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Honors Program Classes
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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Summer Courses 2008
Open to Everyone!!
  
HP 2151-01:
Modern Japanese Society and Culture; 3 cr.; Humanities
(CH), Global (G), A&S-Non-Western; May 23 - June 17; Instructor Scott Mehl, Visiting Instructor from University of
Chicago.
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application.
Offered each May, this
study-abroad course takes place largely in Japan, on the campus of Kobe
College for Women, located between Osaka and Kobe. Students analyze
historical and contemporary aspects of Japanese culture and society
through readings, workshops, field trips, independent research projects,
and a 3-day homestay with a Japanese family. Details regarding the cost
and general itinerary will be available through the Honors Program
Office, Merica 102, by the middle of fall semester.
HP 3152-01: Mass Media and Collective Consciousness, CS, 3 cr.; CRN# 31776; MTWRF, 8:40-11:40am., CR 221; May 19-June 8; Instructor
Adrian Molina, JD.
What is collective
consciousness and how does it develop?; the rise of corporate media as
big business; how mass media affects public opinion; journalism and
ethical considerations; pop culture's relationship to American values;
media and social justice issues; the difference between art and
entertainment; critiques of mass media and pop culture; alternatives
forms of media.
  
HP 4151-01: Shakespeare
in England and Italy;
3 cr.; Humanities (CH); May 11-31; Professor Duncan
Harris, Department of English.
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After a two-day
orientation in Laramie, we travel together to London and
Stratford-upon-Avon where we attend productions of Shakespeare’s Italian
plays, talk with actors and directors about their productions, and tour
museums, libraries, theaters, and other sites associated with
Shakespeare and Italy.
After a week in London,
we fly to Milan and then proceed to Verona (a walled medieval city and,
of course, home of Romeo and Juliet) and Vicenza (where the 16th
–century Teatro Olimpico is the great parent of later indoor theaters).
The final destination is Venice where the Rialto, the Doge’s Palace, the
original ghetto, and many other places call up the scenes of some of
Shakespeare’s greatest plays.
Course assignments:
Reading at least eight plays by Shakespeare and others as well as
important contemporary and historical documents, writing focused
responses to the plays that we see, and researching a substantial paper
on a topic related to a central concern of the course. The paper will
be due a month after we return.
HP 4990-01: Topics: American Government, 1-3 cr.; CRN# 31764;
MTWRF, 6-8pm; MH 103; June 16-July 13; Instructor Coyle Niel.
This class is an introduction to
the governmental systems of the United States and Wyoming. It will focus
on the various political institutions and processes involved, as well as
the thought behind their creation and development. Topics of discussion
include the U.S. and Wyoming Constitutions, the roles of political
parties and interest groups in the political process; the selection of
public officials; the structure of Congress and the legislative process;
the powers and responsibilities of the president; Supreme Court
decision-making and interpretations of the Bill of Rights.
As an honors course, this section
will be different from other sections of American and Wyoming
Government. The emphasis of the course will be on discussion of selected
readings and application to the individual's role in and relationship
with the government.
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