Support L&S students and the L&S mission by teaching and mentoring students in the Honors Program!
We invite you to:
- Read an overview of the L&S Honors Program
- Learn below about the types of Honors courses and how to offer them
- Encourage intellectually curious and motivated students in your classes to connect with Honors advising and consider formally pursuing an Honors degree in L&S
Honors Only Course Funding
Apply in the fall to receive funding for your proposed Honors Only seminar or discussion section in the subsequent academic year (fall, spring, or summer). Receiving funding from L&S Honors is not required in order to teach an Honors course.
Details of the call for AY 2026-27 funding proposals are pending. This page will be updated as soon as possible. The anticipated funding application deadline for courses being taught during the 2026-27 academic year is Monday, November 17, 2025.
Drop-ins for faculty and staff
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Oct24
Honors Teaching and Funding Proposal Drop-ins @ 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Zoom
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Nov14
Honors Teaching and Funding Proposal Drop-ins @ 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Zoom
Contact us:
- Dan Kapust, Faculty Director, director@honors.ls.wisc.edu
- General inquiries
- Funding
- Faculty Honors Committee
- Christine Evans, Associate Director of Advising and Curriculum, cmevans3@wisc.edu
- Honors course development
- Curricular updates, e.g., for Honors in the Major
- Questions impacting Honors students in a current or upcoming course
- Pete Keys, Associate Director of Admissions and Engagement, pkeys@wisc.edu.
- Refer a student to the L&S Honors Program
- Research funding for Honors students
- Co-curricular connections with Honors students
- Aren’t sure where to start the conversation? Email us at honors@honors.ls.wisc.edu
Ways to Teach Honors
Honors Only
Offer low-enrollment seminars or small, professor-taught discussion sections intended to foster intellectual engagement, active learning, and community for Honors Program students
Accelerated Honors
Cover notably more content or go into greater depth, often at a theoretical level, than in non-Honors versions of a course
Accelerated Honors courses are not limited to Honors Program students, but may have other eligibility criteria.
Honors Optional
Allow individual students to select the Honors Option during enrollment and then complete an Honors-specific project or experience that enriches their learning and complements the standard work for the course
Green Sheets
Form an official, student-initiated agreement that allows a student to earn Honors credit in a non-Honors course.
If you are open to supporting multiple students who wish to earn Honors credit, consider setting up your course as Honors Optional.
Mentored Research
Support Honors students who are seeking introductory research experiences over the summer or completing a Senior Honors Thesis
