text: UNIVERSITY HONORS 2 HONORS COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 2010-2011 Information for University Honors Students 3 2010 - 2011 4 CONTENTS Director's Welcome University Honors Mission Why Choose University Honors? Small College Atmosphere and Large Research Institution Advantages Independence, Choice, Flexibility and the Freedom to Maximize Opportunities Honors Academics Students and Faculty Working Together to Achieve Academic Excellence Academic Integrity HONR 100 What Is a Seminar? 200-level Honors Seminars 300-level Honors Courses H-Version Courses Honors Option Contracts CORE Requirements and Honors Courses Departmental/College Honors Programs Honors Research Grants Graduate Course Enrollment Advising and Registration Information The Honors Citation Requirements for the Honors Citation Honors Citation Planning Worksheet Important Extra and Co-Curricular Opportunities Student Clubs and Organizations 5 First-Look Fair Individual Studies Program (IVSP) Undergraduate Research Opportunities Federal Semester Internships Study Abroad National Awards and Scholarships Phi Beta Kappa More About Honors Honors Housing Honors Listserv Honors Events The Honors Lecture Series Annual Rajpat Lecture Art Fest Student Art Gallery Workshops Ice Cream Socials Tickets to On-Campus Events Off-Campus Activities Scholarships Merit and Need-Based Scholarships Fall 2010 Fall 2010 Honors Seminars Titles Brief Descriptions of Fall 2010 Honors Seminars Departmental H-Versions Courses for Fall 2010 Preview of New Honors Courses for Spring 2010 Directories 6 Departmental/College Honors Program Directors The University Honors Program Staff 7 DIRECTOR'S WELCOME My philosophy as the very lucky Director of the Honors College is simple. Opportunities provided and investments made in these exceptional students now will multiply to yield immeasurable personal and professional contributions in years to come. Creating a wide range of high impact academic offerings for these wonderful students; allowing them to learn, live, and laugh together with a diverse group of bright peers; encouraging undergraduate research with many of the top minds in the country; and facilitating opportunities for them to meet outstanding faculty in and out of the classroom are the fundamentals of this highly successful program. Honors College programs provide intellectual stimulation, freedom, choice, mentorship, and community. Students think, thrive, mature, and support one another in times of need, and go on to satisfying and productive lives that were positively influenced by their Honors friends and experiences. 8 Honors faculty and staff consider it our privilege to work towards this mission on behalf of our beloved, amazing students. --Professor Bill Dorland, Honors College Director If you have any questions, please call (301-405-6771) or stop by the Honors office in Anne Arundel Hall. Please visit the University Honors website for a complete list of Honors seminars and a wealth of additional information http://www.universityhonors.umd.edu/ 9 UNIVERSITY HONORS MISSION The mission of University Honors is to: Attract academically talented students with an outstanding, up-to-date curriculum anchored in real-world issues and challenges Offer academically talented students independence, choice, and flexibility in shaping their education Create dynamic learning partnerships between intellectually adventurous students and top university faculty Develop an appreciation for and comfort with the wide ranging diversity of the globalized world that we all share Serve as a gateway for the best opportunities—research, internships, and international experiences—that the University of Maryland offers Put students in touch with the special opportunities in government, science, business, and culture that the nation's capital offers Prepare students to win prestigious national scholarships, international awards, entrance to graduate and professional schools, and competitive positions in the workplace WHY CHOOSE UNIVERSITY HONORS? 10 UH OFFERS A SMALL COLLEGE ATMOSPHERE AND LARGE RESEARCH INSTITUTION ADVANTAGES University Honors combines the best of two educational options: high impact academics in the friendly environment of a small liberal arts college, nestled within the rich, diverse, boundless opportunities of a big research institution (along with the extra perks of the dynamite Terp spirit). University Honors, as your "academic home," provides an instant group of friends and a compatible community as well as enriched courses, so you'll feel "plugged in" immediately, even on this big campus. Over time, you will get connected to new friends and opportunities at the University through your major, extracurriculars, and research and internship opportunities; and you will expand your horizons even further as you participate in international experiences. You will never exhaust all that University Honors, the University of Maryland, the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, and our international connections have to offer. UH OFFERS INDEPENDENCE, CHOICE, FLEXIBILITY AND THE FREEDOM TO MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES University Honors never narrows a student's choices or limits his or her possibilities. A part of University Honors that we treasure is the individual choice that each student has in designing his or her education. Students choose their classes from a large number specially designed Honors seminars and Honors-versions of regular departmental courses. 11 In addition, students have the option of turning an upper-level course in their major into an Honors course through an Honors Contract. The flexible curriculum allows students to complement classroom learning with experiential learning by participating in the University's outstanding research, internship, and study abroad advantages. University Honors students thereby maximize their opportunities and put together a powerful education and a compelling set of credentials to make them highly competitive in today's rapidly changing world. 12 HONORS ACADEMICS University Honors students are co-producers of their educational experiences rather than passive consumers. University Honors academic program combines small classes taught by exceptional faculty with the wide range of additional educational opportunities offered by a large research institution. Beginning in their first semester at the University, University Honors students choose from a variety of innovative learning experiences that are designed to promote engagement, broaden their intellectual horizons, and develop and sharpen their academic skills. The main academic program consists of: (1) Honors 100 (or UNIV100H), a one-credit first-year colloquium that serves as a transition to the University; (2) Honors Seminars (considered the heart of University Honors); (3) H-version Courses offered by academic departments; and (4) Honors Option Contracts, which elevate a non-honors course to honors level. These classes count towards the requirements to graduate from the University. Thus, University Honors students do not take additional courses; they take Honors courses instead of other classes. STUDENTS AND FACULTY WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE University Honors is principally an academic program. Faculty develop intellectually rich and engaging courses, mentor student writing, and create innovative assignments that 13 develop the cross-disciplinary skills essential to students' academic, professional, and personal success. Students, in turn, are expected to be intellectually curious, academically adventurous, highly motivated and active learners, who to come to class prepared to participate in informed, lively discussions. Honors seminars typically feature interdisciplinary approaches, focus on original materials rather than textbooks, call for independent research, and offer leadership opportunities—all of which facilitate strong higher-order critical thinking and communication skills. The result is a vibrant intellectual community that prepares students for the next steps: to excel in their majors and gain enrichment experiences such as research opportunities and internships, pursue Departmental Honors, and embark on exceptional careers, or be accepted into top graduate and professional schools. Honors sets the academic bar high, but within a friendly, supportive, nurturing environment in which faculty work closely with students, and students encourage and contribute to each other's intellectual growth and success. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY The University is an academic community. Its fundamental purpose is the pursuit of knowledge. Like all other communities, the University can function properly only if its members adhere to clearly established goals and values. Essential to the fundamental purpose of the University is the commitment to the principles of truth and academic honesty. 14 All University of Maryland students are asked to write and sign the following Honor Pledge to all submitted assignments and exams: I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment/examination. The University of Maryland honor system is fully described in the Code of Academic Integrity. Please read: www.studenthonorcouncil.umd.edu/code.html. The Code is administered by an all-student Honor Council. The student Honor Council office is located in room 2118 Mitchell Building and can be reached at 301-314-8204. University Honors works to enrich its community life by promoting an atmosphere of honesty, trust, and mutual responsibility. In the event that a University Honors student is found responsible for a violation of the Code of Academic Integrity by the Student Honor Council, he or she will be dismissed from the University Honors Program for the semester in which the violation took place and for all subsequent semesters in which the student is enrolled as an undergraduate at Maryland. HONR 100 HONR 100 is a 1-credit, first-semester colloquium that meets each week. Our goal is to give new students the information they need to continue to excel academically, to be responsible for their own education, and to take advantage of the wide range of exceptional opportunities our campus and the surrounding Washington, D.C. area offer. We also want to welcome new students and provide them with a strong sense of community. WHAT IS A SEMINAR? 15 Traditionally, the seminar format is reserved for graduate students or sometimes offered to senior undergraduates in their majors. They are usually taught by the most talented, productive faculty; and, because of the smaller class size, faculty work closely with students, mentoring critical thinking, research, writing, and oral presentation. Lively discussions are more typical than lectures, and students often have opportunities to present their work to the class and receive feedback. Honors seminars are not only outstanding educational opportunities, they also trigger the development of essential and transferable skills—higher order critical thinking, communication, and research—that will strengthen students work in all of their classes. What students may not understand at first is that they share with the professor the responsibility for making each class and the overall semester engaging, focused, productive, and memorable. Simply doing the readings and completing assignments, isn't in keeping with the seminar format, which takes the intellectual promise of talented students seriously and asks them to rise to the challenge, be intellectually curious, take risks, and be as involved with the success of others in relation to the topics at hand as they are their own. The expectation is that that students will bring almost as much to the table as instructors. The instructor's knowledge, of course, will be much deeper, but students are expected to dive in with energy and engagement. 200-LEVEL HONORS SEMINARS 16 Honors seminars are small classes (usually with 20 students or fewer) taught by top campus faculty and local experts, Seminars connect classroom learning to real-world issues and problems and prepare students to be informed decision makers and problem solvers in today's world. Honors seminars fall into one or more of the three categories listed below: 1. Contemporary Issues and Challenges Seminars are designed to help students develop a greater understanding of the critical issues of today's world, gain the knowledge to analyze complex societal and environmental problems, and acquire the skills to contribute to progress. 2. Arts & Sciences and Today's World Seminars: Through the study of the physical and social sciences, history, languages, literatures, and artistic expressions, these seminars prepare students to participate in today's multicultural, global world with cross-disciplinary knowledge, skill, imagination, and empathy. 3. World as Classroom Seminars take students into the community—locally and globally—giving them the opportunity to combine classroom learning with the exploration of Washington, D.C.'s exceptional government, science, and cultural institutions, and in the case of study abroad, to live and study with people in cultures other than their own. The result of this up-to-date curriculum, anchored in the exigencies of today's world, is an exciting educational environment in which learning happens more quickly, has more depth, and has a lasting influence in students' lives and in the world. Each semester students may enroll in one seminar during pre-registration, and sign up for additional seminars after all Honors students have completed registering for classes. 17 A list and brief descriptions of the seminars offered in the fall term appear toward the back of this booklet. More detailed descriptions of each seminar can be found online at http://www.universityhonors.umd.edu/seminars.php. 300 -LEVEL HONORS COURSES These advanced courses are designed to deepen students' knowledge about a particular issue through advanced research, analysis, and problem solving. Students in upper-level courses assume greater independence and are expected to make a significant intellectual contribution to the course experience as a whole. Classes remain smaller than most departmental courses; indeed, students may arrange to study individually (or in a small group) with faculty, submit a proposal, and be assigned a 300-level course number and receive credits. World as Classroom 300-level courses will feature much deeper engagements with local or international learning sites. In a 200-level course, for example, students may go on a number of field trips while in a 300-level course, students may actually do a good part of their coursework at off-campus sites, 300-level study abroad courses offer an advanced rather than foundational approach to topics. H-VERSION COURSES H-versions (Honors versions) are special sections of departmental courses students may take to satisfy CORE, major requirements, or electives. They are designed for and open only to Honors students. 18 H-versions are generally smaller classes; they may treat the same material in a more sophisticated way, or they may be special in a way particularly suited to the subject and the audience. In a few cases, students in the Section attend larger lectures but have separate, smaller lab or discussion sections, which are often lead by faculty. A list of H-version offerings for fall appears toward the back of this booklet. HONORS OPTION CONTRACTS If an upper-level honors course is not available in a department and is needed to meet a requirement for a departmental/college degree, then a student and professor can jointly propose an Honors Option Contract to elevate a non-honors course to honors level by enriching the student's learning experience with additional meetings, reading, and assignments that are qualitatively beyond the normal requirements for the course. If the student completes the honors portion of the course, then an honors notation is added to the transcript for that course. A detailed description and Honors Option Contract Proposal are available on the Honors College website. CORE REQUIREMENTS AND HONORS SEMINARS The purpose of the CORE curriculum--a set of general education requirements that all undergraduates at Maryland must complete--is to ensure that students study a broad liberal arts and sciences curriculum outside their majors. 19 Honors seminars are highly attractive alternatives to the larger CORE courses offered through academic departments. You can find the CORE category for each Honors seminar at the end of each seminar description in this booklet and online at www.testudo.umd.edu. Students who come to campus with AP, IB, or community college credits may be able to count some of them toward CORE requirements. For further information, visit the Transfer Credit Center website: www.tce.umd.edu/apibclep.html. DEPARTMENTAL/COLLEGE HONORS PROGRAMS University Honors students may also choose to participate in one of the Departmental or College Honors programs (listed at the end of this booklet). These programs usually involve taking additional advanced course work in the major and working closely with a faculty mentor on an independent research project culminating in a Senior Honors Thesis. Departmental/College Honors research is a powerful way for students to experience the thrill of innovative research and discovery in their fields of interest. Admission to Departmental/College Honors programs varies by unit. Most students begin College/Departmental Honors at the end of their second or beginning of the third year on campus. Check individual programs for timetables and options; be aware that some programs (such as Business) have firm application deadlines. Links to individual program websites are on the Honors website under Current Students, Departmental Honors. A list of Departmental and College Honors Directors is located toward the back of this booklet. 20 HONORS RESEARCH GRANTS A student enrolled in a Departmental or College honors program who has financial need may apply for an Honors Research Grant of up to $500 to support a research project. Grant money may be used for expenses such as research-related travel or purchase of research equipment and supplies. Application materials are available each year on the Honors College website. GRADUATE COURSE ENROLLMENT With prior approval from their Honors advisers and the courses' instructors, Honors students may enroll in graduate courses for undergraduate credit. ADVISING AND REGISTARTION INFORMATION ADVISING University Honors has a wonderful advising staff ready to help students with academic planning or any other issues that may arise. To make an appointment with an Honors advisor, please call the Honors Office at 301-405-6771. Mr. Dean Hebert is the Assistant Director for Advising. All current and prospective Honors students are invited to contact Dean with any questions regarding the University Honors Program and for more general academic concerns. "I meet with Honors students to help with any academic concerns they have—completing the Honors Citation, thinking about changing majors or adding a second major, dealing with academic difficulties, etc. If you have a question or concern, I'm eager to discuss your options. I can't make a decision for you, but I can give you the information you need to make a good decision." 21 Ms. Liza Lebrun, Academic Advisor and Assistant to the Director, works with Letters and Sciences students to explore options and find the best academic fit to a major or major(s). She also advises students on academic policies, procedures, and deadlines. Liza also meets individually with students to help them develop their résumés. She is a frequent visitor to HONR100 sections where she offers tips on resume and cover letter writing. She will be hosting career development workshops starting this fall and spring. "I advise Letters and Sciences students and really love working with this population because they are in the process of making some really important (and tough) decisions. Contact me the second you sense something is going wrong. Most students struggle far too long in a class before emailing me. As an advisor, I have access to resources such as time management and tutoring services." REGISTRATION Students who are in good standing in University Honors may register for one HONR seminar and as many H-versions as they want for the following semester during early registration. Students already registered for one seminar may get on the hold file for other seminars. After early registration and summer orientation, the restriction of one HONR seminar will be lifted, and students will be able to add any other seminars that are still open. If you have trouble registering, contact Mr. Dean Hebert at 301-405-6775 or firstname.lastname@example.com. 22 THE UNIVERSITY HONORS CITATION The University Honors Citation is an academic distinction and formal acknowledgement of participation in Maryland's Honors College. The Honors Citation appears on your transcript, and students who earn the Citation wear elegant red and gold Honors cords at commencement. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HONORS CITATION The University Honors Citation requires a 3.2 cumulative GPA and completion of a minimum of 16 Honors credits, distributed as follows: HONR 100 or UNIV 100H, a one credit colloquium for first year Honors students offered in the fall term 15 Honors credits: five 3-credit Honors courses (HONR seminars or H-versions of regular departmental courses) of which at least 9 credits must be Honors seminars. Most students complete the Citation requirements within 5 semesters of entering the University Honors, but they may complete the Citation any time before graduation. Students apply for the Citation during the semester in which they finish the requirements. Honors Citation applications are available each semester on the Honors website, on the Listserv, and in Anne Arundel Hall. An Honors Citation Ceremony is held each semester to recognize students who earned their Citations. Parents and guests are invited to attend this festive celebration. 23 UNIVERSITY HONORS CITATION PLANNING WORKSHEET Fill out an application for the Citation in the semester during which you will complete the requirements. Applications are available in the Honors Program Office, 1113 Anne Arundel Hall or on the Honors website. Students must have a GPA at least 3.2 to receive a citation. 1-credit HONORS Colloquium (HONR 100 or UNIV 100H): Course Number Course Title ________________________________________________________________ HONORS SEMINARS - 9 credits minimum: Course Number Course Title HONR ____________________________________________________________ HONR _____________________________________________________________ HONR _____________________________________________________________ ADDITIONAL HONORS COURSES (H-versions or seminars) - 6 credits: Course Number Course Title 24 ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 25 IMPORANT EXTRA AND CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES You can never out grow the University of Maryland. The campus offers exceptional opportunities to complement your course work with experiential learning that will prepare you in every way to take the next step: graduate or professional school, competing for the job you desire in a tight job market, and being an effective and compassionate citizen engaged in bringing about positive change. University Honors asks that you learn about the very best of these opportunities and choose the ones that will help you to achieve your goals. The flexibility of University Honors leaves plenty of room in your schedule to participate in these advantageous opportunities whenever it best fits your plans to do so. We encourage you to learn about: Students Clubs and Organizations First Look Fair Individual Studies Program (IVSP) Federal Semester Undergraduate Research (on and off campus) Internships Federal Semester Exceptional Study Abroad Opportunities (3-week, full-semester, and yearlong options) Phi Beta Kappa National Scholarships STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 26 Getting involved at the University of Maryland couldn't be easier with more than 500 clubs, hundreds of cultural events, fraternities and sororities, movies, speakers, concerts, and sports. Looking for a fencing club, a cappella singing group, mock trial team, a Buddhist Thought and Meditation Group or ballroom dancing? We've got you covered. Or maybe your interests lean towards the Terrapin Trail club or one of the scores of social and service fraternities and sororities. Maryland has an active and growing program of community and volunteer services that can connect you with local and national organizations for elder care, tutoring, mentoring, or environmental action. The Maryland Marching Band is 150-strong. Also on campus are religious organizations, an improvisational comedy company, sports clubs, political clubs, and student chapters of professional societies. Every September there is a two-day First Look Fair on McKeldin Mall to introduce you to all the student groups the University of Maryland has to offer. Meanwhile, go to http://www.stars.umd.edu/orgs/ and look for clubs that interest you! FIRST LOOK FAIR September 17 and 18, McKeldin Mall, 10am-3pm First Look Fair is one of the longest running involvement traditions at the University of Maryland. The event is host to more than 500 student clubs and organizations, campus departments and services, and community service agencies. 27 The festive atmosphere is the perfect place to gather resources, learn more about how to get involved, and connect with other students with similar interests. During First Look Fair, representatives of student organizations set up tables full of info and make themselves available to meet interested students and answer all your questions. It's a great time to find out more about the organizations that interest you, and to get to know at least one member, who will reassure you that you are welcome and needed. That's the entire reason they are there: To Talk to YOU! Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to discover everything that University of Maryland has to offer! INDIVIDUAL STUDIES PROGRAM (IVSP) Education is sometimes best outside of the boundaries of a single academic major or program. IVSP students design unique academic programs combining courses from a number of departments, and in doing so, create new major concentrations. Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, the program allows students broader academic freedom to pursue their degree in ways that best match their own intellectual interests. With help from their chosen faculty mentor and the IVSP staff, students develop proposals for their program that lay the intellectual framework for the area of study and set the academic course requirements. Once a proposal is approved by the Faculty Review Board, the courses approved for the program are analogous to the requirements of the University's other majors. Individual Studies students also benefit by taking their studies outside of the traditional classroom. Students will complete a senior thesis, and may also use internships or other independent studies to complement their courses. While never vocational in nature, drawing from real-life experience 28 as a supplement to the academic curriculum is generally encouraged. Developing a successful IVSP prospectus takes time and usually involves several meetings to review and edit the draft prospectus. Interested students should contact the IVSP staff and begin the application process early in their academic career. Working closely with the Coordinator and their prospective faculty mentor, students should plan to complete and submit their IVSP prospectus, preferably during their sophomore year. Recent IVSP programs created by students include: museum studies, recreation management, peace studies, and public health policy (www.ivsp.umd.edu). UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH (on and off campus) Many University Honors students engage in research projects, some as early as their first year on campus. Most students take advantage of the many research opportunities on our campus. However, students may also pursue research internships at other research institutions in the greater Baltimore-Washington area. An academic citation for research participation from the Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research (www.ugresearch.umd.edu) is a great way to earn formal recognition for research participation. Third and fourth year students who continue to be involved in research can earn academic credit for research experiences through a variety of internship and research courses offered on campus. Students interested in research may also want to consider joining the Departmental/College Honors Program in their major (see above). FEDERAL SEMESTER The Federal Semester Program is an opportunity for University of Maryland students to develop insight into federal policy and gain professional experience in the federal government or on Capitol Hill. 29 Open to students from all majors, this year-long program combines a fall academic seminar with a spring internship. Supplementary courses, field trips and other out-of-class events help students deepen their understanding of the federal government and the policymaking process. Professional development workshops help students navigate the internship search process and prepare for future careers. Programs for 2010-2011 include: Energy and Environmental Policy Health Policy Homeland Security Policy U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East Federal Semester students receive $500 stipends and are eligible to apply for fellowships to pursue graduate studies at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy and at other policy-focused graduate programs at the university. Please visit the Federal Semester website for more information at www.federalsemester.umd.edu. INTERNSHIPS Honors students take full advantage of internship opportunities available in the greater Washington, D.C. area. Internships are a great way to test your professional interests and goals, gain valuable experience in a professional setting, network with professional contacts, and obtain personal letters of recommendation from professionals in your field. Internships can range from just a few weeks to an entire academic year. Some of the places where Honors students have recently interned include: the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, The White House, The Supreme Court, D.C Law Firms, Library of 30 Congress, The Smithsonian Museums, Children's National Medical Center, The National Zoo, The National Aquarium, National Institutes of Health, The Washington Post, and The Baltimore Orioles. Many agencies and organizations seek interns from the Honors Program because they know that Honors students are smart, hard working, and academically prepared to contribute to a fast-paced professional environment. STUDY ABROAD The University of Maryland is home to an exceptionally large and successful Study Abroad Program. Honors students have access to its full range of options, from short term (2-3 weeks) to full-year abroad experiences. Honors sponsors or co-sponsors courses that take students to China, Costa Rica, Germany, Italy, Japan, Laos, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, and the UK. Early each term, the Study Abroad Office sponsors a day-long Study Abroad Fair to inform students of the various opportunities that are available. For further information, please visit Maryland's study abroad website: www.international.umd.edu/studyabroad. And don't wait--it's never too early to study abroad! PHI BETA KAPPA 31 Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors society in the United States. The Society's mission is to foster and recognize excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Admission to Phi Beta Kappa is by invitation only. At the end of each term, the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa reviews student transcripts and invites qualified Maryland juniors and seniors to join PBK. For further details about what it takes to be invited to Phi Beta Kappa, visit the UM PBK website www.ugst.umd.edu/pbk.html NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS University Honors students are excellent candidates for prestigious national scholarships such as the Rhodes, Truman, Goldwater, and Fulbright. Start investigating and preparing for these opportunities early. These scholarships are highly competitive awards that provide opportunities and support for many different experiences, including study abroad, graduate study (and sometimes undergraduate study also), federal employment, teaching, research, and public service. National scholarships are looking for students (with or without financial need) who have strong interests and goals – academic and extracurricular – and who want to take advantage of every constructive opportunity that will help them reach their objectives. Just as each national scholarship offers a different kind of opportunity, each is also looking for a different range of strengths and interests in its applicants. If you develop a strong academic record, are thoughtful about your choices and devote yourself to activities you care about, you may well find one or more scholarship opportunities of interest to you. 32 The National Scholarships Office can help you search for awards that fit your goals. It provides information through its website (www.scholarships.umd.edu), through a weekly Listserv announcement, and through individual advising sessions. It also organizes workshops for students applying for particular national scholarships, and provides both general and personal advice on how to prepare the strongest possible scholarship application. MORE ABOUT HONORS UNIVERSITY HONORS HOUSING Anne Arundel Hall is the headquarters of the Honors College. It is a Living-Learning Center, housing 110 students, providing offices for Honors staff and advisors, and hosting a Scholar/Artist-in-Residence apartment, faculty office, a student art gallery, the Portz library, seminar rooms, and lounges. Denton Hall is the center for University Honors students on the North Campus, providing common space for events and activities as well as student housing. Residing in Honors housing provides students with the opportunity to live, learn, and laugh with peers from every discipline and background. The shared cultural events and study rooms create a comfortable and stimulating atmosphere in which to explore the world of ideas, stretch intellectually, and build life-long friendships. 33 HONORS LISTSERV The Honors Listserv keeps students informed about Honors activities and campus events. New Honors students are automatically added to this Listserv, which announces internships, prize and scholarship opportunities, upcoming events, and Honors activities. Listserv announcements are made daily to provide timely information on events and opportunities. If you want to join now, send an email to email@example.com, leave the subject line blank, and type: subscribe umhonors {your name}. HONORS EVENTS A year-long calendar of lectures, forums, performances, and other events provides opportunities for Honors students to develop strong ties within this vibrant intellectual community. Largely supported by the generous donations of Honors parents, friends, and alumni, these events include: The Honors Lecture Series. Faculty and guest speakers present exciting research or discuss timely topics, and the campus pre-med, pre-law, and pre-business advisors provide practical information regarding preparing for admission to graduate and professional schools. The atmosphere is informal and always includes a question and answer period and a reception. Art Fest. Honors Art Fest encourages and enhances student creativity by providing events that expose students to the work of their peers as well as that of established artists. Each semester, Art Fest hosts the Open Mic which is open to all students and genres of expression. Art Fest events have included a Poetry Slam, a Full Moon Mask Making Party, the War Readings in honor of Veteran's Day, and various full-length dramatic works. Art 34 Fest is a collaborative venture with Honors Humanities, is affiliated with the Jimenez-Porter Writers' House, and often draws a campus-wide audience. Rajpat Lecture Series. The annual Rajpat Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the University Honors Program and the Office of Resident Life in memory of Honors student Camille Rajpat, who died from cancer while still a student at Maryland. Camille was very active in campus life, in the Honors Program, and in Resident Life. Student Art Gallery. The Honors Student Art Gallery encourages artistic expression and inspiration to generate high quality student art in Honors buildings. Each spring semester, Honors holds an open submission for works of art. Submissions are judged and selected by a juried panel of faculty and student peers. The piece of art may be completed prior to submission, or an idea/concept/proposal for a work to be done over the summer may be submitted. Five to seven artists are chosen each year for this cash award. Workshops. Honors faculty and staff offer special sessions to assist students with such important tasks as constructing a resume, writing a job application letter, or composing an essay for graduate or professional schools. Ice Cream Socials. Students and faculty gather for afternoon Ice Cream Socials or all day scooping opportunities, called "Raid the Refrigerator Parties," in Anne Arundel Hall. Enjoying the finest frozen fare from the campus dairy creates a favorite forum for meeting friends and faculty, and chilling, literally and figuratively. Tickets to On-Campus Events. Tickets to on-campus events, especially for performances at the spectacular Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (CSPAC), are frequently offered to Honors students, on a first come first served basis, free of charge. 35 Off-Campus Activities. Honors faculty organize a variety of off-campus activities, ranging from field trips to theater events to the annual Honors whitewater raft trip. SCHOLARSHIPS The University Honors does not offer its own scholarships. All scholarship decisions are made by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Office of Student Financial Aid, and in some cases the academic colleges. General information regarding scholarships for incoming students is outlined below. More detailed scholarship information for incoming students may be found on the Honors and Office of Undergraduate Admissions websites. MERIT AND NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS All students applying for fall semester who submit an application for admission to the University by the priority deadline will automatically be considered for merit scholarships. Eligibility requirements for each scholarship vary, with the most academically talented students receiving the most prestigious awards. The University of Maryland offers a comprehensive need-based aid program for students with demonstrated financial need, as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Two categories of need-based aid are available: gift aid (grants) and self-help (loans and Federal Work-Study). Eligibility requirements vary, with the neediest students receiving the most aid. Eligible students may be awarded either or both types of need-based aid. The FAFSA must be received by the University's priority financial aid deadline in order to 36 be considered for the maximum possible need-based award. The FAFSA may be submitted online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. 37 FALL 2010 A LIST OF FALL 2010 HONORS SEMINARS NEW Washington, D.C. Seminars HONR238A Backstage in the Nation's Capital: The Washington, D.C. Theatre Experience HONR269A Contemporary Arts and Ideas HONR258J Supreme Law: The Constitution, Morality, and the Courts HONR 368A: Maryland General Assembly Legislative Seminar (prepares students for spring internship) HONR378I Campaigning for Congress ADDITIONAL FALL HONORS SEMINARS HONR208A Proof in Mathematics HONR208B Contemporary Indian Society: Bullock Carts and Bollywood HONR208E Tolkien: Author of the Century HONR208X Contemporary Literature, Media, and the State 38 HONR209E Understanding the Cultural Impact of Temporary Exhibitions HONR209O The Science of Sleep and Biological Rhythms HONR209T Cities and the World: Globalization and Urban Development HONR217 Life, the Multiverse, and Everything: Developing an Individual Cosmovision HONR218C Western Intellectual Heritage: The Hero and Society HONR218L Language and Mind HONR228B Planning For Cities HONR228K Great Ideas in Physics & Their Implications in Other Disciplines HONR228N Evaluating Global Development Assistance HONR228T Journalism and Peace HONR229O Ancient Rome in Historical Fiction: Narratives, Sources, and Screen Adaptations HONR229T Race, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Press HONR229V Energy Sources for the Future: Separating Science from Pseudoscience HONR238D Contemporary American Musical Theater: From Hair to Hairspray HONR238F From Animal Thoughts to Animal Feelings: Cognitive and Applied Etholgy's Understanding of Animals HONR238L Engineering in Ancient Empires 39 HONR238R Terrorism HONR238T The Body and Literature HONR239C The Creative Process in Dance HONR 239P Higher, Faster, Farther: Case Studies from Aerospace History HONR248H Delinquency in the Context of Disability HONR248N Extinction Risk: Where Biology, Geography, and Mathematics Meet HONR248O The Military and the Media in American History HONR248W America in the 1960's HONR248Y Design and the Creative Process HONR249P Art, Politics, and Race in South Africa HONR249W The Spiritual Heritage of the Human Race HONR249Y Amadeus: Mozart 101 HONR258O The Kinesiological Bases of Skilled Performance: Golf HONR258T Tools of Fiction HONR258V American Attitudes toward Warfare and the Military HONR258W Exploring Homophobia: Demystifying Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues HONR258Z Language, Identity, and Diversity in the U.S. HONR259F Black Masculinities 40 HONR259L Thinking Strategically HONR259M Metropolis: The Cinematic City HONR259N New Orleans: Colonial to Katrina HONR268A Financial Markets and the Business Environment HONR268J Religion and Progress: Islamic Science, Politics, and Economics HONR268K Beyond the Hype of Medical Miracles: Stem Cells, Gene Therapy, and Other Cutting-Edge Medical Research HONR268L United States Immigration Issues HONR268R Creative Expression and the Web HONR268W Disability Studies HONR268X Anna Karenina as a Window on Russia HONR269A Contemporary Arts and Ideas HONR269B The Political Economy of International Cooperation HONR269E Exploring Key Issues of Globalization HONR269X Faith in Science: Interactions between Science and Religion HONR279E Languages of Europe HONR279F The Problem of Time HONR279M How Does the Brain Speak? Insights from Neuroimaging and Brain Damage 41 HONR279O Counterterrorism HONR288L Medical Devices HONR289A Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Infectious Disease HONR289C History of Evolutionary Thought HONR289T Rule of Law: Bedrock of Democracy HONR289Y Novels and Who We Are HONR299B Internet Technologies in the Information Era HONR348J Contemporary Social Issues HONR359B Alternatives to Violence BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FALL 2010 SEMINARS New Washington, D.C. Seminars for Fall 2010 Plays! Art Museums! The Supreme Court! Congress! Learn about current and exciting topics, earn credits, and get to know the extraordinary cultural and government institutions in the nation's capital all at the same time. HONR238A: Backstage in the Nation's Capital: The Washington D.C. Theatre Experience Tuesday 2-4:30 p.m. Dr. Korey Rothman, Department of Theatre 42 Students enrolling in this seminar should leave Wednesday evenings open to attend plays. Everyone knows that Washington, D.C. is the seat of our national government, but many are surprised to learn the nation's capital is also one of the country's cultural capitals. In this course, students will attend several live performances in a variety of area theatres, from the Folger Theatre, renowned for classical and Shakespearian productions, to the Wooly Mammoth, whose mission is to "defy convention" and "explore the edges of theatrical style and human experience." CORE: History or Theory of the Arts [HA] The course will culminate in a class trip to New York to attend a Broadway show. HONR 269A: Contemporary Arts and Ideas Tuesday/Thursday 11am - 12:15 pm Dr. Ingrid Satelmajer, Department of English This course will introduce students to the process of defining and evaluating contemporary arts -- visual art, theater, music, dance, cinema, and literature. We will visit D.C. area venues as we consider the role contemporary arts can play in our own lives. And we'll consider whether (and how) the contemporary arts maintain a sense of relevancy, how they invite or deflect audience participation and the construction of meaning, and what kind of relationship they have to public institutions and debates. CORE: History or Theory of the Arts [HA] HONR258J: Supreme Law: The Constitution, Morality, and the Courts Monday/Wednesday, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Dr. Susan Dwyer, Department of Philosophy Visits to the U.S. Supreme Court will be arranged during the semester. Gun Control. Abortion. Pornography. Physician-Assisted Suicide. Gay Marriage. 43 People care deeply about these issues, and they seem to care about them whether or not they themselves want to own a gun, have an abortion, consume pornography, receive assistance in dying, or marry a person of the same sex. People care so much about abortion, for example, that they cast their votes merely on the basis of what they believe about a politician's view on voluntarily ending a pregnancy. Our goal is to understand how moral views influence judicial reasoning at the level of the Supreme Court and to investigate whether that influence is legitimate or ought to be more or less powerful. CORE: Humanities [HO] HONR 378I Congressional Elections: Campaigning for Congress Tuesday 3:30-6 p.m. Dr. Paul Herrnson, Director, Center for American Politics and Citizenship Students will undertake an in-depth study of congressional campaigns, drawing examples from the 2010 elections as they unfold. We will examine congressional campaigns from several perspectives, including those of the candidates, party officials, political consultants, political action committee (PAC) managers, and other interest group leaders. Topics to be explored include the backgrounds of congressional candidates, the decision to run for office, campaign organization, fund raising, and communications. HONR 368A: Maryland General Assembly Legislative Seminar Tuesday, 3:30-6:00 p.m. Dr. Thomas Lowderbaugh, English Professional Writing Program Students who take HONR 368A (3 credits) in the fall must commit to an MGA internship in the spring HONR 386 (6 credits). For more information and an application to this program, see http://www.english.umd.edu/mga. This class is designed to rehearse typical intern writing tasks, to develop professional communication skills (oral, written, and collaborative), and to teach legislative processes 44 and issues. Assignments also include the application for the placement in Annapolis with resume, cover letter and personal essay; a bill summary and research questions; constituent letters, a press release, a policy analysis (a collaborative research project), and testimony on the project. All assignments are revised and presented in a portfolio at the end of the semester. The Maryland General Assembly Program, limited to 23 students, places interns with legislators in Annapolis during the 90 day spring legislative session which begins in early January and ends in early April (six credits of HONR 386). MMORE HONORS FALL SEMINAR DESCRIPTIONS Please visit http://www.honors.umd.edu/1008seminars.php for more detailed descriptions of each seminar. HONR208A: Proof in Mathematics Tuesday /Thursday, 11:00 am-12:15 pm Dr. Joseph Auslander, Department of Mathematics The seminar will interest to mathematics students, and also those with philosophical interests. It focuses on proof in mathematics, although we'll also consider proof in physical and social sciences. In addition, we will consider changing standard of proof over time. Cases in point are the proofs in Euclidean geometry. The original proofs of Euclid are now considered to be incomplete. In the seminar, we will go over some of Euclid's arguments, as well as later attempts to correct them. CORE: Mathematics and Formal Reasoning [MS] HONR208B: Contemporary Indian Society: Bullock Carts and Bollywood Wednesday 4-6:30 pm Dr. Sonalde Desai, Department of Sociology 45 We will explore different dimensions of Indian life using a variety of sources to examine the contemporary Indian society. We will gain insights into Indian economy, society and politics by focusing on daily lives of Indian households. The kinds of questions we will explore include: What are the predominant sources of livelihoods in modern India? Does the ideal of Indian extended family still reflect the reality? What are the gender relations in the Indian society? And to what extent do the traditional divisions based on caste, class and religion still persist? CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] and Human Cultural Diversity [D] HONR 208E: J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century Monday/Wednesday, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Dr. Verlyn Flieger, Department of English The course will study Tolkien's major works, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, as well as some minor works (The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth) and Tolkien's major scholarly criticism. CORE: Literature [HL] HONR 208X: Contemporary Literature, Media, and the State Monday and Wednesday, 12:00-1:15 p.m. Dr. Linda Kauffman, Department of English This course focuses on the relationship between the individual and the State at specific moments of global upheaval, with emphasis on the post-September 11th climate. It addresses global issues of citizenship and sovereignty from many perspectives: African, American, Asian-American, Islamic, etc.). The course examines competing representations of History in fiction, film, television and print media. We shall discuss the bitter divisions (race, gender, religion, nationality, and class) that have brought us to a stage of permanent war. State terror, environmental degradation, and apocalypse are portrayed in the theoretical texts, as well as in fiction and film. CORE: Literature [HL] and Human Cultural Diversity [D] 46 HONR 209E: Understanding the Cultural Impact of Temporary Exhibitions Monday/Wednesday, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Dr. Quint Gregory, Lecturer in University Honors The temporary exhibition is arguably a museum's best means for attracting new visitors. It is a powerful vehicle for illuminating historical moments or exploring themes of profound spirit and beauty in art. The exhibition is also a form that, increasingly, is the raison d'être of many museums. Powerful tensions between scholarship and mass appeal constantly threaten the integrity of the exhibition concept. The goals of this course are to understand the exhibition as a form of communication and to be aware of the forces that shape it and, at the same time, the visitor's experience. CORE: History/Theory of the Arts [HA] HONR 209O: The Science of Sleep and Biological Rhythms Tuesday/Thursday, 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Dr. David Yager, Department of Psychology Sleep is a dominating and inescapable presence in our biological lives, our psychology, and in every human and animal culture on earth. It alters and challenges the way we experience the passage of time, and it is intimately tied to remembering and forgetting. Yet no one fully understands the mechanisms of sleep, or even why we sleep. We will study what is known about the biology of sleep and also examine in depth the closely related topic of biological rhythms. The emphasis will be on the biological processes that give rise to and control sleep and rhythmic behaviors. Therefore, part of the course will be a primer of brain structure and function. CORE: Life Sciences, non-lab [LS] HONR 209T: Cities and the World: Globalization and Urban Development Tuesday, 2:00-4:30 p.m. Dr. Mila Zlatic, Department of Geography 47 We will focus on the new era of de-industrialization of the city and the complicated relationship between globalization and urbanization, urban impact on globalization, and the role of cities in globalization. In order to understand what is happening in Baltimore, New York, or Sydney we must understand that cities are shaped simultaneously by outside forces far beyond their borders, as well as by factors much closer to home. The impact of the global economy on cities and the impact of cities on the global economy will be explored. CORE: Behavioral and Social Science [SB] HONR 217: Life, the Multiverse and Everything: Developing an Individual Cosmovision Section 0101: Tuesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m. Section 0201: Wednesday, 7:00-9:30 p.m. Dr. John Carlson, Senior Lecturer in University Honors; Director, Center for Archeoastronomy All peoples, from hunter-gatherer bands to state-level societies, develop some view of who and what they are and how they fit into the universe as they perceive it. Each individual also has his or her evolving personal world-view or cosmovision created from his or her cultural background and personal experiences. As the world around us changes and we mature, our individual "cosmovisions" develop into creative works in progress as unique as one's own genome. The goal of this seminar is to create an interactive learning experience where the students and teacher consciously explore the process of "Developing an Individual Cosmovision." CORE: Humanities [HO] and Diversity [D] HONR 218C: Western Intellectual Heritage: The Hero and Society Thursday, 6:00-8:30 p.m. Dr. Peter Losin, National Endowment for the Humanities The purpose of this course is to introduce students to some of the important texts that have shaped the Western intellectual heritage. Readings fall into three general groups: The Classical Heritage, the Biblical Tradition, and the Early Modern Inheritance. Running 48 through the three sections is the common theme of the hero and society. We will be asking questions such as: What is a hero? How is the hero related to society? How do conceptions of heroism change over time? What can you learn about a society by studying its heroes? We will consider examples as diverse as Achilles, Oedipus, Antigone, Socrates, Aeneas, David, Samson, Dalila, Sir Gawain, and Henry V. CORE: Humanities [HO] HONR 218L: Language and Mind Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30-10:45 a.m. Dr. Valentine Hacquard, Department of Linguistics Fish swim, birds fly, people speak. No one would think to deny that fish are biologically built for swimming and birds for flying. Nature has genetically endowed these creatures with special-purpose faculties which undergird these capacities. Linguists have argued for the past 25 years that the same holds for humans and language, in particular, that humans have a specific genetically-endowed dedicated capacity to acquire and use language. The aim of this course is to investigate the evidence for this claim. CORE: Humanities [HO] HONR 228B: Planning for Cities Tuesday 1:00-3:30 p.m. Dr. Alexander Chen, School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation This seminar will trace the development of the city from the first urban settlements to the global cities of today. A multidisciplinary lens will allow us to see how fields of study as diverse as architecture and economics, preservation and mathematics, and real estate development and sociology combine to respond to the planning challenges and opportunities of city life. By zooming in on specific issues, we will focus on the complex dynamic between people and preferences, power and politics, as well as property and place. CORE: Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues [IE] 49 HONR 228K: Great Ideas in Physics and Their Implications in Other Disciplines Monday/Wednesday, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Dr. Ted Einstein, Department of Physics This seminar will explore some great advances in physics, what they meant, how they came about, and how they influenced other fields. Examples include Newton's laws and their influence on philosophy, kinetic theory and classical physics in the late 1800's and their reflection in Freudian psychology, and quantum mechanics and modern psychology. Discussion of the relevant physics will be at a popular level, using only high school math. There will be regular demonstrations from the world-class collection in the physics department. Discussions will assume that students have some familiarity with the scientific meaning of terms like energy, momentum, velocity, speed, acceleration, force, light/electromagnetic radiation, atom, electron, etc. from a high school physics course. Ideally the class will have students interested in a broad range of social sciences and humanities, so that many perspectives can be brought to bear on the discussions. CORE: Physical Sciences, non-lab [PS] HONR 228N Evaluating Global Development Assistance Tuesday/Thursday, 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Dr. Vivian Hoffmann, Dept. of Agricultural Resource Economics The course will examine current debates about foreign aid and about programs to help reduce poverty. Through concrete examples, students will be introduced to fundamental ideas in economics such as growth theory, public goods, and principal-agent problems. We will consider both theoretical arguments and empirical evidence, and critically evaluate some of the recent literature on aid effectiveness. We will also consider alternatives to aid such as reform of rich countries' trade and agricultural support policies. CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] and CORE Human Cultural Diversity [D] 50 HONR 228T: Journalism and Peace Monday, 6:00-8:30 p.m. Colman McCarthy, Lecturer in University Honors; Columnist We have no shortage of war correspondents. But where are the peace correspondents? Where are the journalists—whether toiling for the wealthy corporate media or going it alone as independents, whether columnists or editorial writers, whether reporters and editors on high school or college newspapers or on large circulation dailies—who bring to the public the news about peace? This course is a modest effort to examine some of the issues involving journalism and peace. Students are encouraged to bring to class news stories that will enliven the class discussions and debates. HONR 229O Ancient Rome in Historical Fiction: Narratives, Sources, and Screen Adaptations Monday/Wednesday 3-4:40 pm extended time for viewing films Dr. Judith Hallett, Department of Classics; Distinguished Scholar Teacher We will study the I, Claudius BBC series, and compare this 1976 "small screen" cinematic treatment to Robert Graves' novels on which it was based, as well as to the ancient primary sources on which Graves mainly relied: Tacitus' Annals, Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars, and the histories of Cassius Dio. We will focus on Claudius' ancient and modern image as a physically and mentally challenged individual, on his role as a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, and on the impact of his story on audiences. CORE: Literature [HL] HONR 229T: Race, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Press Monday, 2:00- 4:30 p.m. Dr. Haynes Johnson, School of Journalism 51 This seminar will examine the relationship between the media and the U.S. Civil Rights movement with the purpose of drawing lessons about how well -- or poorly -- the media have performed the essential role of informing citizens about the single greatest issue that has plagued America since its founding: the legacy of slavery that led to a Civil War, then to a century of segregation. We will explore how the Civil Rights movement created historic changes in laws and opportunities. The class is offered at a propitious time, as the United States has elected its first African American President. We will monitor media coverage and examine public attitudes and the impact race has on both. CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] and Diversity [D] Professor Johnson is a best-selling author and television commentator. He won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished national reporting in 1966 for his coverage of the civil rights crisis in Selma, Alabama. Professor Johnson's most recent book is The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election. HONR 229V: Energy Sources for the Future: Separating Science from Pseudoscience Tuesday/Thursday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Dr. Carlos Romero-Talamás, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics A scientific background is not required for this course, and most of the tools we will develop will involve simple arithmetic and high school calculus. From public policy to global climate change, the way we plan our energy resources utilization now will have far reaching consequences for generations to come. Research and development on improving existing sources of energy and on finding new ones is on the rise. We will review concepts of energy, energy generation, storage, transmission, efficiency, and exponential growth; and we will apply these concepts to compare advantages and disadvantages between existing energy sources: fossil carbon-based, biofuels, solar, wind, nuclear fission, and geothermal, as well as possible future concepts 52 such as nuclear fusion, and space-based power generation. CORE: Physical Sciences non-lab [PS] HONR 238D: The Contemporary American Musical Theatre: From Hair to Hairspray Section 0101: Monday/Wednesday, 12:00-1:15 p.m. Section 0201: Monday/Wednesday, 10:00- 11:15 a.m. Dr. Korey Rothman, Department of Theatre This course will begin with the Vietnam-era musical Hair in order to consider how the American musical is simultaneously a source of popular entertainment and profit and a means to make important political and social critiques. The course will move from the Concept Musicals of the 1970s, to the profit-driven Mega-Musicals and nostalgic revivals that dominated the 1980s, to the "Disneyification" of Broadway in the 1990s, to the current trend toward pastiche and satire, to explore the ways the musical has paralleled, reified, and challenged larger trends in the American landscape. CORE: History or Theory of the Arts [HA] and Human Cultural Diversity [D] HONR 238F: From Animal Thoughts to Animal Feelings: Cognitive and Applied Ethology's Understanding of Animals Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30-4:45 pm Dr. Ray Stricklin and Dr. Kim Drnec, Department of Animal Sciences This course explores animal behavior as a science and the ethical issues underlying how we treat animals. Topics include: an overview of the history of animal use from early domestication to modernity; the role science has played in increasing our knowledge of animal behavior, including sentience; and the importance of ethics in determining how we humans ought to treat animals. CORE: Humanities [HO] 53 HONR 238L: Engineering Ancient Empires Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Dr. Denis Sullivan, Department of Curriculum and Instruction The so-called Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, from the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus to the Colossus of Rhodes, are well known examples of the technical skills of ancient engineers. This course will examine these and a number of other ancient technical achievements from bridges and buildings to aqueducts and artillery, with a focus on the specific nature of the technical achievement and the methods used to create it, and consider the question of why no major jump to industrialization occurred in the ancient world. CORE: Social or Political History [SH] HONR 238R: Terrorism Section 0101: Monday, 3:30-6:05 p.m. Section 0201: Tuesday, 3:30-6:00 p.m. Dr. Howard Smead, Senior Lecturer in University Honors and History This semester we will ask how and why the terrorist attacks of September 11 occurred and them into historical context. We will look at the history of terrorism, both domestic and international, and examine the many factors that may have provided causation: uncertainty caused by the end of the Cold War, "blowback" from an arrogant American foreign policy, the Israeli/Palestinian crisis, globalization of liberal capitalism, the spread of American popular culture, the rise of orthodox and fundamentalist sects, and the rise of radical Islamist nationalism. We will also look at the influence of terrorist events on national security, civil liberties, privacy, and American/international economic and political culture, and at dissenting opinions about how America should respond to global terrorism. CORE: Social or Political History [SH] 54 HONR 238T: The Body and Literature Tuesday/Thursday, 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Dr. Sibbie O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in University Honors We will examine how the body is represented in literature and culture as an object of desire and as a source of knowledge. We will divide this examination into five sections: The Male and Female Body; The Body of the Child; The Body of the Other, or the Grotesque Body; The Sick, Aging and Dead Body; and the Parahuman Body. CORE: Literature [HL] HONR 239C: The Creative Process in Dance Tuesday/Thursday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Dr. Anne Warren, Department of Dance We will explore the process of creation in dance, and we will look at the collaborative nature of the relationship between dancer and choreographer and between choreographer and composer. We will read articles by dance writers and critics who examine why we respond so strongly to movement and how we determine its meaning. We will also explore the effects that are created when choreographers manipulate our sense of time, our awareness of the space around us, and our interactions with gravity. CORE: History/Theory of the Arts [HA] and Diversity [D] HONR 239P Higher, Faster, Farther: Case Studies from Aerospace History Tuesday, 5:00-7:30 p.m. Dr. Jeremy Kinney, Curator, Aeronautics Division National Air, Space Museum Smithsonian Institution The ability of humans to take to the air and on into space generated some of the most dramatic events in the history of human civilization. This seminar focuses on the history of aerospace–flight within and beyond the Earth's atmosphere–from its origins to the present 55 day by discussing significant case studies within the broader context of culture, economics, politics, society, technology, and war. It will be for both humanities and science/engineering majors alike who want to gain a better understanding of the development of science and technology from a historical perspective. CORE: Social and Political History [SH] HONR 248H: Delinquency in the Context of Disability Monday, 2:00-4:30 p.m. Dr. Peter Leone, Department of Special Education Students will develop skills that enable them to understand the contexts and forces that have shaped current beliefs about disability and deviance. After completing the course, students will be able to: describe mechanisms developed by societies to identify and classify individuals who differ significantly from the norm; identify social, political, and professional forces that shape responses to individuals labeled as deviant or disabled; analyze how media shape and reinforce beliefs about deviance and disability; and apply concepts of the treatment and classification of individuals visited, following a visit to a juvenile or adult correctional facility. CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] and CORE Human Cultural Diversity [D] HONR 248N Extinction Risk: Where Biology, Geography and Mathematics Meet Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Dr. William F. Fagan, Department of Biology How do extinctions actually occur? What changes to a species' abundance and spatial distribution occur as it declines toward extinction? And how can human interventions alter these trajectories? And what biological traits put some species more at risk of extinction than others? We will explore issues related to extinction and extinction risk including thresholds for population collapse versus gradual declines, the use of vaccination to eradicate disease, biodiversity databases, stochastic processes, conservation intervention, 56 nonlinearities in difference and differential equations, issues in spatial mapping, and conservation reserve design. CORE: Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues [IE] HONR 248O: The Military and the Media in American History Wednesday, 5:00-7:30 p.m. Dr. William Hammond, Senior Lecturer in University Honors; Chief, General Histories Branch, U.S. Army Center of Military History The free press has always posed problems for armies in time of war. Soldiers contend that their lives depend upon their right to withhold information from the enemy. Reporters respond that, however important the rights of soldiers, they may have to yield before the need of a free people to scrutinize the deeds of its government. This course will investigate the relationship between the military and the media by applying the traditional journalistic question--who, what, when, where, how, and why--to the news business and to the business of making war. CORE: Social/Political History [SH] HONR 248W: America in the 1960's Monday, 12:00-2:30 p.m. Dr. John Newman, Lecturer in University Honors Why have the 1960's left such an indelible mark on the American psyche? Why are historians and participants from those traumatic years still locked in deep debate over what happened and what it means? While the disagreements persist, there is agreement on at least one point: the 1960's represent a watershed in modern American history. This course will explore the political, social, cultural, and intellectual history of America during this crucial decade including the Civil Rights movement and women's rights and gay rights movements, the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement, and the Kennedy and King assassinations. CORE: Social/Political History [SH] 57 HONR 248Y Design Literacy: Decoding Our Visual Culture Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Dr. Ruth Lozner, Department of Art This course will change the way you think about design just as contemporary design is changing the way we live in the world. We will be looking at design in all its aspects (including information design, architecture, product and package design, servicescape design, advertising and marketing, broadcast and web design, even "experience design"); its influence and response to cultural changes (including green design, universal design and cause-related marketing). By deconstructing the design process, we can explore the potential it holds for future needs with creative, responsible and innovative ideas. CORE: History or Theory of the Arts [HA] HONR 249P Art, Politics, and "Race" in South Africa Thursday, 2- 4:30 p.m. Dr. Shannen Hill, Department of Art History and Archaeology This course examines issues of racial representation in South African visual culture from the 18th century through today. Visual culture is explored as a basis for studying political rhetoric around nation, tribe, race, and gender. Arts that are conventionally studied in art history are included, but we will expand beyond these into mass media, architecture, documentary, film, and performance. The course is highly interactive; consider it a type of round-table wherein particular lines of inquiry will be discussed and debated. CORE: History or Theory of the Arts [HA] and Diversity [D] HONR 249R: Music and Gender Identity Monday, 3:30-6:00 p.m. Dr. Boden Sandstrom, School of Music 58 As a densely constructed concept, gender is a kind of performance site in which cultural values and beliefs can be staged, endorsed, contested, and renegotiated. The expression of sexuality through music and its link to gender will also be explored. Questions such as those posed by Ellen Koskoff in her breakthrough book Women and Music in Cross- Cultural Perspectives will be explored: "To what degree does a society's gender ideology and resulting gender-related behaviors affect its musical thought and practice? How does music function in society to reflect or affect inter-gender relations?" CORE: History/Theory of the Arts [HA] and Diversity [D] HONR 249W The Spiritual Heritage of the Human Race: An Introduction to the Study of World Religions Wednesday 1:30 - 4 pm Dr. Suheil Bushrui, Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace In this course, the study of religion is undertaken from the perspective of the existence of a spiritual heritage common to all humanity. It postulates that recognition and understanding of this heritage is required to realize the goals of unity, cooperation, and peace. From the resulting codification of the truths common to all religions, efforts can be undertaken towards evolving a global code of ethics that incorporates all that is best in humanity's shared spiritual heritage. CORE: Humanities [HO} and Diversity [D] HONR 249Y: Amadeus: Mozart 101 Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Dr. Suzanne Beicken, Department of Music This course explores the genius of Mozart: the man as magic music maker; his life, his music; and his era between the ancient regime and revolution. We will examine: the unusual childhood of the precocious wunderkind, fostered by a loving family and an overbearing father/mentor; the plight of being a servant-composer; Mozart's yearning to free himself from servitude; his stardom as a freelancing Vienna performer and composer; 59 and, finally, his supreme accomplishments as an artist for all ages. CORE: History or Theory of the Arts [HA] HONR 258O: Kinesiological Bases of Skilled Performance: Golf Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Dr. Seppo Iso-Ahola, Department of Kinesiology There will be a $45.00 charge for the equipment needed during the course. Students will experience their own learning of a motor skill (i.e., golf). Principles and issues introduced in lecture will be explored and studied in lab. The lecture/discussion portion of the class will explore sociological, physiological, and biomechanical perspectives. Emphasis is on the general principles underlying the learning and performance of all motor skills. We will also explore the role of sport, and golf in particular, in American society. HONR 258T: Tools of Fiction: Literature and/as Creative Writing Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Dean Hebert, Assistant Director, University Honors Program We will analyze works of short fiction and examine storytelling conventions that many have in common. We will also look at works that deliberately break various "rules" of literary fiction, whether conventional expectations readers generally have or rules that a story establishes internally (such as by creating a pattern, and then breaking it). Each student will create and revise a short story, which will be shared with and discussed by the class. Other writing assignments include several short essays based on short stories (mainly from contemporary American authors) and an essay final exam. CORE: Literature [HL] HONR 258V American Attitudes Toward Warfare and the Military Tuesday, 6:00-8:30 p.m. Dr. David Hogan, Senior Historian, U.S. Army Center of Military History 60 Are Americans a peaceable people? Have they fought just wars? Do they demonize their adversaries? How has their memory of past conflicts affected their views on warfare and the military? How have these and other social, intellectual, and cultural factors influenced the organization of their military institutions and the conduct of their wars? This course will focus on these questions in examining American attitudes toward warfare from colonial times to the present. CORE: Social or Political History [SH] HONR 258W: Exploring Homophobia: Demystifying Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues Tuesday/Thursday, 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Dr. Robyn Zeiger, Department of Family Science This seminar will focus on homophobia (the irrational fear of homosexuality) by examining the myths and stereotypes related to lesbians and gays, and the reality of this often misunderstood segment of society. Through analysis, we will strive to develop a humane vocabulary that reflects appreciation of human diversity. Through lectures, videotapes, guest speakers, and class discussion, we will explore such topics as sexual orientation, relationships, family issues, physical and psychological health concerns, as well as lesbians and gays in history, film, music, art, and sports. CORE: Diversity [D] HONR 258Z: Language, Identity, and Diversity in the U.S. Tuesday/Thursday, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Dr. Alene Moyer, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Also offered as SLLC 305; students may not take both for credit. This course will introduce issues of linguistic diversity and identity in the framework of the U.S. as a multilingual society. Special emphasis is placed on attitudes toward language as a marker of status and belonging, and on language use as politically, culturally and socially motivated. Particular attention will be paid to myths about language diversity and variation, and how assumptions about linguistic difference contribute to cultural stereotypes. 61 Several hotly debated issues will be treated, including the controversy over Ebonics, bilingual education, the "English only" movement, politically correct language, and gender differences in language behavior. CORE: Humanities [HO] and Human Cultural Diversity [D] HONR 259F Black Masculinities Tuesday/Thursday 2 - 3:15 p.m. Dr. Jeffrey Q. McCune, American Studies From the historic boxing match of Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries to the political bout between now President Barack Obama and John McCain, black masculinity has been central to American social and cultural fabric. Examining the intersections of race and gender, from early black history to our hip-hop era, allows us to see the threads, tensions, and acts that unravel in various historical contexts. Through an exploration of critical writings, literature, films, and performances from slavery to the present, we will gain valuable insight into the complicated relationship between black male identity and American manhood. CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] and Human Cultural Diversity [D] ONR259L: Thinking Strategically Thursday 11:00 am -1:30 pm Dr. Daniel R. Vincent, Department of Economics This course is designed to use the tools of decision theory and game theory to understand economic, political and social problems and issues. Among other topics, it will examine the fallacy of sunk costs; techniques to determine the credibility of threats and promises; the importance of identifying dominated strategies; the potential value of randomizing strategies; the importance of knowing how much rivals know before choosing a strategy. While mathematical skills such as calculus and algebra will increase the student's enjoyment of the course, these are not required. What is required is a curious mind and a 62 willingness to think analytically about interesting and (sometimes) important problems. CORE: Mathematics and Formal Reasoning [MS] HONR 259M: Metropolis: The Cinematic City Wednesday, 2:00–5:00 p.m. Dr. Tom Zaniello, Former Director of Northern Kentucky University Honors Program A remarkable array of film genres take the measure of the idea of the Metropolis: post- apocalyptic films, science fiction, film noir, and epics of catastrophe. We will screen films and analyze films such as Bladerunner, Chinatown, Kiss Me Deadly, Mimic, Mirage' and Neverwhere. CORE: History/Theory of the Arts [HA] and Human Cultural Diversity [D] HONR 259N: New Orleans: Colonial to Katrina Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Dr. Emily Landau, Dept. of History This is a course about America's most interesting city. New Orleans exists simultaneously as a mythic city. We will go back to the first days of French settlement and study the ways in which the city developed as an exotic enclave in the Deep South. The course explores the dominant tropes in New Orleans history: race, sex, carnival, jazz, prostitution, slavery, free people of color, and the environment. We will map the social, cultural, and political changes that occurred in New Orleans from colonial times to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. CORE: Social/Political History [SH] and Diversity [D] HONR 268A Financial Markets and the Business Environment Monday/Wednesday 11:00 a.m. -12:15 p.m. Dr. Vojislav "Max" Maksimovic, Smith School of Business Meltdown in the financial markets has been the big news story in the past year. In this course, we will be looking at the big picture issues: Are markets a mechanism for mobilizing savings, a marketplace for diversifying risks, a legalized form of gambling, or all 63 the above? How do financial markets work, and does reality correspond to the textbook descriptions? What are the main institutions? Does the government do a good job of regulating the markets? Are the markets safe for individual investors or do you have to have special access to do well from investing? And how do the actions of traders and investors on Wall Street affect Main Street? CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] HONR 268J: Religion and Progress: Islamic Science, Politics, and Economics Tuesday, 6:00-8:30 p.m. Dr. Imad A. Ahmad, Senior Lecturer in University Honors This course explores the role of science, politics, and economics in Muslim history and in the modern Islamic revival. We examine of sources of Islamic law: the Qur'an, the practice of the early Muslims, legal scholarship, and consensus. We also examine the progress of science in the classical Islamic era and the attitudes of modern Muslims towards science, the political systems of the classical era and the objectives of the "Islamists" movements today, the economic development in the classical era, and the economic status of the Muslim world today. CORE: Humanities [HO] and Diversity [D] HONR 268K: Beyond the Hype of Medical Miracles: Stem Cells, Gene Therapy, and Other Cutting-Edge Medical Research Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30-4:45 p.m. Dr. Kenneth Frauwirth, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics We will discuss the basic scientific principles behind the research with an eye toward making realistic projections of the potential applications. The course will begin with several lectures covering basic cell, developmental, and molecular biology, but will then mainly consist of guided discussion of readings from scientific journals, news media, and government documents. Examples of readings will include the original report on the cloning of Dolly the sheep and an article in the journal Science describing novel approaches to gene therapy. We will also discuss how some of these issues are portrayed in science 64 fiction literature (students will be required to read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) and movies (we will watch Gattaca in class). CORE: Life Sciences, non-lab [LS] HONR268L: United States Immigration Issues Tuesday/Thursday 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Dr. Dorith Grant-Wisdom, Department of Government and Politics Issues of international migration and the integration of immigrants and refugees are among the most compelling and controversial issues of the twenty-first century. The purpose of this course is to give students an introduction to some important issues and complexities that characterize the U.S. immigration process and policies. It will also focus on proposals for immigration reform as well as expose students to various policy experts in and outside of government as well as community organizations that are integrally involved with immigrant communities and the immigration process. CORE: Behavioral/Social Science [SB] and Diversity [D] HONR268R: Creative Expression and The Web Tuesday/Thursday 2-3:15 pm Elizabeth Kvernen, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities We live in a world whose social fabric has been profoundly changed by the introduction of the World Wide Web. In this course we will look at the how the web as a medium is shaping our daily lives and interactions and offering new avenues for creative expression; we will learn the underlying technologies of the web and how to create a basic website; and we will begin to understand the impact that design decisions have on a website's success or failure. Students in this course will learn by doing. Through a series of hands- on projects, they will come to understand the distinct possibilities for expression offered by the web medium, the importance of following web standards and best practices, and the basic design principles and processes that should be followed when developing material for the web. 65 ONR 268W Disability Studies: Stories, Law, and Social Policy Tuesdays 2-4:30 pm Sara D. Schotland, JD What is Disability? Why do definitions matter? How did the disability rights movement evolve? We will explore disability challenges for individuals with autism, psychiatric disorders, deafness and/or blindness. Through case studies, we will examine the difficult choices made by parents of disabled children concerning whether to place their children in special education or mainstream classrooms, and their advocacy efforts to access funding and resources to meet their children's needs. We will also consider the intersection between disability and aging, focusing on Alzheimer's as an example. Guest speakers include disabled individuals and their family members. CORE: Humanities [HO] and Diversity [D] HONR 268X: Anna Karenina as a Window on Russia Tuesday/Thursday 12:30 - 1:45 pm Dr. Mikhail Dolbilov, Department of History Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina can be read as a universal story of love, happiness, despair, sin and recompense. In our analysis, we will bring together the historical context of the plot and the characters, the novel's literary devices and aesthetic message, and social circumstances of the text's production. Reading Anna Karenina through the prism of latest history scholarship on imperial Russia, this approach will allow us to add new zest to conventional interpretations of a range of phenomena. Among them are state service and farming as the nobility's pursuits, aristocracy and self-government, imperial military subculture, controversies over the emancipation of peasants, the "woman question," the Eastern Christian church's hold of Russian civil law, including marriage and divorce, educated Russians' search for non-traditional religious spirituality, and the meaning of suicide. CORE: Literature [HL] 66 HONR 269B: The Political Economy of International Cooperation Tuesday/Thursday 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Dr. Bart Kaminski, Department of Government and Politics This multidisciplinary course seeks to examine the impact of the changing nature of the global political economy on international institutions -- such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank -- and domestic responses by providing a bird's eye-view of the institutions and forces supporting or hindering international integration. It contrasts the global governance underpinning our current wave of international integration with regional efforts at cooperation in the context of globalization, and it contrasts institutional arrangements fostering interdependence with those that encourage disintegration. CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] HONR269E: Exploring Key Issues of Globalization Tuesday/Thursday 2-3:15 pm Dr. Dorith Grant-Wisdom, Department of Government and Politics The greater portion of the course will examine a wide range of issues in relation to globalization including: the global, regional and local expression of the organization and restructuring of capital; perceptions and realties of time and space (in terms of worldviews, communications, etc.); the role of the nation-state as a sovereign structure and a community of belonging and identity in an era of globalization; globalization and culture; migration and displacement; and the challenges that global processes pose to individuals and collectives at the levels of the state, class, gender, and race. CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] and Human Cultural Diversity [D] HONR 269X: Faith in Science: Interactions between Science and Religion Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Dr. Rajarshi Roy, Director, Institute for Physical Science and Technology 67 This course will provide a framework to understand advances in modern science and technology and their impact on the role of faith in our lives, as well as to address the very relevant inverse question: how does our religious background shape advances in science and technology? We will explore the questions: Is the nature of our belief in science different from our belief in God? What kinds of questions do science and religion address? How are the answers to these questions relevant to how we live our lives and interact with each other and the world around us? CORE: Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues [IE] ONR 279E: Languages of Europe Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Dr. Robert De Keyser, School of Languages, Literature, and Cultures In our globalized world, understanding other cultures is increasingly important. This course will contribute to that goal by familiarizing students with the ethnic, linguistic, geographic, and historical complexity of Europe from a somewhat oblique angle: by dealing with the languages of Europe in their structural and social dimensions, and providing ample exposure to the historical background as well as frequent hands-on experience with maps, reference works, and electronic resources. CORE: Humanities [HO] HONR 279F: The Problem of Time Tuesday/Thursday, 12:30 - 1:45 pm Dr. Mathias Frisch, Department of Philosophy What is time? In this course we will investigate philosophical puzzles about time and will examine how these issues are addressed in literature and film. We will begin by looking at arguments for the claim that the flow of time or even time itself is unreal. We will read selections from philosophers ranging from Aristotle and St. Augustine to J. Ellis McTaggert and David Lewis; and we will discuss how modern physics, in particular Einstein's theory of relativity, has affected our understanding of time. We will examine how conceptual 68 puzzles about time are treated in novels by Kurt Vonnegut and Martin Amis and in Terry Gilliam's movie Twelve Monkeys. CORE: Humanities [HO] HONR 279M How Does the Brain Speak? Insights from Neuroimaging and Brain Damage Tuesday/Thursday, 12:30 - 1:45 pm Dr. Yasmeen Shah, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences We speak at an average rate of 200 words per minute! An amazing number of processes occur when we speak: conceptualizing what to say, selecting the words that convey our ideas, selecting the tone of the message, constructing grammatical sentences, uttering the sounds that make up the sentences, and so on. How do our brains enable us to speak creatively at such a rapid rate? And how did we find out about neural operations involved in speaking? This course uses an interdisciplinary approach to address these issues, drawing from neuroscience, brain imaging, psycholinguistics, speech pathology and cognitive neuropsychology. CORE: Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues [IE] HONR 279O: Counterterrorism Monday, 3:30-6:00 p.m. Dr. John Newman, Lecturer in University Honors This course investigates America's response to the threat of terrorism since the end of the Cold War. From the rise of the fundamentalist Islamic terror threat to the U.S. to domestic American terrorism, we will critique the performance of U.S. counter terror organizations, including the FBI, CIA, NSA, the White House, and Congress. We will evaluate the successes and the failures of these organizations, study the lessons that were or should have been learned, and examine the extent to which these lessons have been brought to bear on the post-9/11 reorganization of U.S. counter terror assets. CORE: Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues [IE] 69 HONR 288L: Medical Devices: Applied Ethics and Public Policy Monday, 2:00-4:35 p.m. Glenn A. Rahmoeller, Senior Lecturer in University Honors Also offered as BIOE150. Credit will be granted for only one. We will use case studies from the professor's experience as a regulatory consultant and as the former Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Devices at the FDA. We will examine how controversial decisions were made by the FDA, manufacturers, physicians, and other government organizations, and whether those decisions were ethical. We will also examine other current issues from the literature and news media. Case studies will include controversies concerning breast implants, genetic testing, allegations of scientific misconduct, artificial hearts, transplants, and deaths due to mechanical heart valves. Most of us will make important, controversial decisions in our lives--this course will give you a process by which to make those decisions. CORE: Behavioral and Social Science [SB] HONR 289C: History of Evolutionary Thought Monday/Wednesday, 10:00-11:15 a.m. Dr. Michelle Dudash, Department of Biology The goal of this class is to introduce students to the writings of Alfred Wallace and others who influenced Charles Darwin and his understanding of the mechanisms underlying the evolutionary process. In the first portion of the course students will be introduced to the many scientists that laid the groundwork for Darwin and the basic concepts in evolutionary biology. The second portion of the class will explore the writings of Alfred Wallace, the co- founder along with Charles Darwin of the idea of natural selection. Finally students will present talks based on a major contributor or an idea they have been exploring during the semester via class discussions, writing assignments, and independent investigations. CORE: Life Sciences, non-lab [LS] 70 HONR 289T: Rule of Law: The Bedrock of Democracy Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. David Falk, JD, Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy The rule of law as an abstract principle is universally accepted to be an essential element of democratic government. But the paradoxes of law and democracy in the United States will be apparent to anyone with passing knowledge of how our government operates. For example, an unelected Supreme Court, with no public accountability except for personal misconduct, has the capacity to render decisions of profound political, economic and social significance which may be contrary to strongly held preferences of large segments, sometimes majorities, of the American public. Individual decisions by lower-level courts can have life-altering impacts on individual and business litigants; yet such decisions may result from unequal talents and financial resources of the parties and their lawyers, ideological predispositions and personalities of the judges, and the happenstance of jurors selected for the case. What, then, is the rule of law, and what makes it the bedrock of democracy? CORE: Behavioral and Social Sciences [SB] HONR 289Y: Novels and Who We Are Tuesday/Thursday, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Dr. Sibbie O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in University Honors This seminar will explore what it means to read fiction and what that endeavor reveals about us and the lives of those who, on the surface, seem unlike ourselves. An important exchange of self still takes place once we examine how and what the fictional world gives to the reader and what the reader brings to it. When we look at reading in this manner we begin to see that it is a primary source of knowledge about both the self and the greater world. But before we can analyze how this exchange affects us individually, we need to ask some fundamental questions about reading. How does reading fiction help us know ourselves? CORE: Literature [HL] 71 HONR299B: Internet Technologies in the Information Era Mon/Wed. 3:00-4:15 p.m. Dr. Massimiliano Albanese, U of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) The digital revolution has caused a shift towards an economy based on the manipulation of information. The course offers a survey of the technologies and issues underlying the use of the Internet for communication, research, and dissemination of information. Topics include an introduction to Internet protocols, Internet history and development, the dot-com bubble, network security, and today's major applications (e.g., e-commerce) and trends. The course also covers legal and social issues, such as copyrights, intellectual property, and the emerging phenomenon of social networks. Finally, the course explores the importance, in today's economy, of building an online presence and offers a survey of the existing tools and technologies which individuals and companies have available to build their own online presence. CORE: Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues [IE] HONR 348J: Contemporary Social Issues Wednesday, 3:30-6:00 p.m. Dr. Howard Smead, Department of History and Senior Lecturer in University Honors This course engages students in a thoughtful examination of critical modern social issues of national and international concern, as well as problems students face in modern universities such as affirmative action and multiculturalism. Other topics include: - the proper role of the federal government in assuring health care, pollution control, and work place safety? Should the welfare state be reduced, dismantled, or modified?-what are the cultural and political implications of the apparent conflict between "traditional family values," on the one hand, and popular culture and the entertainment media, on the other?-and should America be the world's policeman, or retreat behind its borders and let other nations fend for themselves? 72 HONR 359B: Alternatives to Violence (grading S/F) Monday, 3:00-5:40 p.m. Colman McCarthy, Lecturer in University Honors; Columnist All of us are called on to be peacemakers, whether in our personal or in our political lives. Yet few have the skills or ideas to create the conditions in which peace can result. Courses in non-violence are rarely taught in schools, and non-violence is rarely used by governments as a means to settle conflicts. We seem helpless, to have no choice but reliance on fists, guns, armies, and bombs. The course offers a study of the methods, history, and practitioners of nonviolence. An objective of the course is to study nonviolence as a force for change, both among nations and among individuals faced with violence in their daily lives. 73 FALL 2010 DEPARTMENTAL H-VERSIONS Note: 300 and 400 level H-version classes may have prerequisites and/or require permission. AASP100H INTRO AFRICAN AMER STUDY AASP202H BLACK CULTURE IN US AASP400H RDGS AFRICAN AM STUDY AMST418H CULTRL THEMES-AMER HONR ANTH220H INTRO TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (New in Fall 2010) ANTH398H SOC ANTH OF BRITAIN ARTH489H ART IN LONDON ARTT428H HONORS PAINTING ARTT438H HONORS SCULPTURE ARTT448H HONORS ARTT480H HONORS SEMINAR ARTT498H HONORS THESIS STUDIO ART BMGT190H INTRO DESIGN & QUALITY BMGT220H PRIN ACCOUNTING I BMGT221H PRIN ACCOUNTING II BMGT230H BUSINESS STATISTICS BMGT340H BUSINESS FINANCE BMGT350H MARKETING PRIN & ORGANIZ BMGT390H SYSTEMS THINKING BMGT490H QUEST CONSULTING PRACTCM BMGT493H HONORS STUDY 74 BSCI106H PRIN BIOL II BSCI207H PRIN BIOL III ORGANISMAL BSCI378H CBMG HONORS SEMINAR BSCI379H CBMG HONORS RESEARCH BSCI389H ENTM HONORS RESEARCH BSCI398H BIOL DEPT HONORS SEMINAR BSCI399H BIOL DEPT HONORS RESRCH CCJS100H INTRO CCJS CCJS388H INDEP READING CCJS CCJS389H INDEP RES IN CCJS CHEM131H CHEM FUNDAMENTALS I CMSC131H OBJECT-ORIENTED PROG I CMSC132H OBJECT-ORIENTED PROG II CMSC250H DISCRETE STRUCTURES CMSC828H ADV TOPC INFO PROC ECON398H BRIT ECON & FINAN SYST EDUC388H HONRS SYNTHSIS SEM EDUC499H HONORS THESIS ENAE283H INTRO AEROSPACE SYS ENAE311H AERODYNAMICS I ENAE398H HONORS RES PROJECT ENAE423H VIBRATION&AEROELASTIC ENEE303H ANALOG & DIGITAL ELECTRC ENEE322H SIGNAL & SYSTEM THEORY 75 ENEE350H COMPTR ORGANIZATN ENEE380H ELECTRMAGNTC THRY ENES102H STATICS ENES190H INTRO DESIGN & QUALITY ENES390H SYSTEMS THINKING ENES490H QUEST CONSULTING PRACTCM ENGL101H ACADEMIC WRITING ENGL379H LONDON STAGE ENGL391H ADVANCED COMP ENGL393H TECHNICAL WRITING FMSC498H FMST HONORS THESIS FREN250H INTRO TO FRENCH LIT FREN351H ROMANTICISM TO MOD FREN495H HONORS THESIS RSRCH GEOL393H TECH WRTNG GEOSCIE GEOL394H RSRCH PROB IN GEOL GERM322H GERMAN LITERATURE II GERM397H HONORS RDG IND STY GERM498H HONORS THESIS WRITING GVPT100H PRIN GOVT&POLITIC GVPT289H GVPT HONORS WORKSHOP GVPT309H BRITISH POLITICS GVPT409H SECTARIANISM & MID EAST 76 GVPT423H ELECTNS&ELCTRL BEH GVPT429H PROB POLIT BEHAVR HIST282H HISTORY OF JEWS I ITAL121H ACCELERATED ITAL I JWST234H HISTORY OF JEWS I KNES300H BIOM OF HUM MOTION KNES350H PSYCH OF SPORTS KNES355H SPORT MANAGEMENT KNES360H PHYSIOLOGY OF EXERCISE KNES370H MOTOR DEVELOPMENT KNES385H MOTOR CONTROL&LEARNING KNES440H PSYC OF ATHLETIC PRFMNCE KNES451H CHILDREN & SPORT KNES455H SCI BASES ATHLETIC COND KNES461H EXERCISE & BODY COMP KNES462H NURL BAS HUMN MVMT KNES464H EXERCISE METABOLISM KNES466H GRADED EXERCISE TESTING KNES467H GENETICS IN PA&SPORT KNES483H SPORT MARKET & MEDIA KNES484H SPORTING HOLLYWOOD LASC234H ISSUES IN LATIN AMER STUDIES I LING499H DIRECTED STUDIES 77 MATH140H CALCULUS I MATH141H CALCULUS II MATH241H CALCULUS III MATH246H DIFF EQN FOR SCI & ENGRS MATH498H INTRO TO FRACTAL GEOMETRY AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS MUSC130H SURVEY MUSIC LIT MUSC289H POWER OF MUSIC PRFMANCE NFSC100H ELEM OF NUTRITION PHYS105H PHYS FOR DECISION MAKERS PHYS171H INTRO PHYS: MECH & RELATIV PHYS260H PHYS VIB WAVES HEAT ELEC PHYS272H INTRO PHYS: FIELDS PHYS273H INTRO PHYSICS: WAVES PLSC289H GREENING CITIES PSYC100H INTRO PSYCHOLOGY PSYC468H FLD EX + ASIGN HNR PSYC469H HNRS THSIS PROPOS PSYC498H ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE SEM PSYC499H HONORS THESIS RES SOCY100H INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY SPAN234H ISSUES IN LATIN AMER STUDIES I THET399H LONDON STAGE UNIV100H STUDENT IN UNIVERSITY 78 79 PREVIEW OF NEW HONORS COURSES FOR SPRING 2010 Like the world itself, University Honors curriculum never stands still. We continually develop new opportunities for students to become engaged with the real-world issues and challenges of today. We continually recruit new faculty (on and off campus) who have emerged as leaders in their fields. And we continually expand our opportunities for students to develop their talents. Take an Honors Seminar with the New Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Kevin Klose Dean Klose is developing an Honors seminar for spring 2011. This is a remarkable opportunity to study with a leader in journalism's revolutionary move forward. Kevin Klose is an international media executive, journalist, author, and lecturer. Early in 80 his career, Mr. Klose was hired by Ben Bradlee at the The Washington Post. From 1967 to 1992 he held a wide variety of posts, including city editor and Moscow Bureau Chief. He was a principal editor in major breaking stories and investigative series, award-winning international reporting, and coverage of the Iran-Contra hearings. He most recently served as President of National Public Radio, Inc., (NPR). "Kevin brings to us the perfect blend of seasoned journalism, highest integrity, a global perspective, and a passion for building institutions. He's a builder . . . . . Kevin's vision will guide us in educating the next generation of journalists, as well as in redefining journalism." --Dan Mote, President of the University of Maryland Enrich classroom learning with international travel! Lean about global business and spend spring break in London: HONR 228C: The Role of Accounting and Computers in Facilitating Global Business 3 credits / 4 credits with additional London Experience option Prof. Lawrence Gordon, Robert H. Smith School of Business 81 This seminar meets once a week thoughout the spring semester, and students earn 3 credits. (if the London Experience is added students will earn 4 credits.) Either way, students will come away with cutting-edge, real-world knowledge. Course Description: With the advent of the information age, and in particular the Internet, globalization is a key concern that is transforming the world of business. Indeed, it is essential that today's businesses recognize the importance of globalization on their ability to be successful. Two of the key drivers of global business are accounting and computers. This course will discuss the role of these drivers in facilitating global business activities, with a focus on information science as the link that connects accounting and computers. Option: Students have the option (not a requirement) to participate in the "London Experience," a 4-day trip to London with Prof. Gordon over spring break to visit the great financial institutions and meet with a multi-national company! Honors will cover a generous part of each student's expenses. Expand and deepen your knowledge of crucial world events! Learn about the complex challenges in the Middle East with an international expert: HONR349F: America and the Middle East Professor Shibley Telhami, Department of Government and Politics 82 Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, and non- resident senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. He contributes to The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times and regularly appears on national and international radio and television. He has served on the US Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World, which was appointed by the Department of State at the request of Congress, and he co-drafted the report of their findings, Changing Minds, Winning Peace. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and was given the Distinguished International Service Award by the University of Maryland in 2002. His best-selling book, The Stakes: America and the Middle East was selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the top five books on the Middle East in 2003. His other publications include Power and Leadership in International Bargaining: The Path to the Camp David Accords; International Organizations and Ethnic Conflict, ed. with Milton Esman; Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East, ed. with Michael Barnett, A Decade 83 of Reflections on Peace, ed. (forthcoming), and numerous articles on international politics and Middle Eastern affairs. Special Opportunity to Develop Your Talent! Take a Poetry Workshop with Maryland's Poet Laureate, Professor Stanley Plumly. This workshop will be limited to 12 students to encourage working closely with Professor Plumy. Stanley Plumly's father, who died at the age of fifty-six of a heart attack brought on by his chronic alcoholism, dominates the poet's work: "I can hardly think of a poem I've written that at some point in its history did not implicate, or figure, my father." His mother also figures prominently as the silent, helpless witness of her husband's self-destruction. Plumly's books of poetry include The Marriage in the Trees (Ecco Press, 1997); Boy on the Step (1989); Summer Celestial (1983); Out-of-the-Body Travel (1977), which won 84 the William Carlos Williams Award and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Giraffe (1973); In the Outer Dark (1970), which won the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award. 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