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Fall 2026 Seminars

Course Title Description Time Hours Instructor
HON 201-H01 Scholarships & Graduate School Prep Learn about graduate school, scholarship, and graduate fellowship application processes. (First 7 Weeks) T/R 1:00-1:55 1.0 Jennifer Staton
HON 301 - H01 The Professionalization Of Youth Sport

Examine the transformation of youth sports from informal neighborhood play into a professionalized, billion-dollar industry.

R 2:40-3:35

1.0 Amanda Aguilar

HON 301 - H02

Narrative Crafting in Video Games

Study the unique perspective of video game story telling and the narrative created through the virtual medium.

W 6:00-6:55

1.0 Valencia Coleman

HON 301 - H03

Can We Trust Science? Definitive answers are hard to come by, but there is good reason to believe there are better and worse answers to the question, “can we trust science?” Let's discuss.

R 11:20-12:15

1.0 Deborah Heikes

HON 301 - H04

NASA in the 21st Century

Learn about the role and history of NASA in our current century, running roughly from the development of the ISS through current work on the Artemis program.

M 4:20-5:15

1.0 Brian Odom
HON 301 - H05 The Films of Spike Lee Watch, discuss, and juxtapose visions of race and activism across the films "Do the Right Thing", "Malcolm X", and "BlacKkKlansman." (First 7 Weeks) T 4:20-6:20 1.0 Dan Morrison
HON 301-H06 The Bhagavad Gita: Yoga Philosophy & Practice

Combine philosophical discussion of the Bhagavad Gita with yoga instruction delivered by a certified instructor. (First 10 Weeks)

F  1:00-2:20

1.0 Susan Friedman
HON 321-H01 Honors ISE 321 Supplement Discuss aspects of engineering economy. Combines with ISE 321 for 4 HON hours. Prereq/Coreq: ISE 321. M 2:40-3:35 1.0 Andrew Davis