Course Offerings for Academic Year 2026-2027

These are the classes the Clark Honors College offers through the 2025-26 academic year. These courses are tentative and subject to change. They will be finalized at a later date. 


Fall 2026

For all course TIMES and LOCATIONS, visit the UO Class Schedule site for Fall 2026

Course Number and Name

Credits

Instructor

HC 101H - Codes and Ciphers: The Cryptographic Imagination

4

Corinne Bayerl

HC 101H - Identity Documents

4

Marcel Brousseau

HC 101H - Wait, What do You Mean?

4

Lizzy LeRud

HC 101H - The Art and Science of Human Flourishing

4

Kate Mondloch

HC 101H - How to Build an Empathy App, or, Being Human in the Age of A.I 

4

Casey Shoop

HC 101H - Making Space for Our Stories: Immigrant and Refugee Experiences of Coming to America

4

Yalda Asmatey

HC 101H - Global Problems of the 21st Century

4

Ellen Fitzpatrick

HC 101H - Human Care and Intimacy

4

Tobin Hansen

HC 101H - Kids These Days

4

Larissa Stiglich

HC 101H - TBA

4

TBA

HC 101H - Misinformation

4

Nicole Dudukovic

HC 101H - Symmetry

4

Lindsay Hinkle

HC 101H - Science of Zombies

4

Marisa King

HC 101H - Exploration STEM + Art

4

Kristen Rahilly

HC 101H - Biodiversity: An Evolutionary Perspective on Life

4

Jesse Wilson

HC 101H - On the River

4

Milo Cummings

HC 101H - Deep Dive

4

Dare Baldwin

HC 101H - Down the Rabbit Hole

4

Lisa Munger

HC 199H - From Honors to Internships: Becoming an Intern and Securing a Future

1

Tobin Johnston

HC 221H - Writing Crime on the Border

4

Marcel Brousseau

HC 221H - Poetry's AI

4

Lizzy LeRud

HC 221H - Velocity of Gesture or Intro to Air Guitar

4

Brian McWhorter

HC 221H - Intro to Comics Studies

4

Ben Saunders

HC 221H - Encountering the Non-Human Animal

4

Casey Shoop

HC 231H - Political Psychology

4

Hilary Zedlitz

HC 231H - The Art of Asking Questions

4

Hilary Zedlitz

HC 231H - Debating Public Policy

4

Trond Jacobsen

HC 231H - Brewing Conflict: Coffee and the Causes of Civil War

4

Ian Callison

HC 231H - Japan: History, Memory, Empire

4

John Leisure

HC 231H - Civil Rights in Higher Education

4

Jessica Price

HC 241H - Music to Your Ears: The Science of Song

4

Rebecca Altman

HC 241H - Making Mistakes and Creating Catastrophes

4

Robert Mauro

HC 241H - Geology of Campus

4

Kristen Rahilly

HC 241H - Clouds to Currents: Earth's Hydrosphere and Habitability

4

Jesse Wilson

HC 241H - Making Food with Microbes

4

Milo Cummings

HC 277H - Thesis Orientation

2

Lindsay Hinkle

Brian McWhorter

HC 301H - The Story Behind the Story

4

Barbara Mossberg

HC 301H - “Build My Gallows High”: Written and Cinematic Noir

4

Ulrick Casimir

HC 301H - The Natural Environment

4

Jean Faye

HC 301H - Theory of Myth and Mythology

4

Gantt Gurley

HC 301H - Hazardous Waste

4

Michael Moffitt

HC 301H - Experiential Anatomy and Somatic Therapies

4

Lydia Van Dreel

HC 399H - The CHC Alumni Project: Networking in Legal Professions

2

Michael Moffitt

HC 410H - Collage Culture

2

Christopher Michlig

HC 421H - Emerson, Einstein, and YOU: Transformational Leadership for the 21st Century

4

Barbara Mossberg

HC 421H -  Sex, Identity, Theology and 17th Century Poetry

4

Ben Saunders

HC 421H - Stunned:  An Exploration of “Weird Tales”

4

Ulrick Casimir

HC 431H - Psychology of Fascism

4

Robert Mauro

HC 431H - Cooperative Game Theory: An Investigation of Fairness Principles

4

Anne van den Nouweland

HC 431H - Foster Equitable and Resilient Food Systems Through Planning and Community-Based Approaches

4

Yizhao Yang

HC 431H - Launching New Ventures

4

Peter Thorsson

HC 434H/431H - The Promise and Problems of the International Criminal Court

4

Ian Callison

HC 434H/431H - Asia Urbanism: Japan, China, and Korea in the 20th Century

4

John Leisure

HC 434H / 421H - The Ancient Mediterranean Epic

4

Gantt Gurley

HC 434H/431H -  The Disease Chasers: Foundations of Epidemiology and Global Health

Ellen Fitzpatrick

HC 441H - Ecophysiology and Extreme Environments

4

Marisa King

HC 441H - Soil-Human-Environment

4

Jean Faye

HC 441H - Mystique of Marine Mammals

4

Lisa Munger

HC 441H - Public Writing Seminar: Neuroscience Journalism

4

Nicole Dudukovic

HC 477H - Thesis Prospectus

2

 

Marcel Brousseau

Daphne Gallagher

Michael Moffitt

Kristen Rahilly

Lisa Munger

Trond Jacobsen


Winter 2027

For all course TIMES and LOCATIONS, visit the UO Class Schedule site for Winter 2027. 

Course Number and Name

Credits

Instructor

HC 199H - From Honors to Internships: Becoming an Intern and Securing a Future

1

Tobin Johnston

HC 199H - Grant and Scholarship Applications

1

Corinne Bayerl

HC 221H  - “I'll Sleep When I'm Dead:” Narratives of Retribution and Revenge

4

Ulrick Casimir

HC 221H - Ecohorror

4

Casey Shoop

HC 221H - Encounters with Non-Human Animals

4

Casey Shoop

HC 221H - Music and Meaning

4

Lydia Van Dreel

HC 221H - Poetry’s AI

4

Lizzy LeRud

HC 221H - Serious Satire

4

Corinne Bayerl

HC 221H - Skyscrapers: Structure, Symbol, System

4

Marcel Brousseau

HC 221H - TBD

4

TBD

HC 221H / 231H - Body Politic and the Art of Perception

4

Kate Mondloch and Anita Chari

HC 231H - Africa’s Environment, Health, and Development

4

Jean Faye

HC 231H - Brewing Conflict:  Coffee and the Causes of Civil War

4

Ian Callison

HC 231H - Causality in a Complex World

4

Ian Callison

HC 231H - Korea in the 20th Century: Colonialism, War, & Culture

4

John Leisure

HC 231H - Medicine, Health, & Storytelling

4

Yalda Asmatey

HC 231H - Migrant Belongings

4

Tobin Hansen

HC 231H - Public Speaking

4

Trond Jacobsen

HC 231H - Repression, Reform, and Revolution

4

Larissa Stiglich

HC 231H - Sustainable Agriculture

4

Jean Faye

HC 231H - The Art of Asking Questions

4

Hilary Zedlitz

HC 241H - Making Food with Microbes

4

Milo Cummings

HC 241H - Nature of Sound

4

Lisa Munger

HC 241H - Science of Learning and Memory

4

Nicole Dudukovic

HC 241H - The Big One

4

Kristen Rahilly

HC 241H - Unusual Oceanographic Events

4

Lisa Munger

HC 241H - UO Natural Areas

4

Marisa King

HC 241H - Urban Birding

4

Marisa King

HC 277H - Thesis Orientation

2

Marisa King

HC 301H - “Build My Gallows High”: Written and Cinematic Noir

4

Ulrick Casimir

HC 301H - Data Storytelling

4

Jesse Wilson

HC 301H - Environmental Research

4

Ellen Fitzpatrick

HC 301H - Stories and Maps

4

Marcel Brousseau

HC 301H - The Kitchen Lab

4

Lindsay Hinkle

HC 301H - The Local and the Global

4

Larissa Stiglich

HC 301H - The Story Behind the Story

4

Barbara Mossberg

HC 399H - The CHC Alumni Project: Networking in TBD

2

Elizabeth Raisanen

HC 410H - Science Thesis Writing

1

Kristen Rahilly

HC 410H - The Red Cloak Book Club – Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"

1

Angela Rovak

HC 410H - The Red Cloak Book Club – Butler's Dawn

1

Angela Rovak

HC 421H - Beyond the Superhero- Genre Comics

4

Ben Saunders

HC 421H - Thinking Like the Sun: Stellar Knowledge of the Woods, Seeds, Swamps, and Infinity of You

4

Barbara Mossberg

HC 421H - TBD

4

TBD

HC 431H - Politics of Religious Liberty

4

Hilary Zedlitz

HC 434H / 421H - Global Contemporary Art and the Venice Biennale

4

Kate Mondloch

HC 434H / 431H Asia Urbanism: Japan, China, and Korea in the 20th Century

4

John Leisure

HC 434H / 431H The Disease Chasers: Foundations of Epidemiology and Global Health

4

Ellen Fitzpatrick

HC 441H - Changing Landscapes

4

Kristen Rahilly

HC 441H - Law and Psychology

4

Robert Mauro

HC 441H - Microbial Ecology

4

Jesse Wilson

HC 444H / 421H -  Morrison and Friends

4

Courtney Thorsson

HC 444H / 421H - Political Poetry Now

4

Lizzy LeRud

HC 444H / 431H -  People of Oregon: Immigrants, Refugees, and Society

4

Yalda Asmatey

HC 444H / 431H -  Writing about the Justice System

4

Michael Moffitt

HC 444H / 431H - Inside Out: Autobiography as Political Agency

4

Anita Chari

HC 444H / 441H - Flint Water Crisis

4

Lindsay Hinkle

HC 444H / 441H - Microbiome and Society

4

Milo Cummings

HC 477H - Thesis Prospectus

2

Corinne Bayerl

 

 

 


Spring 2027

For all course TIMES and LOCATIONS, visit the UO Class Schedule site for Spring 2027. 

Course Number and Name

Credits

Instructor

HC 221H - Ecohorror

4

Casey Shoop

HC 221H - Media Fandom and Identity

4

Dayna Chatman

HC 221H - Native American Literature

4

Lizzy LeRud

HC 221H - Poetics of Failure

4

Gantt Gurley

HC 221H - Poetry’s AI

4

Lizzy LeRud

HC 221H - Popular Music and Representation

4

Jesús Ramos-Kittrell

HC 221H - Serious Satire

4

Corinne Bayerl

HC 221H - Shakespeare and Money

4

Ben Saunders

HC 231H - Causality in a Complex World

4

Ian Callison

HC 231H - Japan: History, Memory, Empire

4

John Leisure

HC 231H - Korea in the 20th Century: Colonialism, War, & Culture

4

John Leisure

HC 231H - Muslims in the U.S.

4

Yalda Asmatey

HC 231H - Political Psychology

4

Hilary Zedlitz

HC 241H - Clouds to Currents: Earth's Hydrosphere and Habitability

4

Jesse Wilson

HC 241H - Making Food with Microbes

4

Milo Cummings

HC 241H - Nature of Sound

4

Lisa Munger

HC 241H - Solving Environmental Problems

4

Jean Faye

HC 241H - Urban Birding

4

Marisa King

HC 277H - Thesis Orientation

2

Lindsay Hinkle

Lisa Munger

HC 301H - Backyard Soundscapes

4

Lisa Munger

HC 301H - Data Storytelling

4

Jesse Wilson

HC 301H - Heat Mapping

4

Kristen Rahilly

HC 301H - Stories and Maps

4

Marcel Brousseau

HC 301H - The Kitchen Lab

4

Lindsay Hinkle

HC 301H - Theory of Myth and Mythology

4

Gantt Gurley

HC 399H - The CHC Alumni Project: Networking in Health Professions

2

Marisa King

HC 410H - Science Thesis Writing

1

Kristen Rahilly

HC 421H - Stunned: An Exploration of "Weird Tales"

4

Ulrick Casimir

HC 421H - TBA

4

TBA

HC 421H - Textualities of Air Travel

4

Marcel Brousseau

HC 421H - That’s Weird, No You Are: The Art and Practice of Absurdity

4

Brian McWhorter

HC 421H - The Anarchist Imagination

4

Casey Shoop

HC 421H - What’s Opera, Doc?

4

Lydia Van Dreel

HC 431H - Politics of Religious Liberty

4

Hilary Zedlitz

HC 434H / 421H -  African American Writers in Paris

4

Corinne Bayerl

HC 434H / 431H - Gendering Germany

4

Larissa Stiglich

HC 434H / 431H – The Promise and Problems of the International Criminal Court

4

Ian Callison

HC 441H - Data Manipulation

4

Rebecca Altman

HC 441H - Ecophysiology and Extreme Environments

4

Marisa King

HC 441H - Participatory Science

4

Kristen Rahilly

HC 441H - Soil-Human-Environment

4

Jean Faye

HC 444H / 431H - Baseball: A Social History

4

Trond Jacobsen

HC 444H / 431H - Bordering the US and Mexico

4

Tobin Hansen

HC 444H / 441H - Microbiome and Society

4

Milo Cummings

HC 477H - Thesis Prospectus

4

Anita Chari

Brian McWhorter

Elizabeth Raisanen

Tobin Hansen

Trond Jacobsen

Ulrick Casimir

 

 

 


Summer 2027

The following courses are tentative and could be subject to change. They will be finalized at a later date. 

Course Number and Name

Credits

Instructor

 

 

 

+ HC 444/441: Class will fulfill Natural Science colloquium and US: Difference, Inequality, and Agency requirements. If Natural Science has already been fulfilled, course will meet both elective colloquium and US: Difference, Inequality, and Agency requirements.

++ HC 444/421: Class will fulfill Arts and Letters colloquium and US: Difference, Inequality, and Agency cultural literacy requirements. If Arts and Letters has already been fulfilled, course will meet both elective colloquium and US: Difference, Inequality, and Agency requirements.

* HC 444/431: Class will fulfill Social Science colloquium and US: Difference, Inequality, and Agency requirements. If Social Science has already been fulfilled, course will meet both elective colloquium and US: Difference, Inequality, and Agency requirements.

** HC 434/431: Class will fulfill Social Science colloquium and Global Perspectives requirements. If Social Science has already been fulfilled, course will meet both elective colloquium and Global Perspectives requirements.

~ HC 434H/421H: Class will fulfill Arts and Letters colloquium and Global Perspectives cultural literacy requirements. If Arts and Letters has already been fulfilled, course will meet both elective colloquium and Global Perspectives requirements.