FACULTY

 

The Honors Program succeeds only through the sustained involvement of university faculty committed to excellence in undergraduate education. 

In Honors, faculty get to teach small discussion-based classes and work one-on-one with talented and motivated students.  You can try new pedagogy, develop new content and enjoy a deeper intellectual relationship with undergraduate students. Faculty typically feel re-invigorated as a result of teaching an Honors course and often report that it provides one the best teaching experiences of their career.

There are many opportunities for faculty to get involved in the Honors Program. 
For example, you can: 

• team teach an Honors course (HON 101, HON 102, HON 495)

• adapt a regular class for Honors students (Honors "A section")

• offer a tutorial to supplement a regular lecture class (HON 190)

• offer a junior seminar on a special topic within your field (HON 291)

• teach a course on the theory and practice peer mentoring (HON 380)

• offer a senior seminar taking a multidisciplinary approach to a theoretical or practical problem (HON 491)

• supervise independent research and creative work for a senior thesis project (HON 496). 
  
  

Descriptions and syllabi are available through the following links:

• "A Sections"

• HON 101: Manoa Campus and Its Neighborhood

• HON 102: Research at Manoa

• HON 190: Honors Tutorial

• HON 291: Sophomore Seminar

• HON 301: Research and Public Policy

• HON 380: Peer Mentoring

• HON 491: Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar

• HON 495: Introduction to Research

• HON 496: Senior Honors Project

We have developed faculty resources for several of these courses:

• Hallmarks of "A Sections" (PDF)

• Honors Tutorials

• Teaching HON 495: Introduction to Research

• Advising HON 496: Senior Honors Project

 

Call for Proposals

The Honors Program invites faculty to make proposals for courses each academic year.  We are now inviting proposals for Honors seminars for academic year 2008-2009.  There will be an informational workshop on November 8 at 12.00 pm (see flier).   If you would like to teach an Honors class please send us a proposal: for the seminars HON 291 and HON 491 please follow the guidelines provided in the files below; for "A Section" courses and HON 190 sections please contact your department chair and discuss with the Director of the Honors Program; for other courses please send a letter of interest to the Director of the Honors Program.

 

• Teach Honors! CTE/Honors workshop, November 8, 2007:   
      -Flier (Word doc)
      - Register on-line
  
   
• Invitation to teach Honors courses AY 2008 (Word doc)

• Guidelines for Junior Honors Seminar proposals (HON 291)  (PDF file)
  
•  Guidelines for Senior Honors Seminar proposals (HON 491) (PDF file)