Curriculum Preview: HON 2150 Retreat
Our honors seminars are a mix of serious study, self-guided reflection, and...this. (To be fair, they're embracing ambiguity, communicating empathetically, valuing diverse perspectives, and welcoming challenge.)
These three one-credit honors seminars will help you develop your professional skills, explore and define your goals, and provide guidance to successfully complete your other components in a timely and orderly way. Two of the three seminars can be used to fulfill HAAS requirements.
In these courses, you'll learn overarching theories of motivation, critical reflection, global literacy, and leadership. Apply concepts of Stanford d.school's design thinking process as you determine your personal pathway components. Learn self-authorship frameworks, decision making, critical thinking, and synthesis and sharing of experiences. (And have fun, and make some lifelong friends, and let your brain stretch beyond your in-major courses.)
Why do we include the seminar component?
Your other pathway components are more self-directed and unique to you and your goals. The honors seminars give everyone the same foundation, teaching you about our honors abilities, introducing design thinking, and helping you plan your components with in-class support.
Time commitment
Three one-credit classes, taken during separate terms. We strongly recommend you complete HON 3150 before your project experience and HON 4150 at least one semester before graduation.
Is HON1150 part of the Honors Pathway Program?
HON 1150 isn't part of the pathway curriculum. Developed for incoming first-year students, HON 1150 is designed to be an overview of the honors program and an introduction to student life at Michigan Tech. We recommend you take HON 1150 as a first-year student—it'll streamline your admission to the full Honors Pathway Program, you'll have a head start on designing your personal pathway, and you'll develop design thinking skills that will help you throughout your career—but it's not mandatory.