Honors Program - Adventurous Education

All Augsburg Honors courses are tailored to meet the unique needs of Honors students. Based on medieval liberal arts divisions, the Augsburg Honors curriculum combines disciplined, traditional learning with innovative "signature experiences."

Just a few first- and second-year "signature experiences" include:

HON 120: The Scholar Citizen Play - Students study major texts and then create, write, and perform their own play in Augsburg's Sateren Auditorium to a full house including family, friends, and the broader campus.

HON 130: The Liberating Letters Trials - Students put great works of literature on trial, "charging" great authors, or even fictional characters, with "crimes" and alternate being prosecution, defense, and jury.

HON 200: Search for Meaning Interactive Museum Exhibit - Student explore the central concepts of major Western and Eastern religions and then build their own interactive museum exhibit to demonstrate their learning. The exhibit is open to the public and is visited by students from other courses.

HON 220: Arts in the City: Concerts and Galleries - Students at Augsburg don't just read about art - they experience art by visiting and talking with musicians, actors, and painters and attending concerts, plays, and art exhibits as they study them, including major venuse such as the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Guthrie Theatre.

Student -Created Learning Experiences (SCLEs)

Honors students may learn through the established signature courses or may choose to design their own courses throughout the Student-Created Learning Experiences option.

Students pick readings, design assignments, choose tests, and recruit the professors and students they want in their course. An SCLE may be a conventional classroom course, a small reading group, one-on-one sessions with a professor, or an unconventional experience such as an off-campus apprenticeship.