Spring 2003 University Honors Program Courses

 

 

Rhetoric II

ENGL 2312          001H          Human Responsibility       MWF          9-9:50 303 VSNI          GRUMBLES

                                                      9-9:50 203 VSNI          SHATTLES

                                                      9-9:50 138 DALL          STONE

ENGL 2312          002H          Human Responsibility       MWF          10-10:50 303 VSNI          GRUMBLES

ENGL 2312          002H          Human Responsibility       MWF          10-10:50 138 DALL          STONE

                                                                  

ENGL 2312          003H          Human Responsibility       MWF          11-11:50 138 DALL          HAMILTON

ENGL 2312          004H          Human Responsibility       MWF          12-12:50 138 DALL          HAMILTON

                                                                  

ENGL 2312          005H          Human Responsibility       TTH          9:30-10:50 303 VSNI          GOYNE

                                                      9:30-10:50 203 VSNI          SCHWARTZ

                                                      9:30-10:50 138 DALL          HODGE

                                                      9:30-10:50 102 DALL READ

                                                                  

ENGL 2312          006H          Human Responsibility       TTH          11-12:20 303 VSNI          GOYNE

                                                      11-12:20 105 DALL READ

                                                      11-12:20 120 DALL          ROSENDALE

                                                      11-12:20 137 DALL          SUDAN

The Ethical, the Catastrophic, and Human Responsibility. Study of ethical questions derived from history, literature, psychology, anthropology, and philosophy, focused on what constitutes a meaningful life, historical challenges to the bases of ethics, racism, individual freedom, and community responsibility. Prerequisite: ENGL 2311.

                                                                  

Arts

THEA 1380          701H          Mirror of the Age          M          6:30-9:20p 2105 OFAC          SMITH

Introduction to theatre emphasizing the role of the audience in the experience of performance. Semiotic and communications models are used to explore the dynamic interaction and changing relationship between performance, audience and society. Theatre-going experiences are discussed and analyzed.

                                                                  

Literature

ENGL 1350          001H          Tragedy and the Family          MWF          1-1:50 138 DALL          DANIELS

Tragedy and the Family. The study of individual tragedies and kindred texts in various genres and from various periods.

                                                                  

ENGL 2308          001H          Doing Things with Poems          TTH          12:30-1:50 120 DALL          SPIEGELMAN

Doing Things With Poems. Introduction to the study of poems, poets, and how poetry works, focusing on a wide range of English and American writers. Some attention to matters of literary history. Restricted to students in the University Honors Program. Satisfies Poetry requirement for English Major.

                                                                  

Religious/Philosophical Thought

PHIL  1305          001H          Introduction to Philosophy          MWF          9-9:50 111 HYER          BARNES

Introduction to Philosophy. A general introduction to the central questions of philosophy. We will discuss topics from such areas as the theory of knowledge, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, and political philosophy. Typical questions might include: Can we know the world outside our minds? Is it rational to believe in a God who allows evil to exist? Do the laws of physics allow for human freedom? Is morality more than a matter of opinion? Can there be unequal wealth in a just society? Readings will include classical authors such as Plato, Descartes, Locke, Hume, and Mill, as well as contemporary philosophers. The focus of the course will be on arguments for and against proposed solutions to key problems of philosophy.

                                                                  

PHIL  1318          006H          Contemp. Moral Problems          TTH          9:30-10:50 201 HYER          SVERDLIK

Contemporary Moral Problems. An examination of current moral and legal issues. Topics may include abortion, euthanasia, animal rights, afrmative action, racism, sexism, drug legalization, censorship, and homosexuality.

                                                                  

PHIL  3302          001H          Problems/Phil. of Religion TTH   TTH          2-3:20 106 HYER          KLIEVER

(co-listed as RELI 3302-001H)                        

Problems in the Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 3302). The philosophy of religion, considering such problems as religious experience, human freedom, good and evil, belief in God, and immortality.

                                                                  

RELI  3302          001H          Problems/Phil. of Religion          TTH          2-3:20 106 HYER          KLIEVER

(co-listed as PHIL 3302-001H)                        

Problems in the Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 3302). The philosophy of religion, considering such problems as religious experience, human freedom, good and evil, belief in God, and immortality.

                                                                  

History/Art History

HIST  1322          001H          European History          W          2-4:50 303 VSNI          WELLMAN

First-Year Seminar in European History. Offers the beginning student an opportunity to explore particular topics in European history intensively in a small class setting.

                                                                  

HIST  3370          001H          American Revolution          TTH          12:30-1:50 157 DALL          COUNTRYMAN

The American Revolution. A survey of political, social, and military history of the Revolutionary era. Major topics include the imperial crisis, mobilization and war, and state and federal constitutional development.

                                                                  

Politics/Economics

ECO  1312          001H          Macroeconomic Principles          TTH          9:30-10:50 303 UL          BALKE

Principles: Inflation, Recession, and Unemployment (Macroeconomics). The second term of a liberal arts education sequence discusses issues such as inflation, unemployment, and growth from both national and global perspectives. Tools of economic analysis include models of open economies. Prerequisite: ECO 1311.

                                                                  

PLSC 1320          004H          Intro. to Amer. Gov./Politics        TTH          9:30-10:50 132 DLSB          IPPOLITO

Introduction to American Government and Politics. The organization, functions, and processes of our national government, with particular attention to parties, pressure groups, and other forces that influence its course. Attention will also be given to the Texas Constitution.

                                                                  

PLSC 1340          003H          Intro to Comparative Politics          TTH          8-9:20 116 DALL          LUSZTIG

Topics include constitutional theory, interest groups, parties and elections, Congress, the presidency and executive agencies, the courts, and public policy.  The course emphasizes national government and politics but also gives attention to state and local levels.

                                                                  

Behavioral Sciences

*ANTH          2301          001H          Cultural Anthropology      MWF          9-9:50 132 DLSB          HULTSCH

Introductory Cultural Anthropology. Basic theories and methods of cultural anthropology. Explores variations in cultural values, social practices, religion, rules of law, etc., in different cultures around the world. Focuses on understanding the forces that shape cultures and societies, and how they adapt to a rapidly changing world. Meets Human Diversity corequirement.

                                                                  

*ANTH          2302          001H          People of the Earth TTH          11-12:20 132 DLSB          LABELLE

People of the Earth: Humanity's First Five Million Years. Human biological and cultural evolution from the appearance of ancestral humans in Africa, to agricultural origins and the rise of the world's great civilizations. Meets Human Diversity corequirement.

                                                                  

PSYC 1300          005H          Introduction to Psychology          TTH          3:30-4:50 204 HYER          MCINTYRE

1300 (Introduction to Psychology) must be successfully completed before declaring a Psychology minor. The minor requires three PSYC courses chosen from the following: 3332 (Developmental Psychology), 3341 (Social Psychology); 3380 (Health Psychology), 3382 (Experimental Psychology), 3383 (Sensation and Perception), 5354 (Personality), 5355 (Abnormal Psychology), 5384 (Psychology of Learning), 5385 (Physiological Psychology), 5388 (Memory and Cognition), and 5390 (History of Psychology).

                                                                  

Cultural Formations

CF     3324          001H          Archaeology of Self/Ethics          TTH          12:30-1:50 134 CLH          SCHWARTZ

An Archaeology of Values: The Self and Ethics From Kant to Baudrillard. Following a line of writers from Kant to Freud to Baudrillard, the course explores the rocky development of the self in relation to history, economic and moral values, and rapidly transforming social relations in the modern period.

                                                                  

CF     3350          001H          Reading the Social Text          W          6:30-9:20 134 CLH          BEAUCHAMP

Reading the Social Text. Society is a complex social text. We are bombarded daily with countless intertwining messages, in many different languages, some of them verbal, most not. Only some enter our awareness, yet all affect the way we think of ourselves and the world. The students will learn how to read a variety of verbal and nonverbal languages and texts, from advertising to network news, and from fashion and cuisine to sitcoms and gender roles.

                                                                  

CF     3351          001H          Pilgrimage: Medieval Cult.  TTH          11-12:20 156 DALL          WHEELER

                     003H          Pilgrimage: Medieval Cult.  TTH          11-12:20 106 DALL          GOYNE

                     004H          Pilgrimage: Medieval Cult.  TTH          11-12:20 1635 OFAC CARR

(MDVL 3351). The Pilgrimage: Images Of Medieval Culture. This course presents an exploration of the medieval world through one of its own literal and metaphorical images. Moving from Jerusalem, the earthly and heavenly city, students set out through time and space on a pilgrimage to Constantinople, the exotic empire of New Rome. From there they travel to Rome itself and flow across the map of Europe on the pilgrimage roads of the Middle Ages, investigating the pleasures of the way: the music, art, monuments and literature of that thousand years of human experience called the Middle Ages.

                                                                  

CFA   3312          001H          Making History          MWF          12-12:50 137 DALL          STONE

Making History: Representations of Ethical Choices. Interdisciplinary course examining ethical issues associated with the writing of "historical fictions" and the production of historical exhibits. Students will complicate conventional distinctions between disciplines and genres by looking at how playwrights, novelists, filmmakers, and museum curators/directors shape their productions from the raw materials of historical data. They will explore the ways in which historical memory is created and represented, further developing and refining their own engagements with texts, films and museums.

                                                                  

CFB   3322          001H          Native American History          TTH          12:30-1:50 156 DALL          SMITH

(co-listed as HIST 3322-001C)                        

Native American History. This course examines the roles Native Americans played in the history of North America (excluding Mexico) from 1500 to the present.