Honors Courses
Fall 2007 - Daytime Courses
Honors English: Composition and Literature I (Ref# 6858)
Expository and argumentative writing is the focus of this course. Students read and discuss prose essays which present significant issues and respond to them in scholarly form and language. Research and its proper documentation are included in this process.
3 credits W 1:00 -3:40 pm; Professor Mira Sakrajda
Honors English: Holocaust Studies (Ref# 6987)
This course studies the Holocaust in particular and racism in general. It examines a number of major questions such as, "How could a `cultured' people, the nation of Beethoven, commit such barbaric crimes?" Special attention is given to the roles of silence, complicity, and personal responsibility. Students will complete a three-part project in which they investigate an aspect of the Holocaust. Guest speakers and films will complement the material.
3 credits T, W, F 10-10:50 am; Professor Michael Bobkoff
Honors English: Writing for Film (Ref# 6963)
Writing for Film--Honors is an intensive screenwriting workshop that incorporates critical as well as creative modes of expression. Students will compare literary texts with motion pictures in order to gain a deeper understanding of the similarities and differences between the two art forms. They will then engage in a variety of writing exercises before composing their own screenplays. As part of the course requirements, students will engage in a group screenwriting project that will ultimately lead to the production of a student
video.
3 credits M 2:00-4:40 pm; Professor Craig Padawer
Honors English/Communications: Speech Communication (Ref# 7251)
An in-depth exploration of issues and topics in communication. Students will learn techniques and styles of oral communication and utilize these throughout the course to share research in special topics such as listening, intercultural communication, communication between genders, and the power of language to shape our perceptions of the world around us. Students will work in groups as well as individually, and will investigate and experience communication in a variety of contexts. Oral presentations requiring extensive planning and
preparation and a research paper are required.
3 credits T, Th, F 1-1:50 pm; Professor Linda Kalfayan
Honors Humanities: American Cinema (Ref# 6333)
This honors-level course is a focused investigation of movies in America. Students will approach film as an art form, an industry, and a system of representation and communication. They will study the important role of movies in our culture, learning how Hollywood has helped to reflect and shape our national image throughout history. Instructional methods include independent research projects, collaborative presentations, readings, class discussion, and critical viewing of selected films and videos.
3 credits W 1-3:40 pm; Professor Bill Costanzo
Honors Behavioral Science: General Psychology (Ref# 3639)
As a foundation for all behavioral science courses, this course provides the student with an understanding of how psychologists view the world and apply scientific method to the study of behavior. The discipline of psychology is characterized by controversy and change, but has always been committed to objective inquiry to extend our knowledge of the complexity of behavior. Each student designs and carries out a personal research project in order to learn and experience the problems and pitfalls of doing behavioral research.
Research methodology, biological foundations of behavior, learning, memory, perception, motivation and personality are topics of study.
3 credits W 3:20-6:00 pm; Professor Paul Siegel
Honors Behavioral Science: Introduction to Sociology (Ref# 3771)
This Honors course should appeal to students who are curious about the nature of the social world and who want to participate in a challenging academic environment that sharpens their analytical skills. Students will be introduced to the basic principles of sociology and the concept of culture, to important primary texts, and to the challenge of independent research on contemporary issues and problems.
3 credits M, T, Th 1-1:50 pm; Professor Lori Maida
Honors Behavioral Science: Theories of Personality (Ref # 3702)
This course will focus on the individual. It will explore the factors which contribute to making each person unique. It will also explore how consistent personality is over time and across situations. The following theories will be covered: The Psychoanalytic Approach, The Biological Approach, The Trait Approach, The Humanistic Approach, The Social Learning Approach, and The Cognitive Approach.
3 credits T, Th 2-3:15 pm; Professor Michael Berkowitz
Honors Social Science: Macroeconomics (Ref # 3282)
This course is designed to introduce students to both the basic principles used in economic theory and to the institutional details of the organization of economic systems in the United States and other countries. In addition, the course helps students understand the ways in which different economies are linked and the effects of economic interactions within and between countries. The contents of the course range from demand and supply analysis to monetary and fiscal policies, with special emphasis on international economic
issues. Various contemporary macroeconomic policy issues are also analyzed. The course also develops a conceptual framework to help students independently analyze their issues.
3 credits T, W, Th 9:00-9:50 am; Prof. Farhad Ameen
Honors Humanities: Philosophy of Art (Ref #3463)
This course deals with two central questions: What is art? And what makes aesthetic judgments possible? These two questions will be addressed by looking at what some of the most influential Western philosophers have said about art and aesthetics. The thinkers we will look at are Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Ficino, Shaftesbury, Kant, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Croce, Dewey, and Heidegger. Particular attention will be given to how philosophical issues in art have been intimately connected to philosophical
visions of the cosmos, god, politics, science, and arts. Such connections will be investigated both through theory and through the critique of famous works of arts in various mediums.
3 credits M 1-3:40 PM; Prof. Dwight Goodyear
Honors Math: The Nature of Mathematics (Ref #4901)
(Hybrid course- additional two hour online requirement each week)
The emphasis of this course in to improve problem-solving skills and extend students’ understanding of the nature of mathematics beyond algebra. The Topics include: Problem-solving, number theory, secret codes, the Golden rectangle, symmetry, the concept of infinity, topology, chaos, fractals, the uses and abuses of statistics, Uncertainty, and decision making. This course is appropriate for liberal arts students entering fields of study that are not mathematically-oriented.
4 credits T Th 11-11:50 AM; Prof. Jodi Cotton
Honors Social Science: 20th Century US History
(Ref #3409)
This course presents a history of the United States from the Spanish-American War to the present; the development and impact of big business; the Progressive Era and World Wart I; the return to normalcy and the Depression; recovery and the New Deal; World War II and its aftermath; the Cold War; Korea; Civil Rights; the Kennedy Administration. It is designed to provide a background in United States social, economic and diplomatic developments in the 20th century.
3 credits M T Th 9-9:50 AM Prof. John Flynn
Fall 2007 - Evening Courses
Honors Social Science: International Law and Organizations (Ref # 3504)
This course is an introduction to international law, exploring the theories behind international law, the concept of the national state and the formation of world organizations in the twentieth century. It covers such topics as human rights, the environment, refugees, terrorism, war crimes and multinational corporations from an historical as well as legal perspective. Emphasis will be placed on international problem solving and the issues of peacekeeping and dispute resolution. The student will learn legal terminology, case
analysis and briefing.
3 credits M 5:30-8:20 pm; Professor Anne D'Orazio
Honors English: Great Books (Ref# 6993)
This course offers students the opportunity to read and to engage in intensive study and discussion of classic literary texts-works of enduring influence that stand among the sources of our intellectual tradition and have shaped the development of Western culture. The authors from which these great works will be chosen will include but not be limited to Homer, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Moliere, Voltaire, Goethe, Shelley, Austen, Flaubert, Dostoevski, Tolstoi,
Joyce, Woolf, Camus, Ellison.
3 credits T 5:30-8:20 pm; Professor Frank Madden
Honors English: Women Writers (Ref# 7002)
This course will explore images of women and the home in novels, plays, poems and short stories. How does domestic life relate to women in particular? Readings are from 19th and 20th century American and British literature, with historical and cultural perspectives, beginning with Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women. Students will read and analyze literary texts, write critical essays, and relate the history of women in America and Great Britain to the texts.
3 credits Th 5:30 pm-8:20 pm; Professor. Elizabeth Gaffney
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