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Jun 17, 2024
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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]
Honors College Courses
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The Honors College
Honors
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HON 2101 - The Human Situation: Modernity Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Corequisite: ENGL 2361 .
Required for students with membership in the university’s Honors College. Discussion of readings from: Machiavelli, Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Swift, Rousseau, Goethe, Flaubert.
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HON 2301 - The Human Situation: Antiquity Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Grade of C+ or higher in ENGL 1303 or placement by the Honors College.
Corequisite: ENGL 1370 .
Readings from Homer, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Plato, and the Bible. Combination of lectures and discussion.
Note: Required for students with membership in the university’s Honors College.
Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture
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HON 3301 - Readings in Medicine and Society Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
The study of medicine as a social practice, including medical ethics, public health policy, the history of health care, and the cultural context of medical practice.
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HON 3304 - Objects of Medicine: The Technologies and Material Cultures of Medicine Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304
Emerging material cultures of medicine in order to understand their effects on the relationship between healthcare providers and their patients.
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HON 3305 - Medicine in Performance Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304
Theatrical and cinematic depictions of illness, disability, and the medical situation, and their reflections in performed social expectations of medical professionals and patients.
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HON 3306 - Health & Human Rights Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HON 4397 Health & Human Rights
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304
Political advocacy and responses on issues such as health access, government responsibility, and the competing definitions of what it means to be ‘healthy’.
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HON 3310 - Poetics and Performance Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Provides a creative and critical view of art, dance, film, music, literature, and theater.
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HON 3330 - Leadership Theory and Practice Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HON 3397 Leadership Theory and Practice
Prerequisite: none
Review of major leadership theories designed to incorporate research, practice, skill-building, and direct application to real world scenarios.
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HON 3335 - Leadership: The Classic Texts Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HON 3330 or consent of instructor.
Explores leadership theories and narratives found in classic texts from antiquity to the present.
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HON 3397 - Honors Selected Topics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: apporval of the dean of the Honors College.
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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HON 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: approval of dean of the Honors College.
For interdisciplinary topic.
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HON 4130 - E-Portfolio Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HON 4198 E-Portfolio
Prerequisite: consent of dean of the Honors College
Students will create an electronic portfolio of personalized reflection pieces, best papers, leadership and service experiences, research activities, awards, etc.
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HON 4198 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1.0
Prerequisite: approval of the Associate Dean of the Honors College.
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HON 4298 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 2.0
Prerequisite: approval of the Associate Dean of the Honors College.
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HON 4310 - City Dionysia: Attic Drama in the Modern City Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 or equivalent.
History and analysis of Greek theater for students performing and participating in the City Dionysia project. A capstone course for the Creative Work Minor.
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HON 4315 - Artists and Their Regions: Creative Work in Performance and Context Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 or equivalent.
The context and impact of art and literature in a particular geographical region, usually Texas, the American South, or Latin-America. Includes travel and field experience.
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HON 4360 - Capstone Seminar on Globalization Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 or equivalent.
Interdisciplinary reading and research seminar on economic, cultural, political, and technological processes of “globalization.” General readings on globalization, specialized readings on specific topics, and an individual research project.
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HON 4390 - Antiquity Revisited Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HON 2301 .
Advanced interdisciplinary topics for reading and discussion with selected faculty. An exploration of great books from the Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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HON 4391 - Modernity Revisited Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HON 2101 .
Advanced interdisciplinary topics for reading and discussion with selected faculty. An exploration of great books from Dante to the present. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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HON 4397 - Honors Selected Topics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: apporval of the dean of the Honors College.
May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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HON 4398 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite: approval of the Associate Dean of the Honors College.
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HON 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: approval of dean of the Honors College.
For interdisciplinary topic.
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