Fall 2012
HONR 224: ARTS
Modernism in Music [aka: "Who's your Dada?"]
Dr. Paul Murphy
Tuesday/Thursday 2-3:20pm Mason Hall Addition 3140
This course traces the thread of modernism in the visual arts, literature, theatre, and dance through music spanning the late nineteenth century and roughly the first half of the twentieth century. We will develop an understanding of what "modernism" means both in a general and specific sense and explore manifestations of "modernism" in various contexts. As our familiarity with relevant works of art, literature, theatre, and dance deepens, we will simultaneously listen to and study the connections in related musical works. The goal of this course, then, is to come to an informed understanding of the modernist movement during this time period and to develop an equally informed knowledge of a "repertoire" constituting this part of western culture.
HONR 225: HUMANITIES
The Comic
Dr. Virginia Horvath
Tuesday/Thursday 5-6:20pm Fenton 174
The course explores the ideas of laughter, comedy, and humor as a physical response, a psychological and cultural construct, and a literary and dramatic form. Why do we laugh? How does laughter affect our bodies and our relationships with others? What is it that makes something funny to an individual and to groups of people? What do we mean by a "sense of humor" and how is one's sense of human linked to identity? How do different fields of study approach the issue of the comic?
HONR 227.01: NATURAL SCIENCE
Silent Spring(s) Eternal
Dr. Sherri Mason
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 2-3:20 Thompson 101
Silent Spring, originally published in 1962, is largely credited as launching the environmental movement. In this book, Rachel Carson, who spent a good deal of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, details the impact of chemicals in the environment focusing on pesticides, namely DDT, to exemplify her points. Here we stand, fifity years later, and the questions is: where are we now? Are things better than they were then?
This course will teach the fundamentals of chemistry through the lens of the proliferation and impact of chemicals on the environment. The course will start by reading the environmental classic Silent Spring to allow for historical context and throughout the course will present the current state of our socio-economic experiment of "Better Living through Chemistry."
HONR 227.02: NATURAL SCIENCE
From Aspirin to Viagra: A History of Medicine, Science and Disease
Dr. Ted Lee
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9-9:50 Thompson E363
The course will look at the history of medicine from ancient cultures to today's society. We will discuss the major advances in science and medicine and their impact on health. We will also discuss ethical issues relating to medicine.
HONR 228: AMERICAN HISTORY
Rhetoric, Memory, and Identity
Dr. Linda Brigance
MW 3-4:20 Jewett 212
This course will acquaint students with the basis theories, concepts and processes of critical analysis of the rapidly growing, interdisciplinary field of study called collective memories studies. Through the examination of case studies, students will learn to think critically about how and what culture remember and forget about the past, and how memory influences collective identity. Case studies include the Holocaust, 9-11, slavery and the displacement of Native Americans. Museums, films, literature, music and monuments are among the rhetorical artifacts that will be analyzed for their role in influencing our understanding of the past, present and future.
HONR 229: WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Opera and Literature
Dr. Ted Steinberg
MWF 10-10:50 Thompson Hall E316
W 5:30-8 Fenton Hall 179 (viewing time. Class will meet approximately 4 times during the semester)
HONR 230: WORLD HISTORY
Totalitarianism
Dr. John Staples
MWF 2-2:50 Thompson Hall W394
HONR 300, sec 1: HONORS COLLOQUIUM
Dr. David Kinkela
Wednesday 7-7:50, Fenton Hall 158
HONR 300, sec 2: HONORS COLLOQUIUM
Dr. Bruce Tomlinson
Wednesday 7-7:50, Jewett 212
Spring 2013
HONR 224: ARTS
Street and Graffiti Art, 1970 to Present
Dr. Leesa Rittelman, Art History
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:50
HONR 225: HUMANITIES
Expressionism and the Arts
Dr. Jeremy Sagala, Music
Tuesday/Thursday 2-3:20
HONR 226: SOCIAL SCIENCE
Gender and Transgender Identities Across Cultures
Dr. Joy Bilharz
Tuesday/Thursday 8-9:20
HONR 227: NATURAL SCIENCE
Cooking and Science
Dr. Justin Conroy, Physics
TBA
HONR 228: AMERICAN HISTORY
Music and the African American Experience
Dr. Jennifer Hildebrand, History
Tues/Thurs 12:30-1:50
HONR 229: WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Italian History and Culture
Dr. Chiara De Santi, Modern Languages
Tues/Thurs 11-12:20
HONR 230: WORLD HISTORY
Women in Global Cinema
Dr. Adrienne McCormick, English
Tues/Thurs 2-3:20
Tues 3:30 - 6 (Film Viewing)
HONR 300, sec 1: HONORS COLLOQUIUM (Juniors and Seniors Only)
Dr. David Kinkela
Wednesday 7-7:50
HONR 300, sec 2: HONORS COLLOQUIUM
TBA
Wednesday 7-7:50
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