Honors Courses 2023-2024 Overview
2023-2024 Courses (Subject to change)
NOTE: This page is for planning purposes only. All courses subject to change without notice. Do not use this page for registration. SEE TIME SCHEDULE AND OUR UPCOMING/CURRENT COURSES PAGE FOR ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS AND UPDATED ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.
*Honors prefix courses award “W” credit. You may find more information about “W” credit here.
Autumn Courses 2023
Honors 100 (1 credit, required of all incoming students)
Nadra Fredj, Honors Program
Humanities (5 credits)
Honors 210A (A&H, DIV, “W”)
Empire and the Poesis of Place
Gillian Harkins, English
Honors 210B (A&H, “W”)
Aristotle’s Concept of The Tragic in Theory and Practice
James Clauss, Classics
Honors 210C (A&H, DIV, “W”)
Library Mashup: reframing and remixing archives
John Vallier, Ethnomusicology
Natural World/Science (5 credits)
Honors 220A (Nsc, “W”)
Storytelling in the Sciences
Oliver Fraser, Astronomy
Honors 221B (Nsc, “W”, DIV)
Using Data Science to Fight Racism: Analyzing and Recreating the Visualizations of W.E.B. Du Bois
Robin Angotti, UWB: Engineering and Mathematics
Honors 220C (Nsc, “W”, DIV)
Science, Technology, and Inequality: A Critical Examination of Race and Gender
Kessie Alexandre, Geography
Social Sciences (5 credits)
Honors 230A (Ssc, “W”)
Leadership, Democracy, and a More Thoughtful Public
Roger Soder, College of Education
Honors 230B (Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Safety-Net Hospitals in the US: Past, Present, and Future
Maralyssa Bann, Medicine
Honors 230C (Ssc, “W”, DIV)
International Human Rights Advocacy
Megan McCloskey, Law
Fine Arts (5 credits)
Honors 240A (A&H, “W”)
Russia’s Big Books
José Alina, Russian Language and Literature
Composition “C” courses (5 credits) AND Honors Elective Designation/Interdisciplinary
Honors 345A (“C”; Honors Interdisciplinary, DIV)
Oral History: Immigrants from the Middle East
Melike Yucel Koc, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
ENGL 182 (“C”) Honors elective
freshmen priority
Multimodal Composition: Study and practice of strategies and skills for effective writing
Instructor TBA, English Dept
ENGL 282 (“C”) Honors elective
Intermediate Multimodal Composition
English, instructor TBD
Interdisciplinary (5 credits)
Honors 391A (A&H/Ssc/Nsc, ‘W”)
The Art of Understanding Science
KC Cole, Physics
Honors 394A (A&H/Ssc, “W”, DIV)
lovework: an unfinished syllabus
Jeanette Bushnell, GWSS/Multi-institution program for Indigenous Science Technology Engineering Art Mathematics (ISTEAM)
Honors 394B (A&H/Ssc, “W”)
Ethics Matters…or Does it?
Mark Purcell, Community Environmental Planning
Honors 394C (A&H/Ssc, “DIV”, “W”)
Chat GPT and AI Ethics
Amy Piedalue, Geography
Seminars
Honors 397A (Ssc)
Peer Educators Seminar (credits combine with spring 397 seminar to equal one Honors elective, 4 credits total), Honors Program
NOTE: No Honors 496 Portfolio Senior Capstone offered during autumn quarter (WINTER and SPRING only)
Other Honors Courses (count toward Honors electives)
Law 100: Introduction to Law (H), 5 credits
Theo Myhre, LAW
Biochem 450
Honors Biochemistry, 4 credits
CSE 122 (with CSE 390) (Nsc)
Computer Programming I, 4 + 1 credit of CSE 390 for Honors
CSE 123 (with CSE 390) (Nsc)
Computer Programming II, 4 + 1 credit of CSE 390 for Honors
Chem 145: Honors General Chemistry (Nsc), 5 credits
Chem 335: Honors Organic Chemistry (Nsc), 4 credits
Math 134: Accelerated Honors Calculus (Nsc), 5 credits
Math 334: Honors Accelerated Advanced Calculus (Nsc), 5 credits
Physics 141B: Honors Physics Mechanics (Nsc), 5 credits
Winter Courses 2024
Humanities (5 credits)
Honors 211A (A&H, “W”)
Authoritarianism and its Appeal in Ancient Rome
Michael Ritter, Classics
Honors 211B (A&H, “W”, DIV)
Diversity in the Middle Ages
Annegret Oehme, Germanics
Honors 212A (A&H, “W”)
What is Time? Understanding and Organizing Temporalities
Francesca Colonnese, English Department
Natural World/Science (5 credits)
Honors 220B (Nsc, “W”)
Evolution and Human Behavior
Jon Herron, Biology (2 sections)
Honors 220C (Nsc, “W”)
Evolution and Human Behavior
Jon Herron, Biology
Honors 221C (Nsc, “W”)
The Science of Human Values
KC Cole, Physics
Social Sciences (5 credits)
Honors 231A (Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs
Emily Pahnke, Foster School
Honors 231B (Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Western Civilization and Global Public Policy
LaShawnDa Pittman, AES/Honors Hanauer Scholar
Honors 231C (Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Improving Population Health through Social Entrepreneurship
Akhtar Badshah
Composition “C” courses (5 credits)
Honors 345A (Interdisciplinary, “C”)
How to Read E-Literature
Ileana Marin, Jackson School
ENGL 182 (“C”), Honors elective) priority to freshmen
Multimodal Composition: Study and practice of strategies and skills for effective writing
English, instructor TBD
ENGL 282 (“C”, Honors elective)
Intermediate Multimodal Composition
English, instructor TBD
Interdisciplinary (5 credits)
Honors 393A (A&H/Nsc, “W”)
Rhetoric of Science
Leah Ceccarelli, Communication
Honors 394A (A&H/Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity
Catherine Connors, Classics
Honors 394B (A&H, Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Black Slavery and Indigenous Dispossession: Twin Tools of Settler Colonialism
Stephanie Smallwood, History/ Honors
Honors 394C (A&H/Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Ways of Feeling
Katarzyna Dziwirek, Slavic Languages & Literature
496 Seminars (portfolio capstone)
Honors 496 (A and B) graduating seniors
Integration of the Honors Experience
Elective Seminars
Honos 398A (A&H, 3 credits, cr/nc)
Human/Transhuman/Posthuman
John (Jack) Whelan, Marketing & International Business
Other Honors Courses (count toward Honors elective)
CSE 122 (with CSE 390) (Nsc)
Computer Programming I, 4 + 1 credit of CSE 390 for Honors
CSE 123 (with CSE 390) (Nsc)
Computer Programming II, 4 + 1 credit of CSE 390 for Honors
Biochem 451H (Nsc), 4 credits
Honors Biochem
David Morris & Alan Weiner, Biochemistry
Chem 155: Honors General Chemistry (Nsc), 5 credits
Chem 336: Honors Organic Chemistry (Nsc), 4 credits (3 credits for 346 = lab)
Math 135: Accelerated Honors Calculus (Nsc), 5 credits
Math 335: Honors Accelerated Advanced Calculus (Nsc), 5 credits
Physics 142B: Honors Electromagnetics (Nsc), 5 credits
Spring Courses 2024
Humanities (5 credits)
Honors 212A (A&H, “W”, DIV)
Self-Defense and (Auto)biography
M. Aziz, American Ethnic Studies
Honors 212B (A&H, “W”, DIV)
Okinawa in the Japanese Literary Imagination
Davinder Bhowmik, Japanese Program, Asian Languages and Literature
Honors 212B (A&H, “W”, DIV)
Ways of Meaning
Katarzyna Dziwirek, Slavic Languages and Literature
Natural World/Science (5 credits)
Honors 222A (Nsc, “W”)
DNA and Evolution
Jon Herron, Biology
Honors 222B (Nsc, “W”)
Pain
John Loeser, Neuroscience & Jonathan Mayer, Geography
Honors 222C (Nsc, “W”)
Polar Places and Spaces: Exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet
Michelle Koutnik, Earth and Space Sciences
Social Sciences (5 credits)
Honors 232A (Ssc, “W”)
The Record of Us All
Joseph Janes, Information School
Honors 231B (Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Race and Medicine in U.S. History
Damarys Espinoza, Anthropology (UW), School of Nursing and Health Studies (UWB)
Honors 231C (Ssc, “W”, DIV) w/ AAS / GWSS 392
Asian American and Pacific Islander Women
Linh Nguyen, American Ethnic Studies, Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies, Southeast Asia Center
Honors 231D (Ssc, “W”, DIV)
International Human Rights
Elise Rainer, Scandinavian Studies
Composition “C” courses (5 credits)
Honors 345A (Interdisciplinary, “C”)
Interdisciplinary Writing Seminar
Jonathan Lee, CHID
ENGL 182 (“C”) freshmen priority
Multimodal Composition: Study and practice of strategies and skills for effective writing
Instructor TBA, English Dept
ENGL 282 (“C”) Honors elective
Intermediate Multimodal Composition
English, instructor TBD
Fine Arts (5 credits)
Honors 242A (A&H, “W”)
Russian Crime Fiction
Gayla Diment, Slavic Languages and Literature
Interdisciplinary (5 credits)
Honors 391A (A&H/Ssc/Nsc, “W”, DIV)
Visions of the Land: Cultural Landscapes of Seattle and the Salish Sea Region
Tim Billo, Program on the Environment
Honors 393A (Ssc/A&H/Nsc, “W”)
Music, Birdsong, and the Limits of the Human
Mark Rodgers, School of Music (Music History)
Honors 394A (A&H/Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Feminism in the Borderlands
Michelle Habell-Pallan, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Honors 394B (A&H/Ssc, “W”, DIV)
Ways of Meaning
Katarzyna Dziwirek, Slavic Languages & Literature
Seminars
Honors 397A (Ssc)
Honors 100 Peer Educator Seminar
Nadra Fredj, Honors Program
Honors 398A (A&H)
The Brain and the Healing Power of Poetry
Arthur Ginsberg, Neuroscience
496 Seminars (portfolio capstone)
Honors 496 (two sections A and B) graduating seniors
Integration of the Honors Experience
Other Honors Courses (count toward Honors electives)
BIOC 442 Honors Biochemistry (Nsc), 4 credits
CSE 122 (with CSE 390) (Nsc)
Computer Programming I, 4 + 1 credit of CSE 390 for Honors
CSE 123 (with CSE 390) (Nsc)
Computer Programming II, 4+1 credit of CSE 390 for Honors
Chem 165: Honors General Chemistry (Nsc), 5 credits
Chem 337: Honors Organic Chemistry (Nsc), 5 credits
Math 136A: Accelerated Honors Calculus (Nsc), 5 credits
Math 336: Honors Accelerated Advanced Calculus (Nsc), 5 credits
Physics 143B (Honors): Waves (Nsc), 5 credits
SUMMER COURSES
No summer courses administered through Honors as the budget model for summer courses has changed (as of last summer). However, summer courses administered via other departments and Honors spots are offered, still possible
Honors 220 (Nsc, 5 credit) withered with ENVIRO 495 C
Landscape Change in the Pacific Northwest
Tim Billo, Program on the Environment
Winter Quarter 2024 Study Abroad view offering here