Honors Discussion Groups
Honors Discussion Groups (HDG) are weekly discussion sessions offered in conjunction with courses in a wide variety of programs across the University. HDGs are designed as enrichment for students who are doing well in their class and want to apply the concepts they are learning beyond the class parameters. Some HDGs are designed to offer overviews and deeper perspectives of the disciplines in question.
- Please choose the name of the person leading the HDG(s) you’d like to attend and email them signaling your interest.
- Honors credit may be assigned retroactively in a course for which a student has successfully participated in a related discussion group. The letter “H” (for Honors) will be added to the course number on your transcript.
- A course grade of B or higher is required to receive honors credit, which may only be applied to courses taken at UMKC.
- Leaders of the discussion groups are experienced students in the Honors Program who have knowledge of the subject and are majoring or minoring in the discipline.
- Regular attendance, participation, and the timely submission of HDG assignments is required for a student to qualify for honors credit in the related or chosen course.
- If you participate in an honors discussion group, you can not complete an honors contract in the same class.
Participants will be asked to complete an electronic evaluation at the end of the semester. This evaluation enables students to provide candid feedback that may be used to improve future discussion sections and enhance student learning outcomes.
All Honors Discussion Groups will begin the second week of the semester.
If more than one time is listed, please choose only one section per week to attend.
Fall 2023 Honors Discussion Groups
| Discussion Leader | Section | Day/Time | Location |
| AJ Poulain | Accounting | Wed 5:15-6:15 | 0006 BHH |
| Cancelled | |||
| Shauna Kim Elizabeth Shockley | Bio 109 | Mon 12-12:50 Wed 10-10:50 | 415 Cherry 313 Haag |
| Rishabh Gaur Raashi Goyal | Bio 202 (Cell Bio) | Wed 11-11:50 | 415 Cherry |
| Cancelled | |||
| Natalie Abanathie Logan Dudley | Chem 115, 211, & 212 | Tues 1-1:50 Thurs 2-2:50 | 415 Cherry 415 Cherry |
| Minh Ngo Aatif Syed | Chem 321 & 322 | Asynchronous Tues 11:35-12:25 | 237 ASSC |
| Tess Martens Hadley Jarvis Gabrielle Porter | Conservatory (all) | Thurs 4-4:50 | 333 Grant Hall |
| Ash Onstott | Criminal Justice and Criminology (all) | Mon 4-4:50 | 428 Cherry |
| Theo Raitzer Elliott Smith | Econ 201 & 202 | Mon 2-2:50 | 212 Haag |
| Alison Dunlop-Saunders Ebele Mgbemena | English (all) | Fri 11-11:50 | 105 Cockefair |
| Lilah Crum Barnhill Abby Weiler | French (all) | Wed 2-2:50 | 415 Cherry |
| Tanya Kelley | German (all) | Fri 12-1:00 | 310 Haag |
| Anna Hoffman | Nursing and Health Sciences (all) | Asynchronous | |
| Allison Scobee | Psychology (all) | Thurs 1-1:50 | 415 Cherry |
| Jackson Grant | Physics 210 & 240 | Asynchronous | |
| Sailor Usher Hallee Pham | School of Engineering (all) | Wed 12-12:50 | 104P Plaster Center |
| Leo Byer | Spanish 110-211 | Wed 4-4:50 | Honors Lounge |
| Mary Gipson | Spanish 221+ | Wed 4-4:50 | 415 Cherry |
Spring 2023 Honors Discussion Groups
| Discussion Leader | Section | Day/Time | Location |
| Shauna Kim Elizabeth Shockley | Bio 108 | Tuesday, 1-1:50 pm Wednesday, 1-1:50 pm | Cherry 415 Cherry 415 |
| Ellie Hammett | Bio 319 (Global Health) | Monday, 2:30-3:30 | BSB 522 |
| Danielle Beaubien | Cell Bio (Bio 202) | asynchronous | online |
| Anuhya Dayal Ruth Vaccianna | Chem 115, 211, and 212 | Tuesday, 9-9:50 am Thursday, 2-2:50 pm | Cherry 415 |
| Toluwa Balogun | Chem 320, 321, and 322 | asynchronous | online |
| Grace Horacek Tess Martens | Conservatory (all) | Every other Friday 4:15-5:15 | Grant Hall 330 |
| Alison Dunlop-Saunders | English (all) | Wednesday, 11-11:50 | Cockefair 105 |
| Hannah Pham Emily Thornton | French (all) | Monday, 1-1:50 pm | Cherry 415 |
| Charles Mulkey | Nursing and Health Sciences (all) | asynchronous | online |
| Jasleen Kaur | Psychology (all) | Thursday, 1-1:50 pm | Cherry 415 |
| Tinh Nim | Physics 220 and 250 | asynchronous | online |
| Sailor Usher | Engineering and Computer Science (all) | Monday, 12-12:50 pm | Plaster 104L |
| Hannah Leyva | Spanish 110-211 | Tuesday, 5:30-6:20 pm | BEH 212 |
| Mary Gipson | Spanish 221+ | Monday, 12-12:50 pm | Royall 205 |
