Course Details
Syllabus
Honors 205 Colloquium in History Fall 2024 Syllabus.docx (115.51 KB)
Honors 237 Fall 2024 Syllabus.docx (2.13 MB)
Honors 206 Syllabus F2023-3.docx (276.25 KB)
H101. F23. Syllabus. Final.docx (38.22 KB)
Program dates
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Travel dates
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Course credits
HNRS 101, HNRS 103, HNRS 205, HNRS 206, HNRS 237
Total credits: 18
Scholarships
Starting Honors in Greece allows students to jumpstart their journey in the Honors College at WWU with a complete package of courses geared toward developing a deep understanding of democracy's story from antiquity to the present. This program fulfills all of a first-year Honors student's required coursework for their first quarter at the university in a single package that punctuates their first quarter with a tour of Greece, including the sites of Athens, Delphi, Thebes, Argos, Corinth, Sparta, Olympia, and many more!
Program Highlights
The students will have the unique opportunity to observe in person what a democractic culture that engaged its people in service to their communities were able to create: timeless monuments that, to this day, evoke a sense of awe and wonder. What prompted ancient Greek people to engage in such projects: love.
Expectations of Participants
Students can expect to be on their feet, walking up and down the hills of Athens and Greece, both on and off concrete, in very warm weather for extended periods of time, often several hours consecutively. The program is reasonably strenuous for students unaccustomed to being physically active continuously throughout the day. The program does not entail any other physically demanding activities aside from a great deal of walking.
With or without reasonable accommodations, students must be able to walk and/or sit for 8-10 hours.
Students will have access to refrigeration at their accommodations in Athens.
Students must work with the WWU Disability Access Center, Wilson Library 170, (360) 650-3083, drs@wwu.edu. For service eligibility, a complete diagnostic description from a qualified professional is required. Specific accommodations or services are determined on an individual basis and are modified to meet the unique needs of the student and their academic experience. Accommodation policies and procedures are highly individualized and centered on self-advocacy, realistic self-appraisal, and student growth. Each quarter, students need to activate their approved accommodations for each class. Students choose which of their approved accommodations they want to activate for each class.
We strongly recommend that all students traveling on this Global Learning Program are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to maximize the safety of the student cohort. Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines remains the most important step to protect yourself and your community.
Participants are expected to abide by all attendance policies of the program, including those for classes and excursions, and to adhere to the program schedule. Since the programs are academic in nature, parents, friends, partners, and families are not permitted on any part of the Global Learning Program. Personal travel must be outside of the course dates and not conflict with coursework or excursion schedules. Travel plans should be vetted by faculty beforehand to ensure personal plans do not interfere with meeting the learning objectives of the course.