Spring 2026 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

Instructors: Jacqueline Melvold & Kat Riesing 
Mon/Wed | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | In-person

Want to build skills that every employer or graduate school will look for? Look no further than this deep dive into creative problem solving. 

HNRS 271-001: Creative Practice and Methods

Instructor: Carly Croman & Kat Riesing
Tues/Thurs | 3:30 - 4:45 PM | In-person 

Explore creative methods from across disciplines, design your own problem-solving process, and tackle a real-world challenge with an external partner. Build the skills and confidence to create meaningful solutions, no matter your field. 

HNRS 371-001: Creativity and Complexity

Instructor: Jacqueline Melvold
Seven Week - First | Mon/Wed/Fri | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | In-person 

Chaos? Systems? Math? Nature? Uncover the complex systems and patterns that exist around us. 

HNRS 471-001: Initiatives & Ventures

Instructor: Scott Hessell
Seven Week - Second | Mon/Wed/Fri | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | In-person

Got a big idea? Learn how to build it and pitch with confidence. 

HNRS 472-001: Transdisciplinary Practice

Instructor: Jacqueline Melvold
Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | In-person
 

Turn your unique strengths into world-changing solutions—stand out as the transdisciplinary talent everyone’s been waiting for.

HNRS 473-001: Envisioning Futures

Instructor: Hsain Ilahiane
Tues/Thurs | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | In-person
 

Does your brain live in 2045? Use your creativity and innovative foresight to imagine future worlds. 

HNRS 498B-001: BCII Capstone

Instructor: Jacqueline Melvold
N/A | In-person
 

Channel your passion into a final project where you build the roadmap that could bring an idea to life.

Health and Human Values (HHV)

HNRS 250-001: Methods in Health & Human Values

Instructor: Victor Braitberg & Hester Oberman 
Mon/Wed | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | In-person
 

Explore new perspectives of healthcare that often aren't talked about, dive into how culture, ethics and society shape health and medicine. 

 

HNRS 395M-001: Police, Medicine, and Society

Instructor: Victor Braitberg 
Tues/Thur | 9:30 AM - 10:45 PM | In-person

Learn to combine data and human stories to inform and help your community.

HNRS 393A-001: HHV Internship

Instructor: Victor Braitberg
Tues | 5:00 - 7:00 PM | In-person 

Designated for students earning internship credit for the Health and Human Values (HHV) minor.

HNRS 498-001: HHV Senior Capstone

Instructor: Lindsey Feldman
N/A | In-person

This is the required capstone course for students in the Health and Human Values minor.

Future Earth Resilience

HNRS 150C1: Knowledge, Power, Nature

Instructor: Caitlyn Hall 
Fully Online

Unpack our complex relationship with the natural world and get your hands dirty designing real and just solutions for environmental challenges. 

GE Prior to 2022: Tier I Individuals and Societies

HNRS 170A1: Sensing Our Environment

Instructor: Joost Van Haren
Tues/Thurs | 9:30 - 10:45 AM | In-person 

How does our environment shape our relationship with the planet? See, hear, smell, feel and taste your way through Tucson as the city becomes your classroom. 

HNRS 498F-001: FER Capstone

Instructor: Jennie McStotts
N/A | In-person 

For students pursuing FER minor which requires a synthesizing project or paper.

Honors Civic Leadership Certificate

HNRS 335-001:  Leadership, Advocacy and Building Community

Instructor: Nadia Alvarez Mexia
Mon/Wed | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | In-person

Get a front-row seat into local change by collaborating with community nonprofits and leaders and tackling real challenges.

HNRS 336-001: Leadership in Organizations

Instructor: Erin Paradise
Mon/Wed | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | In-person

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