Fall 2020 Honors Program Courses

Updates coming soon
As campus administrators are still diligently working to ensure a safe and enriching learning environment this fall, additional modifications to this course list will be forthcoming. We will email all incoming students the week of July 13th with updates on courses and the registration process, and a Fall 2020 Courses page will be updated to reflect the latest information. Thank you for your patience!

Eligibility

Current/continuing students: as long as you have a 3.3+ GPA, you can enroll yourself for an honors course without our permission.

Incoming first-year fall students: If you were invited into the Honors Program for the 2020-2021 academic year, your BuffPortal will let you enroll. The process is the same as registering for the rest of your courses, and you don't need our permission to take an honors course.

Auditors: auditors are not allowed in our courses due to pedagogical concerns.

Finding Our Courses

How can I tell which courses are Honors Program courses? Honors Program courses have a section number between 880-887 and will be listed on our website.

How do I find Honors Program courses on classes.colorado.edu? In the Core/General Education dropdown, choose  Arts & Sciences Honors Course. Not all of these courses are offered by the Honors Program; this search option also shows honors courses offered by departments within the College of Arts and Sciences.

About Our Courses

Honors Seminars: Our courses are limited to 17 students and provide a different kind of learning environment through small discussion-based classes

Honors Recitations: In courses with a recitation attached, you'll attend a regular lecture as well as a small-group session (the honors recitation), which is led by the professor. Honors recitations offer time to discuss course material more in-depth with the professor.

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Fall 2020 Honors Program Courses

    We provide course descriptions written by instructors whenever possible.  Scroll down or click here to see the course descriptions.
For official descriptions, visit the University Catalog.

Reminder: Continuing student enrollment in lower-division fall semester classes is limited to seven, as we save spaces for the incoming first-year student class.

SubjectCatalog #Section #Course TitleMtg PatternTimeHR- Online/ RemoteInstructorCoreGenEd
ANTH2100880Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyMWF1:50-2:40In PersonKate FischerHDSS/Global Perspective
CLAS1140881Bread and Circuses: Society and Culture in the Roman WorldMW10:20-11:10In PersonTBDHCAH
EBIO1210880General Biology 1 (science majors & non-science majors)MWF1:50-2:40RemoteTBDNSNS
EBIO1210882General Biology 1 (science majors & non-science majors)TTH12:45-2:00In PersonTBDNSNS
ENGL2504880British Literary History after 1660MWF12:40-1:30In PersonTBDAH
GEOG1972880Environment-Society GeographyMWF11:30-12:20In PersonAbby HickcoxMAPSSS/Global Perspective
HIST1438880Introduction to Korean HistoryTTH12:45-2:00In PersonTBDHCAH
HIST2166880The Vietnam WarsMWF4:10-5:00In PersonTBDCS/USAH
HONR4075880Environmental JusticeMW4:10-5:25RemoteAbby Hickcox SS/US Perspective
HUMN4835880Literature and Social ViolenceTTH2:20-3:35In PersonTBDCSAH
MATH1300880Calculus 1M-F5:20-6:10HY- Hybrid InPerson/Online and/or RemoteTBDQRMSQRM
MATH2510880Introduction to StatisticsMWF12:40-1:30HY- Hybrid InPerson/Online and/or RemoteTBDQRMSQRM
PHIL1200880Contemporary Social ProblemsTTH2:20-3:35In PersonTBDIV/USAH
PSCI2004880Survey of Western Political ThoughtTTH11:10-12:25In PersonJeffrey ChadwickIVSS
PSCI2116880Introduction to Environmental Policy and Policy AnalysisTTH9:35-10:50In PersonJeffrey ChadwickSS
PSCI3193880International BehaviorTTH3:55-5:10In PersonTBD SS
PSYC1001880General PsychologyMWF10:20-11:10In PersonJenny SchwartzMAPSNS
PSYC3303880Abnormal PsychologyMWF12:40-1:30In PersonJenny SchwartzNS
SOCY1016880 Sex, Gender and SocietyMWF9:10-10:00In PersonAli HatchHDSS/US Perspective
SOCY2031880Social ProblemsMWF10:20-11:10In PersonAli HatchIVSS
WGST3670880Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Global MigrationMWF3:00-3:50In PersonKate FischerHDSS/Global Perspective
WRTG3020880Topics in Writing:  Inkslingers and WordsmithsTTH9:35-10:50HY- Hybrid InPerson/Online and/or RemoteTBDWCWC-UD


For official descriptions, visit the University Catalog.
We provide course descriptions written by instructors whenever possible. 

Course Descriptions

ANTH 2100-880: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Kate Fischer
This course is an introduction to the discipline of cultural anthropology and the substantive issues, methods, and concepts of the discipline. Cultural anthropology is the study of how human beings organize their lives as members of society, and the ways in which they make their lives meaningful as cultural individuals. This field of study involves encountering, interpreting, and communicating about the human situation in all its variety. Cultural anthropology is a vast discipline with far reaching objectives. Cultural anthropologists study and apply their expertise to many problems worldwide. While we cannot possibly cover the breadth and depth of the discipline during one semester, this course will offer an appreciation and understanding of culture and different ways of thinking about the diversity we encounter in our everyday lives. Therefore, the primary goal of this course is to provide you with the ability to apply an anthropological perspective to understanding how people are influenced by and are part of the historical, social, economic, ecological, and political processes that occur across the globe. It is my hope that this course will instill in you a sense of curiosity about people and cultures around the world, provide you with a set of tools for understanding difference, and offer you a deeper insight into your own experience as a cultural being.

GEOG 1972-880: Environment-Society Geography
Abby Hickcox
The goals of this class are to increase your understanding of key contemporary environmental issues and to introduce you to the ways in which the field of geography has approached the interaction between society and nature. In pursuit of these goals, the class will survey global and regional environmental issues and problems, with an emphasis on their social, political-economic, and cultural dimensions. The study of these issues evokes one of the most profound questions of our times: What is, and what ought to be, the relationship between humans and the environment? We will address this question through an examination of selected environmental issues, varied social responses to environmental change, and the different ways in which human societies have transformed the earth. We will also ask:  How do we understand “nature”?  What drives human modification of the earth, and how are specific groups of people differently affected by those modifications? What kinds of assumptions have led to the creation of certain environmental problems (and for whom are they problems)? Topics covered include: population and consumption; environmental hazards; ecology; environmental ethics; biodiversity and environmental conservation; anthropogenic climate change; and water use. Through this class, you should find that geography offers an integrated way of understanding environment and culture that is increasingly useful for addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems and their potential solutions. Formerly GEOG 2412.

WGST 3670-880: Gender, Race, Sexuality and Global Migration
Kate Fischer

This course engages in an interdisciplinary study of the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality that have created a multicultural, multiethnic, and multiracial world, looking particularly at migrants and migrant communities. We will examine how constructions of gender, race, and sexuality are structurally determined and lived in the context of global migration, both contemporary and historical. While the course primarily focuses on women, it is impossible to ignore how race, sexuality, and class articulate with ideas about gender and how these socially determined characteristics intersect in identity construction and subjectivities. The goal of this class is to develop a critical understanding of how forms of privilege, inequality, and exclusion based on gender, race, sexuality, and national/ethnic origin are written about, comprehended, and contended with. In addition to reading a number of scholarly books and articles from across the social sciences and humanities, we will also use news articles, blogs, current events, and social media. Recommended prerequisites: WMST 2000 or WMST 2600. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: global perspective.