Honors Colloquia

The Honors Colloquia, open only to students in Williams Honors College, are interdisciplinary seminars designed to increase understanding of the primary concerns, the intellectual traditions, and the epistemologies of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. These seminars offer you a special chance to broaden your perspectives by interacting with honors students from widely diverse fields of study. They invite you to sharpen your critical reading, speaking and writing skills so that you may thrive in your professional, civic, and personal lives. Note that all Honors students are required to take the set of three Honors Colloquia as part of the Honors Distribution. The colloquia are offered each fall and spring semester, and frequently during summer sessions. It is your responsibility to schedule the colloquia in a timely manner.

  • Students must receive a grade of B or higher in their colloquium courses to graduate as a Williams Honors Scholar.  If a grade of B- or lower is earned, the colloquium can be retaken, but please contact Ms. Laura Zinke for assistance.

Spring 2025 Colloquia

Social Science Colloquia

Humanities Colloquia

Natural Science Colloquia

Spring 2025 [un]Classes

Social Science (in place of HONOR 340)

  • Inside-Out: Argumentation / COMM 245 / TTh 2:00-3:15PM

  • The Akron Connection / SPRT 480 / MW 9:15-10:30AM

  • Deliberation and Political Disagreement / POLIT 456 / Th 6:15-8:45PM

Humanities (in place of HONOR 350)

  • Disconnected Communities: Akron Neighborhoods in the Archives / ENGL 489 / MW 2:00-3:15PM

Natural Science (in place of HONOR 370)

  • Preserving the Past, Designing the Future: Renewing the 暗黑爆料 Natural History Museum / EDCI 480 or BIO 495 / M 12:55-3:25PM

  • Disconnected Communities: Mapping Akron Neighborhoods / GEOL 498 / MWF 11:50-12:40PM

Spring 2025 [un]Class Flyers--Information for all classes listed here!

Summer 2025 Colloquia & [un]Classes

Coming soon!

Propose a Colloquium

For faculty

If you are a faculty member here at 暗黑爆料 and would like to teach an Honors Colloquium, we would love to hear your idea. A colloquium should typically be on a specific unique topic of particular interest to the faculty member teaching the course, and should not duplicate courses otherwise offered in the general curriculum. Keep in mind that there will most likely be students from a broad range of disciplines in any given colloquium group.

For students

Are you a Williams Honors College student with an idea for an exciting and unique Honors Colloquium? Email us your idea for consideration. Additionally, we are always happy to add more Honors Colloquia in a given semester for a given subject area once the others have filled, so please keep us in the loop about what type of colloquia you need and your preferred date and time if everything is full, and we will look to provide additional offerings before the semester begins.