Honors Program

A different kind of learning

Future courses:

Fall 2008        Spring 2009       Summer 2009

Honors courses

Learn more about Cohorts within the Honors Program. 

Here is a listing of the courses we offer with a few of the topics that have been used in each class.

HNR 101: Introduction to Honors

The Role of Intellect in Society

  • American Dreams
  • What is Freedom?
  • Combining Cultures
  • Clones, Drones and Cyborgs
  • What's Eating U.S.?
  • Voyages of Discovery
  • Globalizing Education (HITF Cohort)
  • Business of Big Coal (IBHF Cohort)
  • Language Matters (HFIS Cohort)

HNR 301: Humanity and Nature 

  • How Does Your Garden Grow?
  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • A Sense of Place
  • Ecofeminism
  • Mammoth Cave
  • What’s So Dangerous about Darwin’s Idea?
  • What’s Recycling Got to Do with It?

HNR 302: Humanity and Society 

  • Drug Policy
  • Confronting the Holocaust
  • The Pre-Columbians
  • Investing in the Community
  • The Volunteer Spirit
  • Sex and Politics
  • Theme Parks in American Culture

HNR 303: Humanity and the Imagination 

  • American Film Musicals
  • Moby-Dick and the Arts
  • Myth and Magic
  • Music and Tyranny
  • Exploring American History through Art
  • Supermen and Wonder Women
  • Harry Potter Goes Global

HNR 304: Humanity and the Machine

  • Cryptology
  • Exploring Exotic Languages
  • Nanotechnology and Society
  • Androids, Zombies and Brains
  • Neuroethics
  • Symbols and Metaphors

HNR 306: Studies in Diversity

  • Social Justice and Civil Rights
  • Douglass and Melville
  • Global Table
  • Written World

HNR 307: Studies in Film

  • Sex, Lies and DVDs
  • Religion and Spirituality in Film
  • Rock Documentary
  • The Films of Cameron Crowe

HNR 308: The World in Transition

  • Photography and Social Change
  • Being Bob Dylan
  • The Arts for Social Change
  • Search for Self: Coming of Age Memoirs

HNR 309: World Cities/ World Cultures

  • The World of Coffee
  • Trading Places: Cultures Unite
  • The World of Chocolate
  • Plagues across Time and Space
  • World Cultures, World Food
  • Caribbean Prism

HNR 394: Special Topics  

  • Feminist Rock Music
  • The Pursuit of Happiness
  • Neurobiology
  • Commemoration Nation
  • Feral Children: Myth and Reailty
  • Grateful Dead in Communication and Culture

 

Departmental Honors courses

  • The Honors Program offers a wide range of courses in conjunction with many departments and colleges across campus. 
  • These courses have their own departmental designation.
  • These sections have the same enrollment of 15 students and focus on discussion as regular Honors courses.
  • Unlike honors courses with the HNR designation, departmental honors courses can be taken by anyone meeting the ACT or SAT requirements for admission. 
  • While these courses generally count toward general education requirements, up to two of them can count toward the Honors minor as well. 

Here are some of the departmental Honors courses

General education

  • CMST 101H: Honors Principles of Speech Comm
  • ENG 151H: Honors Freshman Composition
  • FRE 201: Honors Intermediate French I
  • GER 201: Honors Intermedate German I
  • GER 202: Honors Intermedate German II
  • HIS 194H: Honors History Seminar
  • INF 101H: Honors Computer Literacy & Info
  • MAT 115H: Honors Math for Liberal Arts
  • SCI 110H: Honors Integrative Natural Science w/ Lab
  • SPI 201: Honors Intermediate Spanish I
  • WGS 150H: Honors Intro to Women's Studies


Other courses

  • INF 101H: Honors Computer Literacy & Info
  • TAR 346: Honors History of Theatre I

NOTE: Both Honors 101 courses and Honors general education courses appear in learning communities. Check the current schedule for details.