Honors College "Mini-Courses"

Each term during their freshman and sophomore years, Honors College students take a 1-credit ‘minicourse'. With small enrollments (averaging 15 or 16), these special topics courses allow students to explore a wide range of topics they might otherwise never have the opportunity to pursue, while getting to work in small groups with faculty and their Honors College classmates. The offerings constantly change, with eight options available to choose from in any given semester. Students are encouraged to use their four minicourses as an opportunity to branch out and experiment with disciplines and topics well outside of their primary academic interests.

Examples of Mini-Courses Offered Recently

• The Biology of a Poem

• Legal Process and Court Procedure

• Encountering Archetypes in Literature

• DNA Literacy

• Difficult Art (Mostly Music)

• Conversations About Science in an Election Year

• Documentary Films

• The Science of Science Fiction

• Public Speaking and Performance

• The Long Island Environment

• Musical Theater

• Leadership and Ethics in Organizations

• Right Relationship

• Museums: Stuff–Whose? For Whom? Why? How?

• Live Television

• The Poetry of Robert Frost

• Observational Astronomy

• Advertising to Children

• The Immigrant Experience in Literature