The Honors Scholars College Honors Courses
Fall 2019
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Honors Courses
Fall 2018
Dr. Shawn Bingham, Director
Dr. Eva Mehl , Associate Director
Dr. Nathan Grove, Assistant Director of CSURF
Ms. Peggy Styes, Program Manager
Ms. Morgan Alexander, Office Manager
Phone: (910) 962-3408 Fax: (910) 962-7020
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Honors Scholars Program Requirements
-Complete 12 hours of honors university studies courses;
-Complete HON 110 and HON 210;
-Complete 2 hours of HON 120;
-Complete 3 more hours of honors courses
-Earn GPA of 3.3 by 27 hours;
3.5 GPA by 58 hours and thereafter
-Complete 499 course hours (6) in your major
Please see the 2018-2019 UNCW Undergraduate Catalog for a more
detailed description of the program requirements.
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HONORS 110 Freshman Seminar (First-year students only. Choose Any Section)
Course and Call # Meeting Times Instructor
HON 110-301
Science in the World Around Us
# 11493
(Co-Requisite: CHM 101-015 #11313)
TR 12:30-1:45
R 5:00-6:00
RL 2007A
Nathaniel Grove
HON 110-302
The Effects of Conspiracy Culture
# 12371
TR 12:30-1:45
BR 102
David Bollinger
HON 110-303
Biomedical Research
# 11530
TR 12:30-1:45
DL 101
Arthur Frampton
HON 110-304
The Power of Story # 11534
TR 12:30-1:45
LH 254A
Julie Scott
HON 110-305
What is Science?
# 11539
TR 12:30-1:45
TL 1007
Diane Dodd
HON 110-306
Moral Attention and
Digital Technology
#11543
TR 12:30-1:45
BR 281
Beverley McGuire
HON 110-307
English as a Global Language
#15548
TR 12:30-1:45
MO 102
Nicholas Crawford
HON 110-308
Drug Discovery, Disease and Health
# 11549
TR 12:30– 1:45
TL 2012
Jennifer McCall
HON 110-309
Memoirs of Place and Identity
#13021
TR 12:30-1:45
TL 2018
Kathryn Barber
HON 110-310
Politics, Policy, and Civility
#11556
TR 12:30-1:45
TBA
Bradley R. Ballou
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Honors Enrichment Seminars Course and Call # Meeting Times Instructor
HON 120-300
Survey of Business Research
# 11556 (Not Open to First Year Students)
W 9-9:50
CH 104
Ethan Watson
HON 120-301
Jewish Holocaust
#11586
M 11:00-11:50
RL 2007A
Nathaniel Murrell
HON 120-302
Medical Humanities
# 11622 (Not Open to First Year Students)
W 12:00-12:50
RL 2007A
Nathan Crowe
HON 120-303
Film, Food, and Spectacle
#15153
W 5:00-7:00
Alternating
CS 138
Granetta Richard-
son, Stephanie
Richardson
HON 120-304
Happiness Advantage
#11624
W 5:00-5:50
RL 2007A
Rebecca Rampe
HON 120-305
Avant-Garde in Performance
#13662
F 10:00-11:00
RL 2007A
Charles Grimes
HON 120-306
Survey of Biological Research
#14228
W 12:00-12:50
MG 1109
Troy Alphin
NSG 112-300
HON: Survey of Professional Nurs-
ing
#10002
T 2:00-2:50
MC 1031
Barbara Mechling
HON 121-300
The Story of Wilmington through
Archives and Museums
#15251
M 3:30-4:20
RL 2007A
Nathan Saunders
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Honors 210 Interdisciplinary Seminars Course and Call # Meeting Times Instructor
HON 210-300
The (Mis)Adventures of Don
Quixote
#15252
TR 9:30-10:45
RL 2007
Michael Gordon
HON 210-301
Knowledge and Democracy
#11626
MW 2:00-3:15
MO 212
Robert Smithson
HON 210-302
Consumer Culture and
Shopping Society
(London Trip Required)
#14358
MW 2:00-3:15
RL 2007A
Shawn Bingham
HON 210-303
Brazilian Music in Beat and
Cult Mov.
#13721
TR 2:00-3:15
TBA
Regina Felix
HON 212-300
Writing in Action across Cul-
tures
#15257
MW 9:30-10:45
RL 2007A
Lance Cummings
Honors 191 Research and Discovery Course and Call # Meeting Times Instructor
HON 191
Transfer Student Intro to
Research
#15258
M 12:00-12:50
RL 2007A
Peter Fritzler
Please Note: HON 191 is sponsored by the Honors College, but
open to any first or second year UNCW student interested in get-
ting a jump start on skills needed to start working with faculty on
undergraduate research and discovery!
Honors students may take 191 to earn “additional hours” of Hon-
ors Credit.
Let your friends know about HON 191
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HONORS UNIVERSITY STUDIES Course and Call # Meeting Times Instructor
BIO 201-300
HON: Principles of Biology:
Cell
#10096
TR 8:00-10:50
OS 2019
Sarah Fausett
CHM 101-300
HON: Chemistry 101
# 11743
TR 9:30-10:15
DL 101
R 6:30-9:20 Lab
MM1 113
W 6:30– 8:30
DL 101
Mike Messina
COM 101-300
HON: Public Speaking
#10969
MWF 10:00-10:50
LH 139
David Bollinger
CSC 131-300
Intro to Computer Science
#11499
TR 9:00-10:40am
BR 165
Brittany Morago
CRM 105-300
Introduction to Criminal
Justice
#14921
TR 9:30-10:45
BR 219
Christina Lanier
CRW 201-300
Intro to Creative Writing
#13774
TR 2:00-3:15pm
BR 281
Kathryn Michelle
Barber
ECN 221-300
HON: Principles of
Economics– Micro
#13601
TR 2:00-3:15pm
LH 143
Allison Witman
ENG 103-300
HON: College Writing &
Reading (Advanced)
# 11933
MWF 10:00-10:50am
MO 104
Donald Bushman
ENG 103-301
HON: College Writing &
Reading (Advanced)
#11934
MWF 1:00-1:50
BR 202
Kimberly
Hemmingway
ENG 290-300
HON: Themes in Literature:
Evolution of the Vampire
#15206
MWF 11:00-11:50
TL 2014
Elizabeth Ashley Bis-
sette Sumerel
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Course and Call # Meeting Times Instructor
INT 105-300
HON: Introduction to
International Studies
# 11690
MW 2:00-3:15
MO 208
Lesley Daspit
MAT 161-300
HON: Calculus/ Analytical
Geometry I
# 13780
MTWR 2:00-3:05
OS 2004
M 3:30-4:20
OS 2014
Allison Toney
MUS 118-300
HON: History of Rock
#14898
TR 3:30-4:45pm
CA 1023
Robert Nathanson
OCN 150-300
HON: Intro to
Oceanography
#10845
TR 9:30-10:45am
DL 105
Ai Ning Loh
PAR 125-300
HON: Great Books of the
World’s Religions
#12198
MWF 11:00-11:50
BR 261
Jamie Brummitt
PSY 105-300
HON: General Psychology
#11662
TR 11:00-12:15
TL 2012
Erica Noles
PSY 247-300
HON: Abnormal
Psychology
#14892
TR 11:00-12:15
BR 281
Carrie Clements
PSY 257-300
HON: Evolutionary Psy-
chology
#15575
TR 2:00-3:15
TL 1011
Kate Bruce
SOC 260-300
HON: Introduction to
Poverty Studies
#14988
TR 2:00-3:15
BR 219
Julia Waity
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SPN 201-300
HON: Intermediate
Spanish I
# 12180
MWF 12:00-12:50
LH 107
Valerie Rider
STT 215-300
HON: Introduction to
Statistics
#12078
MWF 1:00-1:50
OS 2005
Indranil Ghosh
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Honors Freshman Interdisciplinary Seminars
Required for ALL first year honors students. The University Experience and the Life of the Mind Introduces the Honors student to the college experience by direct involvement in research, service, and
leadership activities. The nature of knowledge; the concept of a university; how a university education
changes individuals and affects the future. Includes field experiences, collaborative learning and inde-
pendent scholarship. Emphasis on discussion; required student projects.
HON 110- 301 Honors Freshman Seminar: Science in the World Around Us (FS
& IL) *Co-Requisite: CHM 101-015 Chemistry 101; CRN # 11313 Dr. Nathan Grove Humanity’s progress has always been inseparably tied to the advancement of science. In this course, we
will explore the sometimes-surprising ways that science has shaped our world, from the foods and drinks
that we consume to the history of war and peace. This section of HON 110 is also part of UNCW’s STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Learning Community. Students will learn about the
STEM majors offered, investigate possible STEM-related careers (including professional school, high
school teaching, and graduate school), network with former and current UNCW STEM stu-dents and
faculty, receive information about STEM-specific scholarships and fellowships, and explore the myriad
research and internships available. The overall goal is to help students learn about the many op-portunities
available to STEM students on campus and in the community and to help them get involved in undergrad-
uate research or an internship as soon as possible. As part of the Learning Community, students must also
enroll in general chemistry 1 (CHM 101-014, CRN #11306).
HON 110-302 Honors Freshman Seminar: The Effects of Conspiracy Culture
(FS & IL) Dr. David Bollinger In this seminar we will examine how writers who know a place well evoke a vivid sense of that place
through literature. We will examine such questions as: What does it mean to “belong” to a region, a place,
and even a community? Why do we feel “displaced’ in some new environments, or “homesick” for famil-
iar surroundings? For most of you UNCW, Honors, and the North Carolina coast will be new places that
you will be discovering for the next four years. Your own writing and close reading of the stylistic tech-
niques of various authors this term will help you develop your own literary memoir of your explora-tion
of life at UNCW and along the coast. Our key text will be Henry Beston’s The Outermost House: A Y ear
on the Great Beach of Cape Cod.
HON 110-303 Honors Freshman Seminar: Biomedical Research (FS & IL) Dr. Arthur Frampton We will explore the history of molecular/cell biology, cancer research, genomics, and bioethics through
the lens of the book The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. These topics will be critically examined using a
variety of approaches including student-led group discussion, readings, written assignments, oral presenta-
tions.
HON 110-304 Honors Freshman Seminar: The Power of Story (FS & IL) Dr. Julie Scott In this seminar we will explore how the stories we live and tell others produce identity and culture. In
addition to the first year seminar readings, supplemental texts will enable us to draw upon the research
methods “autoethnography” (the understanding of culture through our personal stories) and personal nar-
rative research we will map how the stories of others, cultural stories within and beyond UNCW, and our
own stories fit together to create meaning, identity, knowledge and culture.
HON 110-305 Honors Freshman Seminar: What is Science? (FS & IL)
Dr. Diane Dodd The words “science” and “scientist” conjure up interesting, but not always accurate, thoughts in the gen-
eral public. We will examine the processes of science from several directions to better understand what
science can, and cannot, do. We will also look at how we might enhance the public’s view of science and
scientists.
Course Descriptions
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Honors Freshman Interdisciplinary Seminars
HON 110-306 Honors Freshman Seminar: Moral Attention and Digital
Technology (FS & IL)
Dr. Beverley McGuire This course considers ways that digital technologies impact moral attention – the capacity to discern
and attend to the morally salient features of a given situation. Moral attention involves suspending
one’s thought in order to actively receive something or someone else in all of their complexity and
particularity. In Western philosophy it appears prominently in the writings of Simone Weil (1909-
1943) and Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), but Chinese religious traditions also describe various means of
facilitating moral attention, including Confucian techniques of moral cultivation, Daoist practices of
“fasting the mind,” and Buddhist meditation. In the course students will engage with a diverse range of
media to consider the ways of cultivating moral attention, as well as the constraints and possibilities
for cultivating moral attention in their own lives
HON 110-307 Honors Freshman Seminar: English as a Global Language (FS
& IL)
Nicholas Crawford The interdisciplinary component of “English as a Global Language” focuses on vernacular literature as
an introduction to the “life of the mind.” Specifically, this course examines what happens when authors
attempt to transcribe the primarily oral forms of English that flourish around the world in the wake of
British imperialism. The transcriptions of different Englishes – from creole to pidgin to slang – high-
light a number of issues ripe for examination: issues of race, class, and colonialism, among others. To
examine those issues, this class will examine essays, poems, and short stories from the United States,
the British Isles, and the Caribbean.
HON 110-308 Honors Freshman Seminar: Drug Discovery, Disease and
Health (FS & IL) Dr. Jennifer McCall The search for medications to combat illness and disease permeates human history. Prior to the 1900s,
human life expectancy averaged 30-40 years. The discovery and development of treatments, including
antibiotics, vaccines, and cardiovascular drugs, has lead to unprecedented extension of human
life. Unfortunately, the drug discovery revolution has not created the scientific disease-free utopia that
society has hoped for. As new active compounds were discovered, new abuses evolved (e.g. psychoac-
tive narcotics, opioids). Other diseases have evaded cures (e.g. cancer, HIV) and many have developed
resistance (e.g. MRSA, tuberculosis). In this honors seminar, students will learn how we discover and
develop cures for disease, and how side effects (both literal and figurative) have developed along the
way. Topics will include a survey of therapies (e.g. pharmacotherapies, immunotherapies, gene thera-
pies), models of drug discovery, toxicity vs. efficacy considerations in development, clinical trials,
costs and drug pricing, and the purpose of the FDA.
HON 110-309 Honors Freshman Seminar: Memoirs of Place and Identity
Kathryn Barber
In this seminar, we will explore how place and identity are connected to the ways in which we tell
stories. How does your home, the places you’ve lived and visited, the culture you grew up in define
you? How does it change the way you might tell a story? How does it shape how you might tell your
own story? Over the course of the semester, students will keep a journal documenting their experiences
in the transition from home to college-life, which they will use to pen their own short creative nonfic-
tion essay for the final project. Our primary text will be Trespass: Ecotone Essayists Beyond the
Boundaries of Place, Identity, and Feminism, an anthology of essays first published in Ecotone,
UNCW’s award-winning literary journal on place-based writing.
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Hon 110-310 Politics, Policy, and Civility
Mr. Bradley R. Ballou How do we discuss current political issues on which we may disagree in a fair and civil manner, particu-
larly in an era of unprecedented political divisiveness? What role do lobbyists play in our contemporary
American political system? This seminar will examine these issues and more with a particular focus on
lobbying and the role it plays in the intersection of politics and policy (in both Washington D.C. and
Raleigh N.C.) The course will examine modern policy and political challenges and controversies through
readings, group discussions, and written assignments.
HON 120-306 Survey of Biological Research *NOT OPEN TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS*
Dr. Troy Alphin In this research seminar, you will learn basic approaches to beginning research and scholarship in biology,
such as data base searching and locating journals. You will also meet with various UNCW biology faculty
and tour their labs. You will also develop a presentation that explores possibilities for conducting research
in biology. This seminar is especially appropriate for second year honors students who plan to declare
biology or marine biology as a major.
HON 120-302 Medical Humanities
Dr. Nathan Crowe What can the humanities teach about what it means to be healthy and how health care is delivered. This
course is designed to be an introduction to medical humanities. It will expose students to a variety of
perspectives from the humanities and social sciences regarding health, disease, and medicine. These three
terms are not straightforward not easily definable. Their definitions vary across time and space, and a
variety of disciplines - history, english, art, anthropology, economics, psychology - differ on how they
understand these ideas. In looking at how these different disciplines study illness and medicine, students
will come to appreciate the complexity that lies in the concepts of health, illness, and the practice of medi-
cine.
HON 120-300 Survey of Business Research *NOT OPEN TO FIRST YEAR STU-DENTS*
Dr. Ethan Watson This seminar is designed specifically for second-year students planning or considering majoring in busi-
ness. A primary goal is to introduce students to some of the faculty in the Cameron School of Business
and to the research disciplines they represent. Faculty members from various departments will give short
presentations about their research. Students will learn what researchers do with their time and also explore
the way that literature is communicated in professional literature.
HON 120-304 Happiness Advantage
Dr. Becca Rampe What do we need to be happy? This question will guide the seminar in exploring different situational and
contextual factors that will distract from our ability to be happy. Perceived happiness has been shown to
provide people with an advantage in successful careers, relationships, high self-worth, and ability to thrive
through difficulties. The seminar will be highly experiential and heavily utilize researched aspects of
happiness including mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude, sharing positive experiences, and kindness.
The objectives include students developing knowledge, self-awareness, and the ability to implement
learned skills on topics explored related to perceived happiness.
Honors Enrichment Seminars
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HON 120-305 Avant-Garde in Performance
Dr. Charles Grimes The class will read, study and discuss selected plays from the theatrical avant-garde dating from the early
20th to 21st centuries. Movements to be studied will include Dada, Surrealism, Futurism, the 60’s off-off-
Broadway experimentation, and contemporary postmodernism. Class members will work cooperatively to
select a number of these pieces to be rehearsed and presented as a public performance near the end of the
term. We will also watch videos of avant-garde performance and attend and critique the productions of
UNCW Theatre’s mainstage season. Students will gain in cultural knowledge and critical thinking as they
also get experience in aesthetic interpretation and team building.
HON 120-303 Film, Food and Spectacle
Dr. Granetta Richardson and Dr. Stephanie Richardson Using food as visual spectacle for our point of study, students in this class will learn ways food serves as a
means to develop character and story, to interrogate meaning/ideology, and to understand culture, includ-
ing visual culture and national culture. They will do "close readings" of how the food is presented to
define plot, character and meaning, and how that meaning ultimately functions rhetorically and ideologi-
cally. In addition, they will prepare dishes that will facilitate their understanding about how this study of
food as spectacle provides insights about culture, since film determines what is privileged in our culture
(screened) and what is not (not screened). For the final project, students will select a scene/sequence that
features food and analyze it according to what they have learned about food as "film spectacle" and ways
it operates in their chosen films, that is, how their analyses enlarge upon an understanding of the filmmak-
ers' intent, the effect of the visuals on viewers, ways the study opens up questions about how movies raise
awareness about our world. Along with written analysis, students will prepare a dish and explain how it
further elucidates the importance of food in its development of the film, its message(s), and meaning(s).
Just like viewers appreciate movies for other aspects of mise-en-scene, such as glamorous makeup, hair-
dos, costumes, sets, and stars, so can they also look at food for its "visual pleasure," yet appreciate its
cultural, social, ideological relevancies. Possible films include Django Unchained, Ratatouille, Beauty and
the Beast, The Princess and the Frog, Marie Antoinette, Babette's Feast, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Vic-
toria and Abdul, Julie and Julia, and possible texts include Wheeler Winston Dixon's The Transparency of
Spectacle: Meditations on the Moving Image and Stephen Prince's Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: {The
Seduction of Reality}.
HON 120-301 Jewish Holocaust
Nathaniel Murrell If, as generally agreed upon, the Holocaust and its enormity cannot possibly be accurately represented,
how, then, can we study it? We will consider issues of representation, voice, and genre, as well as contro-
versies regarding Holocaust history and narrative, in addition to the racism, anti-Semitism, imperialism,
and sexism that constituted Nazi ideology. Our scope covers narratives across genre, including fiction,
graphic narrative, testimony, film, photographs, historical and art objects, and primary documents and
objects available in a variety of archives. We will seek to make connections to studies of other oppressed
peoples, human rights concerns, discussions of individual and communal responsibilities, and significant
ethical questions from both the time period of the Holocaust to those that we face today. We will work
together on enhancing our understandings of how the Holocaust was implemented, as well as our individ-
ual responsibilities to each other today, as the beginning of our fall semester occurs one year after Char-
lottesville. We will be focusing on how sexism is a critical factor in addition to racism, anti-Semitism, and
imperialism, as well as the vulnerability of various groups marginalized and targeted by the Nazi regime.
Ours is a course that prioritizes the values of social justice.
NSG 112-300 Survey of Professional Nursing
Barbara Mechling Provides an overview of nursing as a profession for potential applicants to the School of Nursing. Exam-
ines the scope of practice of the registered nurse, various practice settings and the role of the nurse in
health care today. Explores history, issues and trends in nursing. Offers information about the goals and
curriculum of the UNCW School of Nursing. Note: 1 hour class (substitutes for an HON 120 hour) open to all honors students.
Honors Enrichment Seminars
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HON 121-300 The Story of Wilmington through Archives and Museums
Nathan Saunders
Honors Interdisciplinary Seminars
*First semester students are not eligible to sign up for HON 210 classes*
Please Note: HON 191 is sponsored by the Honors College, but
open to any first or second year UNCW student interested in get-
ting a jump start on skills needed to start working with faculty on
undergraduate research and discovery!
Honors students may take 191 to earn “additional hours” of Hon-
ors Credit.
Let your friends know about HON 191
HON 191 Transfer Student Intro to Research
Peter Fritzler This class is designed as an introduction to research in a university setting, including the goals, challenges,
and benefits of research. Students will begin to learn the skills required to define a research topic, build a
knowledge base surrounding the topic, locate data sources, establish appropriate analytical methods, ob-
tain necessary funding and training, and disseminate their results. Importantly, students will also become
familiar with opportunities, approaches and support structures for participating in undergraduate research
experiences at UNCW.
HON 210-300 The (Mis)Adventures of Don Quixote
Dr. Michael Gordon Princesses, wizards, giants, pirates, lions, outlaws, galley slaves, armies of sheep, prostitutes, dukes and
duchesses. These are just some of the characters who unexpectedly populate Don Quixote, the second-
most translated book of all time (after the Bible). In this discussion-based seminar HON 210—The (Mis)
Adventures of Don Quixote, students will go beyond the stereotypes of the mad knight Don Quixote and
his loyal squire Sancho Panza to explore in depth their complex world. In addition, students will exam-
ine the social, religious, political, scientific, economic, cultural and sexual realities of the 17th-century
Mediterranean, with the goal of drawing parallels and contrasts to our lives in the 21st century. No prior
knowledge of the Spanish language (or of Spanish history and literature) is required, as all readings and
discussions will be in English.
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HON 210-301 Knowledge and Democracy
Dr. Robert Smithson Our ethical, political, and religious convictions are among our most important and deeply-held beliefs. But
these beliefs raise many difficult questions. Do we form these beliefs on the basis of evidence, or do we
form these beliefs simply because of our upbringing? What should we do when we encounter people who
seem just as reasonable as us, but who disagree with us on religious or political questions? Should we trust
the testimony of experts, or should we view their testimony with critical scrutiny? What is propaganda,
and how does it operate? How are our political and ethical beliefs influenced by factors such as gender or
race? How might the mechanisms of knowledge acquisition and transmission be used for political ends
(either good or ill)?
In this interdisciplinary course, we will examine how an individual’s pursuit of knowledge is influenced
by one’s larger social and cultural networks. We will discuss this issue drawing on perspectives from
philosophy, cognitive science, communication studies, anthropology, and political science. Through this
examination, students will learn about the political significance of mechanisms of knowledge acquisition
and transmission. This will in turn empower them to be responsible global citizens: ones who are able to
acquire and transmit knowledge in a responsible and just way.
HON 210-302 Consumer Culture and Shopping Society (London trip Required)
Dr. Shawn Bingham How do companies market “cool” and rebellion to teenagers? Why are Americans obsessed with shop-
ping? What is “branding” and how are brands used to communicate our status? How do we use what we
buy to measure our own happiness? What role does product marketing play in American culture? Are
quality of life and standard of living always correlated? How is shopping part of “being an American”?
And how to marketers and retailers attempt to create desires and fulfill our needs through buying. Is being
a “real man” connected to what you purchase? If you are interested in these questions sign up for Consum-
er Culture. Through the lenses of sociology, psychology, history and economics we will examine the
role that consumer values play in American life and the global society. Since this is a social sciences-
oriented course, not a business course, we will take a critical look at the important role that consumption
plays in our lives.
HON 210-303 Brazilian Music in Beat and Cult Mov.
Dr. Regina Felix This course focuses on the history, social movements, and artistic elements behind music-making in Bra-
zil. The course covers the key trends in selected popular music. Students will be assigned readings on
Brazilian rhythms, movements, composers, singers, and critics. Class time will cover discussions of read-
ings, listening to songs, viewing music clip and film.
HON 212-300 Writing in Action across Cultures
Lance Cummings In today’s global world, students from all professional backgrounds will need to write and collaborate in
technologically and culturally diverse contexts. Multi-national corporations and businesses are common-
place, requiring students to develop flexible writing and collaboration strategies to deal with new writing
situations as they arise. This class will examine the writing and collaboration that happens within global
institutions and corporations, focusing on Motorola (US, Poland, Malaysia) and Fortum (European power
company)—both companies are currently collaborating with the English Department. Writers from several
different cultures will visit the class virtually via WebEx, and students will examine actual writing in
action from these intuitions, thinking about both cultural and global aspects of writing that transcend
national boundaries. Students will use several lenses from rhetoric, communication studies, psychology,
and sociology to help them understand different aspects of writing in these institutional contexts and com-
pare across several different cultures. Each student will walk away with a deeper understanding of how
writing works institutionally and across cultures and how they can better adapt their own writing and
collaborative skills in each new cultural context they encounter. They will also develop an ePortfolio with
work that demonstrates this intercultural competence to public audiences.
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BIO 201-300 HON: Principles of Biology: Cells (SANW) Dr. Sarah Fausett Introduction to principles governing living systems, especially the cellular and molecular basis of life and
the transmission and utilization of genetic information.
CHM 101-300 HON: General Chemistry (SANW) Dr. Mike Messina The course will cover fundamental laws, principals, and theories of chemistry and a study of selected
elements and compounds. The lab includes an introduction to techniques and equipment in the chemistry
laboratory and interpretation of experimental results. Quantitative and qualitative analysis included.
COM 101-300 HON: Public Speaking (IL)
Mr. David Bollinger Preparation and presentation of public speeches, with emphasis on reasoning, evidence, organization,
delivery, and analysis of speeches by self and others.
CSC 131-300 Intro to Computer Science (AILP)
Dr. Brittany Morago
Introduces students to computational problem-solving in the context of natural language pro-
cessing. Using examples from data and text analytics, students will learn the fundamentals of program-
ming in a high-level programming language while exploring algorithms for processing human languages
such as part-of-speech tagging, semantic analysis, data mining, and machine translation.
CRM 105-300 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Christina Lanier
CRW 201-300 Intro to Creative Writing (AILP)
Kathryn Michelle Barber Introduction to the principles and techniques of creative writing, aimed at developing the creative process.
Includes lectures, reading, and writing exercises in poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Partially satis-
fies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Aesthetic, Interpretive, and Literary Perspectives.
A separate break-out session (10 students) will be reserved for Honors students.
ECN 221-300 HON: Principles of Economics-Micro (HIB)
Allison Witman Analysis of decision-making processes and economic equilibrium for the consumer and the individual
firm at an introductory level. The student will gain a basic understanding of microeconomic principles.
The subject matter is a core component of the Cameron Business School curriculum and serves as a foun-
dation for further study in all Business School departments. Topics covered include: Economic Modeling
Building, Consumer Demand, Elasticity, Labor Supply, Capital/Savings Supply, Opportunity Cost, Com-
parative Advantage and Gains from Trade, Production Functions, Costs of Production, Factor Demand,
Profit-maximization, Product Supply, Competitive Markets & Market Equilibrium, Welfare Economics,
Market Distortions and Taxation, Market Failure, Monopoly/Cartels/Market Power, Monopsony, Natural
Monopoly, Externalities, and Asymmetric Information.
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ENG 103-301 HON: College Writing and Reading (Advanced) (COMP & IL)
Ms. Kimberly Hemingway This course is an accelerated, one-semester version of the first-year composition sequence. Honors Eng-
lish 103 seeks to incite critical thinking about a variety of local and global issues and motivate writing
based on inquiry, balance, informed voice, and a tolerant intellectual stance. It is designed specifically to
challenge the student to: familiarize oneself with a body of facts, interpretations, or opinions about a
given topic ;articulate questions that can be examined profitably through research; survey and assess
conflicting facts, interpretations, or opinions; adopt and support a position, while also remaining tolerant
toward conflicting points-of-view and acknowledging their appeal.
ENG 103-300 HON: College Writing and Reading (Advanced) (COMP & IL)
Dr. Donald Bushman This course is an accelerated, one-semester version of the first-year composition sequence. Honors Eng-
lish 103 seeks to incite critical thinking about a variety of local and global issues and motivate writing
based on inquiry, balance, informed voice, and a tolerant intellectual stance. It is designed specifically to
challenge the student to: familiarize oneself with a body of facts, interpretations, or opinions about a
given topic ;articulate questions that can be examined profitably through research; survey and assess
conflicting facts, interpretations, or opinions; adopt and support a position, while also remaining tolerant
toward conflicting points-of-view and acknowledging their appeal.
ENG 290-300 Themes in Literature: Evolution of the Vampire (University
Studies credit: AILP)
Elizabeth Ashley Bissette Sumerel Vampires. From the ghastly, ruthless monster to the sympathetic version with a conscience, these mytho-
logical creatures have fascinated readers for centuries. In this course, we will explore the ways in which
the vampire myth has evolved, as well as the common themes that seem to occur throughout every vam-
pire story. Required texts may include: Polidori’s “The Vampyre,” Le Fanu’s “Carmilla,” Stoker’s Dracu-
la, and Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire. Assignments will include short response papers, essays,
and a final project.
INT 105-300 HON: Introduction to International Studies (LGS)
Lesley Daspit This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to international
studies. It is designed for students who wish to deepen their understanding of an increasingly interdepend-
ent world and broaden their perspective on a variety of international topics. These interrelated topics
include international politics and history, global environmental issues, globalization, the global economy,
and comparative cultural studies
MAT 161-300 HON: Calculus with Analytical Geometry I (MAT&STT)
Dr. Allison Toney Calculus with Analytic Geometry (4-4) Prerequisite: MAT 112 or 115 or equivalent preparation in algebra
and trigonometry. Calculus of a single variable intended for students in the mathematical and natural
sciences. Functions and limits; differentiation with applications including maxima and minima, related
rates, approximations; theory of integration with applications; transcendental functions; infinite sequences
and series; conic sections, parametrized curves and polar coordinates; elementary differential equations.
Three lecture and two hour laboratory hours each week.
MUS 118-300 History of Rock (AILP)
Robert Nathanson
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OCN 150-300 Intro to Oceanography
Ai Ning Loh
PAR 125-300 Great Books of the World’s Religions (HPA)
Dr. Jamie Brummitt What do the Qur’an, Torah, bible, Bhagavad Gita, Analects of Confucius, Lotus Sutra, Dhammapada and
Tao Te Ching have in common They are the great books of the world’s classical religions. These diverse
bodies of literature and sacred and not so sacred ancient texts that define life and death, institutions and
communities, religions, people, and cultures, and affect how peoples live their lives ion their world. So
come let’s study the world’s peoples’ religions and cultures through their acclaimed sacred canons.
PSY 105-300 HON: General Psychology (HIB)
Erica Noles PSY 105 focuses on the scientific study of human thoughts, feeling, and behaviors. In
addition to covering important concepts, theories, and scientific knowledge from the field of psychology,
this course will foster communication skills through discussions and
presentations. Students will improve their information literacy skills through locating the primary sources
of information referenced in media coverage of psychological findings. They will also submit a final
project where they find empirical answers to questions of interest. Through applied assignments and
readings, students will focus on relating psychological knowledge to their lives and the world around
them
PSY 247-300 Abnormal Psychology
Carrie Clements
PSY 257-300 Evolutionary Psychology
Kate Bruce The field of evolutionary psychology provides an important perspective for studying human behavior.
With its roots in sociobiology, it applies evolutionary principles to investigate if, why and how our behav-
ior can be considered adaptive. In this class, we will examine the basics of evolutionary theory and its
relation to topics such as taste aversions and preferences, altruism, parenting, mate preferences, sexual
behavior, jealousy, psy-chological disorders, dominance, language and problem-solving. We will read
primary sources to complement the text.
Prerequisite: A basic understanding of biology and psychology is expected (e.g., PSY 105 and BIO 105 or
higher).
SOC 260-300 Introduction to Poverty Studies
Julia Waity
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SPN 201-300 HON: Intermediate Spanish (FLL)
Ms. Valerie Rider This course will be a seminar approach to speaking, reading, and writing Spanish for honors students who
have basic competency in the language.. Honors Spanish is an active learning experience; it’s the opposite
of passive education. Expect to be presented “problems”, questions, and situations which will require you
to think things through carefully in Spanish, then reach conclusions on your own. Our course is conducted
in Spanish; please be prepared to hear and use it at all times.
STT 215-300 Introduction to Statistics
Indranil Ghosh This course will be a seminar centered around the collection, tabulation and graphical representation of
data. Students will learn about measures of control tendency (mean, median, mode, etc.) and dispersion
(quantiles, variances, etc.), basics of classical probability and theory, measures of association, correlation,
and linear regression, and basic ideas on statistical inference (point and interval estimation, tests of hy-
potheses, etc.)
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