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Honors Program Classes
Course
Descriptions--Summer 2008
Course Descriptions--Fall 2008
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General Requirements
Freshman: Honors Colloquium
Students without AP English credit or transfer Freshman
Composition credit take HP 1020 in the fall and HP 1161 in the
spring.
Students with AP English credit or
transfer Freshman Composition credit take HP 1151 in the fall and
HP 1161 in the spring.
Sophomore: Non-Western Perspectives
Honors sophomores take one course each year, in either fall or
spring.
Junior:
Modes of Understanding
Honors juniors take one course
each year, in either fall or spring.
Senior:
Senior Seminar
Honors seniors take one course,
in either fall or spring.
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Honors Program
Fall 2008 Courses
Freshman Colloquium and I-Course
HP
1000
HP 1000: Intellectual
Communities
As an introduction to the academic environment of the university,
every UW freshman is required to take one Intellectual Community (I)
course in the department of his or her choice. The Honors Program
I-Course queries the nature, functions, and benefits of intellectual
communities from the ancient world to the present.
HP 1000-01: Intellectual Communities;
1 cr., Intellectual Community (I); CRN # 18970; R, 3:10-4pm; ; Professor Duncan Harris, Department of English.
HP 1000- 2: Intellectual Communities;
1 cr., Intellectual Community (I); CRN # 20102; W, 3:10-4pm; MH, 103; Professor Duncan Harris, Department of English
HP 1020
HP 1020: Freshman
Colloquium; A
composition course that introduces the works and history of Western
culture to the Renaissance. This course fulfill the University studies
WA writing requirement.
HP 1020-01: Freshman Colloquium I; 3
cr.; Writing (WA); Information Literacy (L); CRN # 15478; MWF,
10:00-10:50 am, MH, 103; Professor Robert Torry, Department of English.
HP 1020-02: Freshman Colloquium I; 3
cr.; Writing (WA); Information Literacy (L); CRN # 15479; MWF,
11:00-11:50 am, MH, 103; Professor Duncan Harris, Honors
Program.
HP 1020-03: Freshman Colloquium I; 3
cr.; Writing (WA); Information Literacy (L); CRN # 15480; MWF,
12:00-12:50 am, Staff.
HP 1020-04: Freshman Colloquium I; 3
cr.; Writing (WA); Information Literacy (L); CRN # 15481; TR,
11:00-12:45 am, HO, 121B; Staff.
HP 1020-05: Freshman Colloquium I; 3
cr.; Writing (WA); Information Literacy (L); CRN # 20103; TR,
1:20-2:35 pm, HO, 121B; Staff.
HP 1020-20: Freshman Colloquium
Discussion; 0 cr.; Discussion; CRN #15535; T,
3:10-4:00pm..
All HP 1020 sections must enroll in this
discussion class.
HP 1151
HP 1151: Freshman Colloquium;
The course is a
study of significant works in the history of Western civilization to the
Renaissance, both in their historical context and in relation to one
another. The course counts toward the University Studies CH humanities
requirement.
HP 1151-01: Freshman Colloquium II; 3
cr.; Humanities (CH); Information Literacy (L); CRN # 15482; TR,
11:00-12:15pm; MH 103; Professor Carolyn Anderson Department of English.
HP 1151-02: Freshman Colloquium II; 3
cr.; Humanities (CH); Information Literacy (L); CRN # 15483; MWF,
12:00-12:50 pm; MH 103; Professor Robert Torry, Department of English.
HP 1151-03: Freshman Colloquium II; 3
cr.; Humanities (CH); Information Literacy (L); CRN #15484;
MWF,
10:00-10:50 pm; HO 121b; Staff.
HP 1151-04: Freshman Colloquium II; 3
cr.; Humanities (CH); Information Literacy (L); CRN # 20215; MWF,
11:00-11:50 am; HO 121b; Staff.
HP 1020-20: Freshman Colloquium
Discussion; 0 cr.; Discussion; CRN #15541; T,
3:10-4:00pm,.
All HP 1151 sections must enroll in this
discussion class.
Sophomore
2000-Level
Non-Western Perspectives
Honors sophomores take one course each year,
either fall or spring
HP 2151-02: Indian
Epic; 3 cr.;
Humanities (CH), Global (G), A & S Non-Western; CRN# 18973, TR,
2:45-4:00pm. CR 137;
Instructor Barbara Logan
We will examine religious experience and
expression in Hindu India in their diversity and regional variation with
special emphasis on the contemporary persistence of traditional values
and practices. Relevant historical background will be surveyed to help
assess continuity and change in learned and vernacular Hindu religious
practices and the values that both influence and are displayed in them.
This course explores the
many ways in which Hindus visualize and talk about the divine, and its
manifestations in the world, using mythic stories, the images used in
worship, explanations of the nature of the soul and the body in relation
to the divine, and the belief in living, human embodiments of God in
Hindu holy men and women. Topics addressed include: the religious
meanings of masculine and feminine in the divine and human contexts; the
idea of local, family, and "chosen" divinities; and forms of Hindu
devotion for women and men.
Junior
3000-Level Modes
of Understanding
Honors juniors take one course each year, either
fall or spring
HP 3151-01:
Consciousness of Nature; 3 cr.;
Humanities (CH); CRN# 20948; TR
9:35-10:50am, 103 Merica Hall; Professor Peter Shive, Honors Program.
Ethical decisions forced by our
confrontation with nature have become an increasingly important
component of our lives. We balance spotted owls against lumber, silvery
minnows against water, and dioxide against air. We strive to control
the very large, like rivers coastlines and volcanoes, and the very
small, like bacteria, viruses and atomic forces. We squabble over the
management and development of public land. We tinker with genetic
engineering and have the power to create new forms of life. We wonder
how large the ozone hole can safely be and how much global warming we
can tolerate.
Many of these problems did not exist,
could not even have been imagined, a generation ago. All of them become
steadily more severe; few are even close to resolution. Today’s
students need a broad perspective on these issues because they will be
dealing with them for the rest o f their lives. How do we feel about
nature? Where do our ideas come from? Our approach will be to explore
the evolution of the attitudes of Western Civilization toward nature,
beginning with the Greeks and ending with material published within the
last two years. The goal is to discover how cultural (and pre-cultural)
forces have influenced past choices and how these forces shape the arena
in which we currently debate the issues.
HP 3152-01: Mind
Bind;
3 cr.; Social
Sciences (CS); CRN# 22623; TR, 2:45-4pm., MH 103; Professor Karen Bartsch,
Department of Psychology
Some of the most important psychological developments concern the
realization of one’s own limitations in the areas of perception, memory,
reasoning, and judgment. This seminar-style course will draw on
literatures from developmental, cognitive, social, and abnormal
psychology, as well as related material from philosophy, anthropology,
and literature, to explore the limitations of human knowledge
acquisition and how to overcome them. Topics will include developmental
advances in meta-cognition, epistemological advances in adulthood, new
perspectives on conceptual development that focus on naive theories (
including the development of a “theory of mind”), moral reasoning and
development, cultural constraints on cognitive development,
categorization and stereotyping, functional-fixedness, perceptual biases
and development, and decision-making. The aim of the course is to
enhance awareness of the psychological constraints on human information
processing, explore ways to circumvent them, and thus foster critical
and creative thinking.
HP 3153-01: Dinner with the
Enlightenment; 3 cr.; Arts (CA); CRN# 21540; TR 1:20-2:35pm., MH 103; Professor
William M. Downs, Department of Theatre and Dance
This class will involve researching the history and major players of the
Enlightenment (1650-1800). The students will write short plays which pit
pre-enlightenment characters against major figures in the Age of Reason.
Senior
4000-Level Senior
Seminar
Honors seniors take one course each year, either
fall or spring
HP 4152-01: HIV/AIDS: Disease and
Dilemma, 3 cr., Social
Sciences (CS); CRN# 14061; F, 2:10-5:00pm., MH 103;
Professor Robert Kitchin, Department of Zoology and Physiology.
Since its initial description in 1981,
nearly half a million Americans have become infected with the HIV virus
and died of AIDS. HIV/AIDS is the most dramatic, pervasive, and tragic
pandemic in recent history. HIV/AIDS infection has provoked a
reassessment of society’s approach to public health strategy, health
care, resource allocation, medical research, and sexual behavior. Fear
and discrimination have affected virtually every aspect of our culture.
Both the medical challenge and, in particular, the social challenge will
continue in the foreseeable future. This course will explore the basic
biology of the HIV virus and its effects upon the human body, the
magnitude of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, prospects for treatment of
those afflicted with the disease, and social, political, economic, and
legal issues associated with HIV/AIDS disease.
HP 4152-02:
Cosmology of Life;
Social Sciences
(CS); CRN# 22646; TR 2:45-4:00pm, AG 4021; Professor Scott Shaw,
Department of Renewable Resources
This course examines the history of the universe and of life on earth
from the point of view of insects. If one gazes toward space, the
universe is dappled with billions of stars. Gazing to the Earth,
terrestrial ecosystems are teeming with insects, seemingly as countless
as the stars above. Insect species vastly outnumber all other life
forms. Why is this the case? Why did insects become the most diverse
life forms? Is there something peculiar about the history of this planet
that caused life to evolve in that particular direction, or are insects
an expected outcome of the evolution of all life?
The last part of the course will explore two broad speculative issues:
1) what can the patterns of life on this planet tell us about life
elsewhere in the Universe? 2) what will be the future of life on this
planet?
The class follows a linear, chronological pattern. For each topic there
will be an introductory lecture followed by a reading assignment,
library research, a weekly writing assignment, and in-depth discussion
of the topic. Grading will be based on class participation, discussion,
weekly writing assignments, and final paper. The final will be a longer
research paper that synthesizes the class material and explores one of
the speculative topics.
Honors Program
Spring 2009 Courses
Freshman Colloquium and I-Course
HP
1000
HP 1000: Intellectual Communities
As an introduction to the academic environment of the university,
every UW freshman is required to take one Intellectual Community (I)
course in the department of his or her choice. The Honors Program
I-Course queries the nature, functions, and benefits of intellectual
communities from the ancient world to the present.
HP 1000-01: Intellectual Communities;
1 cr., Intellectual Community (I); CRN 24225; R, 3:10-4pm; ; Professor Duncan Harris, Department of English.
HP1161:
Freshman Colloquium II, 3 cr. hrs.
HP 1161-01: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 21273, MWF, 12:00-12:50am; MH 103;
Professor Duncan Harris, Honors Program.
HP 1161-02: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 21274, MWF, 1:10-2:00pm; MH 103; Professor
Paul Bergstraesser, English Department.
HP 1161-03: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 21275, MWF, 10:00-10:50am; MH 103;
Professor Robert Torry, English Department.
HP 1161-04: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 21276, TR, 1:20-2:35pm; MH 103; Professor
Diane Panozzo, English Department.
HP 1161-05: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 21277, MWF, 11:00-11:50am; MH 103;
Professor Diane Panozzo, English Department.
HP 1161-06: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 21278, TR, 11:00-12:15pm; HO121B; Professor
Diane Panozzo, English Department.
HP 1161-07: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 21279, MWF, 10:00-10:50am; HO 121B;
Professor Clifford Marks, English Department.
HP 1161-08: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 27759, MWF, 11:00-10:50am; HO 121B;
Professor Clifford Marks, English Department.
HP 1161-20: Freshman Colloquium II;
3cr. hrs.; CH; CRN 24241, T, 3:10-4:00pm; TBA. All
students in section 1-8 must also sign up for the discussion section 20.
The "discussion" section is actually a lecture for all students in HP
1161. The lecture is video taped for those who have a time
conflict with the discussion and copies may be checked out the following
day from the Honors Office, 102 Merica.
Sophomore
2000-Level
Non-Western Perspectives
Honors sophomores take one course each year,
either fall or spring
HP 2151-01:Foundations
of Chinese Culture; 3 cr.;
Humanities (CH), Global (G), A & S Non-Western; CRN 21897, TR,
2:45-4:00pm. MH 103;
Instructor Barbara Logan
China
is both one of the world's oldest civilizations and one of the modern
world's greatest economic powers. This singe-semester course on
the foundations of its culture is meant as a broad, but not
comprehensive, introduction to some of the fascinating histories,
traditions, and achievements of China from its earliest Neolithic
settlements through to the end of its imperial history in the Qing
dynasty. By studying examples of the archeology, architecture,
science, technology, art, literature, religions, and philosophies of
China's past, we will begin to piece together an understanding of the
origins of the world view and culture of modern China; the Great Wall
and its role in Chinese history; the influence of Buddhism,
Confucianism, and Daoism on family and community life; the imperial exam
system and bureaucracy; and the vast array of Chinese inventions that we
still use today (paper, gunpowder, compasses, and seismographs to name
just a few).
HP 2153-01:Bali:
Music and Culture; 3 cr.;
Humanities (CH), Global (G), A & S Non-Western; CRN 21973 W,
3:10-4:25pm. MH 103 and F, 2:00-4:00pm 1833 Wainwright Bldg., Willett Drive; Professor Rod
Garnett, Department of Music.
This class will offer an experience for learning about life in Bali and
the wonderful music, dance, and other artistic forms that are so
essential every day. Students will work under the excellent
teaching of Balinese gamelan master I Made Lasmawan and dancer Luh Made
Wahyuni in weekly sessions. In addition Professor Rod Garnett will
assist the class with individual projects and guided readings.
Junior
3000-Level Modes
of Understanding
Honors juniors take one course each year, either
fall or spring.
HP
3151-01:Language and Culture;
3 cr.; Humanities (CH); CRN 24218; TR, 1:20-2:35pm., Location EN
2070;
Dr. Jane Nelson, Director of the Writing Center.
We live in a culture that is saturated with
spoken and written language, so much so that language seems like the air
we breathe, something we rarely notice or think about. In this
course, we will spend time taking notice of language and will make some
important observations about culture, society, values, ethics,
practices, and the groups that shape us. The conclusions we draw
about contemporary American culture will depend on the discussions we
have in class and t he projects class members choose to do. The
contributions of students who have taken similar course in the past also
live on in this course. Many former class members report that
their lives--or at least the ways they view culture and politics--have
forever changed by one or more of the class activities. The course
is discussion based, and class members have considerable choice about
course projects.
HP
3152-01:DNA and Society;
3 cr.; Humanities (Cs); CRN 27865; T, 6:30-9:15pm., MH 103;
Professor Heather Rothfuss, Microbiology Department.
Genetic Sequencing, Genetically Modified
Organisms, Stem Cell Research...
We hear these phrases daily in the news, movies, and on televisions, but
few people, including lawmakers, understand the technologies, their
implications or applications. This course will discuss these three
controversial topics involving use of DNA technologies in our societies.
The student is not expected to have a background in biology. Each
topic and the underlying chemistry and biology will be discussed in
depth. In addition, we will compare and contrast the information
available about each topic from the standpoint of political, mass media,
and scientific journal publications. The student can expect to
learn the science behind these issues and to explore their current and
potential applications, good and bad. Students will be grades on
participation, informal presentations, 3 quizzes, homework, and summary
project.
Senior
4000-Level Senior
Seminar
Honors seniors take one course each year, either
fall or spring.
HP
4152-01:Managing for Creativity;
3 cr.; Humanities (Cs); CRN 24218; M, 6:10-8:50pm., MH 103;
Professor Jose Rosa, College of Business.
Managing for Creativity and Innovativeness
in Companies and Organizations. Why are some organizations
consistently creative while others ooze "boring" in every direction?
Can only small organizations be innovative? If so, how do you
explain Apple, Samsung, and Nokia? Can innovativeness only happen
in hi-tech industries and markets, or can it happen to any organization?
This course tries to provide answers to these and similar questions by
exposing you to research methodologies and management approaches that
help engender an innovative culture. And although we will give
special attention to product development activities, the principles we
learn are applicable to any organization, business or not-profit.
Course content is anchored on the psychology and sociology of creativity
and innovativeness, and has a managerial focus suitable to
high-potential undergraduate students from the physical and social
sciences who aspire to careers in business or government.
HP
4152-02: Nanotechnology,
3 cr.; Humanities (Cs); CRN 27868; R, 6:00-9:15pm., MH 103;
Professor Christopher Rothfuss, Honors Program.
Cancer cures, space elevators, quantum
computers and stain resistant ties...nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology is the control, manipulation and fabrication of matter at
the molecular scale -- about 1 to 100 nanometers -- to take advantage of
unique physical phenomena that will enable many new and exciting
applications. It is estimated that by the year 2015 nanotechnology
enabled goods and services will account for over $1trillion in the
global market place. The US Federal Government invest $1billion
per year on nanotechnology research and development through the National
Nanotechnology Initiative. Nanotechnology is seen by many as the
next great technological revolution. So what does all that mean?
What will nanotechnology do for me? How will it influence the
world of the future? What research is being done today? This
course will take a broad look at the development of nanotechnology;
including the history, the science, the applications, the social and
political impacts, and how it will influence our future. All
majors and disciplines are welcome! Requirements: short essay
paper (2-3 pages), research paper (10-12 pages), class presentation on
research paper topic, and a few brief topical presentations.
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