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honors college courses
The following is a list of courses students typically take during their four years
in the Honors College . The program is individualized and flexible enough to allow
members to work with their advisors to create programs addressing their special interests
and needs. 
Each semester a selection of courses is selected from the list, not all are offered
every semester.
Courses designed for first-semester freshmen:
HON 150: Introduction to Critical Inquiry
HON 280: The Research Act - Encounter of Theory & Fact
Courses for freshmen and sophomores:
HON 210: The Idea of Self -The Ancient World
HON 220: The Idea of Self: Middle Ages to Renaissance
HON 230: Cultures and Nationalism from 1750-1918
HON 231: Religion and Sexuality in America
HON 232: Reform and Its Nemesis: The American Experience
HON 240: The Non-Western World
HON 251: Race and Ethnicity in the 20th Century
HON 252: Twentieth Century's Flower of Irony
HON 253: Society and Politics as Theatre
HON 254: The World of Utopias and Dystopias
HON 255: Ambiguity and Uncertainty in the Arts and Sciences
HON 261: The Idea of Nature II
HON 270: Science and Technology: Triumph or Tragedy?
(Spring 2013: Armenian Genocide/Holocaust and Economic Geography/Sculptures)
Course for juniors:
Courses for seniors:
HON 400: Honors Research Colloquium