Honors Courses Spring 2017 Honors Travel Courses ASAG 3350.001H New York Colloquium Phillip Van Keuren J-Term: Sunday, January 1, 2017 (arrival) to Sunday, January 15, 2017 (departure) How to Enroll: Contact Professor Philip Van Keuren at [email protected] for an interview. Contact Dr. Doyle for the UHP Scholarship Application Intensive analysis, discussion, and writing concerning works of art in museum collections and gallery exhibitions, and in alternative exhibition spaces. The class topics studied will deal with the philosophical as well as the practical in order to define and understand the nature of the art that our society produces and values. The colloquium will meet in New York City for a period of two weeks in early January. No incompletes are given. Trips to most of the following institutions but not necessarily limited to them: Metropolitan Museum, American Folk Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the City of New York, Guggenheim Museum, National Academy of Design, Museum for African Art, New York Historical Society/Luce Center, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Public Library, Brooklyn Museum of Art, The New Museum, Asia Society, P.S. 1, Jewish Museum, The Drawing Center, The Cloisters, Dia Center for the Arts (various SoHo sites and Dia:Beacon), Neue Galerie New York, International Center of Photography, The Frick Museum, The Museum of Natural History, Noguchi Museum, Sculpture Center (Queens), Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, Museum of Contemporary Arts and Design Galleries: Uptown, 57th Street, SoHo, Chelsea, and other locations as schedule permits. Attend performances, talks, readings, theater, concerts, movies, etc. as they are available and relevant. Visits with curators, critics and private dealers whenever possible. Studio/artist visits as they can be arranged. UC2012: Creativity & Aesthetics (Level 2) UC2016: Humanities & Fine Arts PLSC 4332.001H Supreme Court Seminar Joseph Kobylka WF 2:00 pm to 3:20pm, Hyer Hall, Room 102 Travel to Washington over Spring Break! An introduction to the uniquely political and legal role played by the Supreme Court in elaborating the scope of governmental power and defining individual rights and liberties. The course will require a major research project partially based on Supreme Court Justice papers. UC2012: Historical Context (Level 2) UC2012: Individuals, Institutions, & Cultures (Level 2) UC2016: History, Social, & Behavioral Sciences UC2012 & UC2016: Information Literacy 1 UC2012 & UC2016: Oral Communication SOCI 3340.001H Global Society Nancy Campbell-Jeffrey MWF 8:00 am - 8:50 am, Hyer Hall, Room 102 Travel to Nicaragua over Spring Break! The term “globalization” refers to the phenomenon of an everincreasing interconnectedness between societies, nation-states, cultures, economies and individuals around the globe. Students spend the semester in the classroom studying globalization from a sociological perspective. Broadly speaking, the semester course covers three main topics – Globalization of Culture, Globalization and Political Economy and then Peace & Conflict in a Global Society. Within those three areas we study Media, Food, Fashion, Global & National Economies, Transnational corporations, Production & Consumption, Migration, Development Aid& Humanitarian Aid, Global & National Security, and Human Rights. Travel to Nicaragua during Spring Break allows students to learn about the country’s countless changes, thanks to globalizing forces, since the fall of the Somoza dictatorship in 1979. We will hear about the development of Nicaragua’s tourism industry including luxury resorts, visit a coffee plantation and a tobacco factory, learn about China’s involvement in building a transisthmian canal across Nicaragua, and visit a rural women’s cooperative among many other locations and issues! Cities visited include the capital of Managua as well as Esteli and Masaya. UC2012: Individuals, Institutions and Cultures (Level 2) UC2016: History, Social, & Behavioral Sciences UC2012 & UC2016: Global Engagement (UC 2012/2016) UC2012 & UC2016: Information Literacy (UC 2012/2016) HIST 2354.001H – Ancient Foundations of Modern Civilization & HIST 3335.001H – One King, One Law Kathleen Wellman & Melissa Dowling Travel to Rome and Paris this summer May Term: May 17th – June 11th 2017 Ten to twelve Honors students will travel with Professors Kathleen Wellman and Melissa Dowling (both in the Clements Department of History at SMU) to Rome and Paris in two special hands-on research courses. There will be required common readings before the students depart from both professors, as well as individualized readings that reflect the student’s area of interest. From 17 May until 1 June, the students and professors will tour important historical sites in Rome (the Forum Romanum, Colosseum, Pantheon, Mausoleum of Augustus, as well as a tour of the Villa Hadrian). Throughout lectures and supplemental readings will provide context. Beginning on 1 June and until the 11th of that month the class will conduct similar tours of Paris (Notre Dame, Baths of Cluny, along with other cathedrals and palaces). For both cities students will be required to focus on one particular aspect of the city or the civilization—in addition to the common reading that all pursue. After returning to the United States on the 12th of June each of the students will work with both professors and complete a short research paper on each of the two cities. Following multiple drafts, the final product will be due on the first day of classes of the fall semester. 2 The class will be competitive, and interested students will be required to interview one or both of the professors to obtain a spot. Please contact Professor Kathleen Wellman ([email protected]) for an interview. First Year Honors Foundation Course DISC/ENGL 2306 Honors Humanities Seminar II This course confronts profound ethical questions through considerations of history, literature, psychology, philosophy, and sociology. Beginning with a story by Flannery O’Connor that poses questions about ethical conduct, students explore texts and events that challenge the foundations of philosophical and religious ethical systems. The course also addresses contemporary ethical questions regarding individual freedom and responsibility and the meanings of “community.” MWF Section # 010H 011H 003H 004H 005H Time 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM Location Dallas Hall 106 Dallas Hall 343 Virginia-Snider 303 Virginia Snider 303 Virginia Snider 303 Prof Arbery Arbery Hopper Hopper Hopper TuTh Section # 001H 002H 006H 007H 008H 009H Time 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM Location Kathy Crow 150 Kathy Crow 150 McElvaney 135 McElvaney 135 Crum 132 Dallas Hall 120 Prof Goyne Goyne Hinton Forrester Amsel Rosendale All first-year honors students must enroll in DISC or ENGL 2306 during the SPRING semester UHP 2100.001H Honors Sophomore Seminar David Doyle Wednesday 4:00 - 5:20PM, Virginia Snider Commons, Room 203 The purpose of this course is to help Honors students realize their full academic potential. The semester will be focused on ways to foster a broader awareness of the liberal arts and science traditions, goals, and challenges including hands-on experience in putting together an individual research project, preparation for future upper level courses, research funding proposals, or an Honors project in the major. The course will also include a review of some of the significant resources available to the SMU student. Available for University Honors Program Sophomores and Juniors UC2012 & UC2016: Information Literacy 3 Additional UHP Courses (in alphabetical order) ANTH 3399.001H In Search of Ice Age Americans David Meltzer TuTh 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM, Fondren Science, 152 It is widely accepted that the first Americans arrived here over 12,000 years ago, when the earth was in the waning grip of an Ice Age. But ascertaining who these colonists were, where they came from, when and how they got here, and how they adapted to their new landscape has proven challenging – if not highly controversial. The primary goals of this course are to develop an understanding of the peopling of the Americas. Given the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the topic this requires attention to a variety of scientific fields: you will learn about and critically assess how that understanding is being developed across multiple disciplines including archaeology, glacial geology, genetics (including ancient DNA), linguistics and physical anthropology. UC2012: Pure and Applied Science (Level 2) UC2016: Natural and Applied Science UC2012 & UC2016: Ways of Knowing UC2012 & UC2016: Human Diversity UC2012 & UC2016: Information Literacy ANTH 4307.702H Global Health Eric Bing Thursday 5:00 – 7:50 PM, Annette Simmons Hall 138 This course focuses on developing innovative thinking in regards to solving the challenges in global health. Students will learn how institutions like governments, NGOs, businesses, foundations, and multilateral agencies implement programs to promote global health and analyze why some of these programs succeed in saving lives while others fail. UC2012 & UC2016: Community Engagement UC2012 & UC2016: Global Engagement UC2012 & UC2016: Human Diversity UC2012 & UC2016: Oral Communication Prerequisites: Advanced standing and ANTH 2301 (or instructor permission); recommended for sophomores and above Please contact Professor Bing about registering for the class. ARHS 1300.802H-LEC and N50-LAB From Mummies to Gladiators: Art & People of the Ancient World Stephanie Langin-Cooper Must enroll in both the Honors Lecture and Lab sections Lecture MW 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, Owen Fine Arts 2130 Lab F 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM, Owen Fine Arts 2105 This introductory course explores the arts and societies of the major ancient world cultures: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Bronze Age Aegean, Greece, Etruscan, and Roman. The timespan of this survey will primarily sweep from c. 4,000 B.C. to 350 CE, from the pyramids of the pharaohs to the official Roman adoption of Christianity. Special attention will be placed on art and architecture as a part of human life, from everyday activities to fabulous spectacles and the afterlife. Considering these works of art were used and viewed in spaces and contexts that are drastically different than the museum and gallery culture of today, the course aims to resituate the art of the past within its original social-historical context and to probe the cultural value of these works on their own terms. At the same time, we will examine the ways in which these works have been given the status of “masterpieces” within the canon of Art History, and will question how and why these works were selected 4 as special carriers of cultural value in contemporary society. UC2012: Creativity & Aesthetics (Level 1) UC2012: Historical Contexts (Level 1) UC2016: Creativity & Aesthetics UC2016: Historical Contexts UC2012 & UC2016: Global Engagement BIOCH 5310.003H Honors Biochemistry Section (must be taken in conjunction with BIOL or CHEM 5310.001C or 002C) Pia Vogel, John Wise Occasional Fridays at 2:00 PM & an Evening to be determined Scholars’ Den Conference Room, Clements Hall The Biol/Chem 5310 Honors section requires students to attend four lectures in the Department of Biological Sciences lecture series. All lectures are at 2 pm on Friday afternoons (10/09; 10/16; 11/6; 11/20) unless otherwise advertised. Students meet with the instructors (Bauer for the 10/09 lecture; Vogel for the other three lectures) one evening (time/day tbd) in the honors lounge for about one hour to discuss the lecture and research presented the Friday before or to discuss other relevant material. At the end of the course, the students write a 2000 word paper about the research/seminar that interested them the most. Recommended course for advanced UHP students at the Junior or Senior level Registration will be done through the department near the beginning of the spring semester BIOL 3303.001H Evolution John Wise TuTh 8:00 – 9:20 AM, Dedman Life Sciences 110 A study of the principles of biological evolution. Includes natural selection, adaptation, molecular evolution, the formation of new species, the fossil record, biogeography, and principles of classification. Includes 3 hours of lecture each week. BIOL 5311.001H Biological Chemistry Paul Ludden TuTh 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM, Dedman Life Sciences 110 Introduction to the pathways and regulatory events in the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleotides. Includes 3 hours of lecture each week. ECO 1312.001H Principles of Macroeconomics Nathan Balke TuTh 9:30 – 10:50 AM, Umphrey Lee, 303 This course studies the production of the entire economy, dealing with such issues as the general price level, the national employment rate, government spending, and the nation’s money supply. Important to these issues is the definition and measurement of macroeconomic aggregates such as gross domestic product, consumer price index, the unemployment rate, and the government surplus and deficit. The course looks at the determinants of inflation and the relationship between inflation and other factors, including interest rates, the money supply, and unemployment. ECO 1312 will count toward the Honors Requirement and many major prerequisite requirements, but does not count toward the University Curriculum. ENGL 2314.001H Doing Things with Poems Richard Bozorth 5 TuTh 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM An 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. UC2012: Creativity & Aesthetics (Level 2) UC2016: Language & Literature UC2012 & UC2016: Writing ENGL 4321.002H Studies in Medieval Literature Thursday 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM, Dallas Museum of Art (Come and study art first hand at the Dallas Museum of Art, Downtown) This class is an exciting opportunity for Honors students to focus an entire class on the art, ideas, and cultures associated with the Dallas Museum of Art Exhibit, “Nature and Art in the Middle Ages.” This exhibit, which runs from December 2016 until March 2017, contains Romanesque and Gothic objects from the extraordinary collections of the Musee de Cluny (National Museum of the Middle Ages) in Paris. From lively carved capitals to gem-stone studded reliquaries to exquisitely painted manuscripts to colorfully woven tapestries, all of the medieval objects represent—in one form or another—different conceptions of the natural world. Beginning with the beautiful objects in this exhibition, this interdisciplinary, team-taught class will explore various themes and questions associated with the topics of nature, ecologies, and the environment both in the Middle Ages and in today’s rapidly changing world. The expertise of invited speakers will offer to students challenging points of view and the wide selection of primary and secondary sources included in the class will provoke a number of fascinating and broad-ranging inquiries. What does the term “nature” mean now, and how was “nature” understood in the Middle Ages? How do ideas about nature appear not only in the visual arts but in medieval literature, medieval music, and medieval sciences? What was considered a “Wilderness” in the Middle Ages and what sorts of natural and unnatural beasts lived in those wild areas? Why was hunting such an important past-time and how do themes of love become wrapped up in those courtly events? There are only some of the questions and topics that will be explored as the class combines primary sources with historical studies and contemporary ecocriticism. The class will meet once a week at the Dallas Museum of Art and will combine lecture and discussion with the opportunity to work in the exhibition hall among the medieval objects. UC2012 & UC2016: Oral Communication UC2012 & UC2016: Information Literacy Other UC credits pending HIST 1322.001H Introductory Topics in European History: Queens & Mistresses Kathleen Wellman TuTh, 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM, Dallas Hall 157 This course is designed to introduce first and second year students to the history of early modern France, the history of women, and the discipline of history by focusing on a series of French queens and royal mistresses as a way to explore these issues. Readings include: 1) Michael Baxandall, Painting and Experience; 2) R. J.Knectht, Renaissance France ; 3) Marguerite de Navarre, Heptameron ; 4) Marguerite de Valois, Memoirs; 5) Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe. This course is recommended for first & second year UHP students. There is an automatic 50 credit hour maximum for eligible students enrolling. If you are a 1st or 2nd year UHP student with more than 50 credit hours, please contact Ms. Sally Spaniolo or Dr. Susan Harris for help in enrolling in the course. UC2012: Historical Contexts (Level 1) UC2016: Historical Contexts 6 HIST 3310.001H – Problems in American History: Understanding the Modern American City David Doyle TuTh 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM, Room TBD This class seeks to understand the emergence of the modern city of Dallas, Texas through comparative study with other cities, along with a study of key aspects of the Big D—all from the perspective of Urban History. In studying the newer or modern cities that experienced enormous growth beginning in the late nineteenth century, this course will outline the key components of how a city like Dallas evolved. Important studies of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Newark, New Jersey will provide a perspective on how these cities emerged—as well as how they have been studied by historians. Following these readings on other American cities, the course will then focus on Dallas itself—outlining the role business, government, religion, culture, and minority (racial and sexual) communities all played in the city over time. Readings will begin with a classic account of cities throughout history, followed by histories of other American cities, a study of downtowns in the United States, and will conclude with monographs on the various components that together constitute Dallas. Readings include: 1) Lewis Munford, The City in History (1961); 2) William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (1991); 3) Lilian Faderman & Stuart Timmons, Gay L.A. (2006); 4) Kevin Mumford, Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America (2007); 5) Robert Fogelson, Downtown: It’s Rise and Fall, 1880-1950 (2001); 6) Neil Foley, The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture (1997); 7) Mike Hazel, Dallas (1997); 8) Michael Phillips, White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2001 (2006); 9) Royce Hanson, Civic Culture and Urban Change: Governing Dallas (2003); 10) Edward H. Miller, Nut Country: Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy (2015) The Honors section will focus on close analysis of ancient primary sources, as well as hands-on interactive projects designed to foster deeper understanding of life in the ancient world. UC2012: Historical Contexts (Level 2) UC2016: Historical Contexts UC2012 & UC2016: Writing KNW 2300.L04H-LAB Introduction to Engineering Design Andrew Quicksall Wednesday 6:00 – 8:50 PM, Location TBA Provides an introduction to engineering design methodologies and basic teaming skills. Students participate on a team in a term-long, multidisciplinary design experience in which each student provides basic engineering capabilities in mechanical, software, electronic, civil, and/or environmental systems. Each team designs a robot that achieves stated design objectives while operating autonomously, with as little human interaction as possible. Teams submit group design memos documenting the evolution of the design. Each team makes a preliminary design presentation and report and a final design presentation and report. A competition is held at the end of the term. Prerequisites or corequisites: MATH 1337 and one of CEE 1302, CSE 1341, EE 1322, EE 1382, EMIS 1360, or ME 1202/1102. Restricted to Engineering students only UC2012 & UC2016: Ways of Knowing UC2012 & UC2016: Oral Communication KNW 2306.001H The Kids are All Right: Childhood in America Professors Crista DeLuzio & Bruce Levy TuTh 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM, Dallas Hall 116 The Kids are All Right examines from historical, literary, and other disciplinary perspectives key issues associated with American youth. The course explores childhood and adolescence as flexible social 7 constructs that reflect – and respond to – larger forces of historical change. Among the questions we will seek to answer are these: At any given historical moment, what were the prevailing expectations for girls and boys growing up and how did those expectations resonate with broader cultural hopes, longings, and anxieties? How were young people shaped by prevailing expectations for growing up and how did they play a role in shaping those expectations and the wider society in return? We will consider children and adolescents in a variety of contexts: in the family, at school, at work, at play, as consumers, and as cultural icons. Throughout the course, we will pay close attention to the multiple paths of growing up in the United States, especially to the ways in which experiences and representations of childhood and adolescence have been shaped by the categories of gender, race, ethnicity, and class. UC2012: Historical Contexts (Level 2) UC2016: Historical Contexts UC2012 & UC2016: Ways of Knowing UC2012 & UC2016: Human Diversity UC2012 & UC2016: Information Literacy UC2012 & UC2016: Writing PHIL 1306.001H Introduction to Philosophy Brad Thompson TuTh 12:30 to 1:50 pm, Hyer Hall 111 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 in philosophy. UC2012: Philosophical, Religious, & Ethical Inquiry (Level 1) UC2016: Philosophical, Religious, & Ethical Inquiry PHIL 1319.001H Technology, Society & Value Kenneth Daley MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM, Hyer Hall 201 Advances in technology are raising many ethical issues that require serious considerations. We will discuss issues surrounding such technologies and how they affect the views of warfare, privacy, human enhancement, and artificial intelligence. UC2012 Philosophical, Religious, & Ethical Inquiry (Level 1) UC2016 Philosophical, Religious, & Ethical Inquiry UC2016 Technology & Mathematics PHYS 1010.001H Honors Physics Section (must be taken in conjunction with PHYS 1303, 1304, 1307, 1308) Eric Godat & Richard Guarino Tuesday 6:00 – 7:30 PM, Fondren Science Building 127 Students will engage in a semester long “Grand Challenge” problem solving exercise. This will define the arc of the semester, setting the tone for planning our classroom activities and eventually defining the deliverable at the end of the course. In between class periods relevant to the development of solutions to the Grand Challenge Problem, the students will be engaged in demonstrations of physics principles and exercises to explore these demonstrations. These class periods will follow a pattern consistent with the scientific method: observation of a physical phenomenon, hypothesis building to explain the phenomenon, and calculation and testing to assess the hypothesis. Recommended course for first year UHP students 8 PLSC 1340.003H Introduction to Comparative Politics Michael Lusztig TuTh 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM, Dallas Hall 115 Analyzes and contrasts different patterns of national political development in Western, Marxist-Leninist, and Third World countries. Political dilemmas confronting each type of system will be examined. UC2012: Individuals, Institutions, & Cultures (Level 1) UC2016: Individuals, Institutions & Cultures PLSC 1360.702H Introduction to Political Theory Bradley Carter Thursday 6:30 PM - 9:20 PM, Fondren Science 127 Introduces political theory through an examination of classical and modern approaches to the study of politics. Addresses how to become knowledgeable about politics and what to do with that knowledge. UC2012: Individuals, Institutions & Cultures (Level 1) UC2012: Philosophical & religious Inquiry & Ethics (Level 1) UC2016: Individuals, Institutions & Cultures UC2016: Philosophical & Religious Inquiry & Ethics PLSC 3330.002H Law, Politics, & The Supreme Court Joseph Kobylka MWF 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM, Hyer Hall 200 An introduction to the uniquely political and legal role played by the Supreme Court in elaborating the scope of governmental power and defining individual rights and liberties. UC2012: Historical Context (Level 2) UC2012: Individuals, Institutions, & Cultures (Level 2) UC2016: History, Social, & Behavioral Sciences UC2012 & UC2016: Information Literacy UC2012 & UC2016: Oral Communication PLSC 4323.002H Politics of Change in America 1930-2000 Dennis Simon MW 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM, Fondren Science 155 Focusing upon American politics and society from 1930 to the present, this course will examine how America has changed, explain why the change occurs and assess the consequences of these changes. PLSC 4341.002H Comparative Rights & Representation Michael Lusztig TuTh 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM, Fondren Science, 152 Examines the politics and legacies of the movement that destroyed the system known as Jim Crow and removed barriers to political participation by African Americans. UC2012: Individuals, Institutions & Cultures (Level 2) UC2016: History, Social & Behavioral Sciences RELI 1304.002H Introduction to Western Religions Mark Chancey TuTh 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM, Fondren Science 157 A historical introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Topics include Moses and ancient Israelite religion; Jesus and early Christianity; rabbinic Judaism; Muhammad and classical Islam; the birth of Protestantism; and Jewish, Christian, and Islamic modernism. 9 UC2012: Philosophical & Religious Inquiry & Ethics (Level 1) UC2016: Philosophical & Religious Inquiry & Ethics SOCI 2300.003 Social Problems Debra Branch MWF 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM, Hyer Hall 106 Examines social problems within the contexts of their particular societies and cultures; how a social problem is defined; and how solutions are shaped by politics, corporations, media interests, and social movements. UC2012: Individuals, Institutions, & Cultures (Level 2) UC2016: Individuals, Institutions, & Cultures UC2012 & UC2016: Community Engagement UC2012 & UC2016: Human Diversity 10
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