The Honors Scholars College
Honors Courses
Summer/Fall 2016
Honors Courses
Summer/Fall 2016
Dr. Kate Bruce, Director
bruce@uncw.edu
Dr. Jennifer Horan, Associate Director
horanj@uncw.edu
Ms. Peggy Styes, Progr am Manager
styesp@uncw.edu
Ms. Morgan Alexander, Office Manager
rillingm@uncw.edu
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 2015-2016 UNCW Undergraduate Catalog for a more
detailed description of the program requirements.
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Honors Summer I 2016 Courses
Course and Call #
HON 210-300
Cinematic Adaptions of Lit
# 62934
Meeting times
MTWR
10:15-12:20 pm
LH 108
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Instructor
Raymond Burt
HONORS 110 Freshman Seminar
(Choose Any Section)
Course and Call #
HON 110-300
Peace Psychology
# 10543
Meeting Times
TR 12:30-1:45
CH 135
Instructor
Kim Sawrey
HON 110-302
Literary Explorations of Place
# 10552
TR 12:30-1:45
LH 132
Bill Atwill
HON 110-303
Biomedical Research and Ethics
in the Genomics era
# 10554
HON 110-304
Animal Einstein’s or not?
# 10556
TR 12:30-1:45
NS2 1020
Arthur Frampton
TR 12:30-1:45
RL 2007
Kate Bruce
HON 110-305
What is Science?
# 10558
HON 110-306
The Politics of Human
Trafficking
#12985
TR 12:30-1:45
LH 254A
Diane Dodd
TR 12:30-1:45
DL 213
Jennifer Horan
HON 110-307
The Circus of Community
#15217
TR 12:30-1:45
LH 139
Michelle Britt
HON 110-308
TBA
# 16807
TR 12:30– 1:45
NS2 1021
Jimmy Reeves
Honors Enrichment Seminars
Course and Call #
Meeting Times
Instructor
HON 120-300
Biological Research
# 10561
M 2:00-2:50
BR 102
Robert Condon
W 9:00-9:50
CH 135
Ethan Watson
(Not Open to First Year Students)
HON 120-302
Survey of Business Research
# 11862
(Not Open to First Year Students)
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Honors Enrichment Seminars
Course and Call #
HON 120-303
Emotional Fitness
# 13868
HON 120-304
The Immediacy of Film Trailers
# 15220
Meeting Times
T 5:00-5:50 pm
RL 2007
Instructor
Becca McConn
M 11:00-11:50 am
BR 102
Zackary Underwood
HON 120-305
Sizzling Hot Cinema
#13959
W Alternating
5:00-7:00 pm
Cornerstone TBA
Sue and Stef Richardson
HON 120-306
The Politics of 2016
Lyceum trip required $275
#15699
R 11:00– 11:50 am
RL 2007
Aaron King
HON 120-307
Avant-Garde Theatre in
Performance
#16808
HON 120-308: An introduction to
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
#17039
(Only for first semester freshmen)
W 10:00-10:50 am
NS2 1021
Charles Grimes
TR 5:00-7:00 pm
Nathaniel Grove
HON 121-300
Art Museums in DC: A National
Cultural Heritage.
Lyceum Trip Required $275
#14902
NSG 112-300
Survey of Professional
Nursing
# 11369
W 1:00– 1:50
RL 2007
John Myers
T 2:00– 2:50
MC 1030
Jeanne Kemppainen
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Honors Interdisciplinary Seminars
Course and Call #
HON 210-300
The Rhetoric of Conspiracy
#15218
HON 210-301
The Birth of Democracy: Ancient
Athens
# 10568
HON 210-302
Traveling by Time Machine:
Fiction About the Past
# 12593
HON 210-303
FutureCasting
#15219
HON 210-304
The Nature of Evil: The Faust
Legend and its Cultural
Meditation
#16897
Meeting Times
TR 9:30-10:45 am
BR 208
Instructor
David Bollinger
TR 11:00-12:15 pm
LH 110
David Hoot
R 3:30-6:15pm
RL 2007
Dana Sachs
MW 2:00-3:15
TL 1006
Angela Housand
TR 9:30-10:45 am
BR 102
Raymond Burt
HONORS UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Course and Call #
BIO 201-300
Principles of Biology: Cell
#11529
CHM 101-300
HON: Chemistry 101
# 10333
COM 101-300
HON: Public Speaking
#12959
CRW 201-300
HON: Introduction to Creative
Writing
#10368
ENG 103-300
HON: College Writing &
Reading (Advanced)
# 10500
Meeting Times
TR 5-7:45 pm
DO 104
Instructor
Ann Stapleton
TR 2:00-3:15pm
DO 132
F 8:00-10:50 am Lab
DO 123
R 7:30– 9:30 (pm)
DO 132
MWF 10:00-10:50
LH 139
Mike Messina
T 12:30-1:45
DL 114
R 12:30-1:45
BR 101
MWF 11:00– 11:50 am
MO 208
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David Bollinger
Wendy Brenner
Kimberly Hemingway
HONORS UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Course and Call #
ENG 103-301
HON: College Writing &
Reading (Advanced)
#14692
ENG 290-300
HON: Introduction to
Science Fiction
# 13758
ECN 221-300
HON: Principles of
Economics– Micro
#16542
HST 105-300
HON: US History
1700-1865
#12531
HST 205-300
HON: History of Science I:
Antiquity to the
Scientific Revolution
#15439
INT 105-300
HON: Introduction to
International Studies
# 12635
MAT 161-300
HON: Calculus
# 12704
OCN 150-300
HON: Introduction to
Oceanography
#15530
PAR 125-300
HON: Great Books of the
World’s Religions
#10448
PAR 201-300
HON: History of Western
Philosophy I
#11859
Meeting Times
MW 3:30– 4:45 pm
BR 160
Instructor
Rory Laverty
TR 11:00– 12:15 pm
MO 206
Nicholas Laudadio
TR 2:00-3:15 pm
CH 211
Chris Dumas
MWF 10:00-10:50 am
RL 2007
Ken Shefsiek
MWF 9:00-9:50
RL 2007
Nathan Crowe
TR 5:00– 6:15 pm
LH 132
Bei Gau
MWF 9-9:50 am
M 1-1:50 pm
OS 2005
TR 9-9:50 am
OS 2006
TR 9:30-10:45
DL 101
Daniel Guo
Andrea Hawkes
TR 9:30-10:45 am
BR 200
Sam Murrell
TR 11-12:15 pm
BR 261
Tom Schmidt
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HONORS UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Course and Call #
PLS 101-300
HON: American National
Government
#14269
PSY 105-300
HON: Introduction to
Psychology
# 10542
PSY 256-300
HON: Brain and Behavior
#15295
PSY 457
HON: Animal Behavior
#10633
SOC 215-300
HON: Modern Social
Problems
#15506
SPN 201-300
HON: Intermediate
Spanish I
# 12835
WGS 210-300
Introduction to Women's
Studies
#15946
Meeting Times
TR 2-3:15
LH 254 A
Instructor
Aaron King
TR 11:00-12:15
TL 2011
Bill Overman
TR 9:30– 10:45am
TL 2008
Antonio Puente
MWF 11:00-11:50 am
TL 2012
Damon Kim Sawrey
TR 11-12:15 pm
BR 101
Kristen DeVall
MWF 11:00-11:50
NS2 1020
Valerie Rider
TR 3:30-4:45 pm
MO 201
William McCarthy
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 independent scholarship.
Emphasis on discussion; required student projects.
HON 110- 300 Honors Freshman Seminar: Peace Psychology
Dr. Kim Sawrey
This seminar is an introduction to the growing field of peace psychology with an emphasis on the causes of
violence and the methods available to reduce violence. Topics will include intimate violence, structural violence, genocide, conflict resolution, non-violence, reconciliation, restorative justice, and strategies for structural peacebuilding. While many basic concepts will be introduced using historical examples, applications will be
sought for current national and international situations.
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Honors Freshman Interdisciplinary Seminars
HON 110-302 Honors Freshman Seminar: Explorations of Place in Literature and Art
Dr. Bill Atwill
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 familiar 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 techniques of various
authors this term will help you develop your own literary memoir of your exploration 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 and Ethics in the
Genomics era
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 presentations.
HON 110-304 Honors Freshman Seminar: Animal Einsteins—or Not?
Dr. Kate Bruce
How do we know what animals know? Are animals intelligent or just trainable? Or are those the same? In this
seminar, we will explore the field of animal cognition. We will use the book Animal Wise to explore what we
know or think we know about the minds of animals such as ants, birds, fish, rats, elephants, dolphins, chimps,
and canids. Are humans smart enough to design studies to test for animal intelligence? We will supplement the
book with primary source readings as well as popular press.
HON 110-305 Honors Freshman Seminar: What is Science?
Dr. Diane Dodd
The words “science” and “scientist” conjure up interesting, but not always accurate, thoughts in the general
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.
HON 110-306 Honors Freshman Seminar: The Politics of Human Trafficking
Dr. Jennifer Horan
The academic study of human trafficking is a new but critically important area. Human trafficking is the act of
transporting people for the purpose of exploitation. As the forces of globalization deepen and increase the
permeability of borders, both geographic and digital, trafficking in persons has resulted in levels of slavery that
are unprecedented. This course will examine the politics of trafficking - causes, consequences and responses.
HON 110-307 Honors Freshman Seminar: The Circus of Community
Michelle Britt
This seminar will encourage students to engage with both UNCW and the local community through inquiry,
exploration and creative process. We will explore the composition of community; what defines a town? What
does this definition suggest? What does it imply about collective and individual identity? Through a variety of
readings, assignments, and interdisciplinary activities involving research, writing, and critical thinking, students will come to recognize the many ways they, UNCW, and society are connected and how these connections lead to a greater understanding and appreciation of both self and others.
HON 110-308 Honors Freshman Seminar: TBA
Jimmy Reeves
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Honors Enrichment Seminars
(One Credit Hour)
HON 120-300 Survey of Biological Research
Robert Condon
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.
*NOT OPEN TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS*
HON 120-302 Survey of Business Research
Dr. Ethan Watson
This seminar is designed specifically for second-year students planning or considering majoring in business. 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.
*NOT OPEN TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS*
HON 120-303 Emotional Fitness
Dr. Becca McConn
This seminar will focus on developing skills in the areas of positive sleep hygiene, managing time and stress,
building resiliency, managing interpretations, healthy communication, expressing emotions, managing
perfectionism, dealing with failure, grief/loss, and building healthy relationships. The seminar will be highly
experiential and rely heavily on participation. The course will incorporate the completion of journal entries
weekly, class participation, and an end of semester project based on an emotional fitness topic of choice. The
course will utilize various articles, activities, and possibly a book as the material. The objectives include
students developing knowledge, self-awareness, and the ability to implement learned skills on various topics
related to emotional fitness.
HON 120-304 The Immediacy of Film Trailers
Mr. Zackary Underwood
Wouldn’t it be great if you could watch a film in just a few minutes? Students in this course will investigate
the aesthetics of film trailers to decipher their structure and message. Film trailers and their editing will be
examined piece by piece to gain an understanding of building suspense, sharing emotions, stereotypes, and
marketing to a particular population. Students will explore the demand for immediacy in today’s culture and
how their own lives are similar or different from film trailers. Through discussions, interactive activities and
guest speakers, students will create a foundation for understanding film trailers and create their own trailer for
the Honors College to dive into the world of purposeful editing. Previous filmmaking or editing experience is
not required.
HON 120-305 Sizzling Hot Cinema
Sue and Stef Richardson
Ready to cook up some romance, family melodrama, or even animated film? Then take this course about the
critical connections between cuisine and the cinema. In it we will screen films that treat cooking as a subject,
analyze them for their thematic and aesthetic values, and then search for cultural connections between the
films and cuisine. Possible films to screen include Soul Food, Ratatouille, No Reservations, and Vicky Christina Barcelona. If you have an appetite for a different type of learning, then take this course and satisfy that
craving. Note: This class meets alternate Wednesdays for two hours. There will be a $20 charge for this class.
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Honors Enrichment Seminars
HON 120-306 The Politics of 2016– Lyceum Trip Required $275
Aaron King
In this enrichment seminar, we will follow the "Road to the White House" during the last few months of the
2016 presidential race, which is already one of the most unique elections in recent memory. We will connect
current events with academic research on the presidency, campaigns and elections, and the media. Rather than
relying only on their personal, often partisan, beliefs, students will learn to analyze political events from an
objective and scientific perspective. In addition to analyzing the 2016 campaign (speeches, debates, etc), the
highlight of this class will be our participation in the Honors Lyceum to Washington, DC. In the end, students
will come away with a new appreciation for the political process as well as the academic study of political
phenomena.
HON 120-307 Avant-Garde Theatre in Performance
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-offBroadway 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 120-308: An introduction to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) at UNCW (Only for first semester freshmen)
Nathaniel Grove
Provides an overview of the various STEM programs and opportunities at UNCW. Students will learn about
the STEM majors offered on campus, investigate possible STEM-related careers (including professional
school, high school teaching, and graduate school), network with former and current UNCW STEM students
and faculty, receive information about STEM-specific scholarships and fellowships, and explore the myriad
research and internships available. This course will require a series of reflective writing assignments and is
specifically designed for first-year students.
HON 121-300 Art Museums in DC: A National Cultural Heritage- Lyceum trip
required $275
Dr. John Myers
This course will survey the art museums on the National Mall. Students will be involved in researching how
and why these museums were created, the ways in which the museums acquired collections through patronage
and purchases, and the importance of these collections for the national cultural heritage. The course will involve discussions and student presentations on the topics listed above. Students will also receive instruction in
the experience of works of art in a museum context. Also taken into consideration will be how each museum
on the Mall is a unique expression of an aspect of the national cultural heritage. The “Exploration Beyond the
Classroom” component of the course will involve the application of acquired knowledge and skills in visits to
several museums during the Honors Fall Lyceum trip to Washington D.D. in October.
NSG 112-300 Survey of Professional Nursing
Dr. Jeanne Kemppainen
Provides an overview of nursing as a profession for potential applicants to the School of Nursing. Examines
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.
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Honors Interdisciplinary Seminars
*First semester students are not eligible to sign up for HON 210 classes*
HON 210-300 The Rhetoric of Conspiracy
Mr. David Bollinger
Examines the tropes and rhetorical patterns inherent in conspiracy theory thinking, in its construction phase
to its implementation phase.
HON 210-301 The Birth of Democracy: Ancient Athens
Dr. David Hoot
21st century democracy has its origins in ancient Athens, but in many ways Athenian democracy is alien to
our modern conceptions of self –government. This class will explore both the operation and the ideology of
Athenian demokratia by tracing the development of direct democracy from its origins in the fifth century,
through the crucible of the Peloponnesian War, to its demise after the Macedonian conquest. We will read
broadly in the primary sources drawing from a variety of genres including comedy (Aristophanes), oratory
(Demosthenes), history (Thucydides), and philosophy (Plato & Aristotle), as well as legal inscriptions. These
sources, encompassing both proponents and critics of democracy, provide a variety of perspectives through
which students can develop a more well-rounded view of democracy. By the end of the course, students
should be able to give a description of the Athenian constitution and how it developed over time, evaluate the
biases of various ancient sources, summarize the arguments for and against direct democracy, and draw
comparisons between ancient and modern methods and philosophies of self-government. Students’ research
skills will be honed by in-class presentations on a variety of topics and by a final research paper.
HON 210-302 Traveling By Time Machine: Fiction About the Past
Ms. Dana Sachs
Creative writing has inspired a famous maxim: “Write what you know.” But what if you want to write about
Queen Elizabeth and you don’t know much about 16th Century England? What if you want to set a love
story during the Great Depression, but you didn’t live through that period yourself? For centuries, great writers (think of Homer, Shakespeare, Cervantes, or Hawthorne) have created masterpieces of historical fiction
that bring to life periods they didn’t actually live through. To succeed, they immersed themselves in whatever
materials they could find to enrich their sense of the period, then used that knowledge, plus their imagination,
to recreate those worlds in their fiction. In this class, we will also create works of historical fiction. To do so,
the class will, first, read exemplary work of historical fiction by such writers as Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Cynthia Ozick, and Annie Proulx. Second, each student will delve deeply into a historical period and
through research in libraries, archives and online (and, perhaps, through interviews and travel) develop a
deep and rich understanding of that era. Finally, we will use our research as the foundation for several completed works of fiction, which will be written, revised, and critiqued in class over the course of the semester.
HON 210-303 FutureCasting
Dr. Angela Housand
FutureCasting is a life skills course that enables participants to take control of their digital identity and personl reputation, identify the value systems that influence choices, define personal and professional goals, and
build influence in a global society.
HON 210-304 The Nature of Evil: The Faust Legend and its Cultural Meditation
Dr. Raymond Burt
In this course we will trace the Faustian theme of pacts with the devil from its historical roots to its manifestations in both artistic and popular culture- from chap books, folktales, puppet theater, plays, books, paintings
and films. Artists and writers reshaped the legend to reflect the spirit of their times and the philosophical and
intellectual approaches to human nature and its relationship to evil. The seminar is primarily a literature
course looking at the works of Christopher Marlowe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Thomas Mann.
Additionally other cultural interpretations will be considered, such F.W. Murnau’s film Faust, Istvan Szabo’s
Mephisto, and Charles Gounod’s opera Faust. As befits a seminar, student participation and independent
research will enrich the course.
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BIO 201-300 HON: Cell Biology
Dr. Ann Stapleton
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
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
Dr. David Bollinger
Preparation and presentation of public speeches, with emphasis on reasoning, evidence, organization, delivery, and analysis of speeches by self and others.
CRW 201-300 HON: Introduction to Creative Writing
Dr. Wendy Brenner
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 nonfiction. Partially satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Aesthetic, Interpretive, and Literary Perspectives.
A separate break-out session (10 students) will be reserved for Honors students.
ENG 103-300 HON: College Writing and Reading (Advanced)
Kimberly Hemingway
This course is an accelerated, one-semester version of the first-year composition sequence. Honors
English 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 103-301 HON: College Writing and Reading (Advanced)
Dr. Rory Laverty
This course is an accelerated, one-semester version of the first-year composition sequence. Honors
English 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.
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ENG 290-300 HON: Themes in Literature: Gothic Rising
Dr. Nicholas Laudadio
This course will follow the development of the Gothic in literature from its inception to present. The genre
characteristically deals with such things as the supernatural, sexual ambiguity, violence, perversions, and
myriad marginalized social human practices and beliefs, and although it may not seem it, the works belonging
to this genre follow well-developed and highly complex structures. Using psychoanalytic and genre theory,
we’ll analyze the Gothic as both literary and social phenomenon in order to reveal, among other things, how
this genre of deviance, which is more pervasive today than ever, and how it functions to define less “deviant”
genres, from children’s tales to romance novels and historical fiction.
ECN 211-300 HON: Principles of Economics
Dr. Chris Dumas
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 foundation for further
study in all Business School departments. Topics covered include: Economic Modeling Building, Consumer
Demand, Elasticity, Labor Supply, Capital/Savings Supply, Opportunity Cost, Comparative 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.
HST 105-300 HON: US History to 1865
Dr. Ken Shefsiek
American history from the pre-colonial period to the beginning of Reconstruction. Examines the impact of the
country’s cultural diversity through the study of the arts, law, politics, war, religion, technology, and the
emergence of the regional economic system.
HST 205-300 HON: History of Science I: Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution
Dr. Nathan Crowe
The history of science from antiquity (ancient Babylon and Greece) to the 17th century. Topics include the rise
of natural philosophy in Greece, medieval universities, Copernicus and the 16th century revolution in
astronomy, Renaissance medicine and anatomy, and Isaac Newton’s mathematical study of gravitation.
INT 105-300 HON: Introduction to International Studies
Dr. Florentina Andreescu
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 interdependent
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
Dr. Daniel Guo
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.
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OCN 150-300 HON: Introduction to Oceanography
Dr. Andrea Hawkes
An introduction to the geology, physics, chemistry, and biology of the ocean; instruments and techniques of
oceanography; resources of the ocean. The lab for this course is OCNL 150.
PAR 125-300 Great Books of the World’s Religions
Dr. Sam Murrell
What do the Qur’an, Torah, bible, Bhagavad Gita, Analects of Confucious, 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 peoles’ religions and cultures through their acclaimed sacred canons.
PAR 201-300 History of Western Philosophy
Dr. Tom Schmidt
Introductory course in history of philosophy, focusing on ancient and medieval philosophy (esp. Plato and
Aristotle).
PLS 101-300 HON: American Government
Dr. Aaron King
In this discussion based course, students will be introduced to political science by surveying a variety of
topics within American Politics, for example, political institutions like Congress, the Presidency, the judiciary, interest groups and political parties, as well as voting and elections, public opinion, the media, and civil
rights and liberties. As opposed to a standard lecture format, this course will give students an active role as
they participate in the theoretical and empirical debates as they exist within the political science literature.
Students will learn to analyze political phenomena independent of partisan beliefs and explain the relationships between politicians and the polity. To supplement our discussions, we will welcome several guest
speakers throughout the semester. In the end, students will learn analytic skills that will help them regardless of their academic major, and will change the way they consume political phenomena in the future.
PSY 105-300 HON: General Psychology
Dr. Bill Overman
This course will cover principals of psychology with emphasis on scientific methods used in the study of
human behavior. Particularly emphasized is the brain and behavior, and how the brain functions in learning,
memory, decision-making, perception, personality, and abnormal psychological states such as depression
and schizophrenia
PSY 256-300 HON: Brain and Behavior
Dr. Antonio Puente (Prerequisites Req PSY 105 and BIO 105 or BIO 201)
This course is designed to provide an introductory overview of the relationship between the brain and behavior, with an emphasis on the neural mechanisms that underlie normal and abnormal behavior. Topics covered
include: Neurobiology of psychological disorders, Influence of brain on behavior and vice versa, structure
and function of the brain, neural development and Neurological disorders.
PSY 457-300 HON Animal Behavior
Dr. Damon Kim Sawrey
Animal Behavior is a richly interdisciplinary field of study that helps us understand the behaviors of all the
animals inhabiting our planet. We will use a logical framework that will allow us to investigate the mechanisms, development, evolution, and adaptive significance of behaviors. Our emphasis will be on the ways in
which natural selection has shaped behavior into finely tuned, amazingly complex, and marvelously entertaining adaptive systems. This course may change the way you look at nature.
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Honors University Studies
SOC 215-300 HON: Modern Social Problems
Dr. Kristen DeVall
This course explores the sociological study of modern, or contemporary, social problems. During the course of
the semester we will use what C. Wright Mills called the sociological imagination to examine how personal
troubles and public problems intersect and are inextricably linked. We will explore a plethora of social
problems that are related to social justice, equality, violence, and economics. We will rely on a blend of
lecture, discussion, classroom exercises, videos, and application assignments. This course is meant to be
informative (in terms of the facts and realities), challenging (in terms of our stereotypes and assumptions), and
critical (in terms of engaging our sociological imaginations). In many ways, we will discuss what most people
talk and profess to know a lot about-- society’s problems. However, we are going to move beyond
individualistic explanations of social problems (e.g. crime happens because people make bad choices, or
poverty could be solved if poor people would stop being lazy) and critically examine the societal, economic,
cultural, institutional, structural and historical factors that contribute to the development and perpetuation of
these issues.
SPN 201-300 HON: Intermediate Spanish
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.
WGS 210-300 HON: Introduction to Women’s Studies
Dr. William McCarthy
An introduction to the study of women from an interdisciplinary perspective. Through readings, participation at
extracurricular events, presentations, and other assignments, students will examine the status of women from a
variety of historical, economic, cultural and theoretical perspectives and trace the development of organized
women’s social movements.
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