Honors Online

All courses listed here carry the ! or H designation (at the lecture- or section-level) and are being offered during the Spring 2018 term. The list is subject to change as updates to the Course Guide are made. If possible, more robust course descriptions are provided in this document than in Course Guide. We advise paying close attention to prerequisites. To view the course list, click this link . To discuss any classes or potential schedules with an advisor, we encourage you to consider: visiting drop-in advising with a peer or professional advisor, scheduling an appointment with a professional advisor, or emailing us (honors@honors.ls.wisc.edu) any quick questions. List updated as of 11/20/17.

Religious Studies 333: Early Christian Literature: Matthew-Revelation An exploration of Christianity's charter documents in the light of what modern scholarship has discovered about the New Testament's sociohistorical context, composition, theologies, and presentations of Jesus. LIS 202: Informational Divides and Differences in a Multicultural Society This course explores the impact of and barriers to access to information on the lives of low-income ethnic/racial minority communities in the United States. The course provides an introduction to contemporary information society from a sociological perspective. In this course we will explore issues relating to information inequalities, differences or "digital divides" in the US with particular attention to underrepresented groups in the Northern Midwest including African-American, Hmong, Latino/a and Native American. Information inequalities include disparities in awareness of, ownership of, access to, and use of ...

  Find out More at  Biocore Science Nights & Info Sessions   led by current Biocore students:  Witte Science Night:  Wednesday, 2/8 5:30-7 PM Witte Main Lounge Bradley Science Night:  Thursday, 2/16 5:30-7 PM Bradley Social Basement  Come check out some awesome science experiments at your residence hall and learn about how Biocore might fit into your Wisconsin Experience! Biocore, honors biology program, students will be visiting Witte and Bradley to share some fun science experiments like making bouncy ball polymers, extracting DNA, and more! In addition, they will introduce you to the Biocore community and the fun science opportunities that this sequence provides . All students welcome!  Biocommons Biocore Information Session:  Wednesday, 2/22 6-7 PM Come and learn more about Biocore, honors biology -- a unique, immersive biology sequence with small class sizes and high contact with instruc...

  Counseling Psychology 325/Learning Communities for Institutional Change and Excellence/3 credits Student SEED is a non-traditional, grass-roots developed social justice course which uses “the textbook of students’ lives” as the main teaching tool. Students explore and share their own individual experiences with race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and ability in order to learn about and understand the larger system of privilege and oppression. Purpose: Student SEED seeks to create a respectful environment for students to engage in conversations about the impact of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability and other defining aspects of identity on their personal lives, on their communities and in society as a whole. Unlike most UW classes, SEED students are expected to share their own personal stories and feelings regarding these aspects of identity in order to learn from each other and learn about themselves. We will also use readings, videos, re...