Activities Themed residence halls at Miami conducted assessments in the fall semester on the general interests and needs of the students in the community as well as their motivations for joining the program. The IDS 159 course required for the program is an interdisiplinary course. Honors Programs are by nature interdisciplinary, as they encompass all majors. How Diversity Issues are Addressed in the Program and in Courses Diversity is discussed in the colloquium course and is the focus of IDS 159, Strength through Cultural Diversity. Both are required for the University Honors Program.
Diversity is discussed in the Honors Seminars as it is related to the subject material.
Many disciplines are represented in the 70 plus faculty who teach honors seminar courses, teach the honors colloquium, participate in the co-curricular activities or are involved with the honors office, or teach the honors colloquium course. Greatest Challenges for this Learning Community Students in the Honors Program do not all live in Bishop, the Honors Residence Hall. This causes some division between the two groups as the non residential students do not feel that Bishop is their place.