Instructors invited to teach a course with the John Martinson Honors College in 2025-26

The John Martinson Honors College (JMHC) invites you to teach a course with us during the 2025-2026 academic year. We are accepting applications now through Nov. 26, 2024.

About Teaching with the JMHC

The JMHC has a strong emphasis on interdisciplinarity, inclusivity, and experiential learning to achieve its goal of making Purdue Honors students world ready. We define world-readiness as being able to live authentically in diverse communities, work inclusively, interculturally, and ethically with people across differences, and in global contexts, irrespective of one’s discipline or occupation. Courses offered in the JMHC are expected to be interdisciplinary and involve at least one aspect of experiential learning. Please take a few minutes to read some of the resources below that can help you create a more successful proposal.

Interdisciplinarity: understanding how disciplines dialogue with each other and the public in meaningful ways to solve complex problems. It requires teamwork, inclusivity, flexible thinking, communication, and ethics. Read more about interdisciplinary education on our website.

Experiential Learning: a planned pedagogy centering on an authentic experience to strengthen students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities, paired with student reflection. These can include active learning, discussion-based learning , project-based learning, research-based learning, intercultural/global learning, service-learning, and other innovative methods. Read more about experiential learning on the Experiential Education at Purdue website.

Additionally, we recommend that all instructors familiarize themselves with world readiness, high impact practices, and inclusive pedagogy.

World Readiness: being able to live authentically in diverse communities, work inclusively, interculturally, and ethically with people across differences, and in global contexts, irrespective of one’s discipline or occupation. Read more about world readiness on our website.
High Impact Practices: Teaching & learning strategies that are evidenced to have significant educational benefits for students who participate in them. Read more about high impact practices from the AAC&U.
Inclusive Pedagogy: Learning environments that aim for all students to contribute and inquire openly, connect their prior knowledge and experience to the content, and feel a sense of belonging. Read more about inclusive pedagogy from Teaching @ Purdue.

Application

We welcome courses that are 1-3 credits, 8 or 16 weeks, in the fall or spring semester, or offered in West Lafayette or Indianapolis. To apply, click here.

Complete applications require the following:

Instructor Information
Course Information: title, description, learning outcomes, proposed number of credits, course duration
2+ Approaches to teaching and learning (active learning, discussion-based learning , project-based learning, research-based learning, intercultural/global learning, service-learning, other innovative methods)
2+ Honors College learning objectives (think critically about complex local or global problems, engage ethically in difficult conversations, collaborate across differences)
A statement on your incorporation of interdisciplinarity in the proposed course
A statement on your interest in working with JMHC students from majors across campus
A statement on your intended use of innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the proposed course

Department head permission should be received by applicant prior to proposal submission. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, Nov. 26. Decision notices will be sent by Dec. 20.

Compensation

The Honors College offers $2,700 for 1 credit; $5,400 for 2 credits, and $8,000 for a 3-credit course. Funds are transferred to the faculty member’s department and are typically used to “buy out” part of a regular teaching load with the approval of the department head.

Andrea Mattingly

Director of Communication for Teaching and Learning, John Martinson Honors College, thomas78@purdue.edu