Each of the following courses fulfills Discovery requirements as well as Honors requirements (4 Honors Units each).
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Last updated 04/14/2026
Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
| W 9:10am - 10:00am TR 11:10am - 12:30pm ETS | Explores the impacts of technology and human activity on our environment and natural resources. Key conservation issues are used as examples of past and present biological, social, and environmental conflicts. | |
| TR 2:10pm - 3:30pm ETS | Consideration of the impacts of science and technology on humanity from a philosophical perspective. Topics often include genetic engineering, automated labor, advanced weaponry, artificial intelligence, social media and data extraction, space exploration, alien contact, virtual realities, transhumanism, and the future of humanity as an interplanetary species. | |
| TR 11:10am - 12:30pm ETS | How can we ensure dignity and wellbeing for all people, now and in the future, while protecting the earth?s life supporting systems? We?ll explore answers to this question through the transdisciplinary science, philosophy, and practice of sustainability. You?ll develop systems thinking skills to analyze the environmental, social, and economic aspects of complex, interrelated challenges like climate change, global inequality, hunger, and biodiversity loss. Through active discussions, hands-on projects, and examples from UNH and our surrounding community, you?ll learn about the many ways we can take action to create a more sustainable world. | |
Fine and Performing Arts | ||
| MW 3:40pm - 5:00pm FPA, WI, INQ | What did Michelangelo and Shakespeare have in common? This course will read primary sources about the period called the Renaissance, which looked back to Greek and Roman paganism but which also launched Europe toward modernity due to its new emphasis on individual ambition and civic pride. | |
| TR 9:40am - 11:00am FPA, WI, INQ | The Silk Road, often characterized as the world's first great superhighway, played a vital role in spreading forms of art and in developing new technologies for their production. The peoples along the Silk Road traded luxury goods such as silk and jade as well as culinary and musical traditions. Through lectures, readings, films, and podcasts we will explore the trade links between East and West and the material objects traded along the way. | |
| TR 2:10pm - 3:30pm FPA, WI, INQ | The connections between music and social change with a twofold goal: 1) to heighten critical listening skills so as to become more aware of ways in which music can express social attitudes; and 2) to introduce the social, cultural, and political issues surrounding the music being studied. Course work consists of listening to selected repertoires, reading scholarly and popular essays about those repertories, and extensive in-class (and on-line) discussion about issues raised by the listening and reading. This course does not fulfill a music major program requirement nor does it satisfy the Fine and Performing Arts Discovery requirement for any music major program. | |
Historical Perspectives | ||
| MWF 10:10am - 11:00am HP, INQ | This course studies the historical influence of business enterprises on the global development of capitalist economies, their ancient and medieval predecessors, and their modern alternatives. Topics include the impact of climate and disease on economic growth, the rise of manufacturing, the development of financial institutions and markets, innovation and the role of the entrepreneur, the history of slavery and colonialism, and the impact of government policy on business development. Because this is an Inquiry course, each student will pursue a major research project. Does not satisfy Economics Minor requirements. | |
| TR 8:10am - 9:30am HP | Course considers the history and current status of social welfare policy in the United States, with specific considerations of policies related to immigration, social benefits, housing, labor, health, criminal justice, education, and child welfare. Students build skills related to: the critical consumption of information across perspectives, authors, and historical contexts; the integration of personal experiences in understanding the impact of social welfare policy; and the analysis of historical and current policies with a focus on their impacts on inclusivity, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and anti-oppression. | |
Humanities | ||
| : Power and Responsibility | TR 5:10pm - 6:30pm HUMA | Power and Responsibility. What do we mean by “power” and “responsibility”? What kinds of power are there and what kinds of responsibilities come with them? Who should have power, and who should not, and why? What powers and responsibilities are inherent in community membership? Or in leadership? What is our power and our responsibility when our community becomes misguided? Or when it hurts its own people? Does a person have the responsibility to maximize their own power? Or should an individual limit their power to help others? We will be exploring such questions with help from writings such as Plato and the Bible, to modern psychological experiments and historical events. The course addresses themes such as religious, political, and economic concepts of power and responsibility; philosophies and psychologies of social power; and the power of race and gender in our culture. |
| : Citizenship for the 21st Century | MW 2:10pm - 3:30pm HUMA, WI | In the year of the United States' 250th anniversary, this course will explore what citizenship and civics mean today. Expect lively discussions and real-world applications. |
Social Science | ||
| M 5:10pm - 8:00pm SS, INQ | Think you know risk? Think again. Every day, you make a thousand tiny gambles. From the food you choose to the person you trust, you are a walking, talking risk management engine. In this honors seminar, we strip risk management of its dry, corporate reputation and bring it back to where it belongs: the human experience. This isn't about spreadsheets and project margins; it’s about the philosophy and the psychology of why we jump—or why we freeze. Ready to stop reacting to life and start navigating it? Join us for a semester of thoughtful immersion, psychological discovery, and the kind of challenges you’ll be talking about long after graduation. Includes campfires. | |
World Cultures | ||
| : Culture and Revolution in Russia, Latin America and Africa | TR 2:10pm - 3:30pm WC, WI, INQ | Focusing on the social and cultural transformations after revolutionary change, this course approaches the literature, music and art of the emerging societies marked by profound and lasting changes in the participation of the people and in the revolutionary reconstruction of the nation. Taught in English with optional access to works in Russian, Spanish and French. |
| TR 3:40pm - 5:00pm WC, WI, INQ | Inquiry into many facets of tourism from the standpoint of tourists and tour destination. Economic and institutional factors affecting human well-being from the use of land and water resources; discussions of distributional aspects of benefits from tourism activities.; environmental impacts; ownership patterns and uses; cultural attributes; and local economies in small Caribbean island nations. Cruise ships, time-shares, all-inclusive resorts, hurricanes, casinos, bars, rum, sex, and drugs are investigated through extensive readings and web surfing. | |
Biological Sciences | ||
| MWF 12:10pm - 1:00pm BS, INQ, DLAB Must also register for or | Introduction to structure and function of cells, tissues and organs, physiological processes and genes and heredity. Required for majors in the biological sciences. Lab. | |
| MWF 1:10pm - 2:00pm BS, INQ, DLAB Must also register for or | Introduction to structure and function of cells, tissues and organs, physiological processes and genes and heredity. Required for majors in the biological sciences. Lab. | |
| MWF 12:10pm - 1:00pm BS, INQ, DLAB Must also register for | Evolution is the paradigm through which we understand Biology. This course will introduce students to evolutionary concepts that underlie the tremendous biodiversity present on Earth, and explore the ecological interactions that occur among individuals and species. Indoor and outdoor lab activities. Required for majors in the biological sciences. Students are not permitted to enroll in BIOL 411 and BIOL 412 in the same semester. Lab. | |
| TR 11:10am - 12:30pm BS, INQ, DLAB Must also register for | Evolution is the paradigm through which we understand Biology. This course will introduce students to evolutionary concepts that underlie the tremendous biodiversity present on Earth, and explore the ecological interactions that occur among individuals and species. Indoor and outdoor lab activities. Required for majors in the biological sciences. Students are not permitted to enroll in BIOL 411 and BIOL 412 in the same semester. Lab. | |
Physical Science | ||
TR 3:40pm - 5:30pm PS, DLAB Must also be enrolled in | Introductory course emphasizing motion, forces, energy, momentum, rotation, and oscillations. Recommended for the student specializing in science and engineering. The honors version covers the same material as the traditional lecture course, but with three two-hour classes per week, most of which is spent working on activities in groups (rather than lecture). Students in the Honors section must be co-enrolled in MATH 425H so that strong connections can be made between math and physics. 407H students work in groups in every class meeting. Students in this version do not register for a recitation or lab, since these activities are integrated into the regular class meetings. Prereq: thorough knowledge of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Lab. | |
Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| MW 9:10am - 11:00am QR Must also be enrolled in | Calculus of one variable covering limits, derivatives of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; applications include curve sketching, max-min problems, related rates, and volume and area problems. (Not offered for credit if credit is received for MATH 424.) Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat. | |
