Introduction to the Honors Program, with emphasis on the Honors Outcomes and Honors community.

Offers students the opportunity to pursue in some depth a specific intellectual topic in an academic setting that is fun, safe, and that encourages exploration and risk taking. The content of the individual seminars varies. S/U grade assessment.

Participants of Honors Scholars programs are introduced to some of the university's top researchers and scholars through a small seminar setting and become aware of the opportunities and resources available on campus for students to pursue faculty-mentored research on Marquette’s campus. As an Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component. S/U grade assessment.

Orients first-year students to academic life at Marquette, prepares them to take an active and self-directed role in their learning, and develops their skills as effective and ethical communicators. Topic-based. Fulfills the MCC Foundations in Rhetoric requirement.

First-year Honors students are assigned peer mentors with whom they meet weekly in individual, small-group and occasional all-program meetings. Goals are to build academic and social community, self-efficacy, self-care and time management skills.

The second-year seminar allows students to investigate a topic from a perspective that joins a specific disciplinary technique (e.g., literary analysis, philosophical inquiry, scientific empiricism) with a non-traditional academic approach in an effort to broaden the confines of intellectual inquiry. Examples of non-traditional approaches include contemplative practice, action and reflection, and vocation discernment components. The specific topics will differ among individual sections but the goals common to all sections include helping students to understand the relationship between disciplinary-based and more non-traditional modes of inquiry and the limitations and assets of each; appreciate the value of contemplative and experiential practices in gaining a richer understanding of the meaning and implications of an issue; and explore the reciprocal relationship between contemplation and action. S/U grade assessment.

A sophomore-level seminar intended to introduce participants of the MU4Gold Scholars program to the culture of research and to valuable skills needed to become effective researchers. A one-credit, non-graded seminar that meets for 50 minutes once a week, with a section consisting of no more than 10 students. The primary objective is to guide the students in the practices that researchers use to craft their disciplinary identity and tell their research story with diverse audiences. S/U grade assessment.

Must be taken by all Core Honors students either term of sophomore year; satisfies ESSV1 MCC requirement. Distinguished from the non-Honors ESSV1 by its required focus on cities and urban issues as a means to engage social systems and values.

“What are your plans for this summer? What are you doing after graduation?” Answering those questions requires us to know how to manage uncertainty, which can be terrifying and freeing. We have so many options ahead of us. Our future is rich with possibility and potential. So, how will you decide? This writing class will help you learn different ways to make decisions related to careers and next steps. Using Ignatian discernment, a 500-year-old tradition for managing uncertainty, you will develop a process that is as unique as you are. Course readings and activities will guide us, with the most important text being you, your life experience, and your willingness to embark on the journey. To approach our career formation with excitement, we need self-awareness, intention, reflection, and commitment to ourselves. This class is designed for students across disciplines who want to dive into their career and personal journeys; no religious practice, tradition, or preference is required.

Uses experiential learning, discussion, and reflection to help students discover how their curricular, extra-curricular, co-curricular, and otherwise non-school-related activities contribute to their future careers and civic lives.

Topics of broad cultural interest investigated through a variety of approaches drawn often from several disciplines. Topics vary. Guest faculty from within the university are invited to conduct the seminar and encouraged to arrange as many different and experimental teaching formats as are consonant with the topic considered.

Topic of broad interdisciplinary interest; topics vary. Three faculty from different disciplines co-teach the seminar, which includes lectures and small discussions. S/U grade assessment.

This culminating seminar invites the Lovell and MU4Gold Scholars to combine what they have learned in their introductory courses on research and discernment. First, the scholars learn about how one translates their interests and passions to a broader audience by hearing from faculty and staff who have done successful work in research and community service. Then, continuing on the discernment work from the second-year seminar, the scholars work on crafting a narrative of their own intellectual development and explore opportunities to bring these skills and interests into the larger world.

Facilitated writing group in which students are familiarized with the process of completing long research projects, workshop drafts and produce public presentations of their projects. As an Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component. S/U grade assessment.

Complete an original research or creative project under the direction of a faculty adviser. Independently review the literature or other work in the field, develop a question or project design, conduct the research or execute the project, analyze the results, if applicable, and present the conclusions or the project.