Take a Second Look at These Courses

Still ironing out your schedule?  Not sure about that non-Honors course you’re in and want to switch?  Check out these courses with remaining seats! And remember, you can find the entirety of our course offerings at our website.
HONR 5701:80 – Perennial Philosophy w/ Professor Seyyed Nasr
CRN: 55178; TR 11:10 AM – 12:25 PM
Fulfills: HONR: Arts and Humanities 2053
This course deals with the meaning of the concept of Perennial Philosophy as understood by various scholars of thought and the understanding of this term throughout history in both East and West. The course will also deal with the Perennial Philosophy itself, as it concerns the nature of the Divine Reality, the human state, the cosmos, the arts and the relation between religions. The class will conclude with a discussion of the significance of the Perennial Philosophy today. The objective of the course is to familiarize students with the teachings, history and cross-cultural reality of Perennial Philosophy. By the end of the class students should be able to identify the various expressions of Perennial Philosophy, as manifested in the major religious and philosophical traditions of the world, and be conversant in the major debates between Perennial Philosophy and other schools of philosophical thought.[hr]
HONR 2175:10 – Africans in America w/ Professor Nemata Blyden
CRN: 56789; T 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Fulfills: HONR: Arts and Humanities 2054
People of African descent have lived in the United States since the 17th century. Largely involuntary migrants, their experiences were shaped by the experience of bondage and involuntary servitude, repressive and discriminatory legislation, and oppression. This course will focus on more recent African arrivals to the United States, exploring the history of Africans who voluntarily migrated to the country – African immigrants. The course will examine Africans who came to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century as students, visitors, missionaries, and temporary residents. It will also examine the experience of those Africans who arrived in the United States, following the liberalization of immigration laws in the 1960’s. Themes to be explored include reasons for African migration, settlement patterns, adjustment issues, and relationships with Americans, black and white. As much as possible we will assess the experience of these migrants from their own perspectives as immigrants in a new land. [hr]
HONR 2053W:MV – Goya in the Context of Court Art in Spain w/ Professor Barbara von Barghahn-Calvetti
CRN: 53927; T 1-3:30pm
Fulfills: WID; CCAS: Humanities; ESIA: Humanities; GWSB: Humanities/Non-Business and Unrestricted Elective; SEAS: Humanities Elective
This course is designed to provide a context of the royal collectors and patronage of art in Bourbon Spain. The primary focus will be upon the commissioning and collecting of paintings by the artist Francisco de Goya, who began his career during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. From his early employment as a tapestry designer for King Charles III (1759-1788)–a primary sponsor of excavations in Pompeii and Herculaneum– to his personal pictorial statements about the conflicts of the Peninsular War, Goya’s work will be analyzed as representative of a turbulent and transformative age in European history. The class will be taught as a seminar with presentations, related research papers, article analyses and discussions. No prerequisites.[hr]
HONR 2175:MV – The Map of Knowledge w/ Professor Peter Caws
CRN: 57090; F 11:00 AM – 12:50 PM
Equivalent: HONR: Arts and Humanities 2053
Of course the business of the University is knowledge – we expect you to know more when you leave than when you arrive. But the way in which knowledge and its acquisition are best organized is not obvious from the structure of courses and departments. The stakes are high: having knowledge – or lacking it – has a profound effect on the lives of individuals and the fate of societies The seminar will explore this territory from the earliest philosophical theories, through the development of the academies and the professions, to the most recent techniques of storage and dissemination. How much do we really know? How much do we need to know? How do we know when we know it? Is information a kind of knowledge? What is the difference between a science and a discipline? between the sciences and the humanities? How do we get from one point to another in the domain of knowledge? Which provinces in the domain share methods, or boundaries, or traditions? Are there forbidden places on the map, or tracts as yet unexplored? These are just some of the provocative questions from which we will begin, although as always the work of the seminar will be guided by the interests of the participants.[hr]
HONR 1033:MV – Biology w/ Professor LaTisha Hammond
CRN: 54240; TR 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
(Please note required discussion section)
Fulfills: CCAS: Natural/Physical Science with Lab; GWSB: Science; SEAS: Elective; ESIA: Science
Biofuels, GMO foods, food allergies, gene therapy, honeybees, coral reef health. At first glance this may be a seemingly random string of topics, but a common thread throughout them all is biology, and all require some understanding of biological concepts to understand their implications and make informed decisions about them. In this course we will explore biological concepts through the lens of contemporary issues in biology as they relate to society and everyday life. This course will serve as an introduction to the fundamentals of biology and the nature of science. Topics to be covered include cells and molecules, genetics, physiology, ecology and evolution as they relate to the more complex and nuanced biological issues of disease, food sources, organism interactions, sustainability, and climate change, to name a few. Lab exercises will introduce biological techniques for studying these topics. Students will engage in the process of science in an effort to increase their scientific literacy. Students will be expected to take an active role in the class, where we will explore these topics through lecture, discussion, debate, experimentation, data analysis, writing, and group projects.[hr]