Fall 2011 Honors Courses
ENG 102, The Rhetoric of
Analysis & Argumentation, Honors (3 Hours Credit)
ENG 102 H Section A
ENG 102 H Section C
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Critical Inquiry and
Writing TH 12:30 – 1:45 Dr. Lara Whelan
Critical Inquiry and
Writing TH 9:30 – 10:45 Dr. Lara Whelan
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Course meets these requirements:
- An HON 250 course (3 of 9 elective
required hours for all Honors students)
- General Education core
requirement in Communication (3 of 9 hours required)
Course
description:
The purpose of the course is to prepare students to become knowing and
productive participants in academic, cultural, or civic discourse. Students
will learn to use multiple and sustained modes of critical inquiry to build
arguable perspectives within particular cultural contexts and conversations.
These modes might include writing to learn, report, review, criticize, clarify,
convince, persuade, or negotiate. In addition, students will be coached in the
rhetorical concepts of persona, ethos & pathos, argument structure,
counterargument, and logical fallacy. By the end of the course, students will
be able to summarize, evaluate, and synthesize multiple sources in order
develop a critical perspective and advance a thesis of their own. Students will
also receive guidance in the evaluation and appropriate documentation of print
and non-print sources (e.g., online databases, world wide web, film,
photography, television, etc.).
COM 203, Rhetoric and Public Address, Honors (3
Hours Credit)
COM 203 H section C
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Rhetoric and Public
Address
MWF 1:00 - 1:50 Dr. Bob Frank
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Course
meets these requirements:
- An HON 250 course (3 of 9
elective required hours for all Honors students)
- General Education core
requirement in Communication (3 of 9 hours required)
Course
description:
This class surveys pivotal rhetorical documents of American movements for
social change including abolitionist, women’s rights, civil rights, and
environmentalism. Through written rhetorical analysis and oral presentations on
social justice issues, students will understand rhetorical strategies that best
promote social justice.
ECO 110, Principles of Economics I, Honors (3
Hours Credit)
ECO 110 H Section G
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Principles of
Economics I TH 9:30 - 10:45 Dr. Frank Stephenson
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Course
meets these requirements:
- An HON 250 course (3 of 9
elective required hours for all Honors students)
- General Education core
requirement in Behavioral and Social Sciences (3 of 9 hours required)
Course
description:
Analysis of markets, consumers, business firms and government agencies; the
market mechanism for determining resource use and income distribution.
Introduction of the factors that determine macroeconomic activity and growth.
Discussion of the American banking system and the basis for foreign trade.
Honors 201, Perennial Questions (3 Hours Credit)
HON 201 H Section C
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Perennial Questions
TH 9:30–10:45 Dr. Michael
Papazian
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HON 201 H Section D
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Perennial Questions
TH 3:30-4:45
Dr. Michael Papazian
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Course meets these requirements:
- Required course for all Honors
students
- Counts as the 100-level
philosophy course requirement or the fifth free elective course in the
Humanities general education core (3 of 15 hours required)
Course
description:
This course is an honors introduction
to the main questions and problems of philosophy. The best way to approach
these questions is to read, discuss, and write about how some of the best
philosophers have answered them. So we will read and discuss how philosophers
such as Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Nietzsche and others have dealt with such
questions as the following: Is there any good reason to believe in God? Or is
it OK to believe things without good reasons? Is the mind a machine like a
computer or is it not physical at all? Are moral positions just subjective
opinions? What is the relationship of religion and morality? How should human
societies be organized? What is the purpose of education? Why should we care
about any of this?
HON 203 H, Democracy and Its
Friendly Critics (Required for all Honors Students; 3 Hours Credit)
HON 203 HA Democracy and Its Friendly
Critics TH 2:00 - 3:15 Dr. M. Bailey
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Course meets these requirements:
- Required course for all honors
students
- General Education core
requirement in Behavioral & Social Sciences -- 200 level for
Government and International Studies.
Course
description:
America's leading statesmen such as James Madison, Alexander
Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt
understood that popular government is extremely difficult to sustain. They
understood what we largely have forgotten: Democracy, like all forms of
government, comes with its own set of challenges and
pathologies. These lessons about democracy are best expressed by Alexis de
Tocqueville, a critic, albeit a friendly one, of American democracy who thoughtfully
and forcefully articulated the dangers facing the emerging democratic
world. This course will use Tocqueville's Democracy in America to illustrate the perpetual
issues and problems of democracy—many of which are still very real despite our
being blind to them—and we will also draw on works of literature, philosophy,
film, and theology to give concrete meaning to these problems as they are
manifested in American political and social life.
Honors 250HA/PSY 385IA, Psychology of Women
(3 Hours Credit)
HON 250H Section A
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Psychology of Women
MWF 11:00 - 11:50 Dr. Susan Conradsen
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Course meets these requirements:
- An HON 250 course (3 of 9
elective required hours for all Honors students)
- Counts as the psychology
course requirement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences general education
core (3 of 9 hours required)
- May count toward the major
with departmental approval
Course
description:
This course is an interdisciplinary investigation of the psychological, social,
emotional, and cognitive aspects of gender in our society. In particular,
the unique issues and challenges to women’s psychological well-being created by
the impact of society (both direct and indirect) and culture will be addressed.
Some of the specific topics we will cover include how gender identity is
formed, the preponderance of sexist stereotypes, how the media influences our
ideas of masculinity and femininity, the occupational and domestic challenges
women face, the culture of violence against women across their lives, the
experience of birth and mothering, love relationships, and other developmental
events unique to women’s development such as menstruation and menopause.
Throughout the course the existence of sexism within American culture and
beyond will be covered such as inequity in political representation and
salaries, sex trafficking, female genital mutilation, and role expectations.
This class is a discussion oriented class. Students take weekly quizzes,
complete a group presentation on a topic of their choice, and complete five
writing assignments.
Honors 250HB/COM 416IA, Media Law (3 Hours
Credit)
HON 250H Section B
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Media Law
MWF 1:00 - 1:50 Dr. Brian Carroll
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Course meets these requirements:
- An HON 250 course (3 of 9
elective required hours for all Honors students)
- May count toward the major
with departmental approval
Course
description:
Constitutional
and legislative foundations of freedom of speech and press, with special
emphasis on the law of privacy, libel, censorship, access and broadcast
regulation.
We
examine the delicate balance that exists between freedom and control of the
media in the United States. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is, of
course, the major guarantee of freedom of expression. Since the courts,
especially the U.S. Supreme Court, are ultimately responsible for interpreting
the First Amendment and maintaining the balance between freedom and control,
our study focuses on judicial decisions and reasoning, examining how tensions
in the law are resolved. Other very significant sources of press freedoms and
controls exist, as well, including those produced and enforced by the
marketplace, government regulation and even popular opinion or sentiment.
Therefore, we consider other factors that influence the balance between freedom
and control of mass communication, including statutory law, executive and
administrative actions, and ethical concerns. The course also examines how the
nature of a medium affects or even dictates how it is controlled or not
controlled.
The
course is organized into three major sections: Freedom of Expression & the
First Amendment; Media Malpractice (privacy invasion and libel); and Special
Areas of Media Law (telecom, commercial speech, the Internet, copyright and
intellectual property, trial coverage). Because law is largely derived from
precedent, there is a significant historical thread that runs throughout the
course, providing a timeline on which landmark Supreme Court cases mark the
eras of jurisprudential change.
Honors 250HC/PHI 357IA, Late Modern Philosophy
(3 Hours Credit)
HON 250 H Section C
Late Modern Philosophy
MW 2:00-3:15 Dr. Michael
Papazian
Course meets
these requirements:
- An
HON 250 course (3 of 9 elective required hours for all Honors students)
- General
Education core requirement in Humanities -- 100 level for Philosophy (3
hrs credit)
- May
count as one of the two free electives, outside of major/minor, required
for graduation; OR, as the fifth humanities elective
Course description:
This course is a study of trends and movements in
late 19th and 20th century philosophy. The focus this semester will be on what
is usually called ‘continental philosophy,’ the writings of the philosophers of
continental Europe concerned with broad questions about the course of history
and culture. Readings consist of philosophical and literary works written by
Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Foucault. The class will consider
what these philosophers have had to say about politics, religion, truth,
technology, and the nature of human beings.
Honors 250HD/REL 326A Buddhist Meditation and
Philosophy
(3 Hours Credit)
HON250 HD
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Buddhist Meditation & Philosophy TH 2:00 -3:15 Dr. Jeffrey Lidke
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Course
meets these requirements:
- An HON 250 course (3 of 9
elective required hours for all Honors students)
- General Education core
requirement in Humanities -- 100 level for Religion (3 hrs credit)
- May count toward the major
with departmental approval
- May count as one of the two
free electives, outside of major/minor, required for graduation; OR, as
the fifth humanities elective
Course description:
Through a careful analysis of Buddhists texts and practices in
their respective sociocultural contexts we seek in this course to (1) excavate
the Buddhist philosophy of co-dependent arising, (2) contextualize the
contemplative practice of ‘quieting and seeing,’ and (3) trace the development
and impact of Buddhism during its 2,500-year history. Towards this end students
will be challenged to engage in an interdisciplinary approach that combines
historical, philological, anthropological, and comparative methods of analysis.
The course follows a historical trajectory, tracking Buddhism from its origins in
the experience and teachings of Prince Siddhartha and following its textual
development through three major Indian traditions‑‑the Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana schools‑‑and its spread into Tibet, China, Japan, and eventually to the
western world. As we examine this historical development we investigate the
complex relationship between contemplative practice, philosophical doctrine and
cultural expression.
Honors Thesis
Register
for HON 450H if you are starting your thesis.
Register for HON 451H if you completed HON 450H last semester.
To register for a thesis course, you will need an authorization form (available
on this webpage-http://www.berry.edu/provost/honors/page.aspx?id=7879)
signed by your thesis director.
(Be certain to have the other committee members’ names indicated on the
form). Also obtain a reasonably detailed description of the work to be
completed during the semester provided by your thesis director. Bring both the
description and the signed authorization form to Dr. Cooley for his signature.
Take the signed authorization form to the Registrar’s window to have the course
added. (This process should be done during pre-registration.) After the
course is added to Viking Web, your thesis director will need to authorize you
to take the course before you can finally register for it on Viking Web.
Honorization of Courses
“HONORIZING ” a course or a course within a
major.
As
you know, an honors student may request to change a “regular” course within a
major into an honors course. Follow the procedure below.
BEFORE
you begin attending the course, during registration, meet with the instructor.
Print and take the form with you (see Forms on the Honors Web page); this form
has guidelines for you and your instructor. Discuss with the faculty member
your interest in receiving “honors” credit for a particular course. He or she
will define the nature of the honors work to be completed.
Honorizing
any course is NOT Permitted after the first week of classes.
Complete your part of the form and return the form
to Dr. Cooley.