Fall 2026 Honors Gen Ed Depth Courses
These core Honors courses fulfill USU’s General Education Depth requirements, as well as Honors requirements, offering students the opportunity to explore in depth a topic that can be approached through a variety of different disciplinary lenses. These courses are typically team-taught or designed to introduce students to a range of perspectives on the course topic. Like all Honors courses, they actively engage students in hands-on research and discovery, critical thinking and self-reflection, clear and effective communication, and collaboration and community engagement.
HONR 3020 (DHA/CI)
The Authentic Aesthetic
Instructor: Dr. Julie Lamarra
In-Person, TR 12:00-1:15
CRN: 47460
HONR 3030 (DSS/CI)
The Authentic Aesthetic
Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Grewe
In-Person, TR 12:00-1:15
CRN: 47461
This interdisciplinary course explores how authenticity, identity, and aesthetics shape the ways we understand ourselves and connect with others. Drawing from psychology and design, students will examine concepts of self, well-being, community, and storytelling, with special attention to how authenticity is expressed through personal and collective branding. Through readings, discussions, field observations, and creative projects, students will investigate how meaning and identity are communicated in everyday life and will develop their own applied project that integrates psychological insight with aesthetic expression.