They present their essay to the entire class. Students may use comments from the class presentation and discussions with the professor to further develop their first essay or begin work on a new essay. The course culminates with students synthesizing their essays into a single, final presentation and paper. These can be used to fulfill departmental or general education requirements as well as the Honors Program requirement. The Fora use a seminar or discussion style of instruction.
Topics change each semester, and sometimes are linked to other campus events.
The Honors Forum are open to all students with instructor's permission. A public presentation of their work is required as part of the Honors Program requirements. All Honors students must complete the equivalent of one year of a foreign language and the equivalent of three semesters is strongly encouraged. For those majors that do not, any math, statistics, or logic course is sufficient. This course guides students through the process of proposing, conducting and presenting an independent academic research project.