Special Topics in Honors
Times & Locations
| Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/31/2026 | 12/14/2026 | R | 5:10pm - 6:30pm | HUDD 224B |
Additional Course Details:
DESIGN YOUR OWN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT
Design a real-world service project in partnership with communities around the globe! In this 2-credit Honors Course, you’ll turn something you care about into a thoughtful, actionable plan, while building the skills to work across cultures with humility and impact. This is a project design course (no travel required), with optional opportunities to apply for funding to implement your project internationally.
Turn your passion into real-world impact
What if your college experience didn’t just prepare you for the world…
but helped you actively shape it? This Honors course gives you the opportunity to design a meaningful international service project in partnership with communities and organizations around the world.
What You’ll Do
Identify a real-world challenge you care about
Collaborate with an international partner organization
Design a project grounded in community needs
Develop a pathway to bring your project to life
Important to Know
This is a project design course—not a travel course.
Students who wish to take their project further will have the opportunity to apply for funding to implement it internationally, but travel is not required and not part of the course itself.
A Different Approach to Global Work
This course challenges you to move beyond surface-level approaches and instead engage with global work in a thoughtful, responsible way.
You’ll learn how to:
Work with communities, not for them
Design projects that are culturally relevant and community-led
Build relationships rooted in mutual learning and trust
Avoid common pitfalls of international development
What You’ll Gain
Hands-on experience designing real-world projects
Skills in cross-cultural collaboration and problem-solving
Exposure to careers in global development and sustainability
Who Should Take This Course?
Students from all majors who:
Care about making a difference
Are curious about the world
Want to take initiative and lead something meaningful
No prior international experience required, just an open mind and a willingness to learn.
