Upper-Division Honors Seminars and Experiential Learning Courses
Enrollment in all HON courses (except HON 200) are controlled by the Honors College as they are by permission only. Students attend Honors Advising sessions, arranged by appointment, to obtain permission to register for these courses. Those students who are nearest to graduation are generally given priority, when necessary.
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Interdisciplinary CORE Honors Seminars
Each semester there are several of these small, interdisciplinary seminars offered through the college by outstanding faculty from across the university.
Fall 2026 – Upper Division CORE Honors Courses
| COURSE | SEC | CRN | HRS | COURSE TITLE | SCHEDULE | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR | Attributes and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HON 300 | 101 | 3 | Honors Peer Mentors & Leaders | M, 4:00p – 6:20p | SH 334 | Biggs, Michelle | Honors CORE: No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience | |
| HON 480 | 101 | 3 | SpTp: Evidence-Base Hlth & Soc | MWF, 10:00a – 10:50a | TBA | Timmons, Mark | Honors CORE; Affordable Education Materials | |
| HON 480 | 102 | 3 | SpTP: The U.S. Constitution | MW, 1:00p – 2:15p | TBA | Arthur, Damien | Honors CORE; Affordable Education Materials | |
| HON 480 | 103 | 3 | SpTp: Sea Literature and Films | MW, 2:30p – 3:45p | TBA | Burbery, Tim | Honors CORE; Writing Intensive; Affordable Education Materials | |
| HON 480 | 104 | 3 | SpTp: AI and Society | TR, 09:30a – 10:45a | TBA | Morrison, Shayna | Honors CORE; Affordable Education Materials | |
| HON 480 | 105 | 3 | SpTp: Art-Based Writing | TR, 4:00p – 5:15p | TBA | Henning, Sara | Honors CORE; Writing Intensive; Affordable Education Materials | |
| HON 480 | 106 | 3 | SpTp: Civic Leadership | W, 4:00p – 6:00p | TBA | Brown, Gabe | Honors CORE; No Textbook Required |
Experiential Learning Courses
In addition to the required Honors Seminars, the college also offers by permission experiential learning courses that allow students valuable opportunities in leadership and collaborative community-based learning in an instructional course. The first of these is HON 300 Honors Peer Mentoring, which is a course that focuses on leadership training and service to the college through collaborative, project-based community engagement. Next, when available, we have HON 481 Design for Defense. Finally, there is HON 490 TEDxMarshallU Internship, which provides hands-on training to plan and hold a TEDx event on campus. Enrollment in HON 490 in the Fall semester requires that you contact the instructor and obtain permission through both Dr. Kinghorn and the Honors College.
Fall 2026 – Upper Division CORE Honors Experiential Courses
| COURSE | SEC | CRN | HRS | COURSE TITLE | SCHEDULE | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR | Attributes and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HON 490 | 101 | 2 | TedxMarshallU Honors Interns | TBA | TBA | Kinghorn, Brian | Honors CORE; No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience; Part I of II |
Fall 2026 – Upper Division GENERAL Honors Experiential Courses
The Honors College also offers upper-division, experiential and collaborative learning courses that are student-led. This includes HON 484 The Honors Oracle (newsletter). Students in this course develop at least three published newsletters for the Honors College each semester while serving as either a writer or editor.
| COURSE | SEC | CRN | HRS | COURSE TITLE | SCHEDULE | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR | Attributes and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HON 301 | 101 | 1 | Honors Engagement & Outreach | TBA | TBA | Ferda, Mary Beth | Honors GENERAL; Free Book; Onsite Learning Experience; By PERMISSION of the Director of Honors Student Engagement | |
| HON 301 | 102 | 1 | Honors Engagement & Outreach | TBA | TBA | Ferda, Mary Beth | Honors GENERAL; Free Book; Onsite Learning Experience; By PERMISSION of the Director of Honors Student Engagement | |
| HON 484 | 101 | 1 | Honors College Newsletter | TBA | TBA | Bailey, Cara | Honors GENERAL; No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience | |
| HON 484 | 102 | 2 | Honors College Newsletter | TBA | TBA | Bailey, Cara | Honors GENERAL; No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience | |
| HON 485 | 101 | 1 to 4 | Independent Study | TBA | TBA | Hoey, Brian | Honors GENERAL; No Textbook Required; By PERMISSION OF THE DEAN | |
| HON 489 | 101 | 1 to 4 | Honors Internship | TBA | TBA | Hoey, Brian | Honors GENERAL; No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience; By PERMISSION OF THE DEAN |
Special Summer Honors Opportunity! Study Abroad in Ireland – May 2027
Immediately following the Spring 2027 semester, honors students can travel to Ireland for a two-week faculty-led program based at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT). The experience explores the deep cultural connections between Ireland and Appalachia through archaeology, history, and place-based learning in the Boyne Valley region, including Newgrange, the Hill of Tara, and Dublin’s EPIC Emigration Museum.
The Honors College does not typically offer courses in the summer. However, through the Ireland Program, honors students can earn 6 credit hours of honors coursework (3 CORE + 3 General) transferred to Marshall—usable also as their home college/major decides—and receive an internationally awarded Certificate in Cultural Landscapes from DkIT!
Dates and program cost will be announced by the Office of Study Abroad
Lower-Division Honors Seminars and Honors-Designated Courses
The following list is of Honors Seminars (FYS 100H and HON 200, when in the appropriate term) and honors-designated sections of departmental courses. In fulfilling General Education requirements at Marshall (Core I, Core II, and Additional University Requirements as seen in Degree Works), we advise our students to take honors-sections (any course with an “H” at the end, such as ANT201H or CMM104H) as much as possible as a means to complete both the required 12-hours of “general” honors credits of the Honors Curriculum as well as their General Education requirements at the same time. The list also includes mandatory first- and second-year Honors Seminars (i.e., FYS 100H and HON 200).
Fall 2026 – Honors-Designated Departmental GENERAL Honors Courses
Some of these courses may have prerequisites (noted as PR) set by the department that offer them that can, in rare cases, exclude an honors student on the basis of that PR. An example of this condition can be seen in ENG 201H. We recommend that honors students take ENG 200H instead, given the range of General Education attributes that can be obtained in this course.
| COURSE | SEC | CRN | HRS | COURSE TITLE | SCHEDULE | LOCATION | INSTRUCTOR | Attributes and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANT 201H | 101 | 3466 | 3 | Cultural Anthropol Honors (CT) | TR, 12:30p – 1:45p | SH 530 | Coe, Marion | Honors GENERAL; Free Book; Honors; International; Critical Thinking; Core II Social Sciences |
| CHM 390H | 101 | 1398 | 1 to 4 | Honors in Chemistry | TBA | HTN TBA | McCunn-Jordan, Laura | Honors GENERAL; Honors; No Textbook Required; Natural Sciences; BY PERMISSION of DEPARTMENT of CHM |
| CMM 104H | 101 | 1786 | 3 | Honors in Speech Comm | TR, 11:00a – 12:15p | SH 227 | Taylor, Dennis | Honors GENERAL; Affordable Education Materials; Core II Communication Studies |
| ENG 200H | 101 | 2560 | 3 | Texting the World (CT) | MWF, 10:00a – 10:50a | CH 354 | Diehl, Shoshannah | Honors GENERAL; Core II Humanities; Composition Core II; Honors; Writing Intensive; Literature; Critical Thinking |
| ENG 200H | 102 | 2561 | 3 | Texting the World (CT) | TR, 12:30p – 1:45p | CH 356 | Marshall, Megan | Honors GENERAL; Core II Humanities; Composition Core II; Honors; Writing Intensive; Literature; Critical Thinking |
| ENG 200H | 103 | 2563 | 3 | Texting the World (CT) | ONLINE ASYNC | ONLINE ASYNC | Diehl, Shoshannah | Honors GENERAL; Core II Humanities; Asynchronous Online; Composition Core II; Honors; Writing Intensive; Literature; Critical Thinking; ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE (AO); No class meetings, including exams; More info: www.marshall.edu/oec/course-modalities |
| ENT 200H | 101 | 2944 | 3 | Smith StartUp Incubator Honors | T, 4:00p – 6:20p | SBUS 314 | Wiley, David | Honors GENERAL; Honors; BY PERMISSION of DEPARTMENT |
| MTH 229H | 101 | 2523 | 5 | Calculus I Honors (CT) | MW, 2:00p – 2:50p; TR, 2:00p – 3:15p | SH 628 | Kottegoda, Chanaka | Honors GENERAL; Critical Thinking; Core II Mathematics |
| MUS 142H | 101 | 3430 | 3 | Music in Society Honors | MWF, 09:00a – 09:50a | SM 143 | Dobbs, Wendell | Honors GENERAL; Affordable Education Materials; Honors; Multicultural; Core II Fine Arts |
| PSY 201H | 101 | 3229 | 3 | General Psychology-Honors (CT) | MWF, 09:00a – 09:50a | HH 303 | Pittenger, David | Honors GENERAL; Critical Thinking; Core II Social Sciences |
| SCLA 101H | 101 | 3920 | 3 | Transformative Texts CMM (CT) | TR, 11:00a – 12:15p | Shirzadian, Michael | Honors GENERAL; Core II Communication Studies; Affordable Education Materials; Honors; Multicultural; Critical Thinking | |
| SCLA 102H | 101 | 2930 | 3 | Transformative Texts ENG | TR, 12:30p – 1:45p | Monk, Dalton | Honors GENERAL; Composition Core II; Honors; Writing Intensive | |
| SOC 200H | 109 | 3184 | 3 | Understanding Society Hon (CT) | TR, 11:00a – 12:15p | SH 529 | Morrison, Shayna | Honors GENERAL; Affordable Education Materials; Honors; Writing Intensive; Multicultural; American Institutions; Critical Thinking; Core II Social Sciences; HyFlex class – flexible attendance options; Refer to: www.marshall.edu/hyflex |
