Spring 2021
Courses
Honors Courses
Spring 2021
Dr. Shawn Bingham
, Director
Dr. Eva Mehl
, Associate Director
Dr. Nathan Grove,
Assistant Director of CSURF
Ms. Peggy Styes
, Program Manager
styesp
@uncw.edu
Ms. Morgan Rilling Alexander,
Office Manager
Ms. Nicole Kroushl
, Student Services Specialist
Phone:
(910) 962-3408
Fax:
(910) 962-7020
_______________________________________
Honors College Requirements
For University Honors
-Complete 12 hours of honors university studies courses;
-Complete HON 110 and HON 210;
-Complete 2 hours of HON 120;
-Complete 3 additional hours of honors credit
-Earn GPA of 3.3 by 27 hours;
Honors 120 & 121
Enrichment (Experiential) Seminars
Course and Call #
Meeting Times
Instructor
HON 120-300
“Break the Structure Up”: American
Protest Literature
#21105
T 5-5:50
F2F
David Howell
HON 120-301
Forced Migration and Refugees
#21107
W 2-2:50
AFSO
Julia Morris
HON 120-302
Writing the Fantastical: Fantasy,
World building, and Ethics
#21108
W 4pm
ONLINE
OLSYN
Caleb Horowitz
HON 120– 303
Science in Harry Potter
#21109
W 1-1:50
ONLINE
OLSYN
Nathan Grove
HON 120-305
Medical Humanities
#21110
M 11-11:50
ONLINE
OLSYN
Nathan Crowe
HON 120-306
The Art of Mindful Living
#21299
R 5-5:50
F2F
Michele Deinish
HON 120-307
Emotional Intelligent Leadership
#21304
W 9-9:50am
F2F
Erin Williamson
HON 110-300
Hope, Resilience and Solution
Building
#21731
TR 9:30-10:45
F2F
Kristin Bolton
HON 110-301
Hope, Resilience and Solution
Building
#21733
TR 9:30-10:45
ONLINE
OLSYN
Kristin Bolton
Honors 110
HON 120-309
The Rhetoric of Conspiracy
#21314
R 11-11:50
ONLINE
OLSYN
David Bollinger
HON 120-310
Headlines and History in U.S.
Politics
#21468
R 12:30-1:20
RL 2007A
F2F
Dr. Leutze
HON 120-311
A Preparation for the Honors Thesis
#21471
W 11-11:50
ONLINE
OLSYN
Erica Noles
HON 120-312
Forced Migration and Refugees
#21726
W 2:00-2:50
ONLINE
OLSYN
Julia Morris
HON 120-313
Coastal Ecosystems
#21727
R 2-2:50
ONLINE
OLSYN
Martin Posey
HON 120-314
They Can Do It: Community
Partici-pation in Global Development
#22799
T 2-2:50
PFSO
Saidah Najjuma
HON 121-300
The Slow Movement:
Learning to Go Slow in a
Fast-Paced World
(Domestic travel required
in May)
#22803
ONLINE
OLSYN
Kara Pike Inman
HON 121-301
ONLINE
Rebecca Rampe
Honors 120 & 121
Honors 210 Interdisciplinary Seminars
Course and Call #
Meeting Times
Instructor
HON 210-301
Write it down: How
Writ-ing Impacts Health
#21474
R 3:45-6:30
CAM
F2F
Heather Wilson
HON 210-302
Connections:
Art-Health-Community
#21476
M 3-5:45
CAM
PFSO
Shawn Bingham
HON 210-303
HIV/AIDS in Science and
Art: From Outbreak to
Glob-alization and Complacency
#21477
MW 2-3:15
F2F
Art Frampton and
Charles Grimes
HON 211-300
Towards an Understanding of
Race: What Wilmington’s
History says about America
in the Age of George Floyd
#21513
W 3:30-6:15
F2F
Felix Brooks
HON 211– 301
Culture and Politics of
So-cial Movements
#21730
TR 12:30-1:45
SOF
Nathan Ragain
HON 212-300
Food, Fuel and Fashion: A
Social History of the
Envi-ronment
#21504
TR 2-3:15
RL 2007A
AFAO
Anna Rotchford and
Robert Hart
HON 212-302
French and American
Sci-ence Fiction
#21523
MW 2-3:15
ONLINE
OLSYN
Christina Lord
Please Note: HON 191 is sponsored by the Honors College, but open
to any first or second year UNCW student interested in getting a
jump start on skills needed to start working with faculty on
under-graduate research and discovery!
Honors students may take 191 to earn “additional hours” of Honors
Credit.
Honors 191 Research and Discovery
Course and Call #
Meeting Times
Instructor
HON 191-300
Research and Discovery:
Business
#21326
F 11-11:50
ONLINE
OLSYN
Allison Witman
HON 191-301
Research and Discovery:
Social Sciences
#21330
M 3-3:50
RL 2007A
F2F
Mike Maume
HON 191-302
Research and Discovery:
Sciences
#21729
M 12-12:50
RL 2007A
F2F
Peter Fritzler
Honors University Studies
Course and Call #
Meeting Times
Instructor
ARH 202-300
Renaissance Through
Early Twentieth
Cen-tury
#23371
TBA
BIO 202-300
Principles of Biology
(lecture and lab)
#20696
ONLINE
OLASY
Diane Melroy
CHM 102-300
General Chemistry II
(Prereq CHM 101)
#21770
TR 8-9:15
W 11-1:50
SOF
Mike Messina
COM 116-300
Performance of
Litera-ture
#21478
TR 12:30-1:45
PFAO
Julie Scott Pollock
CRM 105-300
Introduction to
Crimi-nal Justice
#22287
F2F
Richard Davis
ECN 222-300
Principles of
Econom-ics Macro (Prereq
ECN 221)
#22689
W 2-3:15
AFAO
Adam Jones
ENG 103-300
College Writing and
Reading (Advanced)
#22962
MWF 12-12:50
PFAO
Kimberly Faxon
Heming-way
ENG 226-300
World Literature Since
1600
#23254
MWF 12-12:50
OLSYN
ENG 232-300
African American
Lit-erature
#23258
W 9-9:50am
OLASY
Maia Butler
EVS 205-830
Global Environmental
Issues
#21970
W 11-12:15
OLSYN
Devon Eulie
INT 200-300
Global Capitalism and
its Discontents
#23195
TR 11-12:15
F2F
Daniel Masters
MUS 220-800
African American
Mu-sic
#22218
TR 12:30-1:45
AOSO
Natalie Boeyink
OCN 150-300
Introduction to
Ocean-ography
#22017
TR 9:30-10:45
F2F
Ai Ning Loh
PAR 101-300
Invitation to
Philo-sophical Thinking
#21239
MW 3:30-4:45
F2F
Robert Smithson
PAR 225-830
Women and Religion
#21190
MWF 10-10:50
ONLINE
OLSYN
Jamie Brummitt
PLS 101-300
American National
Government
#23225
TR 11-12:15
F2F
Aaron King
Honors University Studies
PSY 105-300
General Psychology
#21766
MW 3:30-4:45
OLSYN
Erica Noles
PSY 223-300
Life Span Human
Develop-ment
#22786
OLASY
Sydney Batchelder
SOC 105-300
Introduction to Sociology
#20798
TR 2-3:15
BR 206
AFSO
Doug Engelman
SOC 215-300
Modern Social Problems
#23270
TR 11-12:15
F2F
Felix Brooks
SPN 201-803
Intermediate Spanish
#23395
OLASY
Valerie Rider
STT 215-300
Introduction to Statistics
(prereq: MAT 105)
#22302
TR 9:30-10:45
AFAO
Johan Hattingh
THR 121-300
Introduction to Theatre
#21040
TR 3:30-4:45
PFSO
Charles Grimes
WGS 212-300
Sexuality and Gender
#22864
R 11-12:15
PFAO
Julie Krueger
Honors University Studies
HON 110: Honors Freshman Seminar: Hope, Resilience, and Solution Building
Dr. Kristin Bolton
TR 9:30-10:45am
Sections HON 110-300 (F2F) and HON 110-301 (OLSYN - synchronous online)
Solution-focused practice (SFP) is a future-oriented, goal directed approach to create change. Students will work to develop an understanding of the central tenants of the solution focused model. This includes develop-ing the capacity to ask solution-focused questions that lead to the development of a preferred future, identifica-tion of strengths and resources, and excepidentifica-tions. The appeal of the soluidentifica-tion-focused model lies in the ability to move forward and create change and the overall adaptability of the concepts into various professions and set-tings. To date, the model has been used in human services (e.g. healthcare, social work, psychology, public health), business, political activism, etc.
HON 191: Introduction to Research & Discovery
Overview of research procedures in discipline areas, including literature searches and data collection. The scientific process and nature of discovery. Guidance in developing a personal plan for immersion in research and scholarship as an undergraduate. Emphasis is on applied learning and developing basic skills appropriate to the discipline. HON 191 is a 1-hour credit class for first or second year students! It is designed to help you learn about opportunities in undergraduate research and creative scholarship and develop the tools you need to begin your own discovery experience! Typically no pre-requisites required (except as noted)... just enthusiasm and interest in research and creative scholarship! Please Note: HON 191 is sponsored by the Honors College, but open to any first or second year student interested in getting a jump start on skills needed to start working with faculty on undergraduate research and discovery! Honors students may take 191 to earn “additional hours” of Honors Credit. Let your friends know about HON 191 for Spring 2021!
HON 191-300: Introduction to Research and Discovery: Business
Dr. Allison Witman
Friday, 11-11:50am OLSYN (synchronous online)
The aim of this course is to prepare students to embark on their own research projects by learning about oppor-tunities for undergraduate research and creative scholarship at the Cameron School of Business. The class will explore the business research process including the scientific method, literature reviews, research methodolo-gies (e.g., focus groups, surveys, secondary data analysis), and research questions in students’ fields of interest. Students will complete portions of the research process for a topic of their choosing. Presentations from re-searchers in the Cameron School of Business will familiarize students with applied research in business, ex-pose students to applications of various research methodologies, and introduce students to faculty that super-vise student research.
HON 191-301: Intro to Research and Discovery: Social Sciences
Dr. Michael Maume
Monday, 3-3:50pm F2F
Findings stemming from sound research design and analyses help us to discover and understand our world, and contribute to debates about policies and practices. This particular course will emphasize how data collected in the social sciences—from small samples to big data—are used for such ends. Students will become IRB-certified as researchers, and will develop a proposal for a research project. Students should at the very least come away from the course with an improved toolkit for recognizing claims based on questionable evidence.
HON 120-300: “Break the Structure Up”: American Protest Literature
Dr. David Howell
Tuesday, 5-5:50pm F2F
From America’s earliest beginnings (and even before) we have been a people of revolution and protest. In
1782, Letters from an American Farmer was published by French-born American Michel Guillaume de
Crevecoeur. Therein a quintessential question in exploring American identity was posed: “What is an Ameri-can?” he asked. That identity, fluid and ever changing, will always be linked to revolution and protest as inti-mately connected to democracy itself. In this course, we will further explore this question through the lens of protest literature. Reading selections will survey the American literary landscape before and after Crevecoeur’s time, spanning selections from Native American oral tradition, Revolutionary and Civil War era writings, Harlem Renaissance poetry, Feminist literature and poetry, 1960’s Civil Right’s era writings, 90’s Grunge and Hip-Hop music and on up to what we’re seeing on the streets today with Black Lives Matter and more. Assign-ments will include at least one group assignment wherein students will explore and attempt to “dismantle” a specific movement, and one creative assignment.
HON 120-301 and -312: Forced Migration and Refugees
Dr. Julia Morris
Wednesday, 2-2:50pm
Sections: 302 (AFSO - hybrid) and 312 (OLSYN - synchronous online)
This course gives students an understanding of the major causes of contemporary migration and population displacement. Students will examine global and local responses to the challenges of forced migration, includ-ing investigatinclud-ing the obstacles to providinclud-ing effective support for refugees and displaced persons. The course develops out of INT 315-001 Global Migration and Displacement, aiming to draw students into deep and criti-cal conversation with current debates in the migration and refugee studies fields. Ethnographic research assign-ments, guest lectures, and engaged discussions will feature prominently in the course.
HON 120-302 Writing the Fantastical: Fantasy, Worldbuilding, and Ethics
Mr. Caleb Horowitz
Wednesday, 4-4:50pm OLSYN (synchronous online)
In Tolkien's famous epic, The Lord of the Rings, Frodo says he wishes the ring of power had never come to him, to which Gandalf replies, "So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." What other insights does the fantasy genre have to offer about the world today, and what does it have to say about such important social issues as race, class, and gender? How can we learn to write compelling fantasy ourselves? What are the tenets of good worldbuilding and ethical fantasy construction? In this course, we will read and discuss several master works of the fantasy genre, write about what makes them work, and create and workshop our own stories. This will be a reading- and writing-intensive course.
HON 120-303 Science in Harry Potter
Dr. Nathaniel Grove
Wednesday, 1-1:50pm OLSYN (synchronous online)
Few works of literary fiction have had as much of an impact on popular culture than the Harry Potter series. The magical world created by author J. K. Rowling is replete with the seemingly impossible, and yet, the crea-tion of many of the spells, creatures, and magical artifacts may be possible with modern science. Can a creature like Fluffy really exist? Is it possible to use broomsticks to fly or for a potion to create love? How feasible would it be to create an invisibility cloak? Using biology, chemistry, and physics, we will explore how the seemingly impossible can be achieved.
HON 120-306 The Art of Mindful Living
Ms. Michele Deinish
Thursday, 5-5:50pm F2F
This course will introduce students to the concept of mindfulness and various ways to incorporate mindfulness practices into thei1 daily lives. Students will learn how to meditate and be expected to engage in a brief daily meditation practice. This is a highly experiential class. Videos, articles, books, and guest speakers may be utilized to enhance the student's learning. Through classroom engagement and interaction, we will all grow in our mindfulness and meditation skills. Consider this course if you are curious about mindfulness and medita-tion and becoming more fully present to your everyday life
HON 120-307 and -308 Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
Dr. Erin Williamson
HON 120-308 Tuesday, 4-4:50pm HON 120-307 Wednesday, 9-9:50am F2F (both sections)
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership (EIL) is the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those others, for motivating others, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships. Participants of this class will develop their EIL skills and apply those skills to their leadership practice. Class content is cultivated from the 2nd edition of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for Students (Shankman, Allen, Haber-Curran). The interactive class will utilize reflection, class activities, and research to explore the application of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership, and will culminate in an applied learning group project where students teach materials to peers.
Objectives: As a result of participation in this class, students will: 1] enhance understanding of themselves as it relates to emotional self-perception and self-esteem, and their use of optimism, flexibility, and initiative, 2] increase use of skills in working with others, including displaying empathy, mentoring and coaching others, and building teams. 3] demonstrate the fundamental connection between service, leadership, and the overall benefit to the common good, 4] practice skills in managing conflict and capitalizing on difference, and 5] de-velop their abilities to analyze contextual elements of leadership, including group analysis and environmental assessment.
HON 120-309 The Rhetoric of Conspiracy
Mr. David Bollinger
Thursday, 11-11:50am OLSYN (synchronous online)
Qanon is a destructive conspiracy that has degenerated into a cult. It is informing and influencing many people and institutions with fantasy, misinformation and the encouragement of violence. Last year the FBI classified this group as a possible domestic terrorist organization. This seminar will explore:1) the exact messages created by Qanon; 2) who started it and who is Q; 3) the framework of rhetorical strategies used to propagate the cult; and 4) the framework of rhetorical strategies used to argue against its baseless claims. Students will culminate with individual papers for presentation at the end of the semester.
HON 120-310 Headlines and History in U.S. Politics
Dr. Leutze
Thursday, 12:30-1:20pm F2F
HON 120-311 A Preparation for the Honors Thesis
Dr. Erica Noles
Wednesday, 11-11:50am OLSYN (synchronous online)
This course is designed as a workshop to help you prepare for the thesis experience in your senior year and develop a full-fledged proposal of your research project. As a junior, you might already be asking yourself: How do I start a thesis? How do I find a good topic of inquiry that suits me and my career goals? How do I define my research question? How I you find an advisor? What resources exist on campus to help me execute my project? The goal of this course is to "demystify" the thesis process, reassure you of its manageable scope, and help you understand the value of undergraduate research. The honors thesis places you in the role of a scholar leading an initiative. It offers you the opportunity to tap into your own curiosity, do original research on a topic of your choosing, formulate a question, design a plan to address that question, communicate what you learned to other scholars, peers and others who care about your enquiry, and write an outstanding thesis that best displays your skills in investigation, critical thinking, and communication.
HON 120-313 Intro to Coastal Ecosystems
Dr. Martin Posey
Thursday, 2-2:50pm
OLSYN (synchronous online) with 2 optional trips to the UNCW Center for Marine Science
This course will be a broad survey of coastal ecosystems globally but with some emphasis on the southeastern United States region. We will examine communities such as oyster reefs, salt marshes, shallow estuarine habi-tats, offshore hard bottom reefs, coral reefs, and mangroves, among others. Discussion will include related research being conducted at UNCW. The format of the class will be mostly synchronous, with asynchronous online lectures and synchronous online discussion. Conditions permitting, we also hope to have 2 optional trips to the UNCW Center for Marine Science to look at research facilities as well as the important ecosystems that can be found there.
HON 120-314: They Can Do It: Community Participation in Global Development
Dr. Saidah Najjuma
Tuesday, 2-2:50pm PFSO (hybrid)
To use a participatory approach in providing a service means to use the consumers of a service, to take up roles in a process designed to generate the intended service. Therefore, interventions that advance development (i.e. reducing gender disparity, research, food security, etc) should be judged according to how they involve people to make their lives better. It is thus increasingly valuable for students to learn how to involve communities in addressing their development needs, rather than promoting dependency on external professionals. This course will provide honors students tools and techniques to advance participatory development in their context. The course is structured into four parts: 1) conceptual foundations of participatory development; 2) the perspective of participation in a problem-solving process; 3) the ethics of using participatory tools in development; 4) using participatory rural appraisal tools in collecting information, in analyzing problems and their causes, in activity planning and implementation, and in monitoring and evaluating interventions. These will be addressed through lectures, hands-on visual exercises, course assignments, and in some form of reciprocal learning where the course instructor will be learning with her students and drawing examples from her research. Therefore, the experience, ideas, and enthusiasm honors students bring to class is what will make it exciting. Students individ-ually and/or in teams of two or three will conduct their own assessments in a community context (e.g. with children, youths, fellow students, local church members, women and men, etc) which will provide an oppor-tunity to apply what is learnt, record and write a script for presentation to the rest of the class. The students shall also participate in deciding how they will want to be assessed.
HON 121-300: The Slow Movement: Learning to Go Slow in a Fast-Paced World
(domestic travel in May required)
Dr. Kara Pike Inman
TBD
OLSYN (online synchronous)
Does it ever seem like the pace of life is spinning out of control? With fast food, constant access to technology, multi-tasking, the need to cram more into every second of the day (and to document those seconds on social media), we can often feel pushed to a place of exhaustion and feeling overwhelmed. This course examines the Slow movement in which people, places, and organizations around the globe seek happier, healthier, and more productive lives by reclaiming time and slowing down the pace. This course culminates in an experience in the mountains where we seek to reenergize ourselves, find balance, and community.
HON 121-301: Happiness Emphasis (domestic travel in May required)
Dr. Rebecca Rampe
TBD
OLSYN (online synchronous)
HON 121 is a one-credit enrichment seminar where students study a specialty topic and participate in a variety of related enrichment activities outside the classroom. By direct contact, students have the opportunity to broaden their educational experience in forums that emphasize applied learning. These seminars encourage and support learning beyond the classroom through field experiences and individual projects. Specifically, this seminar will focus on happiness across the world with a critical emphasis on the countries and cities that have prioritized happiness including cities in the United States. Research shows that individual happiness consists of 50% genetic set points, 40% intentional activities, and 10% life circumstances so what makes certain countries and cities different? Using the National Geographic Blue Zones Project, this seminar will examine those differ-ences or similarities that lead to the happiest countries, cities, and people. Over the past 5-10 years, countries, companies, cities, etc. have started to emphasize happiness of citizens/employees and engage in more preventa-tive and sustainable ways of life that support posipreventa-tive well-being. This includes the creation of International Happiness Day by the United Nations in 2013. In addition, the UN recognizes happiness as a fundamental goal of all humans and encourages an approach to economic growth that promotes happiness/well-being. This semi-nar will also review happiness as an important factor in public policy development and social progress with perceived happiness providing people with an advantage in successful careers, relationships, high self-worth, and ability to thrive through difficulties. Incorporating an exploration away component to a blue zone city adds the experience of engaging in the U.S. in a new way. Blue Zone cities have been shown to experience higher rates of happiness by having higher level of purpose/pleasure, focus on well-being/balance, and emphasize on relationships with a strong sense of community.
HON 210-301: Write It Down: How Writing Impacts Health
Dr. Heather Wilson (Cameron Art Museum)
Thursday 3:45-6:30pm
F2F (at the Cameron Art Museum)
Is there a connection between the act of writing and physical and mental health? In this evidence-based class, students will explore six types of writing for healing and transformation: expressive, transactional, poetic, affirmative, legacy, and mindfulness writing. Students will delve into the medical research regarding expres-sive writing and discover for themselves the relationship between writing and health. Over thirty years of re-search into expressive writing tells us that this low-cost modality can benefit those living with a wide variety of conditions – from post-partum depression to high blood pressure to cancer survivors. Moreover, this practice benefits over-all well-being and cognitive functioning, and it is a low-cost, low-risk modality that can lead to a long-term writing practice and enhanced self-care. This is a collaborative course between UNCW Honors and Cameron Art Museum that explores the intersection of the arts and health. Please note that this class meets at the Cameron Art Museum – please allow time to travel back and forth when you plan your schedule. Transpor-tation is not provided.
HON 210-302: Connections: Art-Health-Community
Dr. Shawn Bingham
Monday 3-5:45pm
PFSO (hybrid – at the Cameron Art Museum)
This is a collaborative course between UNCW Honors and the Cameron Museum of art. Honors students will be trained to facilitate interactions with works of art for patient groups dealing with various diagnoses and will learn about medical conditions such as dementia, depression, and PTSD and are. No experience with art is required. The program is based on the Meet Me at MOMA Alzheimer's Project, which strove to make art ac-cessible to people with dementia, and has been highly successful and lauded by healthcare professionals, muse-um staff, and participants alike. Students will learn the Visual Thinking Strategies method of art exploration, which allows participants to give their own personal interpretations of works of art without fear of judgment or failure. This method has been found to help patients access and express memories, practice or regain their communication skills, externalize emotions, relieve stress and anxiety, and promote positive emotions. This will be an immersive experience at the intersection of art, medicine, and mental health. This class will also instruct students in the practices of observation, deep listening, and critical thinking, build empathy and under-standing, and engage students with the community. Please note that this class meets at the Cameron Art Muse-um –please allow time for traveling back and forth when you are planning your schedule. Transportation is not provided. Additional times for facilitating at the museum are part of the class, but these can be built around the rest of your schedule.
HON 210-303: Hiv/Aids in Science and Art: From Outbreak to Globalization and
Complacency
Drs. Art Frampton (Biology and Marine Biology) and Charles Grimes (Theater)
Monday and Wednesday, 2-3:15pm F2F
Since the first reports of a “gay cancer” around 1980, the phenomenon now known as HIV/AIDS has exerted a determining influence on human life and society. The purpose of this class is to chart the changing knowledge of this disease alongside the artistic milestones produced in response to its effect upon gay people and on other demographics across the globe. This section will confront the issue of complacency on the fight against AIDS and will examine how and why the American South is now the area in the country hardest-hit by this disease. This will be a multi-disciplinary course, open to all majors, in which students will read scientific essays, policy and public health reports, plays, fiction, and watch films. Class sessions will feature discussion. Assignments will include at least one student report in front of class. Projects will also include creating artistic advocacy and health policy interventions to confront AIDS in the here and now. Readings include articles and texts by L. O. Kalling, Peter Piot, Luc Montagnier, Matthew Lopez, Tony Kushner, and Rebecca Makkai, and films by
Jona-HON 211-300 Towards an understanding of Race: What Wilmington's history says
about America in the age of George Floyd
Fulfills LDN (Living in Our Diverse Nation)
Mr. Felix Brooks
Wednesday, 3:30-6:15pm F2F
This course focuses on the historical antecedents of race drawing a through line from 1619 to today’s Wilming-ton, culminating with the Killing of George Floyd. Why has this issue remained an open wound since the founding of our Democracy? The disciplines involved are Politics, Sociology, Psychology, and Economics. The course will approach the material from a historical and a contemporary perspective. The instructor will use lecture, film, podcast, books, and music as well as his own personal experience to craft a narrative that will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the role race has played in shaping American Society. The class will also take a deep dive into the work currently being done around anti-racism and diversity. Last-ly, the course will also address the role that students can play as citizens to make this a more perfect union.
HON 211-301 Culture and Politics of Social Movements
Fulfills LDN (Living in Our Diverse Nation)
Dr. Nathan Ragain
Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30-1:45pm SOF (hybrid)
The Movement for Black Lives, Occupy Wall Street, #Me Too, Extinction Rebellion: social movements are often recognizable but what a social movement is can be difficult to define. This course addresses the various ways that social movement aims and practices have been understood in general, the ways that specific ments have established solidarity across lines of race, class, gender, and nationality, or the ways social move-ments have utilized media forms and public space to enact change outside of official democratic channels. The framework for the course is grounded in the disciplines of political science, sociology, and history, but it pays equal attention to the aesthetic and material culture of social movements, and thus employs methods and ar-chives from cultural studies, visual arts, literary studies, and film and performance studies. For instance, we will look at primary and secondary texts related to such practices as freedom songs, zines, social media ac-counts, direct action training, poetry, manifesto, and street theater. While most of the materials in this course are drawn from U.S.-based movements from the 19th century to the present, we will look at some of the global
connections of these movements, including Marcus Garvey’s UNIA, the intersection of Black Power and Pan-Africanism, Extinction Rebellion, and the 1990s anti-globalization movement. Likewise, final projects will invite students to focus on a movement of their choice. Assignments include a critical reflection on a local political event, a close reading of a movement text, and a final project, which may be research-based or crea-tive.
HON 212-300: Food, Fuel and Fashion: A Social History of the Environment
Dr. Ann Rotchford (Sociology) and Dr. Robert Hart (History)
Fulfills LGS (Living in a Global Society) Tuesday and Thursday, 2-3:15pm AFAO (hybrid)
Environmental issues are social issues. That is, they are tied to: patterns of interaction; collective behavior, action and perception; consumption; inequality. In this interdisciplinary course, we examine interactions be-tween human societies and the natural environment. This is a two-way relationship, and so we look at how
HON 212-302: French and American Science Fiction
Dr. Christina Lord
Fulfills LGS (Living in a Global Society) Monday and Wednesday, 2-3:15pm OLSYN (synchronous online)
Did you know that a French artist was behind the cityscape in Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner, or that Star Wars drew inspiration from 1960s French comics? In this comparative and multimedia course, we'll study the fascinating ways in which these two cultures on either side of the Atlantic have influenced each other in iconic works of science fiction cinema, graphic novels, and literature. Our mission will be the following: 1) to consid-er the historical and socio-cultural factors that shape the works studied; 2) to undconsid-erstand how the themes and characteristics of science fiction allow us to ponder what it means to be human in the 20th and 21st centuries. Although this course will appeal to the science-fiction fan, it does not assume any prior knowledge of SF in either French or English and is aimed at all students who wish to learn more about the immense possibilities and international nature of this popular genre.
ARH 202-300: Renaissance Through Early Twentieth Century
University Studies credit: AILP
TBA
This course is a survey of artistic production from the Renaissance period through the twentieth century. We will examine works of art in a chronological format and discuss them within their religious, political and eco-nomic contexts to gain a broader understanding of their meaning and function as well as the role of visual culture in society.
BIO 202-300: Principles of Biology: Biodiversity (lecture and lab)
University Studies credit:
Dr. Diane Melroy
OLASY (online asynchronous)
CHM 102-300: General Chemistry II (pre-req: CHM 101)
Elective
Dr. Mike Messina
Tuesday and Thursday, 8-9:15am, Wednesday, 11-1:50pm SOF (hybrid)
In depth study of the fundamental laws, principles and theories of chemistry. Introduction to techniques and equipment used in the chemical laboratory. Interpretation of experimental results.
. Readings and discussions will be in English.
CRM 105-300: Introduction to Criminal Justice
University Studies credit: UHIB
F2F
Mr. Richard Davis
This class will explore the dynamic US social system of criminal justice. This encompasses law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Taught by a retired NC Corrections Manager with 30 years of experience, this class will have a strong emphasis on real world, daily experiences that students can use to grasp the complexities of our CJ system. To enhance this course there may be guest speakers from various local agencies, as well as opportunities for class debate/discussion of issues of our times. This course will be of interest to students con-sidering majors in Criminology, Sociology, Psychology, and Anthropology, and/or pursuing a career in Law Enforcement, Juvenile Delinquency, Law, and/or Corrections.
COM 116-300: Performance of Literature
University Studies credit: AILP and LDN
Dr. Julie Ann Scott Pollock
Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30-1:45pm PFAO (hybrid)
Designed to offer students an opportunity to “embody” culture, self, and the voice of the “Other” through the performance of texts. This course serves as an introduction to the art of performance as a communicative prac-tice, focusing on the dynamic relationship between the performer, texts, culture, and the audience as we strug-gle to perform and re-perform cultural truths, meanings, and identities. Throughout the semester, we will use
ECN 222-300: Macroeconomics (pre-req: ECN 221)
University Studies credit: UHIB
Dr. Adam Jones
W 2-3:15pm AFAO
Aggregate economic analysis examining the effects of fiscal and monetary policy upon aggregate employment, income and prices at an introductory level.
ENG 103-300 College Writing and Reading (Advanced)
University Studies credit: COMP & IL
Dr. Kimberly Hemingway
MWF 12-12:50pm
This course is an accelerated, one-semester version of the first-year composition sequence. Honors English 103 seeks to incite critical thinking about a variety of local and global issues and motivate writing based on inquiry, balance, informed voice, and a tolerant intellectual stance. It is designed specifically to challenge the student to: familiarize oneself with a body of facts, interpretations, or opinions about a given topic; articulate questions that can be examined profitably through research; survey and assess conflicting facts, interpretations, or opinions; adopt and support a position, while also remaining tolerant toward conflicting points-of-view and acknowledg-ing their appeal.
ENG 226-300: World Literature since 1600
University Studies credit: AILP, LGS, and WI
Dr. Blevin Shelnutt
MWF 12-12:50 OLSYN
“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the World,” argued the writer Percy Shelley in 1820. In this course, you’ll examine and test Shelley’s contention as we survey literary texts from across the globe. Our readings span a range of periods and genres, from 17th-century haiku to Enlightenment manifestos, protest poetry, and modernist short stories. We’ll consider “world literature” as a literature particularly concerned with intensifying encounters between diverse peoples, and we’ll examine how writers imagine the role of language, reading, and literary art in mediating such encounters. How do writers use literary devices and genres to trans-form readers’ perspective of the world around them or to inspire social change? According to our readings, what is literature’s role in making—and changing the course of—history?
ENG 232-300: African American Literature
University Studies credit: AILP, LDN, and WI
Dr. Maia Butler
Wednesday, 9-9:50am OLASY
Migrations are ubiquitous in contemporary Africana literature and culture. In this course, we will read into the myriad ways mobility is represented in these works and think about how conceptions of identity and belonging shift as immigrants are depicted moving through and living in various places. We will consider how literature of migration presents issues of race, class, gender, region, and nationality as they respond to both colonial surviv-als and contemporary geopolitical realities. We will examine constructions of community and belonging through reading and responding to fiction, memoir, poetry, and media portraying migrations to, from, and with-in the Americas, migrations both real and imagwith-ined. Through key theoretical concepts and methods from the fields of Black studies and Postcolonial studies, students will be equipped to read the drivers and impacts of migration on Black diasporic subjects, and the resulting provisional and contingent nature of home, belonging, and community. Writing and research activities from across the semester will inform final, cumulative multime-dia portfolio projects.
EVS 205-830 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
University Studies credit: Scientific Approaches and LGS
Dr. Devon Eulie
Wednesday, 11-12:15pm
OLSYN (online synchronous)
Interdisciplinary study of global environmental issues focusing on major current issues including human over-population, biodiversity loss, food and water scarcity, energy, stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain, and poverty. Cause and effects of environmental degradation and the interplay on human welfare will be discussed. The course goal is to give you a knowledge base sufficient to understand everyday environmental issues on a global scale that will affect you now and after you leave the University; the ultimate goal is for students to leave this course environmentally literate citizens of the world who have a better understanding of the impact humans have on the environment and the impact environmental quality has on humans. Students will accom-plish learning objectives through a combination of asynchronous online assignments and synchronous lectures and activities. These will include discussion boards, quizzes, online activities such as surveys, and student-led debates on course topics.
INT 200-300: Global Capitalism and its Discontents
University Studies credit: LGS, HPA, and WI
Dr. Dan Masters
Tuesday and Thursday, 11-12:15pm F2F
This course examines the history and theory of capitalism by looking at some of its major proponents including Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, and Friedrich Hayek, but also by examining some of its harshest critics including Karl Marx. The mechanisms of capitalism are explored by comparing it to alterna-tives and variations such as mercantilism, centrally planned economy (or command economy), communism, socialism, dirigisme, state capitalism, crony capitalism, and corporate capitalism. Then capitalism’s connection to globalization and it impact on poverty and wealth distribution will be examined. This course counts in the International Studies core for Political and Economic Awareness. Students in this class complete a research project developed in stages during the semester. In the honor’s section of this course students will construct a paper that analyzes the function of capitalism at a local/regional level or global level rather than a comparative analysis of perspectives on capitalism. Students will also construct a presentation, multimedia in design when possible, to communicate the content of their research.
MUS 220-800 African American Music [please note: only 10 seats in this section are
reserved for Honors students]
University Studies credit: AILP and LDN
Dr. Natalie Boeyink
Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30-1:45pm AOSO (synchronous and asynchronous online)
From its roots in the musical legacies of enslaved Africans to ground-breaking composers of classical music and current trends in hip hop and R&B, we will study the history and creators behind the musical traditions making up the tapestry of African American music in the United States. Students will learn to recognize style characteristics of African American genres, develop an understanding of the historic and political contexts of the music, and examine the conditions under which the music was created.
OCN 150-300 Introduction to Oceanography
Dr. Ai Ning Loh
Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:45am F2F
The purpose of this class is to introduce some basic concepts of oceanography. By the end of the semester, the student is expected to master these basic concepts, and also be able to integrate them to explain simple oceano-graphic related phenomenon such as (but not limited to) occurrence of earthquakes, the role of the oceans in determining weather and climate, environmental stress and marine organisms, building on moving beaches, primary and secondary production, estuaries as nurseries of the sea, and effects of man on the marine environ-ment. For the Honors sections, there will be less lecturing and more time devoted to class activities and discus-sion, as well as the discussion of select current topics.
PAR 101-300 Invitation to Philosophical Thinking
University Studies credit: HPA and CR
Dr. Robert Smithson
Monday and Wednesday, 3:30-4:45pm F2F
Do we have free will or are we just the products of our upbringings? Where does morality come from? What is the relationship between science and religion? With recent advances in artificial intelligence, might it be possi-ble to produce a machine a machine with consciousness? What should we do when we encounter people who seem just as reasonable as us, but who disagree with us on deep moral questions? What kind of limits, if any, should there be on freedom of speech? How is technology shaping our understanding of ourselves as humans? What is required for a person to live a good and meaningful life? In this honors university studies course, we will consider how philosophy can shed light on these kinds of vital questions facing our contemporary society. "Students will engage in ethical debates as parts of small teams and will apply philosophical concepts to out-of -classroom events in the surrounding community."
PAR 225-830 Women in Religion
University Studies credit: HPA, LDN, and IL
Dr. Jamie Brummitt
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10-10:50am OLSYN (synchronous online)
This course encourages students to examine how women and men have defined themselves in relation to gen-der and religion in colonial America and the United States. Students will read primary and secondary sources from the 1600s to 2010s to investigate the construction of gender in Native American religions, Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam. Primary sources will include transcripts of women on trial, accounts of wom-en accused of witchcraft, as well as diaries, publications, and art made by womwom-en and mwom-en.
PLS 101 American National Government
University Studies credit: UHIB
Dr. Aaron King
TR 11-12:15pm F2F
In the midst of a global pandemic, racial tension, election uncertainty, and a last minute Supreme Court vacan-cy, the 2020 election was among the most contentious in recent memory. Politics can be frustrating, complicat-ed, polarizing, and sometimes entertaining, and the political environment is inundated with partisan and ideo-logical predispositions. In this introductory seminar, you will learn how we can start to make sense of the com-plexity of American politics through the lens of the scientific method. Whether you have an interest in
politi-PSY 105-300 HON: General Psychology
University Studies credit: UHIB
Dr. Erica Noles
Monday and Wednesday, 3:30-4:45pm OLSYN (online synchronous)
This course will review the major areas within psychology to lay the foundation for understanding human behavior, thoughts, and emotions. There will be a strong focus on the importance of empirically collected data and how psychology research directly applies to your life and society. You will learn to find academic sources, evaluate news articles, and use critical thinking skills to evaluate claims. As an Honors section, this course will be enhanced with active learning assignments, analysis of news articles and their sources of information, and a semester-long project, “Exploring a Question,” in which students will answer in pairs a psychological question by doing research, presenting their results to the class, and proposing a new study to further address issues related to the question.
PSY 223-300: Life Span Human Development (pre-req: PSY 105)
SOC 105-300 Introduction to Sociology: University Studies credit: UHIB
Dr. Doug Engelman
Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-4:45pm AFSO (hybrid)
Are you up for a potentially life-changing experience? The Honors College offers just that opportunity through its newly developed Introduction to Sociology course. In this course, you will be given both the knowledge and tools to help you reimagine how our social world functions, both locally and globally, and your place in this massive tapestry we call society. The textbook provides an understanding of the history and development of sociology as a social science, and as an academic discipline. Important figures, and the foundational theories they developed are examined. You will be trained in research objectives and methodologies. Social problems related to our economic and political systems, such as racism, gender biases, homophobia, and the wealth divide are examined in both a historical and contemporary context. As a capstone to the course, students are challenged to develop a formal research project, from proposal to finished report, culminating in an in-class presentation of findings. Upon completion of the course, students routinely comment that this course has helped them understand the social world, and their place in it, in an entirely new way.
SOC 215-300 Modern Social Problems: University Studies credit: UHIB
Mr. Felix Brooks
TR 11-12:15 F2F
The topic of this class is modern social problems. The disciplines involved include Sociology, History, Eco-nomics, as well as Politics. The chief objective of this course is for students to understand both the history and importance of social problems; what role they play in social development or lack thereof; the process involved in what gets defined as a social problem and why it matters; the stakeholders involved in these issues; the impact social problems have had past, present, and future; why their involvement matters; and how and where they can get involved. The approach to this material will involve the use of multiple learning platforms, such a lecture, music, and movies. Readings will be the main anchor for this class, but the instructor will also bring in
SPN 201-830 Intermediate Spanish I (pre-req: SPN 102 min C- or SPN 120)
University Studies credit: Foreign Language requirement
Dr. Valerie Rider
This course will be a seminar approach to speaking, reading, and writing Spanish for honors students who have basic competency in the language. Honors Spanish is an active learning experience; it’s the opposite of passive education. Expect to be presented with “problems”, questions, and situations which will require you to think things through carefully in Spanish, then reach conclusions on your own. Our course is conducted in Spanish; please be prepared to hear and use it at all times.
STT 215-300 HON: Introduction to Statistics (pre-req: MAT 105)
University Studies credit: Mathematics and Statistics
Dr. Johan Hattingh
Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:45am AFAO (hybrid)
This course will be a seminar centered around the collection, tabulation and graphical representation of data. Students will learn about measures of control tendency (mean, median, mode, etc.) and dispersion (quantiles, variances, etc.), basics of classical probability and theory, measures of association, correlation, and linear re-gression, and basic ideas on statistical inference (point and interval estimation, tests of hypotheses, etc.)
THR 121-300 Introduction to Theatre: University Studies credit: AILP
Dr. Charles Grimes
Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-4:45pm PFSO (hybrid)
Emphasizing dramatic literature in performance, this class investigates the imaginative processes involved in creating theatre, examining the roles of audience, actor, playwright, director, designers, technicians, and others, and it offers historical information and examples of the development of theatre in Western and non-Western cultures. This class offers the student practical experience in responding to live drama. Special projects for this Honors section include writing and performing monologues and creating a socially-distanced theatre piece.
WGS 212-300 Sexuality and Gender: University Studies credit: LDN
Dr. Julie Krueger
Thursday, 11-12:15pm PFAO (hybrid)
This course introduces students to the field of critical sexuality studies. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the course interrogates the role of sexuality in shaping personal, social, and political life. Topics for study include the social construction of sexuality, sexual fluidity, queer theory and politics, prostitution and pornog-raphy, homophobia and masculinity, sexual coercion and violence, religion and sexuality, sex education, etc. Taken together, these topics will allow for a critical examination of how sexuality – in dynamic interaction with other socially constituted markers of difference – gives meaning to our experiences and sense of our-selves, shapes our interactions with others, and serves as an organizing principle of social institutions. As an honors course, you will be expected to engage in critical and creative thinking and exhibit mastery over the course materials. You will do so through a combination of projects, including a current event reflection, a book review, a documentary reflection, and a zine created within a small group.
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