Southeastern Louisiana University
COURSES OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM, FALL 2009
Authorization is required for all courses listed below. For authorization call
985-549-2135 (2135 on campus) or go to the Honors Center (McGehee Hall, Room 122).
ENGLISH 121H. ANCIENT EPIC: COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE. Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: minimum ACT Composite of 21 and minimum
high school GPA of 3.0. This course is required of all students pursuing an Honors Program diploma. It is recommended that you take History 101H in the
same semester you take this course. A student may not receive credit for both English 121H and English 230. Readings include the epics of Homer, Virgil,
and the Gawain poet.
You must schedule both the lecture period and the one-hour weekly lab. Separate registration for the lab is not necessary.
1678 English 121H-01
Ancient Epic
TTh
09:00-10:45
Dorrill
FAY 241
1843 English 121H-02
Ancient Epic
TTh
02:00-03:15
Dorrill
DVIC 316
1846 English 121H-03
Ancient Epic
MWF
09:00-09:50
Faust
DVIC 313
1849 English 121H-04
Ancient Epic
MWF
01:00-01:50
Faust
DVIC 313
ENGLISH 122H. MODERN EPIC: COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE. Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: minimum grade of C in English 121H or
demonstration of superior ability in English 101 or a minimum ACT English score of 32. This course is required of all students pursuing an Honors Program
diploma. It is recommended that you take History 102H in the same semester you take this course. A student may not receive credit for both English 122H
and English 230. Readings include epics by Dante and Milton and other modern works exhibiting traits of epic. You must schedule both the lecture period
and the one-hour weekly lab. Separate registration for the lab is not necessary.
1857 English 122H-01 Modern Epic
MWF
09:9:00-09:50
Walter
DVIC 310
ENGLISH 291H. HONORS TRAGEDY AND COMEDY. Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Demonstration of superior ability in English 102 or a minimum
grade of C in English 122H. A study of representative works from the great periods of drama to understand the tragic and comic visions of life. Emphasis on
literature as a criticism of life, appreciation, and improvement of writing skills.
1908 English 291H-01
Tragedy & Comedy
TTh
11:00-12:15
Kearney
DVIC 316
HISTORY 101H. HONORS HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. Credit 3 hours. A survey of Western Civilization from the Pre-Historic times to
the Renaissance. Since this course is coordinated with English 121H, it is recommended that you take English 121H in the same semester you take this course.
0823 History 101H-21H History of Western Civilization I
MWF
10:00-10:50
Price
FAY 240
0824 History 101H-22H History of Western Civilization I
MWF
12:00-12:50
Fai-Podlipnik
FAY 240
0829 History 101H-23H History of Western Civilization I
TTh
11:00-12:15
Traver
FAY 240
HISTORY 102H. HONORS HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. Credit 3 hours. A survey of Western Civilization from the Renaissance to the
present. Since this course is coordinated with English 122H, it is recommended that you take English 122H in the same semester you take this course.
0862 History 102H-21H
History of Western Civilization II MWF
11:00-11:50
Saucier
FAY 240
HISTORY 201H. HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY. Credit 3 hours. A survey of United States history from the period of discovery to 1876. One of
History 201H or 201, and one of History 202H or 202, are required in the curriculum for the Honors Diploma in Liberal Studies.
0919 History 201H-21H
American History before 1876
TTh
09:30-10:45
Sanders
FAY 240
GBIOLOGY 151H. Credit 3 hours. Introductory principles of Biology I. Must be eligible to enroll in English 101 and Math 160 or 161 and have an ACT of
21 or higher or a University GPA of 2.75.
0769 General Biology
151H-01 Principles of Biology I
TTh
11:00-12:15
Stiller
SBA 108
0772 General Biology
151H-01 Principles of Biology I
TTh
12:30-01:45
Stiller
SBA 108
MATH 161H. COLLEGE ALGEBRA. Credit 3 hours. A study of families of functions, conic sections, and sequences and series including linear, quadratic,
polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic. These functions will be used to model and solve real world problems with the aid of calculators and
computers. Emphasis will be placed on the communication of solutions to problems and mathematical ideas through oral presentations and writing. A
graphing calculator is required for this course.
0581 Math 161H-01
College Algebra
TTh
02:00-03:15
Kabza
FAY 241
HONORS 300. SENIOR THESIS. Credit of 1 hour. Prerequisite: Completion the previous semester of a thesis project in a 300 or 400-level 3-hour
Independent Study or other course in the student's major approved by the student's Department Head and the Honors Director.
Honors 300-01
Senior Thesis
TBA
TBA
Neuerburg
TBA
HONORS 311. IDEAS IN CONFLICT I: ANCIENT WORLD. Credit of 3 hours. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. An interdisciplinary seminar for
Honors students and other students with 2.75 or higher GPA. Through reading and discussion of selected major texts in rhetoric, literature, philosophy, and
politics, students examine important intellectual debates of the Biblical, Greek, and Roman eras. HONR 311 may be substituted for a “Humanities” or
“Social Science” elective, or it may be taken as a communications elective when the substitution is approved by the Head of the Department for the student’s
major.
0144 Honors 311-01
Ideas in Conflict I
MWF
01:00-01:50
Price
FAY 240
HONORS 313. IDEAS IN CONFLICT III: ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTIC PERIODS. Credit 3 hours. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. An
interdisciplinary seminar for Honors students and other students with 2.75 or higher GPA. Through reading and discussion of selected major texts in politics,
philosophy, social science, and theory of education, students examine important intellectual debates of the 18th and 19th centuries. HONR 313 may be
substituted for a “Humanities” or “Social Science” elective, or it may be taken as a political science elective when the substitution is approved by the Head of
the Department for the student’s major.
0153 Honors 313-01
Ideas in Conflict III
TTh
12:30-01:45
Hanson
DVIC 326