HON - Honors
The course is an introduction to the Honors Program. Students learn the expectations and commitments that come with participation in Honors in addition to a general introduction to college. The course introduces students to the philosophical underpinnings of the Honors Program and begins developing the skills necessary to complete the Honors Program, particularly the Honors Thesis. Students are encouraged to explore the Honors Program curriculum and opportunities and to continue their pursuit of experiential learning and undergraduate inquiry. Each course is uniquely connected to the scholarship of the faculty member teaching the course.
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisites
Honors Program Students only
Introduces the student to the philosophical underpinnings of the Honors Program and begins developing the skills necessary to complete the Honors Program. Encourages students to explore Honors Program offerings and to continue their pursuit of experiential learning and undergraduate inquiry. Graded.
Credit Hours: 1
In this one-semester course, students explore the past by studying the foundations and development of various cultures’ sociopolitical, scientific, and historiographical foundational ideas from the dawning of time to the 20th century.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
AWR 101,
HON 100; Honors students only
Corequisites
AWR 201
In this one-semester course, students explore the present by studying the foundations and development of various cultures’ sociopolitical and scientific foundational ideas in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Prerequisites: AWR 101,
HON 100; Pre- or co-requisite
AWR 201. Honors students only.
In this one-semester, team-taught course, students will explore the future by studying cutting-edge thought innovations shaping tomorrow’s world.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Prerequisites:
AWR 101,
HON 100; Pre- or co-requisite AWR 201. Honors students only.
An introductory study of topics ranging in scope and content for Honors students. May be repeated if the content varies.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
AWR 101.
Idea labs are courses in thought experiments. In these courses, students will use critical inquiry to approach problems in either Health Science or Natural Science that present themselves locally (in Tampa Bay) or globally (in society).
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Pre- or co-requisite AWR101; Pre- or-co requisite
HON 100 Honors students only
Idea labs are courses in thought experiments. In these courses, students will use critical inquiry to approach problems in Humanities/Fine Arts that present themselves locally (in Tampa Bay) or globally (in society).
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Pre- or co-requisite
AWR 101; Pre- or-co requisite
HON 100 Honors students only
Idea labs are courses in thought experiments. In these courses, students will use critical inquiry to approach problems in Social Science that present themselves locally (in Tampa Bay) or globally (in society).
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
Pre- or co-requisite
AWR 101; Pre- or-co requisite
HON 100 Honors students only
This is a special topics course at the 300 level. This course represents an advanced study of a topic or topics ranging in scope and content.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites
AWR 101.
The Honors Thesis is a culminating project for Honors Program students. Honors Theses are discipline specific. The Honors Thesis independent study can be conducted under the guidance of any full-time faculty member at UT. Subject matter for the course will be determined through student-faculty consultation. The course may be taken multiple times for up to a total of 10 credit hours.
Credit Hours: 1-10
Prerequisites
Students must be in good standing in the Honors Program and must have completed 60 credit hours of course work.
The thesis defense course codifies the completion of the Honors Thesis. An oral thesis defense is a public presentation of the student’s final project and is given to the student's thesis committee (director + 2nd + 3rd readers), though the student can also decide to open it up to the public. The standard defense is 45 minutes to an hour long and opens with the student explaining their results/final product and proceeds with questions about the project from the committee.
Credit Hours: 0
Prerequisites
Honors students only