These are defined below. In keeping with honors standards, these courses are more intensive and, being smaller, allow for more direct mentoring relationships between faculty and students. These interdisciplinary courses are especially important to students in Commonwealth College who must take two interdisciplinary courses, one of which must carry a Gen Ed designation. Honors Colloquia are weekly, one-hour enrichment courses that carry one credit. Colloquia can be discussion seminars or laboratory meetings which involve extra work that might consist of conducting research, giving oral presentations or writing in-depth papers.
Colloquia provide a more focused, comprehensive look at course content.
Standard Colloquia appear in the Pre-registration Guide at the end of each departmental listing and are advertised in the Course Guide. This type of colloquium does not require a contract or the filing of a form with the honors office. See type 3, Colloquium Contracts, below for another colloquium option. Students or professors may initiate Colloquium Contracts at the beginning of a semester and, if approved, add a colloquium to a course that originally didn t have one. See an Honors Advisor and click here for a copy of the Colloquium Contract form.