Course Details

Honors strives to provide ample opportunities and encouragement for our students to pursue holistic, interdisciplinary undergraduate education, including unique classroom experiences and experiential learning engagements. An important part of this education is taking the time and creating the space for critical reflection. This seminar will involve group and individual reflection and documentation through the creation of electronic Learning Portfolios.

In this course, students will create Learning Portfolios as integrative tools to examine their undergraduate educational experiences. Using Google applications, students will be asked to creatively reflect on the connections between and across courses and disciplines, as well as how their in-classroom knowledge has (or has not) bridged the gap between academia and real-world experiences. These portfolios may also be used as valuable tools to demonstrate competency and a body of substantial academic and creative work to future employers, higher-learning institutions, faculty mentors, and future selves.

The portfolios produced in HONORS 397 F will be used as instructive tools for the next generation of Honors students, who will be asked to complete a similar portfolio as part of their Honors requirements in the future. As such, part of students’ role in this course will be to reflect on their experience in creating the portfolio, and to provide feedback to contribute to the success of this process in the future.