i.e., goals, learning outcomes)

  • Please elaborate if you have taught a course on this topic, or a similar topic, in the past.

  • The "Academics" tab on the Honors College website offers descriptions of the various course types offered within the Honors College.

Submission

Deadline: February 10

Please direct any questions to the Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, Suzanne Hunter or use the following link to make an appointment with her.