{"id":143,"date":"2014-02-14T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/honors\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:16:43","slug":"seminar-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/honors\/academics\/curriculum\/seminar-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Honors College seminars encourage inquiry,&nbsp;discovery, and student-faculty discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All incoming students are required to complete at least one section of the introductory Honors College seminar: Honors 200&#8211;Shaping of the Modern Mind.This seminar is designed to prepare students to begin reading closely, thinking critically, and writing at the college-level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/06\/q6alRxud-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Honors students and professor discussing during an Honors seminar course.\" class=\"wp-image-5928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/06\/q6alRxud-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/06\/q6alRxud-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/06\/q6alRxud-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/06\/q6alRxud-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/06\/q6alRxud-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recent-nbsp-honors-200-topics\">Recent&nbsp;Honors 200 Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bandits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Love Through the Ages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turmoil, Tragedy, and Triumph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Graphic Novel as Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samurai &amp; Geisha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon reaching sophomore standing, and successful completion of Honors 200, students are eligible to enroll in upper-level seminars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recent-upper-level-topics\">Recent Upper-level Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Chemistry of Aging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madonna &amp; the Humanities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monsters &amp; the Monstrous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Failed System? 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