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Spring 2003
HONR 101 Honors Forum II 1 credit
(PermReq) Grade Method: P-F This course is required
of all students entering the Honors
College in Fall 2002, or Spring 2003. It
complements the introduction to the
academic life of UMBC begun in Honors 100.
An added feature of HONR 101 will be the
reading and analysis of a literary text,
which this year will be Walden by Henry
David Thoreau. The book will be
distributed at the end of the Fall
semester and students will begin reading
during Winter break. Generally, the course
will meet every other week; at each
meeting a segment of the book will be
discussed. As in HONR 100, students will
be responsible for various co-curricular
assignments.
[3139] 0101 M..........4:00pm- 6:00pm (LH2 ...) MCKUSICK, J
HONR 300A General Honors Seminar Freud as Literature 3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD It could be
argued that only Albert Einstein had a
greater impact in ways ofthinking in the
twentieth century than Sigmund Freud.
Freud, in addition to orgininating
theories that altered people's
understanding of their inner lives of
their behavior, was a superb writer. In
1930, the decade of his death, he was
awarded the Goethe Prize for Literature.
We will study a set of hiskey writings (in
the Strachey translation into English) as
primary texts. Wewill read closely
through some of his most famous case
histories and focus on essays that bear on
culture--on art and literature especially.
[3140] 0101 Tu.........4:30pm- 7:00pm (FH 225) SPITZ, E
HONR 300C General Honors Seminar The Anti-Hero in 3 credits
Europe and America
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD Early in the
nineteenth century, many European writers
pointed out what they perceived as serious
faults with the modern world, a world that
they and their characters rejected because
they found it crass and dehumanizing.
These writers felt isolated, angry, and,
at the same time, often jealous of those
who mindlessly accepted and
unquestioningly followed the conventional
values of their society. Thus
Existentialism was born and continues
today. This course will trace the
development of the anti-hero in European
and American fiction. We willread and
discuss works by Gogol, Dostoevski,
Tolstoi, Kafka, Camus, Malamus, and
others.
[3141] 0101 TuTh......10:00am-11:15am (FH 225) GLASSER, J
HONR 300D General Honors Seminar Science, 3 credits
Mathematics, and Technology in the Ancient
World
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD Also listed as
ANCS 350H. For course description see ANCS
350H.
[3142] 0101 TuTh.......7:00pm- 8:15pm (FA 006) MASON, R
HONR 300F General Honors Seminar The American 3 credits
Response to Terrorism
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD The seminar will
begin by considering how terrorism is
defined, classifying terrorist
organizations by type, and examining
terrorist goals and strategies. In the
second part of the seminar, following a
brief overview ofAmerican terrorism, each
student will select a terrorist incident
and do a case study of its impact. Topics
will include the effect on the public
opinion and lifestyle, media coverage, and
law enforcement response. Also listed as
SOCY 397A.
[3143] 0101 MW.........3:30pm- 4:45pm (SS 105) HEWITT, C
HONR 300G General Honors Seminar From Spies to 3 credits
Satallites: Intelligence in the Post-Cold
War Era
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD The objective of
this seminar is to investigate the past,
present, and future of U.S. and Russian
intelligence agencies. The end of the Cold
War fundamentally altered the scenario for
U.S. and Soviet security. No longer does
each of these anatagonists consider the
other to be its mortal enemy. The focus
and agenda of the intelligence agencies
have changed significantly. This seminar
will examine changes in the role and
function of the CIA, NSA, KGB, and other
intelligence agencies, with particular
attention to the emergence of new threats
to the World Order and the impact of the
new information technology. Students will
survey a variety of information sources,
including books, news media, government
reports, the Internet, and electronic
media. Interviews with retired and active
duty personnel from theU.S. and Soviet
intelligence agencies will be encouraged.
[3144] 0101 MW.........2:00pm- 3:15pm (FH 225) SINSKY, J
HONR 300J General Honors Seminar Death and Dying 3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD This course is a
broad interdisciplinary approach that
examines the theoretical, philosophical
and social origins of past and present
death attitudes and behavior. Topics
include death throughout the life cycle,
suicide, euthanasia, grief and
bereavement, funeral customs, and the
impact of religion and culture on death
perspectives. The primary goal of the
course is to enrich lives through thinking
and feeling about the meaning of life.
Students will confront death through
lectures, discussions, readings, personal
thoughts, and projects. The course will
help students look at dyingand death with
new insight in an atmosphere of personal
growth. Prerequisite: EHS 200 or an
introductory social science course or
permission of the instructor. Also listed
as EHS 345H.
[3145] 0101 TuTh.......1:00pm- 2:15pm (MP 012A) SMITH, T
HONR 300L General Honors Seminar Dyanmics of the 3 credits
Arab-Israeli Conflict
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD Also listed as
JDST 490H and POLI 489H. For course
description see POLI 489B.
[3146] 0101 W..........4:30pm- 7:00pm (MP 101) FREEDMAN, R
HONR 390A Reflections on Community Service 4 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG This course provides
opportunities for reflection on the
principles and techniques of community
service. It introduces students to basic
methods of community service, offers
background in the cultural, political, and
social contexts of community service, and
serves as a forum for discussion of issues
surrounding civic engagement and social
responsibility. Students will apply the
concepts and skills they develop to actual
experiences in community service. This
section of the course will provide
training and experience in adult literacy
tutoring. Permission required from the
Shriver Center and Honors College. Also
listed as ENGL 386.
[7544] 0101 M..........3:30pm- 4:45pm (FA 015) MCCARTHY, L
HONR 390B Reflections on Community Service 1-4 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG Permission required from
the Shriver Center and the Honors College.
This section will enroll students in
individual community service placements.
[7545] 0101 Time and room to be arranged MCKUSICK, J
HONR 410 Honors Internship 1-4 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F This course offers
academic credit for an internship or other
applied learning experience. For each
credit hour, student interns perform 3
hours per week of supervised tasks for
business, government, or non-profit
agency.Interships are individually
arranged with the sponsoring agency. This
courseis repeatable for a maximum of 8
credits. Prerequisite: One college-level
writing course and permission of the
Honors College.
[7528] 0101 Time and room to be arranged MCKUSICK, J