Participants study the fossil record, comparative anatomy, developmental anatomy, and life cycles, with an eye toward illuminating life processes. The course seeks to help students develop habits of critical thinking in these areas of study. Honors student standing, or permission of program director. Emphasis is given to the scientific principles involved in each issue, and to the ways in which these issues and the technologies associated with them affect society and government. Honors student standing, or permission of program director.
Topics vary each semester.
Honors student standing, or permission of program director. Through multi-disciplinary study of a topic chosen each semester, the Colloquium explores principles and methods of research common to many fields. Students trace scholarly controversies, frame hypotheses and questions, use print and electronic sources, display data in text and graphic forms, work independently and collaboratively, and present results orally and in writing. Each student prepares a prospectus for an individual research project. Honors student standing, or permission of program director.