Let your curiosity guide you! Franke Honors 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. Seminars are 1-unit unless otherwise noted.
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HNRS 295H-003: Work, Meaning, and Well-being
Instructor: Trevor Hedberg
Mon\Wed | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | In Person
What makes a a happy, healthy, and fulfilling human life? Come figure out what drives human motivation forward.
HNRS 195H-001: Klingon Language
Instructor: Natasha Warner
Wed | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | In Person
Learn Klingon, the fictional language from Star Trek, and grow your understanding of linguistics.
HNRS 195H-002: Field of Sueños: Becoming Mexican American through Baseball
Instructor: Alex Nunez
Tues | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Hybrid (Flex In-Person)
Discuss how the sport of baseball forged Mexican American and the conversation surrounding prevailing attitudes towards people of Mexican descent in the U.S.
HNRS 195H-003: Spaces of Criminalization at the US/Mexico Border
Instructor: Stefano Bloch
Mon | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | In Person
Identify discrepancies in how the Mexico Border and crime is portrayed by the media versus what spaces actually exist.
HNRS 195H-004: SCAMMED: An Exploration Psychology and Science of Social Control Across Multiple Media and Environmental Domains
Instructor: James Hunt
Wed | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | In Person
Analyze various ways psychological control and manipulation are used in media, marketing, and social media.
HNRS 195H-005: Tracing the Cyborg: Sci-fi, Silicon Valley, and Disabled Embodiments
Instructor: Sav Schlauderaff
Wed | 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | In Person
Come learn about cyborgs and how they are misunderstood in society.
HNRS 195H-006: Psychology of Money
Instructor: Dmitriy Nurullayev
Thurs | 10:00 - 10:50 AM | In-Person
Come learn how to manage your money and understand the nuances of your personal finance.
HNRS 195H-007: Why Does Difference Matter? Constructing the Self and the Other
Instructor: Hester Oberman
Wed | 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | In-Person
Examine why difference and diversity matter and how culture constructs identity.
HNRS 195H-008: Writing and Wellbeing
Instructor: Stacey Cochran
Wed | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | In-Person
Writing and Wellbeing makes use of theory and research to inform a student-centered holistic curriculum that improves socioemotional learning, resiliency, and wellbeing.
HNRS 195H-009: The Cold War Seminar
Instructor: Dmitriy Nurullayev
Tues | 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM | In Person
Explore realism, liberalism, balance of power, democratic peace, and diversionary war theory to understand how states and countries think during moments in time considered "international conflict".
HNRS 195H-010: How is language processed in the mind
Instructor: Adam Ussishkin
Wed | 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | In Person
Unlock the secrets of the mind: explore how we understand and produce language in our beginner-friendly psycholinguistics course!
HNRS 195H-011: Perspectives on Race and Racism in American Politics
Instructor: Frank Gonzalez
Wed | 10:00 - 10:50 AM | In-Person
An overview of perspectives, theories, and ideologies regarding race.
HNRS 195H-013: Where Do I Fit In? Disabled Bodies, Narratives and Depictions
Instructor: Dani Lucchese
Thurs | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | In Person
Utilizing frameworks of disability studies and disability justice, students would engage with texts, concepts and activities that challenge their perceptions around disability, access and justice.
HNRS 195H-101: #Black Lives Matter across the Americas
Instructor: Antonio Bacelar Da Silva
Fully Online
Understand the notion and history of racial violence across the Americas.
HNRS 195I-002: Biosphere 2: without it we are just living the experiment
Instructor: Joost Van Haren
Thur | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | In Person
Explore the on going research at Biosphere 2 as well as the implications it has for Biosphere 1.
HNRS 195I-003: Digital divide: evolution of high technologies and their impact on society and humanity
Instructor: Jerzy W Rozenblit
Wed | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | In Person
Debate the positive impact that high technologies have on society.
HNRS 195I-004: The Art and Science of Coffee
Instructor: Cholik Chan
Thurs | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | In Person
Discover the history of coffee and the various processes that are used to produce it.
HNRS 195I-006: Biosciences Research Skills for Undergraduates
Instructor: Chris Frost
Wed | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | In Person
Develop communication and research skills while learning about the variety of opportunities that BIO5 has to offer.
HNRS 195I-007: Strategies for Creative Problem Solving
Instructor: Kasi Kiehlbaugh
Wed | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | In Person
What are "street smarts"? What does it mean to have street smarts? Come engage with Professor Kiehlbaugh on how each person's creative intelligence leads them to their own unique set of knowledge adaptable to any setting.
HNRS 195I-008: Innovation and You
Instructor: Matthew Mars
Wed | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | In Person
Explore the fundamentals of innovation and human agency.
HNRS 195I-010: Decision Making for College Students
Instructors: Ricardo Valerdi and Alejandro Salado
Mon\Wed | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | In Person
First Seven Weeks
Master the art of decision-making and unlock your path to success—join this unique seminar and transform choices into opportunities!
HNRS 195J-003: Beyond a Diagnosis: Exploring Disability Identity, Culture, and Community
Instructor: Sav Schlauderaff
Tues | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | In Person
Break down the stigma around disability and learn more about disability-identity and other concepts.
HNRS 195J-004: Reexamination of the Aztec and Inca Conquest Through Art
Instructor: Edgard Oregiron
Tues | 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | In Person
Determine the accuracy and validity of the Spaniard's account of the encounter between the Spaniards and the Aztecs and Incas.
HNRS 195J-005: Human Being: A Multidimensional Journey
Instructor: Nadia Mexia Alvarez
Mon/Wed | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | In Person | First Seven Weeks
Learn about the ways of being human and navigating your own journey through a multidimensional lens.
HNRS 195J-007: Legends in the Landscape: Writing and Exploring Culture Across UA’s Campus
Instructor: Patrick Baliani
Wed | 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | In Person
Become an engaged member of our cultural community and be inspired by our surroundings that make up who we are.
HNRS 195J-008: Personal Finance: Lessons in Patience and Frugality
Instructor: Trevor Hedberg
Tues | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | In Person
Managing money is an essential part of life, yet education systems fail to offer classes that teach us how to better manage our money. Learn to make this a skill through such unprecedented times!
HNRS 195J-009: Study Abroad Seminar to Greece
Instructor: Claire McLane
Tues | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | In Person
Second Seven Week
For students going on the study abroad trip to Greece.
HNRS 195J-010: Study Abroad Seminar to Spain
Instructor: Amanda Kraus
Mon | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | In Person
Second Seven Weeks
For students going on the study abroad trip to Spain.
HNRS 195J-012: Writing into Mindfulness
Instructor: Susan Miller-Cochran
Mon | 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | In Person
Connect the principles of writing and and the principles of mindfullness.
HNRS 195J-014: Global Insight: Researching Across Countries, Cultures, and Systems
Instructor: Marcelo Rodriguez
Wed | 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | In Person
Develop solid research-methods by conducting research on a country and comparing and contrasting international perspectives and infrastructure.
HNRS 195J-101: Tasting Tomorrow: Portraying Culture and Futurity through the Culinary World
Instructor: Joseph Nardinelli
Fully Online
Discover how food impacts culture, media and society both today and in the future.
HNRS 195K-008: Principles of Composition and Creativity/Conducting Research in the Dance Studio
Instructor: Christopher Compton
Wed | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | In Person
First Seven Week
Experiment with movement and dance composition.
HNRS 195K-101: Theater and Performance in Apartheid South Africa
Instructor: Praise Zenenga
Fully Online
Understand the role of theater and performance in the resistance and struggle against apartheid in South Africa.