honors 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. fall leaves on campus

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 250: The Idea of the City

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 260: The Idea of Nature I

HON 261: The Idea of Nature II

HON 270: Science and Technology: Triumph or Tragedy?

HON 275: Science and Writing

HON 290: The Language of Art

HON 298: Special Topics-Ethics & Knowledge (Fall 2008)

Course for juniors:

HON 350: Research Seminar

Courses for seniors:

HON 400: Honors Research Colloquium

HON 401: Honors Thesis Colloquium

HON 499: Independent Study

HON 495: Honors Thesis