HONORS • COURSE • OFFERINGS
Spring 2016
Dear Honors Program Students:
Congratulations on your fine academic record and welcome, or welcome back, to the Honors Program! Now is the time to think
about courses for next semester, and I have within this brochure many options. We are offering the following as 3 credit hour honors seminars which can fill a Humanities and Arts General Education requirement (HONR232H) and a Natural Sciences General
Education Requirement (HONR235H):
HONR 232H – “Films of Margarethe von Trotta” by Dr. Donald Friedman
HONR 232H – “Prometheus & Punks: Antihero in Western Civilization” by Dr. Scott Shinabargar
HONR 235H – “Study Abroad: Nutritional Biochemistry of the Mediterranean Diet” by Dr. Nicholas Grossoehme
and Prof. Michelle Wolf
We will also be offering the following 1 credit hour honors symposia:
HONR 203H – “Amish Culture” by Dr. Mark Dewalt
HONR 207H – “How to Die” by Dr. Adam Glover
HONR 208H – “Seminar on All the King’s Men” by Dr. Gloria Jones and Dr. Earl Wilcox
As well, you will find inside many interesting sections of honors courses designed specifically for you.
As Honors Program students you should become familiar with Winthrop’s Office of Nationally Competitive Awards (ONCA),
which has information about scholarships and awards for exceptional students. Please e-mail Dr. Leslie Bickford, the Director of
ONCA, at onca@winthrop.edu or go by the ONCA office in 222A Dinkins. I also want each of you to think about an opportunity
for which the groundwork should be accomplished during this spring semester, the Washington Semester Program that allows you to
live, intern and study in D.C. during the fall semester. If you are interested please come by my office in our Honors Center in The
Courtyard, or e-mail me at lyonk@winthrop.edu. I invite you to visit our space to study and relax among friends. We have a seminar room in the Honors Center and will be holding some honors classes there.
Remember that you are able to register early because you have priority registration status, and you should take advantage of this
opportunity. Good luck during registration and next semester. Should you have any questions about Honors Program requirements
please visit the Honors Program Website, www.winthrop.edu/honors, or contact me. I want to remind you that your service learning
projects must be completed in order to receive an Honors Program Degree or Honors Program Degree with International Experience.
As always, come by my office anytime or feel free to call or e-mail should you have any questions whatsoever.
Sincerely,
Kathy A. Lyon, Ph.D.
Honors Program Director
H O N O R S
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Honors Sections of
Courses
ACCT 303H; Sec. 24320 (3 credit hours)
Accounting Information Systems
TR 12:30-1:45 p.m.; CARR 221/222
Dr. Clarence Coleman
This course includes the basic concepts of accounting information
systems including both manual and computer based systems. It also
examines transactions processing systems with emphasis on internal
controls and documentation, user support systems, and systems
development.
Prerequisites: ACCT 281 with a grade of C- or better. All ACCT courses
numbered above 299 have a prerequisite of junior status. Prerequisite of
an honors course is an overall GPA of at least 3.30 and a grade of B or
better in HMXP 102H.
ARTH 175H; Sec. 23835 (3 credit hours)
Introduction to Art History from Prehistory to the Middle Ages
TR 6:30-7:45 p.m.; RUTL 119
Dr. Clara Paulino
Survey of art and architecture in the major civilizations of Egypt, the
Ancient Near East, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, Medieval Europe, India,
China, Japan, and Africa.
Prerequisites: None
ARTH 176H; Sec. 23313 (3 credit hours)
Introduction to Art History from the Renaissance to the Present
MW 12:30-1:45 p.m.; RUTL 119
Dr. Kathleen Burke
This course will be an in-depth survey of the visual arts and architecture
of the world from approximately the year 1500 to today. The emphasis
will be placed on examining, primarily, the art and design forms of the
major monuments as well as consideration of their relevance to today.
Prerequisites: None
BADM 180H; Sec. 23540 (3 credit hours)
MW 9:30-10:45 a.m.; THUR 100
Contemporary Business Issues
Dr. Patrice Burleson
This course is an introduction to management issues emphasizing the
integrative aspects of the functional areas of business. This course will
serve as a foundation for a student’s business education: Note: Lab fee
$30.
Prerequisites: None
O F F E R I N G S
BIOL 150H; Sec. 22618 (3 credit hours)
MWF 11-11:50 a.m.; KINA 305
Elements of Living Systems
Prof. Cassandra Bell
BIOL 150H is a course designed to introduce non-science majors to the
unifying principles of biology. Ecological and evolutionary concepts
are the base of the course and will connect to all other topics. The
students will move through various levels of organization and cover
topics such as energy use and acquisition, biodiversity, animal behavior,
genetics, cells and molecules of life. Throughout the semester there
will be focus on both the nature of science and real-world issues related
to the course topics.
Prerequisites: None
BIOL 205H; Sec. 22860 (4 credit hours)
General Botany
MW 9:30-10:45 a.m.; SIMS 113B
W 12:30-3:15 p.m.; DALT 136
Dr. Kunsiri C. Grubbs
General Botany is a course designed to provide students with a
comprehensive overview of the basic processes and structures in
plants, with an emphasis on plant cell and tissue types, organization
of tissues in relation to their functions, reproduction, heredity, plant
biotechnology, and plant diversity. The basic concepts are acquired
through discussion and application activities. As part of the laboratory,
there will be a plant tissue culture component and field trips.
Prerequisites: BIOL 204
BIOL 480H; Sec. 24186 (3 credit hours)
MW 5-6:15 p.m.; DALT 206
Integration of Biological Principles
Dr. Paula Mitchell
This course is intended for biology majors who have completed most
of the academic program in their major and are in their penultimate
or final semester before graduation. The focus of the course is on
analysis and historical development of unifying concepts in biology.
Essentially this is a readings colloquium, but will involve lectures,
written assignments, oral presentations, and e-mail correspondence in
addition to class discussions. Contemporary essays, books, and novels
will supplement the textbook readings.
Prerequisites: BIOL 203, 204, 205, 206, 300, CHEM 106, 108, senior
standing, and courses already completed representing three of the four
biology areas (A, B, C, D).
CHEM 552H; Sec. 22947 (3 credit hours)
Research
F 8-8:50 a.m.; SIMS 113C
Dr. James M. Hanna
This course is an independent research course in Chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHEM 551
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C O U R S E
CRTW 201H (3 credit hours)
Critical Reading, Thinking and Writing
TR 2-3:15 p.m.; Sec. 22419 (BANC 264)
Prof. Evelyne Weeks
WF 12:30-1:45 p.m.; 22418 (BANC 264)
Prof. Amanda Hiner
CRTW 201H focuses on critical reading, critical thinking, and
deliberative/argumentative writing and builds upon the skills
acquired in WRIT 101. Human beings are innate problem solvers;
this course will encourage thought that is more deliberate, analytical,
thorough, informed, and creative. While this course is predominately
a writing course, we will use critical reading and critical thinking
as the springboards for the deliberative writing we produce. Critical
thinking, as this course defines it, is the process we use to identify a
problem, discover the possible causes of the problem, consider various
approaches to the problem, gather and evaluate opinions and evidence
concerning the problem, develop strategies for solving the problem, and
propose and defend a solution or partial solution to the problem.
Successful critical thinking employs both inductive and deductive
reasoning, draws upon primary and secondary resources for evidence
and support, evaluates multiple viewpoints and methods, considers
both the immediate and the long-term consequences of actions, avoids
errors in logic and method, and recognizes the limitations that cultural
experiences and individual temperaments place on our perceptions.
Prerequisites: WRIT 101 and HMXP 102
ECON 215H; Sec. 22964 (3 credit hours)
TR 2-3:15 p.m.; THUR 306
Principles of Microeconomics
Dr. Gary Stone
This course focuses on the economic behavior of individual decisionmaking units in society with development of the concepts of consumer
choice and business firm behavior under different market conditions.
Prerequisites: None
ECON 216H; Sec. 23058 (3 credit hours)
TR 9:30-10:45 a.m.; THUR 100
Principles of Macroeconomic
Dr. Gary Stone
This course is an analysis of macroeconomic topics including the
factors affecting economic growth, inflation and unemployment.
Prerequisites: ECON 215.
EDUC 200H; Sec. 24222 (3 credit hours)
TBA
Developmental Sciences and the Context of Poverty
Dr. Scott Rademaker
This is a lecture and field-based course that explores the six strands of
growth and development from preschool to adolescence. Significant
time will be devoted to the application of these strands to working with
students living in poverty. Topics include motivation, self-regulation,
O F F E R I N G S
and families and communities. Notes: A grade of C or better is required
for teacher education majors/minors. This course cannot be taken for
S/U credit. Approximately 18 hours of field work will be completed for
this course.
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in EDUC 101
ENGL203H; Sec. 24104 (3 credit hours)
MW 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; OWEN 109
Major British Authors
Dr. William Naufftus
This course is the study of the major periods, literary forms, and
issues that characterize British literature, with a consideration of
representative major works and authors over the course of British
literary history.
Prerequisites: WRIT 101
HMXP 102H (3 credit hours)
The Human Experience: Who Am I?
WF 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Sec. 22789; OWEN 203
TBA
TR 12:30-1:45 p.m.; Sec. 22790; BANC 270
TBA
TR 9:30-10:45 a.m.; Sec. 22994; BANC 270
TBA
The Human Experience explores ways of defining, describing,
discussing, thinking about, and understanding the “self.” It focuses
on questions that are critical to your understanding of yourselves and
how you become a part of a university. To begin the course, you will
explore and reflect on notions (myths) of education and “self” with
which you come to college. Beyond this introduction, the course has
four sections: The Self and Nature; The Autonomous Self; The Self
and Community; The Self and the Sacred. As we investigate different
topics, we will use and develop skills and attitudes essential to building
and participating in a learning community. The course works on
several levels. The material flows from the isolated individual “self”
to a “self” imbedded in various communities with different “sacred”
ideals. As we explore the various topics, you will engage in the
fundamental academic activity of “trying on” different perspectives
and opinions and understanding how things look from the “over
there.” You will confront and deal with substantive material that often
challenges the attitudes and beliefs with which you come to us. In
the process, you will apply and develop the critical thinking abilities,
as the classroom becomes a learning community where you question,
discuss, and argue without being threatened.
Prerequisites: WRIT 101
H O N O R S
C O U R S E
MATH 201H (4 credit hours)
Calculus I
MWF 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; KINA 101; Sec. 23135
Dr. Frank Pullano
This course covers limits, continuity, and the definition of the
derivatives; techniques of differentiation, graphing, maximum/minimum
and related rate problems; definite integrals and the fundamental
theorem of calculus. Notes: Lab Fee: $15. Credit will not be allowed for
MATH 105 and MATH 201.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MATH 101 or satisfactory score
on Mathematics placement exam.
Corequisites: Math 104 or satisfactory score on Mathematics placement
exam. A grade of C or better in MATH 101 replaces these corequisites.
MATH 202H; Sec. 22951 (4 credit hours)
MWF 9:30-10:45 a.m.; OWEN 203
Calculus II Honors
Dr. Thomas Polaski
This course is a continuation of the calculus in one variable. Methods
from Calculus I, in addition to new techniques, will be applied to
the study of integration, differential equations, sequences and series.
Applications will be given in a variety of disciplines. The course will
provide prerequisite material for a continued study in both mathematical
topics and related scientific disciplines. Specific topics include:
applications of integration, techniques of integration, improper integrals,
sequences, series, power series, elementary differential equations, conic
sections, and polar coordinates.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MATH 201 and MATH 101 or
104 with grades of C or better or satisfactory score on Mathematics
placement exam. Corequisites: MAED 200 (can be taken as
prerequisite).
MATH 301H, Sec. 23143 (4 credit hours)
MWF 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; KINA 211
Calculus III
Dr. Kristen Abernathy
In this course, we will study the techniques from the calculus of one
variable. Additionally, new techniques will be applied to the study of
vectors and functions of multiple variables. Applications will be given in
a variety of disciplines. Specific topics include: vectors in two and three
dimensions, calculus of vector-valued functions, functions of several
variables, partial derivatives, applications of partial derivatives, multiple
integration, and vector analysis.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MATH 202 or MATH 202H.
Corequisites: MAED 200 (can be taken as a corequisite or prerequisite).
O F F E R I N G S
NUTR 471H, Sec. 23865 (3 credit hours)
INTR
Food and Nutrition Management II
Dr. Mary Moorachian
This course studies the principles of menu planning, quantity food
purchasing, production and service, and nutrition management
principles.
Prerequisite: NUTR 371
PLSC 490H, Sec. 23411 (3 credit hours)
TR 12:30–1:45 p.m.; BANC 339
Senior Capstone in Political Science
In this course students explore the development of Political Science as a
discipline and write a lengthy paper on a Political Science topic of their
choice. This course can be taken by political science majors to write the
honors thesis.
PSYC 213H; Sec. 23928 (3 credit hours)
TR 9:30–10:45 a.m.; OWEN G02
Abnormal Psychology
Dr. Sarah Reiland
This course is an introduction to abnormal behaviors including, but
not limited to, anxiety disorders, affective disorders, schizophrenia and
dissociative disorders.
Prerequisites: PSYC 101
SOCL 201H; Sec. 24003 (3 credit hours)
WF 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; KINA 102
Principles of Sociology
Dr. Maria Aysa-Lastra
This course is an introduction to the perspectives, approaches and basic
concepts used in the sociological study of human social behavior.
Prerequisites: None
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Honors courses
HONR232H; Sec. 23672 (3 credit hours)
W 5-7:45 p.m.; KINA 018
The Films of Margarethe von Trotta
Dr. Donald Friedman
Margarethe von Trotta, whose career spans from 1968 to the present,
has won international acclaim as a foremost woman director and
screenwriter of Germany and the New Europe. Her films are intensive
and riveting investigations of women’s experience in private and
political spheres. She is known as a consummate psychologist and
seismographer of psychic energies in biopics on women as diverse as
the revolutionary, Rosa Luxemburg, the medieval mystic, Hildegarde
of Bingen, and the philosopher of the holocaust, Hannah Arendt. We
will study von Trotta’s films on the intensely symbiotic relationships
of sisters, mothers and daughters, as well as those focused on women’s
private experience at times of political unrest and terrorism. We
will consider Margarethe von Trotta’s work as a film actress, her
collaborations with her former husband, and her impressive body of
continuous work. The course will be taught in English with films shown
with subtitles. Basic texts, Antigone, The Lost Honor of Katharina
Blum, the visions of Hildegarde will enhance discussion. Margarethe
von Trotta defines her cinema: “I am always attracted to a woman who
has to fight for her own life and her own reality, who has to get out of
a certain situation of imprisonment, to free herself. This is perhaps the
main theme in all of my films.”
Prerequisites: WRIT101
HONR 232H; Sec. 24086 (3 credit hours)
TR 3:30-4:45 p.m.; KINA 207
Prometheus & Punks: The Antihero in Western Civilization
Dr. Scott Shinabargar
Increasingly in the modern era, figures who refuse to conform to the
dominant values of society – instead basing their actions on individual
conscience (or absence of conscience) and force of will – have held a
unique fascination for members of the very society rejected. This class
will familiarize students with some of most significant of these figures,
in a number of genres—in literature and philosophy* (Byron’s Manfred;
Goethe’s Faust; Dostoevsky’s Stavrogin; Nietzsche’s “uberman;”
Camus’ The Stranger; film, including The Samourai, The Good, The
Bad, and the Ugly, V For Vendetta, Batman/The Joker in The Dark
Knight; and popular music of the Who, Iggy and the Stooges, the New
York/British Punk movements. By the end of the semester, students
should be able to reflect on each manifestation of the anti-hero, in
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the context of the following questions: Do these figures serve as an
ultimately positive, humanistic force for good, in their revolt against
the “system,” or do they merely express the destructive impulses
of unrepentant narcissism? To what degree is their popularity with
the (young, in particular) public due to image, and to what degree,
substance? As a channel for those impulses that are repressed by the
social order, at what point is this mode of catharsis healthy and perhaps
necessary for the survival of that order, and at what point, dangerous?
* Students will not be expected to read all of these works in their
entirety.
Prerequisite: WRIT101
HONR 235H; Sec. 23886 (3 credit hours)
TBA
Study Abroad: Nutritional Biochemistry of the Mediterranean Diet
Dr. Nicholas Grossoehme/Prof. Michelle Wolf
This course will investigate the foods and health benefits of the
Mediterranean diet. Course material will cover basic scientific concepts
and molecule structures that are important to understand the chemical
basis of the nutritional aspects associated with this diet. This course
will culminate in a 10-11 day trip to Italy and France to investigate
the culture, community, and lifestyle that is associated with the
Mediterranean. There is a required fee of $3,839 for travel.
Prerequisites: WRIT101
HONR 450H; Sec. 21648 (3 credit hours)
TBA; CTYD 136
Thesis Research
Dr. Kathy Lyon
This course is an in depth independent inquiry into a selected topic
within the student’s major program of study. The student will conduct
research with a professor of his or her choosing who will serve as the
honors thesis director. The student, on the advice of the thesis director,
will also select two readers to serve as advisors for the research.
Restricted: Students writing the honors thesis.
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Honors symposia
O F F E R I N G S
HONR 208H; Sec. 24085 (1 credit hour)
TR 5-6:15 p.m.; DINK 103
Seminar on All the King’s Men
HONR 203H; Sec. 24087 (1 credit hour)
Dr. Gloria Jones and Dr. Earl Wilcox
F 12-12:50 p.m.; WITH 309
This
is
a
half-semester
course ending on March 1. This course focuses
Amish Culture
on the text of a classic American novel, one of the most recognized
Dr. Mark Dewalt
This course will be a study of the Amish Culture in the United States and political novels in American literature. In addition to a close reading,
Canada. After exploring Amish history, we will discover what it is like to discussion will encourage students to explore some broader perspectives
be Amish in a post-industrial society including being ‘in’ but not ‘of’ the offered by the themes of a book written by an esteemed literary critic,
poet, and fiction writer. The politics of power and personal obligations
larger society. We will study educational practices, family life, farming
practices, child-rearing, horse and buggy transportation, dress, language, juxtaposed against the historical value of individual good deeds gives the
study important overtones relating uniquely to the American political
and favorite foods. As we explore these topics in detail, we will learn
scene – especially the American South. The blending of literary and
why the Amish practice certain beliefs and behaviors. In addition, we
will learn about religious practices and the role that the Ordnung plays in historical themes, along with philosophical questions about the nature
the everyday life of the Amish. The course will end with a discussion of of right and wrong, good and evil, and the consequences of actions, may
have special significance in a year of an American presidential election.
social change and the future of the Amish people in North America.
Prerequisites: None
Prerequisites: None
HONR 207H; Sec. 24084 (1 credit hour)
M 5-6:15 p.m.; CTYD 136
How to Die
Dr. Adam Glover
In a 1797 letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, Benjamin Franklin famously
wrote: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death
and taxes.” Franklin, of course, was only half right: you do not have to
pay your taxes (though you should). But you will die. Sooner or later,
your heart will stop beating; your brain will stop working; and you will
cease, in every relevant sense, to be the person you are today. But what
are we to make of this fact? This course aims to explore a series of
issues that emerge as we reflect on our own mortality. Material will be
organized into three broad units. We will begin by asking whether we
can reasonably expect something like immortality or life after death. If
so, why? How would it work? If not, why not? In the second section,
we will take up the question of how, if at all, the knowledge that we will
die ought to affect the way we live. How ought we to organize our lives
in light of our inevitable death? In the third section, we will examine
issues surrounding the ethics of death and dying. For instance, is suicide
morally problematic? If so, why? What about euthanasia? If I have a
“right to life,” as the Constitution claims, do I also have a right to death?
The course will be driven by reading and discussion, with a substantial
emphasis on student participation.
Prerequisites: None
HONR 451H; Sec. 22770 (1 credit hour)
Sunday 4-4:50 p.m.; DINK Auditorium
Honors Thesis Symposium
Dr. Kathy Lyon
This symposium is designed for honors students currently writing the
honors thesis. Lively discussion of research topics chosen by each
student will be shared in a seminar format. The students will also be
engaged in the “how to” of thesis research including topic selection,
library research and thesis guidelines, timelines, and deadlines. Each
student will also be required to submit a paper of his/her thesis research
at the Senior Thesis Colloquium and the Southern Regional Honors
Council Conference or Winthrop’s SOURCE conference.
Restricted: Students writing the honors thesis.