Honors Arts and Creativity courses vary in topic by professor and are announced prior to course registration. These courses engage students in exploration and analyses of creative processes, the artifacts they yield, and the cultural significance of works of art, including but not limited to visual, verbal, musical, spatial, or kinesthetic forms of expression. These courses feature Honors pedagogy by encouraging students to engage in creative thinking, intellectual risk-taking, collaborative knowledge construction, and active participation in class discussion.

Honors Advanced Seminar courses vary in topic by professor and are announced prior to course registration. These courses are interdisciplinary, discussion-based seminars that offer intensive examination of topics related to the histories, cultures, and constructions of knowledge.

Special credit for Honors College students who keep an intellectual journal for both fall and spring semesters, receiving one credit during the spring semester. Regular consultation with an assigned advisor, several group meetings during the year. May be repeated to a maximum of five credits. Pass/Fail only.

An experiential, travel-abroad course that requires pre-travel class preparation followed by travel abroad that will provide students with multi-cultural exposure, leadership, and a new frame of reference for understanding the world and their role in it.

An independent research or creative project for 1-6 credits under the mentorship of a faculty member in the field. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 credits. A research or creative project proposal must be agreed to by the student and faculty mentor and must be approved by Lewis Honors College Director of Undergraduate Studies.

A formal thesis or creative project of the student's choosing, to be directed by a professor in the student's major department. Student must present this research in an appropriate public or professional venue.

A service- or community-based experience which includes faculty supervision, reading, and reflection throughout the experience. May be done independently or as a small group. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits. A service learning project proposal must be agreed to by the student(s) and faculty mentor and must be approved by the Lewis Honors College.

The goal of this course is to assist non-lawyers in understanding laws, policies, and procedures and how they impact your professional practice as preservationists, planners, archaeologists, and in other conservation related fields. Preservation law encompasses a number of practice areas including, but not limited to land use and zoning, real property, local government, constitutional, administrative, and environmental law as well as the conservation of archaeological resources.

This course is a sequel to HP 610: American American Architecture I. It will examine architectural developments in America from the middle of the 19th century to the present, with a focus upon the virate intersection of American architecture with the emergence of modern architecture in the rest of the world. There will be special emphasis upon architectural professionalization and its impact on processes of design in all context. Field trip is required.

This course introduces the National Register of Historic Places, local landmarks designations, and the role of each in historic preservation practice and theory. Students learn about preparing National Register and local landmarks nominations, evaluations of significance, how the National Register enters into applications for state and federal historic preservation tax credits and Section 106 review. For the major research project of the semester, students prepare a draft National Register nomination.