Let your curiosity guide you! These 1 unit seminars are ideal for seeking new knowledge and perspectives or deepening your understanding of your major discipline. You can take as many seminars as you'd like during your undergrad (time allowing, of course), but all Franke Honors students must take at least one to graduate with honors.
HNRS 195H-1: Klingon Language
Instructor: Natasha Warner
W | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | Hybrid (Live online and in-person)
Build connections between Klingon, the fictional language in Star Trek, and concepts in linguistics.
HNRS 195J-18: From Rome to Ireland
Instructor: Cynthia White
MW | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | ILC 151| Second seven weeks of the semester
This course is only for students going on the Honors First Year Trip. Prepare for a 5-week summer study abroad experience in Italy.
HNRS 195J-6: Positive Communication
Instructor: Margaret Pitts
W | 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | ILC-117
This course examines the concepts and practice of positive communication.
HNRS 195J-7: There's an App for That!
Instructor: Bryan Carter
W | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | M LNG 403 | Flexible, in person or online
An introduction to the capabilities of modern smart devices beyond social media, the camera, and traditional messaging.
HNRS 195J-8: Effective Communication in Leadership
Instructor: Kristin Doran
R (Thurs) | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | PSYCH 304
The aim of this course is to understand and practice effective and empathetic communication as leaders.
HNRS 195J-9: Exploring Loss in Literature and Film
Instructor: Laura Gronewold
T | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Honors Village 1068
Take a look at various genres in literature and film to explore the theme of loss.
HNRS 195J-10: Integrating Sustainability Into a Startup Project
Instructor: Philip Van Berten
T | 5:00PM - 5:50 PM | HARV-232
Understand the intersection and application of sustainability and entrepreneurship.
HNRS 195J-11: Women in Leadership: Closing the Equity Gap and Shaping the Future
Instructor: Erin Paradis
W | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | HARV-452
Delve into gender inequity in various industries and how it impacts women as leaders.
HNRS 195J-13: Capturing Culture
Instructor: Bryan Carter and Joseph Farbrook
T | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | M LNG 502
This course is only for students going on the Honors First Year Trip. This course will seek to expand the ways in which the unique culture of cities is experienced and documented.
HNRS 195J-15: Identity and the Hidden Brain
Instructor: Diana Wilson
M | 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | ENGR-214
Examine personal identity and its connection to life in college and beyond.
HNRS 195J-17: Writing into Mindfulness
Instructor: Susan Miller-Cochran
M | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Honors Village 1065
This course introduces and relates principles of writing and mindfullness.
HNRS 195J-3: Wildcat Women
Instructor: Jessica Kapp
M | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | GLD-S-228A
Learn about and discuss the research being done by women at the University of Arizona.
HNRS 195J-19: Venturing 101
Instructor: Paul Valdez & Julie Bularzik
In-Person
MW | 9:00 - 9:50 AM | HNRS 1065
What does it take to start a new business or organization? Venturing 101 is an interactive course designed to help you explore topics in venture creation and develop entrepreneurial skills.
HNRS 195I-1: Science and Society
Instructor: Barbara Carrapa
W | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | GLD-S-203
Exposes students to the most pressing scientific discoveries of our time and their impacts on society.
HNRS 195K-1: Music and the Cold War
Instructor: Daniel Linder Jr.
M | 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | MUS-137
Learn about the association between music and the Cold War and their influence on each other.
HNRS 195K-2: Music and the Cosmos
Instructor: Matthew Mugmon
T | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | MUS-35
Consider the incorporation of the cosmos into music and how it has been used to create perspectives of the world around us.
HNRS 195K-3: Git Along: Cowboy Music
Instructor: Kate Alexander
T | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Honors Village 2109
This seminar explores the music and sound worlds of the cowboys from the late 19th century to the present.
HNRS 195K-4: Exploring Practices in Mindfulness and Wellbeing in Museums
Instructor: Carissa DiCindio
R (Thurs) | 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | ART-243
Investigate and build practices for mindfulness and wellbeing in a museum context.
HNRS 195K-7: Art and Text
Instructor: Karen Zimmermann
R (Thurs) | 3:20 PM - 5:00 PM | First seven weeks of the semester
Create visual work through images and text.
HNRS 195K-9: Museums and Community
Instructor: Jennifer Saracino
T | 11:00 AM - 12:40 PM | HARV-232
Analyze how museums engage with their community.
HNRS 195K-10: Shakespeare: Comedian, Philosopher, Dude
Instructor: David Morden
F | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Honors Village 1067
Idenitfy lessons and perspectives within Shakespeare's writings and how they relate to the 21st century.
HNRS 395H: The Happiness Asset
Instructor: Cheryl Brodersen
In-Person
This course will satisfy the Franke Honors Seminar requirement. Come learn what it takes to create a well-rounded and healthy lifestyle.
HNRS 195J - 4: Reexamination of the Aztec and Inca Conquest Through Art
Instructor: Edgerd Oregiron
T | 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Honors Village 2111
Interpret narratives of the Aztec and Inca Conquest and determine their validity.
HNRS 195J-101: Tasting Tomorrow: Portraying Culture and Futurity through the Culinary World
Instructor: Joseph Nardinelli
ONLINE
Centers on the relationship with food and how it defines culinary culture and discourse.
HNRS 195H-101: #BlackLivesMatter across the Americas
Instructor: Antonio Jose Bacelar Da Silva
ONLINE
Investigate the notion of racial violence across the Americas beyond the case of police brutality.
HNRS 195J-5: Germany's Roaring 1920s: The Wild Interwar Years
Instructor: Barbara Kosta
T | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | ILC-151
Review the trends and attitudes that arose from Germany in the 1920s.
HNRS 195H-2: Field of Sueños: Becoming Mexican American through Baseball
Instructor: Alex Nuñez
T | 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | Hybrid (live online & in-person)
Learn how Mexican American identities were forged by the sport of baseball.
HNRS 195H-6: Identifying Challenges, Developing Perspective-Taking
Instructor: Karna Walter
T | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Honors Village 2109
Be a part of creating the topics for the 2023-2024 Franke Honors College "Big Ideas, Grand Challenges" speaker series.
HNRS 195H-7: Why Does Difference Matter? Constructing the Self and the Other
Instructor: Hester Oberman
T | 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM | Honors Village 1065
Find the balance between science and the humanities in healthcare.
HNRS 195H-8: Interpreting the Present: Science, Society, and the Arts
Instructor: Andrew Garnar
F | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Honors Village 2111
This course attempts to understand the distinction between past and present through science, society, and art.
HNRS 195H-9: Life in the Metaverse
Instructor: Ryan Straight
M | 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Meets Virtually | First 7 weeks of the semester
This seminar provides a broad survey of metaversal and extended reality in both the present and future contexts.
HNRS 195H-10: Urban Explorations
Instructor: John Mackey IV
W | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | HARV-452
Explore the concept of urbanism.
HNRS 195H-11: Fights in the School Year: Examining recent curriculum controversies in K-12 schools
Instructor: William Smith
MW | 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | HARV-111 | Second seven weeks of the semester
Examine recent curriculum controversies in K-12 public schools.
HNRS 395A: SCAMMED: An Exploration Psychology of Social Control Across Multiple Media and Environmental Domains
Instructor: James Hunt
W | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | S SCI 132
The use of psychology in media, marketing and social media and its impact on society.
HNRS 195H-13: Perspectives on Race and Racism in American Politics
Instructor: Franke Gonzalez
W | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | PAS 314
An overview of contemporary perspectives, theories, and political ideologies surrounding race.
HNRS 195H-14: Common Reading - Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Instructor: Cheree Meeks
R (Thurs) | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Honors Village 2111
This seminar explores the 2022-2023 Common Reading selection, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen.
HNRS 195H-102: Speaking for Yourself: Understanding Your Linguistic Identity
Instructor: Amy Fountain
ONLINE
Build an appreciation of linguistic diversity through examination of linguistic concepts.
HNRS 195J-1: Echoes of Hell: Dante's Inferno in the Twenty-First Century
Instructor: Fabian Alfie
W | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | PAS 404
Analyze Daunte's "Inferno" and how it relates to modern day society.
HNRS 195H-3: Spaces of Criminalization at the US/Mexico Border
Instructor: Stefano Bloch
Mon | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Identify conceptualized spaces of criminalization at the US/Mexico Border.
HNRS 195H - 4: SCAMMED: An Exploration Psychology and Science of Social Control Across Multiple Media and Environmental Domains
Instructor: James Hunt
W | 10:00 - 10:50 AM
Analyze various ways psychological control and manipulation are used in media, marketing, and social media.
HNRS 195I-2: Biosphere 2: Without it we are just living the experiment
Instructor: Joost Van Haren
R (Thurs) | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | Honors Village 2111
Learn about current research at Biosphere 2 as well as how we can use it to interact with our own planet.
HNRS 195H-5: The Politics of Injustice: Policing and Mass Incarceration
Instructor: Cheree Meeks
T | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Honors Village 2111
This course explores race in America, policing, and mass incarceration.
HNRS 195I-4: The Art and Science of Coffee
Instructor: Cholik Chan
W | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | AMEN715
Discover the science, art, and history of coffee.
HNRS 195I-5: Searching for the Mind: From Humans to Robots
Instructor: Charles Higgins Jr.
T | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | PAS-314
Connect research in neuroscience to that of artificial intelligence to gain an understanding of mind and intelligence.
HNRS 195I-6: Life...examined: Biodiversity, the tree of life, and the human journey
Instructor: Anne Arnold
W | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | SSCI-118
Examine biodiversity and its relationship to the human species.
HNRS 195I-7: Human Assets, Flourishing, and Formal Education
Instructor: Guadalupe Lozano
W | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | PAS-418
Explore how human assests, such as identity, contribute to education.
HNRS 195I-8: Strategies for Creative Problem Solving
Instructor: Kasi Kiehlbaugh
W | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | HSIB 605
The purpose of this course is to improve creative problem solving abilities.
HNRS 195I-10: The Business and Technology of Esports
Instructor: Ricardo Valerdi
MW | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | MINES-221 | First seven weeks of the semester
Provides insight into the business and technology of Esports.
HNRS 195I-11: Communicating Science
Instructor: Mary Alt
WF | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | SPH-409 | Second seven weeks of the semester
Learn how to communicate science to a variety of audiences.
HNRS 195I-12: Innovation and You
Instructor: Matthew Mars
W | 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | SAGHA-127
Inspect your role as an innovator and how you can use it for positive change.
HNRS 195J-2: Borders, Culture, and Identity in Young Adult Literature
Instructor: Stephanie Pearmain
R (Thurs) | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | PAS 404
Evaluate the impact of young adult novels on formation of identity and ideology in adolescents.
HNRS 195I: Digital divide: evolution of high technologies and their impact on society and humanity
Instructor: Jerzy Rozenblit
W | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | HARV-240
The evolution of advanced technology and the impacts on human society and culture.
HNRS 195H-103: Emergent behavior and the purpose of models: research with individual-based simulation models
Instructor: Anna Dornhaus
ONLINE
Use individual-based simulations to conduct a research project on collective behavior.