Colloquia

Honors colloquia are interdisciplinary courses taught by a select group of Lynchburg College faculty.

Designed expressly for students in the Westover Honors Program, the colloquia explore fundamental social, philosophical, artistic, and scientific issues.

Recent colloquia include:

• From Mohawks to Faux Hawks: The McDonaldization of the Music of Cultural Resistance
• Does Beauty Matter?
• Feed Me: The Ecology and Economics of Modern Agriculture in the United States
• 1968
• Sport in Contemporary American Culture
• Couscous & Paella (with Study Abroad in Spain and Morocco)
• Bring Back the Beat: Exploring Race, Class, and Gender in Country and Rap Music
• The Elephant in the Living Room: The Political and Cultural Impact of TV
• The Literature and Rhetoric of Rebellion
• Broadway Bound (with a trip to New York City)