Current Honors Course and Seminar Offerings

The list of honors course offerings is always being improved to meet the needs of our CHP students in a variety of programs. Below is a list of the courses and seminars available for the upcoming Spring 2025 semester. Click here to see who can sign up for Honors courses, and for contact information.

Spring 2025 Honors Courses and Seminars

COM 104 Fundamentals of Public Speaking

Discover the public speaker in you.  Learn how to speak like a leader while studying the secrets of the greatest speakers in history. Experience the joy of creating and producing a broadcast interview in our college television studio.  Practice delivering oral presentations in a safe and supportive environment.  Techniques to address public speaking apprehension, critical thinking, information literacy, technology skills, verbal and nonverbal communication, and active listening are included in this dynamic course. Prerequisite: A passing score on the College's Reading and English placement tests; or C or better or concurrent enrollment in ENG 091 or ENG 092.

Fall River, Wednesdays 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Register for: COM 104.HON – CRN #15035.

ENG 102 Composition II: Writing About Literature

Professor Chris Yokel

What is it about fairy tales and myths that makes them stick around? Why are we still reading and retelling stories written hundreds, sometimes thousands of years ago? In this class, we're going to explore the ways such stories get told and retold, from European fairy tales and myths to modern day comics, films, and plays. We'll also explore some of the literary theory around folklore and mythology. Prerequisite: ENG 101. Three lecture hours per week. Instructional Support Fee applies. Competency met: Critical Thinking, Written Communication 3 credits.

Fully online asynchronous.
Register for: ENG 102.HON – CRN #11633.

HST 114 U.S. History after 1877 (Theme: Landmark Supreme Court Cases)

Professor Robyn Worthington

With the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, more Americans have been thinking about the ways that the court impacts the rights of U.S. citizens and society at large. In this fully online course, we will examine U.S. History from 1877 through the lens of landmark Supreme Court cases to discover how the court has shaped the nation we live in today. Together we will assess how the power of the court has affected civil rights, justice, free speech, voting rights, freedom of religion, due process of law, and more. This course will use only free materials easily accessible online. Prerequisite: A passing score on the college's reading and writing placement tests or, C or better or concurrent enrollment in ENG 091 or ENG 092. 

Fully online asynchronous.
Register for: HST 114.HON – CRN #11061.

HUM 264 Remembering the Holocaust in Literature and History

Dr. Howard Tinberg and Dr. Ron Weisberger

Hear from students who have taken this course.

The Holocaust, or, as it has come to be known, the Shoah, is one of the most horrific events in all of world history. Even more than 50 years after the fact, the world continues to struggle with the enormity of this human catastrophe. Nevertheless, a body of writing--both historical and literary--exists that enables us to confront this key moment in world history. This course serves as an introduction to this work.  Students gain an understanding of the historical facts, including circumstances leading up to the Holocaust itself and the event's critical aftermath. In addition, students reflect on the role of various written genres, principally through accounts of that time written by survivors and the children of survivors in the struggle to represent an event that many have described as beyond the limits of language to capture. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and ENG 102. Open to Commonwealth Honors Program students and others with permission of instructors.

Fall River, Thursdays 4 - 6 p.m.
Register for: HUM 264.HON – #CRN 10228.

ACC 257 Managerial Accounting

Dr. Vivien Ojadi

This honors seminar examines the accountant's role in the business organization. It covers cost-volume-profit relationships with emphasis on break-even computations, profit planning, relevant costs and the contribution approach to short-term decisions, cost-behavior patterns, operational budgeting, financial budgeting, and capital budgeting. Students create management reports using Excel spreadsheet techniques. 

Fall River, Thursdays 11 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. 
Register for: ACC 257.HON – CRN #13423.

ART 291 Design Thinking

Dr. Marisa Millard

This Honors Seminar will examine design thinking, a problem-solving approach to create solutions that are both innovative and responsive to user needs, applicable in a wide range of disciplines including education, business, public health, engineering, design & marketing. Students will identify patterns and opportunities for concept development and will do hands-on projects to prototype solutions, test and iterate.

Online synchronous, Thursdays, 4 - 6:45 p.m.
Register for: ART 291.HON – CRN #15720.

HON 260 Culminating Honors Project

Professor Kimberly Newton

This one-credit honors experience is open only to students in the Bristol Community College Honors Program and should be taken during the student’s final semester. A student develops project activities and objectives with a faculty mentor who oversees the project. A contract describing the project must be submitted to the Honors Program for approval. Students are encouraged to present honors projects at appropriate conferences. Each culminating honors project will be unique, focusing on an area of particular interest to the individual student. The number of class meetings per week will vary by contract. Prerequisite: current enrollment in the Honors Program. 

Fall River, Mondays, 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Register for: HON 260.A1W – CRN #10812.

As this is a culminating class taken in the final semester by all honors students, we will work with your schedule to be able to complete this course. HON 260 is required for all Honors students who will graduate in May 2025.

Who can sign up for Honors Courses?

100-level Honors courses are now open to any students who wish to try them, provided they meet the course pre-requisites.

Students already accepted into Honors may take any Honors course or seminar.

Others may sign up for an honors seminar course with permission from the instructor.

Please check additional prerequisites for each course as noted.

Any questions? Contact Kimberly Newton, Commonwealth Honors Coordinator Kimberly.Newton@BristolCC.edu