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Call for Proposals

2010 - 2011

The University of Washington Honors Program seeks to attract students who are interested in understanding the interconnectedness of knowledge and willing to see beyond the boundaries of disciplines, who are intellectually curious and willing to take academic risks, and who extend their learning beyond the classroom. In our admission process, we select students who see their education as more than a career path. These are the kinds of students we aim to recruit into the Honors Program. For more information about the Honors Program, please browse our website.

There are several ways you can contribute to instruction in the Honors Program:

  1. Teaching an Honors core course. If you are interested in offering a course, please send Julie Villegas (villegas@u.washington.edu) an e-mail indicating your interest and complete our Course Proposal Survey.

    Please send us your proposals during the fall quarter. They will be reviewed quickly and you will receive notice from us at no later than the beginning of winter quarter as to whether or not we will be able to include your course in next year's offerings.

  2. Cross-listing a course. Each quarter, we work with departments across campus to make cross-listed courses available within our core curriculum. Some examples from our curriculum include: HONORS/ANTHRO: "Seminar in Translation and Culture" (taught by a faculty member in Anthropology); HONORS/CHID: "A Way of Knowing" (taught by a faculty member in Physics). When a course is cross-listed, it is expected that the course will be taught at an Honors level.

  3. Referring another UW professor or community scholars to our program. (N.b., a small number of Honors courses are offered by community scholars, such as Eric Liu, former speechwriter and deputy domestic policy adviser for President Clinton).

In planning your course, we recommend having a look at our Mission Statement.

If you would like more information on our past and current courses, please visit our Course Archives.

Please contact either the Director or Associate Director for more information on teaching in Honors:

James Clauss
Director
University Honors Program
jjc@u.washington.edu

Julie S. Villegas, Ph.D.
Associate Director
University Honors Program
villegas@u.washington.edu