Teaching in Honors - 2007/8
The University of Washington Honors Program provides a special learning context for high-achieving students looking for a rigorous and enhanced educational experience. The Honors core curriculum is interdisciplinary in design and incorporates an international perspective. For more information about the Honors Program, visit our website.
There are several ways you can teach in the Honors Program:
1. We are in the process of putting together our 2007-08 course offerings. If you are interested in teaching an Honors core course, please send me an e-mail with the following information as detailed in this survey.
Details include: Dept affiliation; Course topic and short description; credit options (1-5 credits); quarter(s) you would like to teach; prerequisites if any; and choice of compensation selected from list provided.
2. You can teach a 2 credit Honors seminar. Seminars are credit/no credit and are offered on a variety of topics. Some examples from past quarters are: "Madame Bovary's Ovaries: a Darwinian look at literature"; "Street newspapers, Poverty and Homelessness"; "The Idea and the Reality of Wilderness". Faculty often use seminars to explore new curriculum and/or research ideas.
We can arrange to add seminars to the schedule as late as the quarter before they are offered. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TEACHING A SEMINAR WINTER OR SPRING QUARTER 07, please let me know as soon as possible.
3. You can teach an Honors Special Topics course (humanities, social science, science and anywhere in between). These courses range from 1-5 credits and are decimal graded.
4. Cross-listing a course is another option. Each quarter, we work with departments across campus to make available cross-listed courses within core curriculum. Some examples from our curriculum include: H A&S 398B/ANTH 561: "Seminar in Translation and Culture"; H A&S 220A/CHID 270A: " A Way of Knowing" (taught by a faculty member in Physics). When a course is cross-listed, it is expected that the course is taught at an Honors level.
5. Finally, you can refer other faculty or community scholars to our program. We are always interested in providing new and innovative course offerings to Honors students.
If you would like more information on our courses, please visit our course archives.
Please contact the Associate Director for more information on teaching in Honors:
Julie S. Villegas, Ph.D.
Associate Director
University Honors Program
211 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352800
Seattle, Washington 98195-2800
(206) 543-7172 (direct line)
(206) 543-7444 (front desk)
(206) 543-6469 (fax)
http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors
Last Updated: Friday, November 3, 2006