Honors Seminar Proposal Form

Submit A Proposal

Are you passionate about a subject you’d like to teach and explore on a deeper level with a small, highly interactive class? Each year, the University Honors College offers upper-division seminars for students in their junior and senior years. These seminars – capped at 15 students – are on a wide variety of subjects, are often interdisciplinary, and bring together a diverse group of majors to discuss and problem solve. 

Submission Deadline for Academic Year 2025-26 Seminar Proposals is 5p.m. on Friday, January 10, 2025.

All faculty, tenure track and non-tenure track (TT/TN and NTT), are eligible and encouraged to submit a proposal. Many Honors Seminars are experimental classes faculty have not yet had the opportunity to teach; Honors seminars also often become part of the faculty member’s collection of permanent course offerings. Except in rare cases, the college cannot accept proposals for team-taught classes. Faculty are limited to one seminar proposal per year, and the same seminar cannot be taught in consecutive years (although a faculty member may teach different seminars in consecutive years).

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It is required that you notify your department chair.

 

Seminar Course Idea Information
The proposal should not exceed three double-spaced pages and should include a statement of your personal pedagogical philosophy of creating an inclusive classroom environment. 
One file only.
32 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf.
Sample syllabus should include a weekly schedule, course readings (and other materials), assessment, student learning objectives, and classroom practices.
One file only.
32 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf.
Faculty who have taught an Honors class must include those class evaluations or a representative sample. Faculty who have not taught in Honors should include evaluations for similar seminar style classes.
One file only.
32 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf.