To provide the best possible education for Clark Honors College students, we invite participation both in and out of the classroom from faculty across all departments and disciplines at the University of Oregon.
Primary Thesis Advisors
Every Clark Honors College student must research, write, and orally defend a senior thesis. Projects can take different forms depending on the student's major, and we rely on faculty from the student's major department to serve as their Primary Thesis Advisor throughout the process.
Faculty Fellows
CHC Faculty Fellows are tenured faculty members appointed for three-year renewable terms by the Provost. As CHC core faculty members, they design and teach honors college classes, which are discussion-based courses capped at 19 students. The CHC’s small class sizes, highly motivated students with strong academic skills, and curriculum lend themselves to experiments in pedagogy. The CHC serves students from every school and college and our classes encourage interdisciplinarity while cultivating critical and creative thinking, writing, reading, and communication skills.
Participating Faculty
Participating faculty are award-winning teachers and researchers from across the University of Oregon, who apply to teach one or more courses designed specifically for the honors college. These experts bring a breadth of interests and topics to their courses, and provide invaluable learning and mentorship experiences for honors college students.