Fall 2025 Franke Honors Degree, Minor, and Certificate Courses

These courses fulfill requirements for our unique Franke Honors academic programs

Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII) 
and Minor in Creative Intelligence and Innovation (CII)

HNRS 270-001: Problems to Possibilities

Instructor: Kristy Doran
Mon/Wed | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | In-Person

Build real-world skills such as visualization and modeling techniques by tackling complex problems that society faces every day.

HNRS 370: Past, Present, and Future of Innovation

Instructor: Adam Ussishkin
Mon/Weds/Fri | 2:00 - 4:00 PM | In-Person | Second Seven Weeks

Explore the history and potential of innovation in your field through various practical techniques and develop an innovation that addresses a pressing societal issue.

HNRS 314-001: Ideas Into Action

Instructor: Laura Horley
Mon/Wed | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | In Person 

Be part of this community and civic engagement course and learn to seek, evolve, and come up creative solutions to different social issues.

HNRS 470-001: Leading Innovation

Instructor: Erin Paradise
Mon/Wed/Fri | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Hybrid (In-Person & Live Online)
First Seven Weeks

Investigate historical movements and leaders to understand catalysts of change and innovation while developing your own framework and plans for leadership.

HNRS 479-001: Innovation Project

Instructor: Jacqueline Melvold
Tues/Thurs | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | In-Person
 

Collaborate across disciplines to tackle tangible challenges our world faces by creating sustainable, innovative solutions.

Health and Human Values (HHV)

HNRS 250-001: Methods in Health & Human Values

Instructor: Victor Braitberg 
Mon/Wed | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | In Person
 

View health and medicine through a multidisciplinary lens, comparing and contrasting life and social sciences approaches to medicine. 

 

HNRS 252: Writing the Body

Instructor: Claire McLane
Mon/Weds | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | In Person

Explore the power of language and storytelling in understanding human perceptions of health, the body and each other through diverse writing forms.

HNRS 302-001: Modern Art and Mental Illness

Instructor: Patrick Baliani
Tues/Thurs | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | In Person 

Investigate the portrayal of mentall illness through modern art and what it reveals to us about it.

HNRS 395M-001: Special Topics in Health and Human Values

Instructor: TBA
Thursday | 3:30 - 4:20 PM | In Person 

Engage in discussion around diverse social scientific and humanistic topics in health.

HNRS 498: HHV Senior Capstone

Instructor: Victor Braitberg
Monday | 4:00 - 5:15 PM | In Person

Senior-level culminating project that synthesizes your HHV minor experience.

Future Earth Resilience

HNRS 150C1: Knowledge, Power, and Nature

Instructor: TBA
Tues/Thurs | 9:30 - 10:45 AM | Hybrid

Explore the intersection of science, society and sustainability to design actionable change for environmental challenges.

HNRS 219-001: Our Human Footprint

Instructor: Joost Van Haren
Tue/Thur | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Learn about the human impact on the planet through hands-on experiences and critical analysis.

HNRS 314-001: Ideas Into Action

Instructor: Laura Horley
Mon/Wed | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | In Person 

Be part of this community and civic engagement course and learn to seek, evolve, and come up creative solutions to different social issues.

Honors Civic Leadership Certificate

HNRS 320-001: Ethical Leadership

Instructor: Trevor Hedberg
Tues/Thurs | 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | In Person

Examine the role of ethics in civic leadership, exploring value conflicts and integrity and how they shape leadership decisions.

HNRS 215: Leadership for the Common Good

Instructor: TBA
Tues/Thurs | 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM 

Discover leadership in the context of shared-power and how shared vision, mobilization and policy change are created.