Each semester the Honors Program offers Honors-specific sections of courses as well as Honors Seminars (formerly colloquia).
View the Spring 2026 Course offerings.
Honors Courses
Each semester the Honors Program offers a number of Honors-specific general education courses. These courses are typically smaller class sizes than those of typical general education courses, and they are taught by award-winning faculty. There are more choices in fall than in spring, as that's when so many new students join our program!
The courses thus increase discussion possibilities along with opportunities for students to interact with other students in the program while earning both Honors and general education credits.
Advising
Honors students should all meet with Honors staff before enrolling for the following semester's classes. Any students with 85+ earned hours should schedule a meeting with Dr. Morrison (using MavConnect for availability), as senior year arrives faster than you might think.
Please use MavConnect to find a member of the Honors team with availability; please email the Director if you are having difficulty finding compatible times to connect.
Seminars
Students take two Honors seminar classes, and those interdisciplinary course offerings change every semester. Students are exposed, through a seminar course, to many different perspectives, disciplines, and theoretical and actual possibilities; being compelled to use such multi- and interdisciplinary viewpoints thus encourages students to see their own and other angles of visions anew.
A seminar class is broader, deeper, richer, and more learner-centered in its focus and investigation; it is central to a community of exceptional students and faculty. Seminar classes are generally more discursive and participatory in their structure than many college classes can be since Honors courses have lower enrollment limits. View a list of recent seminar offerings.
Through taking an Honors seminar course, students have served Nebraska communities in restoring parks, while others have researched the history of buildings in an Omahan neighborhood and thus served the local Restoration Society as they continue to work to preserve history in Omaha.
There are so many options--and these courses carry general education credits too, in the Humanities and Fine Arts (HONR 3020) and the Social Sciences (HONR 3030) or non-lab natural sciences (HONR 3040). Honors seminar classes are recognizable as they have the HONR for their subject and are at the 3000 level (3000, 3020, 3030, or 3040 in number).
