What is the Honors Colloquium (Honors 250)?
Honors 250 (the Colloquium) is a 5-credit interdisciplinary seminar. The Colloquium focuses on the study topic designated by the International Honors Society of the Two Year College: • 2011-2012: “The Democratization of Information,” Professor Jody Peterson • 2009-2010: “The Paradox of Affluence,” Professor Susanne Weil • 2007-2008: “Gods, Gold, and Glory,” Professor Sharon Mitchler The Colloquium is offered at 8 a.m. daily during the Spring quarter each year. In the Colloquium, the professor maps out the first two weeks of the course. The rest of the course work is developed by the students and professor jointly. Students draw on the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Topic Study Guide and choose books, videos, websites, articles, etc. to explore and discuss together. Students in the Colloquium go into depth on two topics of their choice and present these to the seminar, both orally and in a written seminar paper, PowerPoint, or website. As a group, the Colloquium students choose a service projec
