Honors Program - Adventurous Education
The Honors Courses satisfy all the College’s general education requirements, except those for physical education and foreign language. Moreover, Honors students satisfy these requirements in two fewer courses than non-Honors students, leaving space for additional electives in their schedules.
Each Honors course has been specifically created for Honors students and includes a challenging “signature experience” such as writing a play, putting great books on trial, or building an interactive museum exhibit. Honors courses bring in professors from several different departments so students can learn from talented professors teaching in their specialty fields.
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 - Students 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.
