This course invites mid-career Honors students to explore their personal intellectual interests, to expand their knowledge of research approaches within various fields of study, and to examine topics with a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens. As an interdisciplinary seminar serving Honors students of many majors and led by scholars from a variety of disciplines, an important goal of the course is to cultivate comparative conversations across fields of specialization.  The successful student will present sophisticated and developed ideas in a manner sufficiently generalist to promote learning and innovation across subject areas. Students will also create a plan of action to expand their learning and build their skills and knowledge beyond this course. This plan will include individualized goals for completing the Honors thesis and learning goals for beyond graduation. This course will help support students within a community of scholars as they pursue Honors undergraduate research. 

This course may count in multiple areas for Honors and university requirements, here are some ways the course may count:

1. University Honors Laureate (UHL), 2000 level or above, requirement (3 Honors credits)
2. Honors Scholar in the major (3 Honors credits) (you must check with your Honors advisor in your major to see if they will approve this counting toward Honors Scholar)
3. 2000 level or above course (a certain number of credits are required for graduation, not just Honors)

Regardless of the ways you can count it, this course will help you develop skills and experiences like reflection, collaboration, critical thinking, analysis, and appreciating diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives. It's a helpful class as you begin to think about who you are, what you care about, and how you study that!