Unless otherwise stated in the description below, each class meets for three
lecture hours a week for one semester.
Liberal Arts Honors: LAH
Lower-Division Courses
-
102H.
The Idea of the Liberal Arts.
- By invitation only. Enrichment course for honors and prospective honors
students. An overview of the liberal arts disciplines, including formation of
the discipline, majoring in the discipline, research and career opportunities.
One and one-half class hours a week for one semester. Humanities 102 and
Liberal Arts Honors 102H may not both be counted. Enrollment limited to
freshmen in the Plan I Honors Program in the College of Liberal Arts.
- 112H. The Nature of Inquiry.
- Designed for students who plan to enter the Liberal Arts Honors Program.
Introduction to the nature of research in liberal arts disciplines. One and
one-half class hours a week for one semester. Humanities 112 (Topic: The
Nature of Inquiry) and Liberal Arts Honors 112H may not both be counted.
Prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework and consent of
the liberal arts honors adviser.
Upper-Division Courses
-
364H.
The Enlightenment.
- Examination of the European Enlightenment, an intellectual movement
centered in eighteenth-century France and England that cut across all
disciplines and arts and that looked back to the Renaissance and forward to the
modern world. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite:
Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and
admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
- 365H. Great Books in Political Philosophy.
- An investigation of what it means to think "philosophically" about politics
and morals, by reading and interpreting primary sources of political philosophy
from more than twenty centuries. Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College
of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of
instructor.
- 366H. Evolution: The Classic Works of Charles Darwin.
- A thorough grounding in the essential elements of Darwin's theory as
applied to animals and humans, focusing on historical context, modifications to
the theory over time, and current implications. Offered on the letter-grade
basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in
the College of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program,
or consent of instructor.
- 367H. Amity and Polity in Don Quijote and
Moby Dick.
- A close reading of two novels that portray a contrast between fellowship
and contention, between familiarity and impersonality. Emphasis is on
explication of the works' historical, cultural, and political backgrounds.
Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division
standing; and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and admission to
the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
- 368H. Literature of the Hispanic World.
- An examination of the literature and culture of Spain and Spanish America,
from the Middle Ages to the present. Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College
of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of
instructor.
- 369H. Comparative Legal Systems.
- A comparison of legal traditions from Europe, English common law, and Asia.
Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division
standing; and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and admission to
the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
- 370H. The Birth of the Modern World, 1400 - 1700.
- An interdisciplinary course on European culture during the age of the
Renaissance and Reformation. Offered on the letter-grade basis only.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College
of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of
instructor.
- 371H. Classics of Greek Philosophy.
- A close reading of major works in the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle,
supported by background reading in the history and literature of ancient
Greece. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite:
Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and
admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
- 372H. Social Science: Continuities and Developments.
- Issues and methods in social science from Aristotle to the present. Offered
on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing;
and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal
Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
- 373H. Literature of the Western World: Continuities.
- Tradition and innovation of form and thought in literature from Homer to
the twentieth century. Three lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for
one semester. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite:
Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and
admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
- 375H. American Achievements in World Perspective.
- Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history.
Achievements in modern arts and letters in an international context. Offered on
the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and
a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal Arts
Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
- 376H. The Rise of Modern America.
- The end of Reconstruction (1877) to the end of the war in Vietnam
(1975)--industrialization, urbanization, immigration, nuclear energy, and
global reach. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Partially fulfills
legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite:
Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and
admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
- 377H. Ideas of the Twentieth Century.
- Central philosophical controversies of the twentieth century: ethics,
politics, comparative religions, science and human nature. Three lecture hours
and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Offered on the letter-grade
basis only. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in
the College of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program,
or consent of instructor.
- 378H. The Natural Sciences in the Liberal Arts Context.
- An attempt to understand contemporary developments in science by focusing
on the history and philosophy of science. Offered on the letter-grade basis
only. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the
College of Liberal Arts and admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or
consent of instructor.
- 379H. Classical Asian Civilizations.
- An examination of the contributions of India and China to intellectual
history. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. Prerequisite:
Upper-division standing; and a Plan I major in the College of Liberal Arts and
admission to the Liberal Arts Honors Program, or consent of instructor.
African
and African American Studies
See Ethnic Studies Program.
Air
Force Science
See ROTC Courses.
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