Honors Seminars
Dr. Len Holmes | MWF 9:05-9:55 | CRN: 20630
Substitutes for one course in Natural Science Division
An interdisciplinary examination of scientific and technological issues of current global significance. The scientific principles relating to each topic will be examined, followed by analysis of management possibilities and problems, technological applications, and implications for society. Where appropriate, laboratory experiences (both on and off campus) will be involved which expose the student to relevant techniques and methodology. Credit, 3 semester hours. Honors students receive General Education credit for a course in the Physical Science area of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division.
Dr. Conner Sandefur | TR 12:30-1:45 | CRN: 20798
Substitutes for one course in Natural Science Division
Dr. Roger Ladd | TR 2:00-3:15 | CRN: 20831
Substitutes for one course in Arts and Humanities Division Elective
Writing Enriched
HON 2000. The Humanistic Tradition I: From the Ancient World to 1500
An interdisciplinary seminar in humanities that surveys, within historical and cultural contexts, a selection of works of art, architecture, literature, music, and philosophy, Honors 2000 focuses on significant cultural legacies from the beginnings of human cultures to 1500. Credit, 3 semester hours. Honors students receive General Education credit for a course in the Divisional Electives area of Humanities.
Dr. Kelly Charlton | M 2:30-5:30 | CRN: 20789
Substitutes for one course in Social Science Division
We'll use the science of psychology to help us understand the individual’s place in society. Specifically, in this class we’ll be examining how Social Psychological Research can be applied to a variety of life domains. By the end of the semester, students will be able to understand what Applied Social Psychology is as a Field, understand how research is used to examine applied topics in Social Psychology, learn about a variety of domains in which Social Psychology is applied to improve and understand the human condition, and design their own study to apply Social Psychology to a life domain.
Dr. Mark Milewicz | MWF 9:05-9:55 | CRN: 20833
Substitutes for one course in Social Science Division
In this course we assess the individual as a citizen in a democratic society and review key readings and research about individual rights and freedoms. We will review works of James Madison as well as more contemporary political writers. There will be a focus on the issue of trust with added time devoted to free rider problems and The Tragedy of the Commons.
Dr. Joshua Kalin Busman | Online | CRN: 20835
HON 4000. Research Methods and Prospectus
Preparation of a prospectus for the thesis or project, in consultation with an advisor. Group discussion on the methodology, standards, and experience of research and criticism. Pass/Fail grading. Credit, 1 semester hour.
Dr. Joshua Kalin Busman | Online | CRN: 20838
HON 4500 Honors Thesis/Project
Preparation of a thesis or project in consultation with a faculty committee chosen by the student; presentation of the work in seminar. Independent study in the student’s major is encouraged. Credit, 3 semester hours.
Discipline-Specific Honors Courses:
Dr. Scott Hicks | MWF 9:05-9:55 | CRN: 20824
Service-Learning
According to the Department of English, Theatre & Foreign Languages, "English 1060 places students in a context for research by providing readings that invite students into an ongoing conversation in which they explore contesting perspectives in order to make their own contribution to that ongoing conversation. Within this context, students will continue to cultivate rhetorical reading practices; learn to develop a research question; locate and evaluate sources; negotiate differing perspectives; synthesize and integrate sources ethically; arrive at a claim through logical reasoning; and argue the claim in rhetorically effective forms.” In the Esther G. Maynor Honors College, ENG 1060 takes the form of a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), enriched by service-learning, that supports students as they refine and enhance skills of critical reading, research, and writing across genres and contexts and culminates in their composing an argumentative research essay.
Dr. Teagan Decker | TR 9:30-10:45 | CRN: 20825
Service-Learning
According to the Department of English, Theatre & Foreign Languages, "English 1060 places students in a context for research by providing readings that invite students into an ongoing conversation in which they explore contesting perspectives in order to make their own contribution to that ongoing conversation. Within this context, students will continue to cultivate rhetorical reading practices; learn to develop a research question; locate and evaluate sources; negotiate differing perspectives; synthesize and integrate sources ethically; arrive at a claim through logical reasoning; and argue the claim in rhetorically effective forms.” In the Esther G. Maynor Honors College, ENG 1060 takes the form of a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), enriched by service-learning, that supports students as they refine and enhance skills of critical reading, research, and writing across genres and contexts and culminates in their composing an argumentative research essay.
Dr. Anita Guynn | TR 12:30-1:45 | CRN: 20827
Service-Learning
According to the Department of English, Theatre & Foreign Languages, "English 1060 places students in a context for research by providing readings that invite students into an ongoing conversation in which they explore contesting perspectives in order to make their own contribution to that ongoing conversation. Within this context, students will continue to cultivate rhetorical reading practices; learn to develop a research question; locate and evaluate sources; negotiate differing perspectives; synthesize and integrate sources ethically; arrive at a claim through logical reasoning; and argue the claim in rhetorically effective forms.” In the Esther G. Maynor Honors College, ENG 1060 takes the form of a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE), enriched by service-learning, that supports students as they refine and enhance skills of critical reading, research, and writing across genres and contexts and culminates in their composing an argumentative research essay.
Dr. Jane Haladay | TR 11:00-12:15 | CRN: 21102/21117
Service Learning
Writing Enriched
Dr. Ryan Anderson | MWF 12:20-1:10 | CRN: 20051
Writing Enriched
Hybrid
Why have people thought of America as the land of opportunity and how have they understood the American Dream? Have we as a nation ever agreed on what success means? What roles have work, play, class, race, ethnicity, and gender played in shaping how we think about opportunity? These are the issues that we will address this semester. To help the cause, I will provide you with reading material, art, movies, songs, and lectures that balance nuts and bolts historical data with topical information. Our studies will take root in neither a grand narrative nor an interpretive story, but in the ground between these two poles. This class will function as a hybrid course. In this case we will meet twice a week for lecture and discussion. Students will work on out-of-class writing that is commensurate to the amount of time spent in and out of one class period. So, it is expected that class participants are willing and capable of working independently to meet course goals.
Contract Courses:
Traditional university courses that are tailored to meet honors requirements by requiring work that is above and beyond the normal expectations of the course. Contract courses are typically upper-level courses in a student’s major or minor department and require an “honors contract” to be developed, describing the honors component which will be added to the course. The completed Contract Course Proposal form needs to be turned into the Honors College by the end of the fourth week of the semester.