2023-2024 Catalogue

Honors (HON) Course Descriptions

HON 101: Agency and Identity.
Goal: Work in HON 101 will focus on identity development so that students can better understand themselves and how they can use that self-knowledge to be better agents for positive change in the world.
Content: Content will vary but will be focused on the intersectionality of agency and identity and will connect to a course of the student’s choice, to be identified when the student registers for HON 101.
Taught: This course will be offered as needed when a student fills out and agrees to an Honors Contract with a course instructor, the Director of Honors, or another Wesleyan instructor that both the course instructor and the DoH agree to. When all details for the proposed Honors work are complete, the Director of Honors will contact the Registrar so that the student may be registered under a registration exemption process.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 0 hours; CR/NC.

HON 102: Agency in the Community.
Goal: Work in HON 102 will focus on how students can practice ethical agency in both campus and Middle Georgia communities.
Content: Content will vary but will be focused on the intersectionality of agency and community engagement and will connect to a course of the student’s choice, to be identified when the student registers for HON 102.
Taught: This course will be offered as needed when a student fills out and agrees to an Honors Contract with a course instructor, the Director of Honors, or another Wesleyan instructor that both the course instructor and the DoH agree to. When all details for the proposed Honors work are complete, the Director of Honors will contact the Registrar so that the student may be registered under a registration exemption process.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 0 hours; CR/NC.

HON 103: Agency in Collaboration.
Goal: Work in HON 103 will focus on how students can work with others to identify problems and/or areas of need and then design and implement solutions while working with others as part of a team.
Content: Content will vary but will be focused on agency when working with others and will connect to a course of the student’s choice, to be identified when the student registers for HON 103.
Taught: This course will be offered as needed when a student fills out and agrees to an Honors Contract with a course instructor, the Director of Honors, or another Wesleyan instructor that both the course instructor and the DoH agree to. When all details for the proposed Honors work are complete, the Director of Honors will contact the Registrar so that the student may be registered under a registration exemption process.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 0 hours; CR/NC.

HON 104: Agency and Your Career.
Goal: Work in HON 104 will focus on opportunities to practice ethical agency within career fields related to students’ majors. Level 4 Honors coursework must be completed within a student’s major with the approval of the student’s advisor and/or Department or Program Chair to count toward the Honors Curriculum.
Content: Content will vary but will be focused on agency and one’s career and will connect to a course of the student’s choice, to be identified when the student registers for HON 104.
Taught: This course will be offered as needed when a student fills out and agrees to an Honors Contract with a course instructor, the Director of Honors, or another Wesleyan instructor that both the course instructor and the DoH agree to. When all details for the proposed Honors work are complete, the Director of Honors will contact the Registrar so that the student may be registered under a registration exemption process.
Prerequisite: None.
Credit: 0 hours; CR/NC.