university Honors program
(HON)
College of Liberal Studies
Director: Robert Freeman
336 Wimberly Hall, 608-785-5250
University Honors Program
(Open to all qualified students in the
university) — 15
credits to include HON 100 and 490. The remaining nine credits to be
selected from any Honors courses offered except HON 395 and 399.
Note:
Honors Program course work may
be used to fulfill some of the General
Education
program and Liberal Studies and Science and Allied Health core
requirements. See pp. 73-75.
In addition to the University Honors Program listed
above, Departmental Honors programs are available in Biology, Economics,
English, Modern Languages, Geography, Microbiology, Philosophy, Physics,
Political Science/ Public Administration, Psychology and
Sociology/Archaeology.
+ above a course number indicates a General Education course.
+
HON 100 Cr. 3
Search for Values: The Enduring Quest
A survey of humanity’s search for values from an
historical frame of reference with emphasis on the contemporary world.
Prerequisite: admission to the Honors Program.
+
HON 201 Cr. 3
Dramatic Literature and Theatre Arts
From text to theatre, how does dramatic literature
translate into live performance? To read plays is but one aspect of the art
of drama. To create a theatrical performance from a playscript is to
appreciate the full artistic potential of dramatic literature.
International and multi-cultural theatre ranging from the classical to the
contemporary will be the basis for explorations into the significance and
beauty of the dramatic arts. An interdisciplinary approach in both content
and method will be used as the dramatic literature is considered in the
context of history and culture, literature and art. Prerequisite: HON 100
and good standing in the Honors Program. Offered Sem. II.
+
HON 202 Cr. 3
Body, Mind, and Well-Being
This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to
the study of the relationship between mind and body, and the consequences
of mind-body integration for individual and social well-being. Using
contributions from the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, sociology,
anthropology and biology, students investigate how mind-body integration or
its absence (the “mind-body disconnect”) are involved in
important aspects of well-being and health. Concurrent with the academic
study of the mind-body problem and well-being, students will learn and
practice behavioral and cognitive strategies for mind-body integration
borrowed from one or more training systems that focus on mind-body
integration (e.g., Akido). Prerequisite: HON 100 and good standing in the
Honors Program. Offered Sem. I.
+
HON 203 Cr. 3
Literary Studies: The Battle of the Books
The novel documents the human experience, exploring
the conflicts, confusions, passions, the ideas and ideals that have engaged
the human mind and spirit from the Ancients to the Moderns. To understand
and appreciate the potency of narration, which communicates compelling
human issues, is to understand the conventions, traditions devices,
techniques used by both past and present novelists and to recognize the
social, economic, historical, philosophical bodies of ideas that impinge on
human experience in the Western tradition. This course will explore novels
old and new, examining their contributions to provoking, informing, and
delighting the modern reader. Prerequisite: HON 100 and good standing in
the Honors Program.
+
HON 204 Cr. 3
Human Nature, Culture, and Reality
An exploration of the process of being, and remaining
human. Three major and interrelated concepts will serve as a framework for
discussion: human nature, culture, and reality. Prerequisite: HON 100 and
good standing in the Honors Program.
+
HON 205 Cr. 3
Classical Myths and Modern Literature
A survey of our quest for meaning and explanations of
both ourselves and our world as manifested in the mythologies of the world
and the reappearance of these myths in contemporary literature.
Prerequisite: HON 100 and good standing in the Honors Program.
+
HON 206 Cr. 3
Human Nature and Political Life
A survey of important ideas about human nature and
their impact in shaping political beliefs and institutions. The course will
include a summary and analysis of various important conceptions of human
nature and the influence they have had on subsequent political choices.
Selected readings will represent an array of Western and non-Western
cultures with both men and women thinkers included. Prerequisite: HON 100
and good standing in the Honors Program. Offered every two years.
+
HON 207 Cr. 3
Gender, Race, Power, and Privilege
An interdisciplinary explanation of the creation,
institutionalization, and perpetuation of social hierarchies organized
around gender, race, class, and sexual orientation. Students will explore
power and privilege in action, and examine the historical development of
patriarchy, capitalism, racism, globalism, and individualism. Through
literary, scientific, historical, and anthropological studies and
simulation games, students will analyze whether hierarchies are natural,
necessary, useful, or desirable in order to develop a deep understanding of
the challenges posed by abstract concepts like justice and equality. The
course will analyze the costs and benefits of such change, envision the
processes of social change, and investigate the uses of academic research
in solving social problems. Prerequisite: HON 100 and good standing in the
Honors Program. Offered every other year.
+
HON 220 Cr. 3
Global Roots of United States Literature
An exploration of the literatures (poems, myths,
songs, stories, drama) of multi-cultural populations of the United States
to include gender, class, and ethnicity, from pre-European contact to the
present with a focus on the oral and global roots that connect American
literature with that of the world. An interdisciplinary approach in both
content and method is used as the literature is considered in the context
of both history and culture. Prerequisite: HON 100 and good standing in the
Honors Program.
+
HON 290 Cr. 4
Science: Creative Search
for Understanding
An in-depth study of the methods of science and their
significance to science and society for students in both the sciences and
non-sciences. The development of science made possible by the development
of its investigative methods will be traced; the development of selected
scientific theories will be examined and future areas of scientific
progress and effects of science on society will be explored. Prerequisite:
HON 100 and good standing in the Honors Program.
+
HON 295 Cr. 3
Decisions in a World of
Science and Technology
An in-depth study which seeks to (a) develop the role
of science and technology in the progress of the modern world, (b) review
the utilization of science and technology in recent years especially in the
utilization of energy, and (c) prepare the student for the future
utilization of science and technology. Prerequisite: HON 100 and good
standing in the Honors Program.
HON 351 Cr. 1-3
Symposium in Honors
Topics involving interdisciplinary studies appropriate
for Honors will be offered at intervals with a specific title assigned to
each. May be staffed by resident faculty or visiting lecturers.
Prerequisite: HON 100 and good standing in the Honors Program. Repeatable
for credit — maximum 6. Variable offerings; check semester
timetables.
HON 395 Cr. 1-4
Scholarship in Practice
This is a course where individual talent and
achievement combines with social involvement. This course of service
learning emphasizes using one’s knowledge and abilities for the
advancement of others. Making connections is the very core of education,
and this course provides the opportunity to link one’s education with
projects which can serve others. Prerequisite: active standing in the
Honors Program, six hours of credit in Honors courses, and approval of the
Director of the Honors Program. Repeatable for credit. — maximum
4. Pass/Fail grading.
HON 399 Cr. 1-4
Independent Study
This course provides the student the opportunity for a
directed study in which the student can pursue intellectual interests,
explore special topics or examine a subject or issue in depth under the
mentorship of a faculty adviser/s. Repeatable for credit — maximum 4.
Prerequisite: active standing in the Honors Program, six hours of credit in
Honors courses, and approval of adviser and the Director of the Honors
Program. Repeatable for credit — maximum 4.
HON 490 Cr. 3
Seniors Honors Project
Specialized, intensive study of a focused area chosen
by the student in consultation with an adviser. The results of the project
will be presented in written form to the advisory committee and orally at
the end of the semester. Prerequisite: completion of 12 credits of Honors
course work and good standing in the Honors Program.
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