Northern Illinois University
University Honors Program
Division of Academic Affairs

Overview

The Honors Faculty Fellowship Program is an exciting addition to the University Honors Program. Starting in fall 2020, faculty selected to teach Honors Seminars will be Honors Faculty Fellows. We hope you'll consider participating, whether you're new to the University Honors Program or have contributed to it in the past.

As an Honors Faculty Fellow, you'll have the opportunity to teach students from a variety of disciplines in a small seminar setting. You can try out new material, spruce up an existing course or repeat a popular seminar. Course development funds are available, though limited. Honors Faculty Fellows will be featured on the University Honors Program website and join a community of like-minded educators eager to incubate engaging and innovative curricular ideas

Faculty from all disciplines are invited to apply, in consultation with their chair or unit director. While you're free to suggest any topic for your seminar, you may choose to align with our 2020-21 theme, "exploration." 

Read the call for proposals. The application deadline is January 13, 2020.

Resources

• New Course General Education and/or Writing Infusion Form (PDF)
• Current honors seminars

Honors Seminars Sample Syllabi

• POLS 341-H1: Political Participation and Behavior (PDF)
• COMS 493M HON/HIST 490B HON: Game of Thrones, Television and Medieval History (PDF)
• POLS 376: Political Violence (PDF)
• KNPE 393: Social Aspects of Sport (PDF)