Academic Affairs

Aquinas Scholars

Seminar Information

Honors seminars are offered during the fall and spring semesters.  Seminars may be offered during J-term and summer sessions if faculty are available and there is student interest.

Seminars are listed in the schedule of classes as HONR 480.  Each seminar topic has a different section number.  The word "honors" is the first word in the title of all honors seminars.

Scholars register for most seminars the same as they would for any other course.  Experimental seminars are taught by one faculty member, are limited to 8 students, and students enrolled in the seminar must come from various majors.  Registration for experimental seminars is a manual process and students must receive approval from the instructor; students who wish to register for a seminar that has only one instructor must contact that instructor directly to receive authorization to enroll in the course.

Fall 2019 Courses

Course - Section Title Days Time Location
HONR 480 - 01 HONORS Symmetries Symphonies M - - - - - - 1515 - 1645 BEC LL03

Days of Week:

M - - - - - -

Time of Day:

1515 - 1645

Location:

BEC LL03

Course Registration Number:

41864 (View in ClassFinder)

Credit Hours:

2

Instructor:

Chehrzad Shakiban, Ora S. Itkin

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

Schedule Details

Location Time Day(s)
HONR 480 - 02 HONORS Social Justice Latin Am - - W - - - - 1335 - 1510 SCB 211

Days of Week:

- - W - - - -

Time of Day:

1335 - 1510

Location:

SCB 211

Course Registration Number:

41865 (View in ClassFinder)

Credit Hours:

2

Instructor:

Amy C. Finnegan, Sonia Rey-Montejo

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

Schedule Details

Location Time Day(s)
HONR 480 - 03 HONORS Mindfulness in Context - T - - - - - 1330 - 1510 BEC LL03

Days of Week:

- T - - - - -

Time of Day:

1330 - 1510

Location:

BEC LL03

Course Registration Number:

42612 (View in ClassFinder)

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Vanessa Cornett-Murtada

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

Schedule Details

Location Time Day(s)
HONR 480 - 04 HONORS Storytelling Leadership - - W - - - - 1525 - 1700 MHC 211

Days of Week:

- - W - - - -

Time of Day:

1525 - 1700

Location:

MHC 211

Course Registration Number:

41866 (View in ClassFinder)

Credit Hours:

2

Instructor:

Damon D. Shoholm, Michael C. Klein

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

Schedule Details

Location Time Day(s)
HONR 480 - 05 HONORS Young Changemakers - T - - - - - 1330 - 1510 OEC 306

Days of Week:

- T - - - - -

Time of Day:

1330 - 1510

Location:

OEC 306

Course Registration Number:

41969 (View in ClassFinder)

Credit Hours:

2

Instructor:

Patricia L. Maddox, Timothy R. Lynch

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

Schedule Details

Location Time Day(s)
HONR 480 - 06 HONORS Sports, Law, & Society M - - - - - - 1730 - 1910 MHC 211

Days of Week:

M - - - - - -

Time of Day:

1730 - 1910

Location:

MHC 211

Course Registration Number:

41970 (View in ClassFinder)

Credit Hours:

2

Instructor:

David M. Bateson, Stephen J. Laumakis

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

Schedule Details

Location Time Day(s)
HONR 480 - 07 HONORS Lincoln Civil War - T - - - - - 1525 - 1700 JRC 481

Days of Week:

- T - - - - -

Time of Day:

1525 - 1700

Location:

JRC 481

Course Registration Number:

43401 (View in ClassFinder)

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Michael S. Paulsen

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

Schedule Details

Location Time Day(s)

Past Seminar Work

Talking Suitcases Seminar

Check out the St. Thomas' Talking Suitcases blog to read about the students' final projects from the Spring 2018 Talking Suitcases seminar!

Who I Am. Who I Am Not.

Discovery Through Reflection

"Becoming"

The discovery of telling details

‌‌The Power of Ugly Art

Life Lessons Learned Through Loquacious Tales

Making from Experience

Box of Boxes

Unpacking My Talking Suitcase

History and Practice of Font Design

Click here to see the typefaces created by students in the Summer 2017 History and Practice of Font Design seminar!

AQU Seminar Font‌

Sonic Scripts Seminar

Check out the video results of the Fall 2015 Sonic Scripts seminar!