HON - Honors

Introduces the student to the Honors Program; students learn the expectations and commitments that come with participation in Honors. Each course is uniquely connected to the scholarship of the faculty member teaching the course. Students are also introduced to the Honors Symposia series. Graded.

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.

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.

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.

In this one-semester, team-taught course, students will explore the future by studying cutting-edge thought innovations shaping tomorrow’s world.

An introductory study of topics ranging in scope and content for Honors students. May be repeated if the content varies.

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).

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).

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).

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.

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.