Required Courses (6 hours)

HON 3360H: Principles and Practices of Global Engagement
This course is the gateway to the Honors College minor in Global Engagement and provides a theoretical, ethical and experiential learning framework for participation in academic, co-curricular and professional travel programs. It emphasizes principles of critical reflection, cultural awareness, personal accountability and ethical engagement that serve to enhance learning experiences in the context of local, national and international communities. The concept of global engagement begins with an examination of the principles of citizenship in diverse societies, creating a foundation for an orientation toward critically reflective learning. This course is only offered in the fall term.

HON 3361H: Global Engagement and Research
This is an interdisciplinary reading and research seminar on the economic, cultural, political, historical and technological components of global engagement. Discussion will focus on the strengths and limitations of various research methodologies, and individuals will complete a research project.

Approved Electives (9 hours)

Elective courses listed below, along with corresponding experiential learning components, are necessary for the Global Engagement and Research minor. Academic petitions for approval of coursework not listed below that can be applied to the minor should be made to both the director of the Global Engagement and Research minor and the dean of the Honors College. Students must earn a 3.0 average GPA or higher in all coursework counted toward the minor.

Featured Elective, Fall 2023

HON 3397H – America in the Progressive Era TTh 1-2:30 Modaff (20733)

What is an American? How did we end up with the ideas we now have about national unity, division, race, gender, and multiculturalism? Where does the word “progressive” come from, and has Progressivism historically been a force for inclusion or for exclusion? This seminar explores ideas about difference, identity, and American belonging in the “Progressive Era” (1877-1924), a time of conflict, inequality, and change. This time of continent-wide activism spawned the intellectual, legal, and social structures that shape our present moment.