Typically, Honors students complete their Honors seminars by the end of the junior year, submit a proposal for the Honors Project to the Honors Committee during the latter half of the junior year, and execute the Honors Project during the senior year. Students wishing to deviate from this progression of coursework must consult with the Director of the Program. Courses with 200-level designations are open to all Honors students. Seminars listed below illustrate offerings during a typical year. Primary emphasis is placed on contemporary Southern political behavior, including parties and elections, voting behavior, and the politics of race.
Guest speakers discuss specific elements of Southern politics.
Each student, either individually or in groups, completes an original research project based on specific topics of interest, such as race, religion, or the future of party politics in the South, along with particular policy interests including education reform. A seminar that examines the stylistic development of film, its directors, and cultures. The first term begins with the silent era of the 1920s in Europe to the French New Wave of the early 1960s. This course employs a seminar format emphasizing class discussion, close readings, and lectures covering interdisciplinary material. Students are given the chance to reflect on their own creative process as well as that of specific scientists and artists in the area.