Honors Excel Courses (HMAs)
Undergraduate Honors students may complete an Honors Mentoring Agreement (HMA) associated with the completion of a graduate course at USU. With faculty permission, Honors students may enroll in existing graduate courses, allowing them to explore the option of graduate school and work with top USU faculty and graduate students. Students must complete all assignments on time and pass the course to earn Honors points.
Please note that students earn Honors points for Honors Excel courses only if they submit an approved/signed HMA proposal before the course begins and HMA completion documentation upon finishing the course. The final product for Honors Excel HMAs can be a required course project. While not exhaustive, the list below identifies some graduate courses with faculty who may welcome qualified Honors student enrollment. Course enrollment for Honors students is approved by the instructor on an individual basis.
More courses may be added to this list in the future. Course descriptions can be found in USU’s General Catalog.
| Course # | Course Name | Instructor Name | Statewide or Logan Only | Semester Taught |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITLS 6760 | Grant and Proposal Writing | Mimi Recker | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| ITLS 6730 | Games and Learning | Deborah Fields | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| TCR 6220 | User Experience Design | Chen Chen | Logan & Statewide | Summer 2027 |
| TCR 6270 | Writing Technologies | Heidi Willers | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| TCR 6240 | Communication Design | Heidi Willers | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2027 |
| TCR 6250 | Digital Rhetorics | Avery Edenfield | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| GEO 6450 | Deep Time | Carol Dehler | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| HEP 6150 | Global Maternal and Child Health | Savannah Daines | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2027 |
| HEP 6120 | Foundations of Global Health | Savannah Daines | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| MATH 6110 | Differential Geometry I | Peter Crooks | Logan | Spring 2027 |
| MATH 6310 | Modern Algebra I | Peter Crooks | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| POLS 6010 | Research Design | Jia Li | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| HIST 6420 | Religious History | Patrick Mason | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| CAI 6620 | Food Security and Solutions | Rose Judd-Murray | Logan | Spring 2027 |
| CAI 6600 | Biosecurity I: One Health Foundations | Rose Judd-Murray | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| NDFS 6200 | Nutritional Epidemiology | Carrie Durward | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| HIST 6020 | Public History Theory & Methods | Amanda Katz | Logan | Spring 2027 |
| NDFS 5560/6560 | Food Chemistry | Namhyeon Park | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| ECE 5790/6790 | Principles of Cyber-Physical Systems | Zhen Zhang | Logan | Spring 2027 |
| ECE 5795/6795 | Reasoning about Computer Systems: Foundations | Zhen Zhang | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| CEE 6710 | Processes in Microbial Ecology | Liyuan Hou | Logan | Spring 2027 |
| CEE 6650 | Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering | Liyuan Hou | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| NDFS 6160 | Principles of Food Toxicology | Jose Brandao | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2027 |
| MAE 6061 | Micro-mechanisms of Failure | Ryan Berke | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| MAE 6060 | Micro-Mechanics of Deformation | Ryan Berke | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| NR 6599 | Literature Synthesis and Review for Natural Resources Professionals | Sunshine Brosi | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| NR 6570 | Ecological Foundations of Natural Resources Management | Sunshine Brosi | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| NR 6570 | Ecological Foundations of Natural Resource Management | Sunshine Brosi | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2026 |
| NR 6599 | Literature Synthesis and Review for Natural Resources Professionals | Sunshine Brosi | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2026 |
| NR 6500 | Wildlife Ecology and Management for Natural Resource Professionals | Sunshine Brosi | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2026 |
| ITLS 6730 | Games and Learning | Deborah Fields | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| PSC 6070 | Agroecology | Jennifer Reeve | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| PSC 5200/6200 | Environmental Plant Physiology | Bruce Bugbee | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2026 |
| SPED 6300 | Effective Practices with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations | Naima Bhana | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| KIN 6840 | Motor Control and Learning | Breanna Studenka | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| KIN 6860 | Motor Development | Breanna Studenka | Logan | Summer 2027 |
| REH 6120 | Psychosocial Aspects of Disability | Jennifer Hunsaker | Logan | Summer 2026 |
| REH 6200 | Counseling Theories | Jennifer Hunsaker | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| HDFS 6100/7100 | Meta-Analysis and Literature Review | Diana Meter | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| HDFS 6540 | Adult Development and Aging | Beth Fauth | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| HDFS 6320 | Systemic Therapy Theory and Models | Ryan Seedall | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| KIN 5200 | Motivation in Sport, Physical Activity, and Recreation | Travis Dorsch | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2027 |
| EDUC 6770 | Qualitative Research | Travis Dorsch | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| ADVS 6530 | Nutrient Metabolization and Utilization in Production Animals | Katherine Kennedy | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| NDFS 6160 | Principles of Food Toxicology | Jose Brandao | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| PSY 6560 | Psychology | Maria Kleinstaeuber | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| GEO 6410 | Advance Stratigraphy | Benjamin J. Burger | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2026 |
| SOC 5470 | Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System | Jason Twede | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2026 |
| SOC 6470 | Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System | Jason Twede | Logan & Statewide | Spring 2026 |
| MATH 6400 | Mathematics and its History | David Brown | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| BENG 5620 | Metabolic Engineering | Jixun Zhan | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| HDFS 6031 | Research Methods | Yin Liu | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| HDFS 6510 | Development in Infancy | Amanda Ramos | Logan | Spring 2027 |
| HDFS 7510 | Development in Infancy | Amanda Ramos | Logan | Spring 2027 |
| CEE 6650 | Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering | Liyuan Hou | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| CEE 6710 | Environmental Engineering Microbial Ecology | Liyuan Hou | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| PSC 6310 | Soil Microbiology | Jeanette Norton | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| PSC 6530 | Soil Health and Fertility | Jeanette Norton | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| PSC 4900 | Plant-microbe Interaction | Amita Kaundal | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| PSC 6900 | Plant-microbe Interaction | Amita Kaundal | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| PSC 5280 | Plants Stress Physiology | Amita Kaundal | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| PSC 6280 | Plants Stress Physiology | Amita Kaundal | Logan | Spring 2026 |
| PSC 6150 | Bioinformatics and Big Data Mining | Rakesh Kaundal | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| PSC 5150 | Bioinformatics and Big Data Mining | Rakesh Kaundal | Logan | Fall 2026 |
| SOC 6310 | Work, Inequality & the American Dream | Christy Glass | Logan & Statewide | Fall 2026 |
| SOC 6420 | Gender, Sexuality & Inequality | Christy Glass | Logan & Statewide | TBD |
| BIOL 4770/6770 | Introduction to Dynamic Biological Systems | James Pitts | Logan | Fall 2026 |