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Honors Chemistry II
Honors Children’s Literature: Texts & Context
Honors College Composition I: Honors College Composition II:
Honors Contemporary World Theatre - WI Honors Earth, People, & Environment Honors Earth Sciences Laboratory I Honors First-Year Engineering Clinic II Honors Foundations of Computer Science
Honors Hip Hop Culture: Music, Lifestyle, Fashion, and Politics Honors Human Exceptionality
Honors Introduction to Astronomy
Honors Introduction to Economics – A Microeconomic Perspective Honors Introduction to Figure Anatomy for the Artist
Honors Introduction to Genetics
Honors Introduction to Global Literatures in English: Global Science Fiction
Honors Introduction to Global Literatures in English: Modern Media & the Global Middle Ages Honors Introduction to Philosophy
Honors Introductory Mechanics Honors Leadership & Service Training Honors Operations Management Honors Organic Chemistry II Honors Organizational Behavior Honors Philosophy of Science - WI Honors Psychology of Scientific Thinking Honors Public Speaking
Honors Schools & Society: Foundations for Secondary Teaching Honors Sophomore Engineering Clinic II
Honors Special Topics: Hobbits and Bohemians: British Culture and Society in the Age of World Wars Honors Special Topics: Objected-Oriented Programming/Data Abstraction
Honors Topics in Literature: Literature & Medicine Honors Writing as Managers - WI
DISCIPLINARY Honors Chemistry II
The University Honors program works in combination with a host of academic departments on campus to provide and develop discipline-specific departmental honors programs. These programs allow students to pursue their major course of study within an Honors framework. Honors students must be accepted into the respective programs associated with their degree plan. Each department has separate requirements for its programs which are subject to change, and students should speak with their advisor for the most up-to-date requirements.
Honors Chemistry 2 topics will be discussed in greater detail and with a higher degree of
mathematical rigor. This course presents the basic principles involved in the study of chemistry, with emphasis of these topics: equilibria, including acids and bases, complexes, and sparingly soluble compounds, thermodynamics, kinetics, electrochemistry, and solution theory.
Descriptive inorganic chemistry is also covered. (4.0 credits) Students must register for both CRNs.
Lab Science; Science and Mathematics CRN 22227 CHEM 06101.17
WF 8:00 – 9:15 am Robinson 227 CRN 22228 CHEM L6101.17 M 8:00 – 10:45 am Science 334 Neil Mucha, mucha@rowan.edu
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Children’s Literature: Texts & Context
Place is an essential part of literature for children, from the halls of Hogwarts to the stolen prairies of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Kansas to the far-away land where the Wild Things are. But although we may think of place as simply the setting in which the story occurs, place is always something that is socially constructed: the product of human beings' interactions, practices, and decisions that reflect their environments. Throughout the semester, students in this course will use multidisciplinary theory and criticism from the academic subfields of human geography and children’s literature to examine the ways different texts participate in the representative constructions of place and space for children. We’ll explore primary works’ formal structure, narrative content, and historical context, in the process dismantling the common belief that children’s literature and culture are “simple.” By considering the aesthetic, historical, cultural, and geographical implications of these texts for children, we’ll discover how place helps form our ideological conceptions of childhood. (3.0 credits)
History/Humanities/Language; Literature CRN 22192 HONR 05205.1
Social and Behavioral Sciences; Literature CRN 22196 HONR 05290.1
MW 2:00 – 3:15 pm Whitney 201 Katharine Slater, slaterk@rowan.edu Department of English
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors College Composition I:
Coming soon. Communicative Literacy CRN 22199 HONR 01111.1 TR 9:30 – 10:45 am Whitney 202 CRN 22200 HONR 01111.2 TR 11:00 – 12:15 pm Whitney 202 CRN 22201 HONR 01111.3 MW 2:00-3:15 pm Whitney 202 Department of Writing Arts
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors College Composition II:
Coming soon. Communicative Literacy CRN 22202 HONR 01112.1 MW 9:30 – 10:45 am Whitney 202 CRN 22203 HONR 01112.2 TR 12:30 – 1:45 pm Whitney 202 CRN 22205 HONR 01112.3 TR 3:30 -4:45 pm Whitney 202 Department of Writing Arts
DISCIPLINARY Honors Contemporary World Theatre - WI
Contemporary World Theatre (THD 07440) examines significant scripts and performance styles of contemporary theatre practice from around the world. This highly interactive, discussion-based course offers a creative forum to express personal responses/interpretations of a variety of scripts and live productions which focus on issues of contemporary global concern. (3.0 credits)
Literature, Writing Intensive History, Humanities, Language CRN 22185 HONR 05205.2 Artistic & Creative Experience CRN 22188 HONR 05214.1
MW 11:00 – 12:15 pm Whitney 201
Elizabeth Hostetter, hostetter@rowan.edu Department of Theatre & Dance
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Earth, People, & Environment
We live in a world that is wonderfully complex, populated by and, to an increasing degree, dominated by a species that has acquired not only an understanding of the forces that shape our planet but the ability to alter them. The story of how this came to be is rich in plot and characters, but it is an evolving story, with many chapters yet to be written. How have humans come to play such a central role in this unfolding drama – a story that is not just terrestrial, but universal? And, perhaps more importantly, how will the decisions we make today and in the years to come determine the future of our unique blue world?
This course looks not only to the past but to the present and future in an effort to reveal the underlying processes, key connections, and breakthrough findings that are part and parcel of our broadening global perspective. What sets this course apart from other interdisciplinary offerings is the realization of and emphasis on geography as the connective tissue that binds studies from various fields such as environmental science, history and evolutionary studies. Geography sets our place in space and time; it provides the perspective that allows us to see all of these areas of study as synthetic components of a single story. This is a story that needs to be told. It is a course that will enable students to grasp the key events that shaped the evolution of our society, species, planet, and universe. It will provide an opportunity for
exploration – for seeking out new knowledge as it emerges today across the sciences – and will spark an interest and a desire to play a role in writing the next chapter of this evolving story. (3.0 credits)
Social and Behavioral Sciences; Multicultural; Global Literacy CRN 22218 GEOG 16100.9
MW 11:00 – 12:15 pm Business 303
Richard Federman, federmanr@rowan.edu Department of Geography & Environment
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Earth Sciences Laboratory I
The planet we live on appears as a tranquil blue ball from a satellite vantage point, but this view belies the incredibly dynamic realm we live in. In the air, on land, in the water
and underground, powerful forces are constantly at work directing the continuous evolution of our planet. In this course we will explore these forces in their temporal scales with special attention to their interactions with each other - think of the relationship between earthquakes, volcanoes and climate change for example. Our future is being shaped by the interplay of these forces and our efforts to better understand them and harness them for the common good. We will use data from NOAA, the USGS, NASA and state and national observatories in our
investigations. Join us for a true world discovery tour! (4.0 credits) Lab Science, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Scientific Literacy CRN 22216 GEOG 16130.2
TR 2:00 – 4:45 pm Robinson 302 Chuck McGlynn, mcglynn@rowan.edu Department of Geography & Environment
DISCIPLINARY Honors First-Year Engineering Clinic II
Freshman Clinic introduces students to the practice and profession of engineering. You will learn fundamental concepts that are drawn from the four engineering disciplines offered here at Rowan University. Typical objectives include: engineering measurements; team work and cooperative learning; problem solving and critical thinking; technical communication skills in graphical, written, and oral formats; design methods; professionalism; lab skills and etiquette; research skills; and classroom management skills. All of these are fundamental skills that you will use in your later engineering courses and career. (2.0 credits)
CRN 22204 ENGR 01102.3 MW 8:00 – 9:15 am Remote W 9:30 – 10:45 am Remote
Melissa Montalbo-Lomboy, montalbolomboy@rowan.edu CRN 22206 ENGR 01102.9
MW 11:00 – 12:15 pm ENGR 241 M 9:30 – 10:45 am ENGR 241 Tiago Forin, forin@rowan.edu CRN 22198 ENGR 01102.14 MW 6:30 – 7:45 pm ENGR 241 W 5:00 – 6:15 pm ENGR 241
Scott Streiner, streiner@rowan.edu
Department of Experiential Engineering Education
DISCIPLINARY Honors Foundations of Computer Science
Suppose someone asks you to write a program – of course you can write it, you’ve been
programming for a while now and are good at it. Or can you? Did you know that there are some programs that absolutely positively can NOT be written? By anyone, anywhere. We’ll prove that in this course. How will we go about doing so? We’ll start by thinking about how we can model very simple computers (using just the basic nodes and arcs of graphs) and figure out what can and cannot be programmed on them, and will gradually build up to more and more complex computers until we are able to model current machines using only some basic graph tools plus an infinitely long piece of paper. (3.0 credits)
CRN 23506 CS 07210.3
TR 2:00 – 3:15 pm Robinson 121 Jennifer Kay, kay@rowan.edu Department of Computer Science
DISCIPLINARY Honors Hip Hop Culture: Music, Lifestyle, Fashion, and Politics
In 2017, hip-hop became the #1 genre of recorded music in the United States for the first time in history. An art form that began in New York City in the early 70s has now become a global phenomenon. Hip Hop Culture: Music, Lifestyle, Fashion and Politics Honors will examine how hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs with limited resources created a movement that revitalized, reshaped and transformed the music industry and established a cultural movement that spread around the world.
This course will analyze the elements of hip-hop culture (deejaying, emceeing, b-boying/b-girling, graffiti art and more) and research how they have impacted society. Students will gain an enriched appreciation of hip-hop culture through documentaries, research assignments, live performances, readings, class presentations, collaborations, discussions with guest speakers and class trips. Students will leave this course with a deeper understanding of how the hip-hop generation has addressed some of society’s most complex problems through poetry, music production, dance, art and education. (3.0 credits)
Artistic Literacy
CRN 21454 MUS 40344.1 TR 2:00 – 3:15 pm Wilson 108
Michael McArthur, mcarthurm@rowan.edu
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Human Exceptionality
In this advanced level course, the student will examine what is meant by human developmental exceptionality, theories of developmental differences, cultural perspectives of differences, and how we judge what is “normal”. The student will examine the various types of developmental disabilities linked with physical/health issues, emotional/behavioral issues, learning and communication issues, as well as levels of intellectual learning and related developmental disabilities. Another area of developmental difference to be examined is that of giftedness and giftedness with disabilities. Current research in the study of childhood developmental
exceptionalities will be investigated. Well identified differences will be covered in this course, including Asperger’s syndrome, autism, emotional trauma, extremely slow learners, and those identified as exceptionally bright. Students will learn about the various laws that enable provision of services for people with disabilities. Students will hopefully come away with a stronger respect for the variety of human learning experiences, with a clearer understanding of how to interact successfully with a wide spectrum of exceptional learners. (3.0 credits)
Social and Behavioral Sciences; Humanistic Literacy CRN 21698 SPED 08130.16
M 11:00 – 1:45 pm James 3091B
Nicole Edwards, edwardsn@rowan.edu
Department of Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Education
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Introduction to Figure Anatomy for the Artist
Human Anatomy visualization of form, structure and process is integral to understanding how our bodies are represented in science, medicine and art. Anatomists and artists have had a long historical basis for visualizing the science behind our anatomy – from Leonardo da Vinci, to Vesalius, and our contemporary practitioners in medical illustration, such as Frank Netter and Max Brödel. Understanding the human form, and learning to observe the structures beneath the surface (bones and muscles) can give great insight into how we learn and conceptualize the 3-dimensional form for study and reconstruction on a 2-3-dimensional surface.
This honors course is designed to strengthen the student’s understanding of human anatomy and explore topics of the human figure through the means of the interdisciplinary subjects of art and science. A rare opportunity to learn and interpret anatomy knowledge by working directly from the living figure model and human cadaver in the gross anatomy lab at Cooper Medical School, which will allow for greater comprehension of structure and biomechanics of our joints and muscles. A series of lectures and hands-on demonstrations, with drawing projects and exams, will allow for in-depth review of the human muscular-skeletal system. Not only will the class learn a level of realism and stylization of complex information of the body form, but an increased knowledge of the specific identifying structures and their function. Study in this area is designed to provide the student with a good grasp of skeletal and muscular anatomy as it strongly relates to observational drawing of the figure for both science and art-based disciplines. (3.0 credits) Artistic Literacy
CRN 24894 ART 09251.2 F 9:30 – 3:15 pm Westby 216 Ethan Geehr, geehre@rowan.edu Department of Radio, TV & Film
DISCIPLINARY Honors Introduction to Astronomy
What is Astronomy? Welcome to the universe! This course will feature class lectures/labs, group projects, audiovisual presentations, activities online and off, visits to Rowan’s
observatory and planetarium, and several writing projects. Some of the Labs will involve writing up narratives of assigned observing sessions, others writing up the results of individual research performed by each student online during one or more class periods. (4.0 credits) (Will Require Occasional Night Viewing)
Lab Science; Science and Mathematics; Scientific Literacy CRN 22468 ASTR 11120.1
TR 2:00 – 4:45 pm Science 149
John Herrmann, herrmann@rowan.edu Department of Physics & Astronomy
DISCIPLINARY Honors Introduction to Economics – A Microeconomic Perspective
The free market has developed a bad reputation lately and many view capitalism as a purely negative force, particularly among younger generations. This course sets out to demonstrate that money and markets are an extremely useful invention of society with many benefits, while also detailing the multiple and serious failings of the free market (and coming up with solutions to fix them!). In this course, we will cover the conventional topics of microeconomics, with an eye toward its application in business and economics. If you plan to continue your economics education, what you will learn in this class will be the basic foundation of knowledge which you will draw from time and time again. If this is your last economics course, then you will find this knowledge useful to you in the real world, as you will be better able to understand how businesses and markets operate. (3.0 credits)
Social and Behavioral Sciences; Humanistic Literacy CRN 22221 ECON 04102.11
MW 12:30 – 1:45 pm Whitney 201 Jesse Melvin, melvinj@rowan.edu
Department of Political Science & Economics
DISCIPLINARY Honors Introduction in Genetics
In my laboratory we have been studying the process by which bacteria can remove lead (Pb2+) from their environment. We have whole genomic sequence for a number of mutants that have enhanced capabilities in this activity and for mutants that have no such ability. A number of these sequences have been analyzed and are in a manuscript that will be submitted in the coming months. However, we have two mutants that were completely sequenced but they did not fit any of the patterns of the strains that we are publishing. Consequently, these strains are in need of analysis and we don't know what makes them behave the way that they do.
The plan for the Biology 2 course would be to have the students do the basic genomic analysis of one or more of these mutants and do some basic genetic mapping. They would start by carrying out a detailed analysis of the genomic information that we have on hand but have not yet processed with follow up experiments to be carried out at the lab bench. The objective will be for students to identify regions of the genome that are likely locations for the genetic changes responsible for the phenotypes of these uncharacterized mutants. (4.0 credits) Lab Science; Science and Mathematics
CRN 22229 BIOL 01106.1 MT 2:00 – 3:15 pm Science 218 R 2:00 – 4:45 pm Science 218
Ginnene DiStefano, distefanog@rowan.edu Department of Biological Sciences
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Introduction to Philosophy
Philosophy is concerned with the “great questions” of life – for example, do we know anything? Does God exist? Is morality relative? What makes an action morally right or wrong? Do we ever do anything freely? Do you have a soul? If you are interested in these sorts of questions, then Introduction to Philosophy is the class for you. You will study how thinkers from ancient times to the present have answered the great questions of life. You will also form your own answers to these questions. (3.0 credits)
History, Humanities & Language; Multicultural; Humanistic Literacy CRN 22179 PHIL 09120.5
MW 11:00 – 12:15 pm Whitney 202
Abraham Witonsky, witonsky@rowan.edu Department of Philosophy & Religion
DISCIPLINARY Honors Introductory Mechanics
Does physics sound like something that only Einstein appreciated? Actually, everything we see and do is based on physics. And it’s not that hard – it’s only physics. In this class, we will do many hands-on-experiments where we learn why you don’t fall out when upside down in a roller coaster, why it’s not safe to lock-up your brakes, and why a high jumper can jump over an 8-foot high pole yet have a vertical of only 3 feet. We will go through the theory in detail using calculus but reinforce it with demos and examples. (4.0 credits)
Even Einstein would find this class to be fun!
Lab Science; Science and Mathematics; Scientific Literacy Students must register for both CRNs.
CRN 24469 PHYS 00220.1 W 12:30 – 3:15 pm Science 138 CRN 22470 PHYS L00220.1 M 12:30 – 3:15 Science 138
Samuel Lofland, lofland@rowan.edu Department of Physics & Astronomy
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Leadership & Service Training
Leadership and Service Training (LAST) provides an academic framework for upperclassman mentors involved in the Bantivoglio Leadership and Service Training (BLAST) program. There are several primary objectives for this course:
1) to train leaders who will facilitate the transition of students new to Honors;
2) to promote the continued development of both new and current Honors students as citizen scholars as well as contributing members and leaders of their
communities;
3) to facilitate the participation of new Honors students in meaningful service projects; 4) to build a cohesive culture of intellectual curiosity and active engagement in
academic and extracurricular pursuits that serves as the defining focus of the Bantivoglio Honors Concentration; and
5) to have BLAST mentors’ training and good work recognized by other academic institutions as well as potential employers (a LAST class will be visible to all*). This course meets once a week to discuss a series of concepts related to building the Honors community, succeeding as scholars, pursuing positions of leadership, and making an impact as citizens. The weekly seminar consists of an introduction to a concept, group activities/projects, expert presentations, and planning sessions for BLAST mentors. Concepts to be addressed include but are not limited to: habits of mind, issues in diversity, disability awareness and access, career preparation, and mental health. The student leaders taking this course will be given ideas and guidance for leading groups, facilitating discussion, and arranging
extracurricular events—including field trips—with the student groups they will lead. What is more, LAST will challenge student leaders to reflect on their own growth and development as more mature citizen scholars.
Following each class, mentors will be responsible for meeting with their group of
underclassman Honors students to expand on the weekly concept through academic, co- and extracurricular activities, and discussion. BLAST mentors signed up for this course will receive one Honors course credit and the full semester’s credit for Honors Participation and Service for attending one meeting session each week, and successfully executing weekly meetings and activities with their student groups.
* This is a zero-credit, P/NC course that will show on students’ transcripts. Students will earn all of their Honors Service and Participation credit as well as an Honors Course Credit for being BLAST mentors. (Please note that although students can be a BLAST mentor for up to six semesters, and those LAST classes will show on their transcripts, they may only use TWO towards their required total Honors courses for graduation.)
BLAST members will be registered for one of these sections by the Honors Office after the application process is complete.
CRN 22207 HONR 01101.1 M 5:00 – 6:15 pm Whitney 201 CRN 22208 HONR 01101.2 T 9:30 – 10:45 am Whitney 201 Marie Flocco, flocco@rowan.edu Department of Writing Arts
DISCIPLINARY Honors Special Topics: Object-Oriented Programming/Data Abstraction
Objects and data abstraction continue from Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming to the methodology of programming from an object-oriented perspective. Through the study of object design, this course introduces software engineering and focuses on file I/O, function prototypes, exception handling, decoupling strategies, and other advanced topics.
The content covered will be deeper than with non-Honors sections. Specifically, the Honors course will introduce advanced object-oriented design content normally found in Junior level CS courses. The honors course will also engage Learning Assistants – upper-level CS students who will guide and inspire students to think creatively and out of the box. Active Learning exercises will be both theory-related and application-related. (3.0 credits)
CRN 25276 CS 01295.4
TR 5:10 – 5:50 pm Robinson 312 Jack Myers, myersjac@rowan.edu Department of Computer Science
DISCIPLINARY Honors Operations Management
This course provides a general management perspective of the role of operations in companies in both manufacturing and service industries. It offers a broad survey of the concepts and techniques involved in designing and managing operations. Students explore the role
of operations in building the competitive strength of the firm and in fulfilling the firm’s goal of creating value and delivering customer satisfaction. Focus is on the leading decisions
Operations Managers must make within the wider corporate and industry context, from initial product and process design to inventory and quality management, maintenance and
development over time. Excel is used extensively to develop quantitative OM analyses.
This course is designed to provide a survey of the field of operations, focusing more on the operations side of management while also presenting the mathematical component. The course is designed to illustrate the 10 key decisions facing operations managers consisting of four modules. Module 1 covers broad introduction to OM, strategy, quality, and statistical quality control. Module 2 focuses forecasting, inventory management, and material requirement planning. Module 3 presents decision-making tools, linear programming, and project management. Module 4 deals with SAP ERP material management. The importance of operations in a firm’s quest to create competitive advantage in the global marketplace is shown. The teaching approach encourages students to develop logical, well-supported recommendations. Teams will be employed in case and term project in order to simulate working situations. (4.0 credits)
CRN 24069 MGT 06305.4 TR 12:30 – 1:45 pm Remote Niranjan Pati, pati@rowan.edu
Department of Management & Entrepreneurship
DISCIPLINARY Honors Organic Chemistry II
Ever look at a food or personal products label and wonder what some of those ingredients are or how they are made? Come join Organic Chemistry 2 and learn the fundamentals necessary for understanding much of the world around you! In this course you will develop the knowledge essential to exploring the following:
· structure elucidation of organic molecules
· synthesis, naming and reactivity of carbonyl containing molecules · naming and reactivity of benzene
(4.0 credits)
CRN 22225 CHEM 07201.4 TR 9:30 – 10:45 am Science 324 CRN 22226 CHEM L07201.4 F 9:30 – 12:15 pm Science 334 Lark Perez, perezla@rowan.edu
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
DISCIPLINARY Honors Organizational Behavior
This course examines human relations in management. The course studies the concern for both task and process in the light of structure, goals and human relationships found in organized efforts. It also covers the application of new management theories in the areas of motivation, leadership and group problem-solving by a variety of means, including group exercises, case studies, and role playing. (3.0 credits)
CRN 24068 MGT 06300.3 TR 11:00 – 12:15 pm Remote
Yang Yang, yangya@rowan.edu
Department of Management & Entrepreneurship Back to Top
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Philosophy of Science - WI
Science is perhaps the preeminent cultural practice of our modern age. It has transformed our societies, our understanding of the world we live in, and even our own self-conceptions. Despite its evident importance, questions persist about the basic nature of science. What, for example, distinguishes it from other modes of inquiry and knowledge acquisition? What is its method, and what sort of logical inferences does it rely on? Does science always make progress, and how should we understand this progress? To what extent is science free of gender and other social biases? Do scientific theories accurately represent the real world, and how do we know this? Philosophers of science have defended a variety of answers to these questions. We will examine some of the more important and interesting of these philosophical theories, in the hope of gaining a richer understanding of the nature and value of science. (3.0 credits)
History, Humanities, & Language; Multicultural; Writing Intensive; Humanistic Literacy CRN 22181 PHIL 09369.1
TR 9:30 – 10:45 am Robinson 201B Matthew Lund, lund@rowan.edu Department of Philosophy & Religion
DISCIPLINARY Honors Psychology of Scientific Thinking
How many times have you seen social media posts that are so inaccurate and biased that they make you cringe? Why does it seem that a growing number of American public distrust science? In this course, to help develop your skills as informed consumers of scientific information, we will explore techniques of critical thinking, empirical approaches, a healthy skepticism, and an awareness of the vagaries of the human mind that lead to illogical decision. You will learn techniques to combat the growing prevalence of questionable claims on the internet and how to distinguish real news from fake news - life skills that are important to everyone, no matter what your future endeavors. Interactive and team-based learning techniques will be emphasized. (3.0 credits)
CRN 22177 PSY 01301.4 MW 9:30 – 10:45 am Remote Karyn Tappe, tappe@rowan.edu Department of Psychology
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Public Speaking
This course trains students in the fundamentals of public speaking, including study and practice of speech preparation and speech delivery. The goal is to enable the student to participate effectively in oral communication, as a student, professionally and as a citizen. (3.0 credits) Communication; Communicative Literacy
CRN 22223 CMS 04205.6
MW 9:30 – 10:45 am Victoria 306
CRN 22224 CMS 04205.24 MW 2:00 – 3:15 pm Wilson 207
Megan Hart, hartme@rowan.edu Department of Communication Studies
DISCIPLINARY Honors Schools & Society: Foundations for Secondary Teaching
Many of our nation's biggest conflicts about who we are- fights involving race, class, power, and knowledge-are played out through our schools. This course is an introduction to the ongoing conversation (and argument) about public schools in the United States. We will be addressing a number of foundational questions in the field of education, including: Who are schools for? What are they for? What is taught and who decides? As we seek answers to these questions, we will be reading and discussing works by important thinkers about our schools and bringing their critical lenses to current controversies in education. (3.0 credits)
CRN 21878 SMED 40450.2 W 11:00 - 1:45 pm James 2100 Jeremy Glazer, glazer@rowan.edu
Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Education
DISCIPLINARY Honors Sophomore Engineering Clinic II
This course, a continuation of the Engineering Clinic series, provides expanded treatment of the practice of engineering through applications drawn from various engineering disciplines and industry. Project work includes a variety of technical communication topics, analytic and computer-based tools, including the design process, engineering ethics, safety and teamwork. The composition component presents critical thinking, reading, writing, research and
argumentation. (4.0 credits) Communicative Literacy CRN 22163 ENGR 01201.1
MW 9:30 – 10:45 am Remote
Karen Brager, brager@rowan.edu Department of Communication Studies
W 12:30 – 3:15 pm Remote Patrick Kirby, kirbyp@rowan.edu Department of Experiential Engineering CRN 22169 ENGR 01201.7
TR 9:30 – 10:45 am Remote Karen Brager, brager@rowan.edu Department of Communication Studies
MW 2:00 – 4:45 pm Remote Patrick Kirby, kirbyp@rowan.edu Department of Experiential Engineering CRN 22182 ENGR 01201.10
TR 2:00 – 3:15 pm Remote
Patricia Coughlan, coughlan@rowan.edu Department of Communication Studies
M 2:00 – 4:45 pm ENGR 240
Bruce Oestreich, oestreich@rowan.edu Department of Experiential Engineering CRN 22173 ENGR.12
TR 3:30 – 4:45 pm Remote
Patricia Coughlan, coughlan@rowan.edu Department of Communication Studies
F 11:00 – 1:45 pm ENGR 140 Melissa Montalbo-Lomboy, montalbolomboy@rowan.edu
Department of Experiential Engineering
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Special Topics: Hobbits and Bohemians: British Culture and Society in the Age of World Wars
At a time of rapid change in the early twentieth century, people in Britain asked themselves: how should we live in the modern world? Hobbits and Bohemians will study two contrasting groups of friends in Britain to examine answers to this question. The bohemian Bloomsbury Group, closely associated with modernism, comprised women and men who were artists, writers, critics, and even an economist. The Inklings, a mostly male group of academics based at Oxford University, included figures such as J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis who championed a version of the world deeply grounded in religion and Britain’s medieval past. Through reading and discussion of themes such as friendship, literature, class, war, gender, sexuality, science and industry, nature, religion, art, and space, we will explore responses to the modern world that continue to shape our thinking today. (3.0 credits)
Literature
CRN 22215 HIST 05429.4 T 5:00 – 7:45 pm Robinson 308 Stephen Hague, hague@rowan.edu Department of History
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Topics in Literature: Global Science Fiction
The term “global science fiction” is in a way redundant—SF is fundamentally premised on the technologies and processes of exploration, colonization, expansion, communication, and transportation that make thinking of a global world possible in the first place. But that same entanglement with histories of imperialism and the creation of a global capitalist world order mean science fiction might represent potentially very different engagements with technology and science depending on which side of the Empire you’re on. Most mainstream SF comes from imperial centers like Britain, France, the US, and Russia; but what about SF from the perspective of the colonized, the margins, the outer rim? What about those who have experienced alien invasions first-hand with the arrival of European ships? What about those who don’t control or benefit from the technoscientific fetishes of SF in the same way? This course looks at how authors from Africa, Asia, and Latin America engage, challenge, and expand the genre that most directly takes on the technological and scientific revolutions that forged our globally connected world, and asks how they use SF for world-making (and unmaking) of their own. (3.0 credits) History/Humanities/Literature; Multicultural; Literature; Global Literacy
CRN 25285 ENGL 02116.11 TR 3:30 – 4:45 pm Whitney 201
Dustin Crowley, crowleyd@rowan.edu Department of English
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Topics in Literature: Literature & Medicine
Literature and medicine both deal in stories: a clinician listens carefully as a patient describes her illness; a health sciences student studies a case history; a memoirist comes to terms with a devastating diagnosis. Increasingly, the healthcare professions are looking to the humanities to cultivate practitioners’ sensitivity, empathy, creativity, and habits of attention. In this
interdisciplinary course we will explore what literary study has to offer our understanding of personhood, health, illness, and care. Our focus will be on stories and how they are constructed and on language and how it can (and cannot) represent suffering. Readings will include the ancient Greek story of Philoctetes,The Illumination by Kevin Brockmeier (2011), Sick by Porochista Khakpour (2018), and Citizen by Claudia Rankine (2014), as well as classic essays by literary critics and academics involved in the fields of medical humanities, disability studies, and narrative medicine. Writing assignments will include analytical essays as well as more reflective and creative pieces. By reading literature closely, together we will discover the complex
relationship between illness, stigma, difference, storytelling, and creative genius. (3.0 credits) History/Humanities/Language; Literature; Humanistic Literacy
CRN 21694 ENGL 02123.5
MW 9:30 – 10:45 am Whitney 201 Emily Hyde, hyde@rowan.edu Department of English
INTERDISCIPLINARY Honors Topics in Literature: Modern Media & the Global Middle Ages
The disciplines of literature have historically developed along national borders (i.e., English Literature), often obscuring the various ways that literary texts participate in cross-cultural exchange. How can we read beyond the nationalization of literature? This seminar will introduce students to theories and methods of reading global literature by focusing, perhaps surprisingly, on the Middle Ages. We will read key medieval texts that reveal an interconnected pre-modern world, examining what the literature of this distant past can tell us about global histories before the globalized modern era. Students will interrogate the relation between expanded geographies and the imbrication of time, as we critically engage the concept of the “Middle Ages” as it is deployed in modern media, from shows such as Game of Thrones, Vikings, or The White Queen to video games such as Crusader Kings and fairytales such as Sleeping Beauty. (3.0 credits)
History/Humanities/Language; Multicultural; Literature; Global Literacy CRN 25284 ENGL 02116.10
TR 11:00 – 12:15 pm Whitney 201 Sierra Lomuto, lomuto@rowan.edu Department of English
DISCIPLINARY Honors Writing as Managers - WI
Honors Writing as Managers-WI Business Writing, an interdisciplinary Honors course, focuses on business writing as a manager and leader. Students create informational business reports, with appropriate tone and audience, on topics common to managers: OSHA, employee disciplinary, and sexual harassment. The hybrid delivered course also includes job application documents and strategies applicable to the job search process. The W.I. course is offered to Bantivoglio Honors Concentration students and management majors with a 3.3 GPA or higher. (3.0 credits)
Writing Intensive
CRN 22174 WA 01408.5
TR 2:00 – 3:15 Whitney 202
Ted Howell, howelle@rowan.edu
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