Honors Colloquia

The Honors Colloquia, open only to students in Williams Honors College, are interdisciplinary seminars designed to increase understanding of the primary concerns, the intellectual traditions, and the epistemologies of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. These seminars offer you a special chance to broaden your perspectives by interacting with honors students from widely diverse fields of study. They invite you to sharpen your critical reading, speaking and writing skills so that you may thrive in your professional, civic, and personal lives. Note that all Honors students are required to take the set of three Honors Colloquia as part of the Honors Distribution. The colloquia are offered each fall and spring semester, and frequently during summer sessions. It is your responsibility to schedule the colloquia in a timely manner.

  • Students must receive a grade of B or higher in their colloquium courses to graduate as a Williams Honors Scholar.  If a grade of B- or lower is earned, the colloquium can be retaken, but please contact Ms. Laura Zinke for assistance.

Spring 2026 Colloquia

Social Science Colloquia

Humanities Colloquia

Natural Science Colloquia

Spring 2026 [un]Classes 

Social Science (in place of HONOR 340)

  • EMHS 490 / CRJU 480-001  Special Topics: Securing the Pound: Public Safety at the Browns Berea Campus W 1:00 - 4:00 PM

  • COMM 450 Today At I Promise: Investigative Journalism T/Th  9:15-10:45 AM

Humanities (in place of HONOR 350) 

  • IHSC:445/545 | ENGL:489/589  [Un]settling the Museum  T 5:10-7:30pm  

Natural Science (in place of HONOR 370)

  • COMM 444-001 Communication and Conflict The Weight of Waste  T/TH 10:45AM – 12:00PM

  • BIO 495-003 The Art and Science of Science Communication  M 12:55 - 3:25 PM

Spring 2026 [un]Class Flyers

Propose a Colloquium

For faculty

If you are a faculty member here at UA and would like to teach an Honors Colloquium, we would love to hear your idea. A colloquium should typically be on a specific unique topic of particular interest to the faculty member teaching the course, and should not duplicate courses otherwise offered in the general curriculum. Keep in mind that there will most likely be students from a broad range of disciplines in any given colloquium group.

For students

Are you a Williams Honors College student with an idea for an exciting and unique Honors Colloquium? Email us your idea for consideration. Additionally, we are always happy to add more Honors Colloquia in a given semester for a given subject area once the others have filled, so please keep us in the loop about what type of colloquia you need and your preferred date and time if everything is full, and we will look to provide additional offerings before the semester begins.