In Colloquium I: Dreams and Reality students investigate the complexity of how
our brains perceive reality.
Honors Colloquium I is a rich exploration of the topic “dreams and reality.” What are our dreams? Do they shape reality, oppose reality, or something else? What is reality? An objective truth we all share? A set of constraints that guides our lives? An arbitrary construct we could change? We explore these questions from multiple disciplinary perspectives and through assignments including essays, creative responses, podcasts, visualizations and more. Our texts come from the worlds of physics, psychology, film studies, neuroscience, philosophy, theatre, among others.
Colloquium is enriched with visits to UW’s Theatre and Dance department, Art Museum, Archives, and Library, and with service projects carried out around Laramie. Expert faculty from various departments give specialized lectures on relevant topics. Distinguished visiting scholars and writers meet with students to discuss their work. In all these ways, Colloquium teaches students to take advantage of the rich resources we are privileged to have at UW.