Course Descriptions

While many students have a notion that honors courses are, by default, harder, we always say that honors classes are different. With an average class size of just 17 students, honors classes allow students to have far more interaction with their professors and fellow students; in turn, this allows professors to design their classes to revolve around discussion and active learning rather than lectures and tests.

Generally speaking, the Honors College offers two levels of honors courses that are available to all honors students. Lower Division electives, which also fulfill general education requirements, and Upper Division electives (HONR 3700/3703), which are upper-level discussion intensive courses.

Please note: you must be enrolled in the University Honors Program, Business Honors Program, Arts + Architecture Honors Program, Computing Honors Program, a college or departmental honors program, be a Levine Scholar, OR have the permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission, please contact Colette Chenault (Administrative Support Associate) at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

Spring 2027 Schedule of classes

Lower Division elective courses
HONR 1501- H01 (CRN#22813) Global Social Science (HONR) *tbd* Aaron Hooker “Social Identities, Biblical Interpretation, and Action” We all have social identities (race, class, gender, etc) that impact how we navigate the world. Believe it or not, they influence the decisions we make (and even what/how we read). Throughout this course, students will be able to develop a greater understanding of their social identities. As we journey through understanding our social identities, students will develop skills of exegesis (understanding the text in its original context) and hermeneutics (how does this text speak to us today), which are essential to accurate readings of biblical texts. Using these skills, we will discover social identities at work throughout the biblical texts to understand how they speak to us in a contemporary context. In this class, students can expect to engage in intergroup dialogue, create and engage with visual and creative art, write short papers, and more! This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Restrictions: Freshman and Sophomore only (first year UHP students may be approved to take this course) Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
HONR 1501- H02 (CRN#27048) Global Social Science (HONR) Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Tuan Cao “The Arc of Cooperation: Cells, Societies, and Synthetic Minds” Have you ever noticed that we accomplish more when we work with others? This course explores exactly that idea – from nature’s earliest partnerships all the way to humans teaming up with artificial intelligence. You’ll discover how simple organisms joined forces millions of years ago to create complex life. Then we’ll look at how humans have used cooperation to build communities, economies, cultures, and movements throughout history. Finally, we’ll ask: What happens when people and AI become partners? Can smart machines help us solve big problems – or will they change what it means to be human? We’ll talk about fairness, ethics, power, and our shared future. Bring your curiosity and join the conversation on why “we” matters more than “me”! This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Restrictions: Freshman and Sophomore only (first year UHP students may be approved to take this course) Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
PHIL 1502 – H01 (CRN#26786) Global Arts/Humanities (HONR) Tuesday and Thursday 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Paula Landerreche Cardillo “Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art” What is the place of art in society? How do artistic practices differ from other ways that human beings make sense of their world? Why do we care about art? How has the concept of art changed throughout time and space? In this class we will put art at the center of our philosophical examination. We will read different accounts of art and its relationship to society. We will also ask what kind of knowledge art gives us. We will also ask how different materials affect how we know through art and how we understand art’s relationship to society. We will ask these questions by pairing works of art with accounts of art. We will examine visual arts, architecture, poetry, music, film, dance, and performance. Assignments include personal reflections, synthesis and comparison of philosophical sources, individual and group activities and group discussion. Restrictions: Freshman and Sophomore only (first year UHP students may be approved to take this course) Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
MUSC 1512- H01 (CRN#27172) Local Arts/Humanities (HONR) Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 am – 11:15 am Alan Yamamoto “Music in U.S. Communities” All Local Theme courses explore the central, unifying question of what it means to be a member of the “local” community in which we live. Through the study of the experiences of different peoples, cultures, and communities in our city, our region, or our nation, students will be able to better understand themselves in the context of the complex and diverse society in which we live. In this course, we seek to understand musical practices in U.S. communities in their social context through the lens of film scoring, and how music written to support a storyline, particularly when drawn from differing ethnic and social cultures, affects the American experience. We approach our interdisciplinary study of music with the understanding that social, cultural, and political contexts in which film music is created, shared, and heard can help us to better comprehend the complex relationships among people with a broad range of backgrounds and inherited values. Restrictions: Freshman and Sophomore only (first year UHP students may be approved to take this course) Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
BINF 1101 – H03 (CRN#22828) Introduction to Bioinformatics and Genomics (HONR) Monday and Wednesday 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Wednesday 12:15 pm – 2:15 pm (lab) Alex Dornburg Introduction to the genomics perspective in the life sciences, combining a general introduction to genomic technologies and the bioinformatics methods used to analyze genome-scale data with a presentation of real world scientific problems where these technologies are having an impact. The lab component provides hands-on experience with topics in bioinformatics, genomics, and generative artificial intelligence, using small-scale projects to introduce students to the world of bioinformatics research. Honors students engage in an enriched path that highlights the intersection of AI with modern science and the practice of 21st-century research. Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
ECON 2102 – H01 (CRN#20784) Principles of Economics-Micro Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Gagan Ghosh Pricing mechanism of a market economy, the industrial organization of the U.S. economy, problems of economic concentration, the theory of income distribution, and comparative economic systems. The honors section involves greater depth of analysis while the small section size facilitates more group discussion of real world applications. Restrictions: Sophomore and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
WRDS 2101- H01 (CRN#23260) Advanced Writing: Research and Critical Analysis (HONR) Tuesday 5:30 pm – 8:15 pm Keyfaya Diab Whether in academia, in civic life, or in the workplace, writing and digital composing, research, and critical analysis are intertwined. This course is designed to help you improve your writing and digital composing skills in the intersection with research and critical analysis, which are areas that you will navigate in school, civic life, and the workplace. This community-engaged learning course will invite you (in groups) to work with a local community organization to identify a problem, need, or issue within their scope of work. After that, you will investigate the identified issue further to propose and create a research-based digital artifact to advance the community organization’s work. Therefore, you will [1] collect related secondary sources of past studies, and online sources; [2] collect primary data by employing systematic observations, document analysis, interviews, and surveys as primary research methods; [3] analyze the primary and secondary data that you collected to arrive at applicable findings; [4] synthesize and report your findings to the community organization; and [5] propose and compose digital artifacts (e.g: podcasts, videos, websites, slides, public service announcements [PSAs]…etc) to target audiences beyond your classmates and teacher to help the organization advance their work with the community. A good part of our class time will constitute filed work with the local organization and community members. Students who successfully complete this course will be invited to submit their work to the Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) at UNC Charlotte and the ETHEL: Undergraduate Research Journal at UNC Charlotte. This honors section is especially designed for honors students who have placed out of WRDS 1103/1104 and want to continue to develop their writing. Prerequisite: WRDS 1103/1104 Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

Critical Thinking courses
CTCM 2530 – H71 (CRN#22815) Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking and Communication (HONR) Monday 2:30 pm – 5:15 pm Cynthia Gibas “Written in Blood: How Science and Government Collaborate to Promote Public Safety“ This honors course traces how the United States built the scientific and institutional capacity to protect public health — and what is at stake when that capacity is reduced. Most Americans depend daily on agencies, research programs, data systems, and international partnerships whose histories they have never encountered. Life expectancy in the US rose by nearly 30 years in the twentieth century, smallpox was eradicated worldwide, and the international community course-corrected to stop an expanding hole in the Earth’s ozone layer that threatened human health. These outcomes were not inevitable. They were produced by public advocacy, carefully constructed institutional capacity, and specific acts of political will, most of which have been largely forgotten. This course recovers that history and connects it to our present moment. Students will engage with primary sources, live datasets, and current controversies as the laboratory for applying what they learn. GenAI is introduced as a tool that can help non-programmers access and visualize history through public data. Prerequisite: WRDS 1103/1104 Restrictions: Sophomore and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
CTCM 2530 – H72 (CRN#22825) Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking and Communication (HONR) Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 am – 11:15 Catherine Tingelstad *“Exploring News Media Literacy in Today’s Information Environment“ This course examines how news media literacy addresses the topics of misinformation, bias, algorithms, artificial intelligence, ownership, and the editorial process. Students will explore these issues through readings, discussions, and active inquiry and will analyze our news media environment and its impact on our lives as citizens and its effect on a democratic society. Students will use critical thinking to analyze our complex information environment and will synthesize research findings to create a semester-long inquiry project using the resources in Atkins Library’s Area 49. This class will be held in Atkins 123.* Prerequisite: WRDS 1103/1104 Restrictions: Sophomore and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

Critical Thinking courses

CTCM 2530 – H71 (CRN#22815) Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking and Communication (HONR)
Monday 2:30 pm – 5:15 pm
Cynthia Gibas

“Written in Blood: How Science and Government Collaborate to Promote Public Safety“ This honors course traces how the United States built the scientific and institutional capacity to protect public health — and what is at stake when that capacity is reduced. Most Americans depend daily on agencies, research programs, data systems, and international partnerships whose histories they have never encountered. Life expectancy in the US rose by nearly 30 years in the twentieth century, smallpox was eradicated worldwide, and the international community course-corrected to stop an expanding hole in the Earth’s ozone layer that threatened human health. These outcomes were not inevitable. They were produced by public advocacy, carefully constructed institutional capacity, and specific acts of political will, most of which have been largely forgotten. This course recovers that history and connects it to our present moment. Students will engage with primary sources, live datasets, and current controversies as the laboratory for applying what they learn. GenAI is introduced as a tool that can help non-programmers access and visualize history through public data.

Prerequisite: WRDS 1103/1104
Restrictions: Sophomore and higher
Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

CTCM 2530 – H72 (CRN#22825) Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking and Communication (HONR)
Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 am – 11:15
Catherine Tingelstad

“Exploring News Media Literacy in Today’s Information Environment“ This course examines how news media literacy addresses the topics of misinformation, bias, algorithms, artificial intelligence, ownership, and the editorial process. Students will explore these issues through readings, discussions, and active inquiry and will analyze our news media environment and its impact on our lives as citizens and its effect on a democratic society. Students will use critical thinking to analyze our complex information environment and will synthesize research findings to create a semester-long inquiry project using the resources in Atkins Library’s Area 49.

This class will be held in Atkins 123.

Prerequisite: WRDS 1103/1104
Restrictions: Sophomore and higher
Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

Upper Division elective courses
HONR 3700 – H01 (CRN#21104) Honors College Topics: It’s My Life: Memoir and the Art of Storytelling Monday and Wednesday 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Andrew Keener What makes a human life meaningful? And how do we tell our own stories in ways that help others understand, question, or see the world differently? This course explores these questions through a selection of recent, award-winning memoirs by writers from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Together, we’ll travel through the Caribbean coast, the Appalachian midwest, elite universities, and foreign prisons while examining stories shaped by family, language, culture, class, ethnicity, relationships, grief, resilience, and the power of personal storytelling. Alongside the memoirs, students will analyze interviews, news coverage, films, podcasts, and other media to deepen their understanding of each author’s life and the ways stories are interpreted and shared. By the end of the course, students will have developed the skills to read memoirs carefully and critically, practice inquiry and synthesis regarding the media that surrounds them, and plot out a life’s story of their own through reflection and creativity. This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: CTCM 2530 Restrictions: Junior and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
HONR 3700 – H02 (CRN#21105) Honors College Topics: Deliberative Dialogue: Reasoning About Big Questions Together Wednesday 10:00 am -12:45 pm Mindy Adnot Deliberative dialogue is a structured form of discourse that invites participants to reason together about questions on which they may not agree. It is characterized by open-mindedness, curiosity about our own views and those of others, commitment to evidence, and a willingness to engage in productive disagreement that moves our thinking forward. In this course, students will explore the principles and practices of deliberation, including how to frame questions, distinguish between empirical and normative claims, evaluate evidence, and recognize trade-offs. Students will then apply these skills by designing and leading deliberations on complex questions of their choosing for the class community. The course will culminate in a public deliberation organized and facilitated by students for the broader Honors College community. Students will have opportunities for reflection on both the content and experience of the deliberations throughout the course. This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: CTCM 2530 Restrictions: Junior and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
HONR 3700 – H03 (CRN#25064) Honors College Topics: Music, Public Communication & Mental Health Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Jason Black In this course, students explore the importance of music as a form of public communication in the U.S. as it pertains to the topic of mental health. Music is understood here as not just a product, but rather as a process for how we create, organize, react to, and interpret organized sound. Public Communication emphasizes how the symbols we use to express ourselves helps us: make sense of our experiences; constitute our identities; and live our communal lives. Mental Health is defined as a state of well-being that enables us to cope with the stresses of life, realize our abilities, learn and work well, and contribute to our communities. We will examine song lyrics and visual components within the topic of Mental Health broken into numerous categories, such as: 1) general anxiety and depression; 2) addiction and recovery; 3) relational health; 4) cultural and group identities; 5) empathy and support systems; and 6) Gen Z and Gen Alpha mental health challenges. We will examine these areas by analyzing song lyrics and visual components in seminar discussion, through individual weekly podcasts applying rhetorical lenses to these artifacts, by working in “duets” to co-write musical lyrics within context, and tapping into scholarship on the overlap of mental health navigation and music by “reporting” on such scholarship in a final capstone project. The final capstone project involves writing an E.P. of lyrics in “duets” and drafting reflections regarding how music helps us move forward in our mental health journeys. This course involves a great deal of comfortable and meaningful collaboration as a class community and in “duets.” The professor will organize optional group trips to music performances on and off campus. This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: CTCM 2530 Restrictions: Junior and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
HONR 3700 – H04 (CRN#21465) Honors College Topics: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Our Inflamed World Monday and Wednesday 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Jeanette Bennett Why are rates of depression, anxiety, cardiovascular disease, obesity, autoimmune disorders, and dementia increasing worldwide? A growing body of evidence suggests that chronic low-grade inflammation may serve as a common biological pathway linking modern lifestyles, environments, and social experiences to both physical and mental health outcomes. This course explores inflammation through an interdisciplinary lens, integrating psychology, neuroscience, immunology, nutrition, public health, sociology, and evolutionary biology. Students will examine how stress, behavior, relationships, environments, and societal systems contribute to inflammatory processes and investigate evidence-based approaches for promoting resilience at individual, community, and societal levels. Students should be ready to engage in weekly lectures, reading, and discussions. This course will encourage team learning via a group project focused on a case study as well as students teaching each other via a myth vs. evidence assignment. The course culminates with each student’s personally driven, unique inflammation project, allowing students to conduct a semester-long behavioral self-experiment and critically evaluate how biological, psychological, and social factors influence behavior change. . This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: CTCM 2530 Restrictions: Junior and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
HONR 3700 – H05 (CRN#24320) Honors College Topics: Poverty in Perspective: Global Insights, Local Challenges, and Action Tuesday and Thursday 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Hania al-Shamat What does it mean to be poor? Who gets to decide and how? This seminar invites you to interrogate one of the world’s most persistent and complex challenges through the lenses of economics, political science, law, sociology, and history. The course begins with a global comparative analysis, examining how poverty is defined, measured, and experienced across vastly different international contexts. You will explore the difference between absolute and relative poverty, trace the historical and structural forces that produce and sustain it, and critically evaluate a range of responses — government programs, NGO interventions, and grassroots movements — asking not just what works, but why so many well-intentioned efforts fall short. The course then shifts closer to home, using Charlotte as a living case study to examine how global patterns of poverty manifest locally. Using World Bank datasets, documentaries evidence, and qualitative fieldwork, including site visits, interviews, and community partnerships, you will practice the kind of rigorous, interdisciplinary, and experiential inquiry that defines Honors-level scholarship. The centerpiece of the course is a semester-long Social Venture Project in which you will partner with a local organization, critically evaluate existing interventions, and design your own innovative, evidence-based solution to a real poverty challenge in Charlotte. The project culminates in a public “Social Shark-Tank” pitch delivered before a panel of faculty and community partners. By the end of the semester, you will not only understand poverty more deeply — you will have developed the research skills, community engagement experience, and entrepreneurial mindset to potentially do something about it. This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: CTCM 2530 Restrictions: Junior and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
HONR 3700 – H06 (CRN#26789) Honors College Topics: Arts and Artificial Intelligence Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 am – 11:15 am Kaus Sarkar Arts and Artificial Intelligence examines how emerging artificial intelligence technologies are transforming artistic creation, performance, and cultural production across disciplines. Students explore how artists engage AI as a creative collaborator, analytical tool, and critical subject of inquiry. Through case studies in dance, visual art, music, digital media, and performance, the course investigates questions of authorship, creativity, embodiment, and ethics in an era of intelligent machines. The course draws on scholarship in media studies, art and technology, performance studies, and digital culture to examine how artists respond to issues such as automation, algorithmic bias, intellectual property, labor, and the future of human creativity. Through lectures, media analysis, artist case studies, demonstrations of AI tools, and short written assignments, students develop a foundational understanding of how artificial intelligence is reshaping artistic practice and how artists critically engage technological change. The course encourages students to reflect on the evolving relationship between human creativity, machine learning, and cultural expression in contemporary society. This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: CTCM 2530 Restrictions: Junior and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
HONR 3703 – H01 (CRN#24322) Honors Study Abroad: *Exploring Myths & Legends in Budapest & Prague* Tuesday and Thursday 11:30 am – 12:45 pm Abby Moore What can myths and legends reveal about the places that inspire them? In this course, students will investigate Budapest and Prague as living texts, using the pedagogy of Place-as-Text to explore how folklore, mythology, literature, history, architecture, and local traditions intersect to shape cultural identity. Rather than simply learning about these cities, students will engage with them through observation, questioning, reflection, and dialogue, examining how stories both emerge from and influence the landscapes in which they are told. Through immersive field experiences, students will trace the legends of kings and saints, alchemists and emperors, monsters and heroes, uncovering how these narratives continue to inform public memory, national identity, and everyday life. Students will critically examine the relationship between historical fact and folklore, considering why certain stories endure, how they evolve over time, and what they reveal about the communities that preserve them. As an Honors learning experience, the course emphasizes intellectual curiosity, interdisciplinary inquiry, collaborative discussion, and reflective practice. Students will actively investigate the cities as scholars, drawing connections across disciplines while developing their own interpretations of place. By engaging directly with the cultural landscapes, and the people of Budapest and Prague, students will deepen their understanding of Central Europe’s rich heritage and discover how myths and legends continue to shape both historical understanding and contemporary culture. Students will position themselves as travelers, not tourists and uphold the reputation of UNC Charlotte’s Honors College by actively participating in a professional and respectful manner at all times. REGISTRATION WILL OCCUR AFTER STUDENTS ARE ADMITTED TO THIS COURSE BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION ABROAD. TO APPLY, VISIT edabroad.charlotte.edu This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: CTCM 2530 Restrictions: Departmental approval required, Junior and higher Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

University Honors Program only
HONR 3790 – University Honors Program Capstone Proposal Seminar H01 (CRN#22328) Thursday 10:00 am – 11:15 am (1 credit hour) H02 (CRN#23316) Thursday 10:00 am – 12:45 am (3 credit hours) Mindy Adnot Students in the University Honors Program (UHP) must complete an honors capstone project in order to graduate with University Honors. Students can satisfy this requirement by applying to a disciplinary honors program and completing a disciplinary capstone or thesis project (leading to dual honors; available for most majors on campus), or can complete their capstone project in UHP by completing HONR 3790 and HONR 3791. In HONR 3790, students will identify an interdisciplinary inquiry question, conduct a review of scholarly literature on their topic, select a faculty committee, and submit an application to candidacy to the Honors College. Upon successful completion of HONR 3790, students will continue to HONR 3791 to develop and lead seminars on their topic for incoming UHP students as their capstone project. Both courses provide opportunities for collaborative work with peers, group discussions, reflection, and feedback. In 2025-26, HONR 3790 will begin to transition from a 1-credit to a 3-credit class to better reflect the time and effort required to develop a strong honors capstone proposal. The 3-credit version of the class will include an additional 75 minutes of workshop time to develop your proposal in consultation with your instructor and peers. Students who joined UHP in Fall 2025 or later should register for 3 credits of HONR 3790. Students who joined UHP prior to Fall 2025 may choose whether to register for 1 or 3 credits. This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: Must obtain approval from instructor by completing the Honors Capstone Pathways form. Must be enrolled in the University Honors Program.
HONR 3790 – University Honors Program Capstone Proposal Seminar H03 (CRN#24325) Thursday 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm (1 credit hour) H04 (CRN#24326) Thursday 2:30 pm – 5:15 pm (3 credit hours) Mindy Adnot Students in the University Honors Program (UHP) must complete an honors capstone project in order to graduate with University Honors. Students can satisfy this requirement by applying to a disciplinary honors program and completing a disciplinary capstone or thesis project (leading to dual honors; available for most majors on campus), or can complete their capstone project in UHP by completing HONR 3790 and HONR 3791. In HONR 3790, students will identify an interdisciplinary inquiry question, conduct a review of scholarly literature on their topic, select a faculty committee, and submit an application to candidacy to the Honors College. Upon successful completion of HONR 3790, students will continue to HONR 3791 to develop and lead seminars on their topic for incoming UHP students as their capstone project. Both courses provide opportunities for collaborative work with peers, group discussions, reflection, and feedback. In 2025-26, HONR 3790 will begin to transition from a 1-credit to a 3-credit class to better reflect the time and effort required to develop a strong honors capstone proposal. The 3-credit version of the class will include an additional 75 minutes of workshop time to develop your proposal in consultation with your instructor and peers. Students who joined UHP in Fall 2025 or later should register for 3 credits of HONR 3790. Students who joined UHP prior to Fall 2025 may choose whether to register for 1 or 3 credits. This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Prerequisite: Must obtain approval from instructor by completing the Honors Capstone Pathways form. Must be enrolled in the University Honors Program.

University Honors Program only

HONR 3790 – University Honors Program Capstone Proposal Seminar
H01 (CRN#22328) Thursday 10:00 am – 11:15 am (1 credit hour)
H02 (CRN#23316) Thursday 10:00 am – 12:45 am (3 credit hours)
Mindy Adnot

Students in the University Honors Program (UHP) must complete an honors capstone project in order to graduate with University Honors. Students can satisfy this requirement by applying to a disciplinary honors program and completing a disciplinary capstone or thesis project (leading to dual honors; available for most majors on campus), or can complete their capstone project in UHP by completing HONR 3790 and HONR 3791. In HONR 3790, students will identify an interdisciplinary inquiry question, conduct a review of scholarly literature on their topic, select a faculty committee, and submit an application to candidacy to the Honors College. Upon successful completion of HONR 3790, students will continue to HONR 3791 to develop and lead seminars on their topic for incoming UHP students as their capstone project. Both courses provide opportunities for collaborative work with peers, group discussions, reflection, and feedback.

In 2025-26, HONR 3790 will begin to transition from a 1-credit to a 3-credit class to better reflect the time and effort required to develop a strong honors capstone proposal. The 3-credit version of the class will include an additional 75 minutes of workshop time to develop your proposal in consultation with your instructor and peers. Students who joined UHP in Fall 2025 or later should register for 3 credits of HONR 3790. Students who joined UHP prior to Fall 2025 may choose whether to register for 1 or 3 credits.

This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room.

Prerequisite: Must obtain approval from instructor by completing the Honors Capstone Pathways form.
Must be enrolled in the University Honors Program.

HONR 3790 – University Honors Program Capstone Proposal Seminar
H03 (CRN#24325) Thursday 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm (1 credit hour)
H04 (CRN#24326) Thursday 2:30 pm – 5:15 pm (3 credit hours)
Mindy Adnot

Students in the University Honors Program (UHP) must complete an honors capstone project in order to graduate with University Honors. Students can satisfy this requirement by applying to a disciplinary honors program and completing a disciplinary capstone or thesis project (leading to dual honors; available for most majors on campus), or can complete their capstone project in UHP by completing HONR 3790 and HONR 3791. In HONR 3790, students will identify an interdisciplinary inquiry question, conduct a review of scholarly literature on their topic, select a faculty committee, and submit an application to candidacy to the Honors College. Upon successful completion of HONR 3790, students will continue to HONR 3791 to develop and lead seminars on their topic for incoming UHP students as their capstone project. Both courses provide opportunities for collaborative work with peers, group discussions, reflection, and feedback.

In 2025-26, HONR 3790 will begin to transition from a 1-credit to a 3-credit class to better reflect the time and effort required to develop a strong honors capstone proposal. The 3-credit version of the class will include an additional 75 minutes of workshop time to develop your proposal in consultation with your instructor and peers. Students who joined UHP in Fall 2025 or later should register for 3 credits of HONR 3790. Students who joined UHP prior to Fall 2025 may choose whether to register for 1 or 3 credits.

This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room.

Prerequisite: Must obtain approval from instructor by completing the Honors Capstone Pathways form.
Must be enrolled in the University Honors Program.

Recommended courses (These are excellent learning opportunities, although they do not count towards required honors credit for UHP)
HONR 2720 – H01 (CRN#22327) Competitive Scholarship Workshop Wednesday 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Andrew Keener This course provides students a supportive workshop environment for researching, developing, drafting, and revising written material towards nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. At the beginning of the semester, students will select opportunities to apply for, and will work towards the submission of a complete application over the course of the semester. Assignments and topics covered may include resumes, personal statements, research statements, frequently-appearing short answer questions, establishing and sustaining connections with faculty, and tips and practice for interviewing. By the end of the course, students will have developed a set of application materials that will be relevant not only to a nationally competitive award, but also for internships, graduate programs, and jobs. In this workshop designed for applicants to nationally competitive awards, students will select opportunities to apply for and will work toward the submission of a complete application by the end of the semester. Students will gain familiarity with major application writing genres and learn about relevant resources on campus. This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room. Restriction: Must obtain approval from instructor by completing an Interest Questionnaire This course welcomes students who are enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental), OR are in the following Scholars programs: Albert, Freeman, Johnson, Levine, Martin. Additionally, non-honors students are welcome to request permission to register; to do so, please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.
WRDS 1103 – H01 (CRN#22643) Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts I and II (HONR) Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 am – 9:45 am Bert Wray Recommended honors writing section for honors students needing WRDS 1103. Students write extensively as they explore literacy and writing. They engage critically with the opinions and voices of others while developing an extended inquiry project that integrates materials from varied sources and includes writing in multiple genres. Students write, revise, edit, and reflect on their writing with the support of the teacher and peers. Students also immerse themselves in a conversation about a topic through reading, questioning, and process writing. Students learn to distinguish rhetorical contexts, practice different conventions, and develop positions in relation to research. They also adopt digital technologies to network, compose, and/or critique and disseminate their work. In this honors section, students engage in advanced inquiries and compositions about literacy while developing a research essay, a conference presentation, and a statement of policy. Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

Recommended courses (These are excellent learning opportunities, although they do not count towards required honors credit for UHP)

HONR 2720 – H01 (CRN#22327) Competitive Scholarship Workshop
Wednesday 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Andrew Keener

This course provides students a supportive workshop environment for researching, developing, drafting, and revising written material towards nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. At the beginning of the semester, students will select opportunities to apply for, and will work towards the submission of a complete application over the course of the semester. Assignments and topics covered may include resumes, personal statements, research statements, frequently-appearing short answer questions, establishing and sustaining connections with faculty, and tips and practice for interviewing. By the end of the course, students will have developed a set of application materials that will be relevant not only to a nationally competitive award, but also for internships, graduate programs, and jobs.

In this workshop designed for applicants to nationally competitive awards, students will select opportunities to apply for and will work toward the submission of a complete application by the end of the semester. Students will gain familiarity with major application writing genres and learn about relevant resources on campus.

This class will be held in Levine Hall 183 or 184. The instructor will communicate which room.

Restriction: Must obtain approval from instructor by completing an Interest Questionnaire
This course welcomes students who are enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental), OR are in the following Scholars programs: Albert, Freeman, Johnson, Levine, Martin. Additionally, non-honors students are welcome to request permission to register; to do so, please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

WRDS 1103 – H01 (CRN#22643) Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts I and II (HONR)
Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 am – 9:45 am
Bert Wray

Recommended honors writing section for honors students needing WRDS 1103.

Students write extensively as they explore literacy and writing. They engage critically with the opinions and voices of others while developing an extended inquiry project that integrates materials from varied sources and includes writing in multiple genres. Students write, revise, edit, and reflect on their writing with the support of the teacher and peers. Students also immerse themselves in a conversation about a topic through reading, questioning, and process writing. Students learn to distinguish rhetorical contexts, practice different conventions, and develop positions in relation to research. They also adopt digital technologies to network, compose, and/or critique and disseminate their work. In this honors section, students engage in advanced inquiries and compositions about literacy while developing a research essay, a conference presentation, and a statement of policy.

Must be enrolled in Honors (AAHP, BHP, CHP, UHP, or departmental) OR be a Levine Scholar; OR have permission of the Honors College. To obtain permission please contact Colette Chenault at cchenaul@charlotte.edu.

Summer 2027 Schedule of classes

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Previous Course Listings

Curious about previous honors courses? The links below are to honors course listings from previous semesters. Some courses may be offered again in future semesters.

Course Descriptions for academic years 2020-2021 through 2024-2025

Course Descriptions for academic years 2015-2016 through 2019-2020