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Spring 2004
HONR 300A General Honors Seminar Art and the 3 credits
Cultures of Childhood
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD This course
explores and analyzes cultural artifacts
created expressly for young children such
as illustrated story books, fairy tales,
television programs, and also recent films
made for small children as well as films
about young children but directed to adult
audiences. We will consider works of art
that draw upon childhood, either as their
principal subject matter or because the
artist in question attempts to retrieve or
to disavow,in the creative process,
elements of his or her own childhood. Our
goal is to explore contemporary views of
childhood and to situate these views in
their appropriate historical, literary,
visual, and psychological cultural
contexts. Readings begin with Plato's
"Republic" and end in the twenty- first
century. Permission required from the
instructor; please contact:
spitz@umbc.edu.
[3178] 0101 Tu.........4:30pm- 7:00pm (AD 729) SPITZ, E
HONR 300B General Honors Seminar Aristotle and the 3 credits
Verbal Arts
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD This seminar
will examine and differentiate the Verbal
Arts or Controls of language: Grammar,
Rhetoric, and Poetics as defined in
Aristotle's "Rhetoric" and " Poetics" and
selections from Plato's "Republic." We
shall exemplify the verbal arts by
studying such works as Jonathan Swift's
essay "A Modest Proposal"; poems such as
Shakepeare's Sonnet 71 and Robert Frost's
"Stopping by Woods..."; and speeches from
ancient and modern times such as Pericles'
"Funeral Oration" and Lincoln's Second
Inaugural Address. We shall considerthese
works from practical, aesthetic, and
theoretical perspectives, and we shall
investigate the relationship between
author and audience, the political,
social, and formal significance of poetry,
and the historical and cultural milieu in
which great (and not so great) control of
language is needed. Also listed as
ANCS351H. Permission Required from the
Honors College.
[3179] 0101 MW.........8:30am- 9:45am (ACIV108) GLASSER, J
HONR 300C General Honors Seminar science, math, and 3 credits
technology in the ancient world
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD This course
presents the major scientific and
mathematical advances made by the ancient
Greeks and Romans. Those advances in such
diverse fields as medicine and biology,
mathematics and geometry, astronomy and
geography, became the foundations of
intellectual thought in both the Latin
west and the Arabic east. Texts will
include translations of treatises by major
scientists of the Greek and Roman world.
The archeological evidence for ancient
technology will also be included in the
course. We will study these discoveries
and developments within the historical
context of the ancient world. That
background -- political, social, and
economic -- will provide insights into
developments in political science,
anthropology, psychology and ethical
philosophy. Also listed as ANCS 350H.
Permission Required from the Honors
College.
[3180] 0101 TuTh.......7:00pm- 8:15pm (FA 006) MASON, R
HONR 300D General Honors Seminar THE INTELLIGENCE 3 credits
COMMUNITY
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD The objective of
this seminar is to investigate the past
and present structure and operation of
U.S. and foreign intelligence
organizations. If the world is in an
information age, this is also an age in
which secret information is vital. Since
much is still behind wraps, the seminar
will emphasize historical examples as a
way of understanding the present. Students
will survey a variety of sources from
classic books to the Internet. In
addition, the seminar will consider some
select examples of "spy" fiction and film,
and seek the truth behind the popular
myths they promulgate. Permission required
from the Honors College.
[3181] 0101 MW.........7:00pm- 8:15pm (PHYS107) STAFF
HONR 300E General Honors Seminar DEATH AND DYING 1-3 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
thought and projects. The course will help
students look at dying and death with new
insight in an atmosphere for personal
growth. Prerequisite: EHS 200 or an
introductory social science course or
permission of the instructor. Permission
required from the Honors College. Also
listed as EHS 345H.
[3182] 0101 TuTh......10:00am-11:15am (ACIV007) SMITH-CUMBERLA
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. Class will meet in
LIB216A.
[3183] 0101 M..........3:30pm- 4:45pm (MP 012A) MCKUSICK, J
HONR 390B Reflections on Community Service 3-4 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.
[3184] 0101 Time and room to be arranged MCKUSICK, J
HONR 400 Honors Independent Study 1-4 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F Independent study or
research under the guidance of a faculty
mentor. Course guidelines are available in
the Honors College. This course is
repeatable for a maximum of eight credits.
Prerequisites: Junior standing and
permission of the Honors College.
[3185] 0101 Time and room to be arranged LASHER, L
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.
[3186] 0101 Time and room to be arranged MCKUSICK, J
HONR 490 Senior Honors Project 1-4 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F A formal research
paper, an extended essay, a report of
experimental research, a performance or
other creative effort that represents the
outcome of an independent project by a
member of the Honors College. Permission
to register will be granted after the
student submits a written statement
describing the proposed Honors project,
which is then approved and signed by the
faculty mentor and the Honors College
course director. Prerequisites: Senior
standing and permission of the Honors
College.
[3187] 0101 Time and room to be arranged LASHER, L