19 courses with the subject HON, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HON 100Mysticism and Transcendence
This course examines the period of Nazi control in Europe and its impact on world history during the period 1933- 45. Topics include: the post-war circumstances that gave rise to Nazism; the nature of National Socialism as an ideology and political movement; the personality and role of Adolf Hitler as leader of Nazism and Nazi Germany; German society under Nazism; the Second World War; and the Holocaust. 3.00 This course explores how political ideas have been expressed through a variety of literary forms from the Renaissance to the present day. Students analyze the historical context that underlay prominent works of political writing and the choices made by authors in composing them. 3.00 This course offers a detailed study of a specialized subject area that will vary based on student/faculty interest. The topic, course structure and instructor will be announced prior to pre- registration. There are no prerequisites. 3.00 This course examines selected nations of Latin America from independence to the present, paying special attention to recent political and economic developments. 3.00 This course explores Irish history and culture from prehistory to the present. Topics addressed include: pre- historic and Celtic Ireland; the impact of Christianity on Irish society; the Viking and Angelo-Norman influence; English conquest and dominance; political movements and resistance during the 18th and 19th centuries; the famine and diaspora; independence and partition; and the sources of conflict and prospects for conciliation in Northern Ireland. 3.00 This course examines the institution and development of the Communist society among the peoples of the former Russian Empire in the years since 1917 and the transition to the Commonwealth of Independent States. 3.00 This course features research under direction of a faculty mentor on a theme or themes chosen by faculty and/or students. Work is reported both orally and in writing. 3.00 This work experience is designed to give the student practical experience in a professional historical/archival field. 3.00 This course allows for the investigation of a topic in history that is not adequately covered in any of the courses listed above. It may be repeated if the topic is different. 3.00 Qualified advanced students may arrange independent study in areas not covered by existing courses. Registration is with consent of the involved faculty and the permission of the chairperson of the division and the Vice President for Academic Affairs. 3.00 This course introduces students to fundamental questions about the nature of history and to the varieties of history that different answers to these questions have inspired. Students will investigate the kinds of questions historians ask about the past, the relationship between theory and evidence in historical writing and the varieties of evidence historians use to reconstruct the past. 3.00 This course investigates the human being as having a capacity for transcendence and an ultimate desire to be with God. Students read the relevant works of the Western philosophical and theological traditions, surveying a broad range of possibilities and perspectives on mysticism, transcendence, the soul, philosophy of religion, and related themes. 3.00
wesome This course is a historical introduction to the concept of the sublime, or the 'awesome'. The sublime, a feeling of great exhilaration, excitement, or awe, is a positive aesthetic experience in response to a vast or powerful object, or one that appears vast or powerful. Traditional examples of sublime objects, or things that evoke the feeling, are waterfalls, icebergs, raging storms, deep ravines, mountains (Rockies, Alps, Himalayas), and perhaps some works of art (land art, film, poetry, fiction). As "disinterested," the experience of the sublime is not to be identified with fear; as an intense feeling or "affect" (emotion), the sublime is to be distinguished from wonder and curiosity. Can the sublime be evoked by art and nature alike, or only one of these? How is it distinguished from beauty? How is it connected to, and different from, the 'moral feeling'? What causes it from a psychological or scientific point of view? We will examine the theory of the sublime from its roots in Longinus's rhetorical theory, through the British and German traditions, concluding with the perspective of contemporary thinkers (Lyotard, Danto) and neuroscience. Students will read and respond to canonical 'sublime' texts (fiction, poetry), react to works of art (photos, film, etc.) associated with the sublime, and engage with texts from history of philosophy and rhetoric. The course will thus offer an opportunity to study basic ideas of logic (argumentation), rhetoric, and the relation between them. It may be taken for English or Philosophy credit. It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Rhetoric" or "Dialectic." 3.00 This course exposes students to a "dangerous" canon of works that have been regarded at various points in history as being prohibited, radically transformative, and/or subversive. Students will analyze these texts according to their philosophical content and historical context and assess their enduring impact on society. It may be taken for History or Philosophy credit. It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Rhetoric" or Dialectic." 3.00 This course seeks to facilitate students' critical thinking about history as constructions of the past. In the United States and throughout the world, debates and sometimes violent campaigns have focused on official narratives and commemorative depictions about the past that function to sustain existing norms of status and power. Who contributes to making these choices? Whose voice, and thus perspective, remains muted? How does this affect what stories about the past get told and how they get told? Why do these questions and the manner they get resolved matter? This course addresses a rich body of literature about collective memory, an emerging literature on cultural forgetting, and case studies relating to various current topics. 3.00 This course examines the basic theories of humor, including incongruity, superiority, and release theory. It covers the main proponents of these theories, from the German rationalists like Wollf and Kant, to the British empiricists like Hutcheson, to more and recent theories by Bergson and Freud and contemporary cognitive science. Students will examine the critical role humor plays in society and related issues in ethics and political philosophy; the nature of humor in general; and the relationship between humor and other human activities that make use of a unique relationship to language, ambiguities, or paradox, such as poetry, song, and philosophy. The course will connect to larger issues in the humanities such as the nature of language, temporality, truth, the mind, and representation as well as ethics and political philosophy. This course may be used to fulfill a general education requirement in English or philosophy or an Honors Program requirement under "Rhetoric" or "Dialectic." 3.00 It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Grammar." 3.00
27 University This course examines the basic theories of humor, including incongruity, superiority, and release theory. It covers the main proponents of these theories, from the German rationalists like Wollf and Kant, to the British empiricists like Hutcheson, to more and recent theories by Bergson and Freud and contemporary cognitive science. Students will examine the critical role humor plays in society and related issues in ethics and political philosophy; the nature of humor in general; and the relationship between humor and other human activities that make use of a unique relationship to language, ambiguities, or paradox, such as poetry, song, and philosophy. The course will connect to larger issues in the humanities such as the nature of language, temporality, truth, the mind, and representation as well as ethics and political philosophy. This course may be used to fulfill a general education requirement in English or philosophy or an Honors Program requirement under "Rhetoric" or "Dialectic." 3.00 It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Grammar." 3.00 The Middle Ages describe the approximately thousand-year span in western culture between what is called Antiquity and Modernity. The fall of the old Roman Empire to Germanic invaders marks its beginning. The crisis in western culture due to the Renaissance and the religious turmoil of the sixteenth century marks its end. The intervening centuries gave rise to a rich culture that this course seeks to describe and have you experience in various ways. The experience will be mostly through the writings of some extraordinary medieval men and women. They are voices speaking to us from the past, inviting us into their world and sensitizing us to view, perhaps from new angles, features of our own world that seem to echo theirs. Besides literature, our course will utilize film and music to draw you into the spirit of the Middle Ages.(Please note that this course may be taken for English, Religious Studies, or Philosophy credit. It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Grammar.") It may be taken for English, Religious Studies, or Philosophy credit. It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Grammar" or "Rhetoric" or "Dialectic." 3.00 n Era It may be taken for English or History credit. It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Rhetoric" or "Grammar." 3.00 This course explores historical fiction as a literary genre that engages readers through imaginative representations of the past. Students will read exemplary works of historical fiction to analyze their literary qualities and their use of historical content and context. 3.00 ocial This course explores and analyzes moments of persuasion critical to the advance of a variety of social justice movements, both historical and contemporary. Through the foundational lens of Aristotle's Rhetoric, students will study and analyze documents, speeches, and protest-actions of such movements as the English Civil War, the American Revolution, American Abolition, American and British Suffrage, the Civil Rights movement, the gay rights movement, the #metoo movement, Black Lives Matter, and contemporary political debate. Students will craft their own persuasive arguments regarding the future of rhetorical strategies in social justice movements, with particular focus on the impact of social media and advances in AI technology. Students will investigate and answer the question: how can we, as a society, move towards greater social justice through rhetorical actions in ethically-sound ways? 3.00 395
The Middle Ages describe the approximately thousand-year span in western culture between what is called Antiquity and Modernity. The fall of the old Roman Empire to Germanic invaders marks its beginning. The crisis in western culture due to the Renaissance and the religious turmoil of the sixteenth century marks its end. The intervening centuries gave rise to a rich culture that this course seeks to describe and have you experience in various ways. The experience will be mostly through the writings of some extraordinary medieval men and women. They are voices speaking to us from the past, inviting us into their world and sensitizing us to view, perhaps from new angles, features of our own world that seem to echo theirs. Besides literature, our course will utilize film and music to draw you into the spirit of the Middle Ages.(Please note that this course may be taken for English, Religious Studies, or Philosophy credit. It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Grammar.") It may be taken for English, Religious Studies, or Philosophy credit. It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Grammar" or "Rhetoric" or "Dialectic." 3.00 Era It may be taken for English or History credit. It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Rhetoric" or "Grammar." 3.00 This course explores historical fiction as a literary genre that engages readers through imaginative representations of the past. Students will read exemplary works of historical fiction to analyze their literary qualities and their use of historical content and context. 3.00 cial This course explores and analyzes moments of persuasion critical to the advance of a variety of social justice movements, both historical and contemporary. Through the foundational lens of Aristotle's Rhetoric, students will study and analyze documents, speeches, and protest-actions of such movements as the English Civil War, the American Revolution, American Abolition, American and British Suffrage, the Civil Rights movement, the gay rights movement, the #metoo movement, Black Lives Matter, and contemporary political debate. Students will craft their own persuasive arguments regarding the future of rhetorical strategies in social justice movements, with particular focus on the impact of social media and advances in AI technology. Students will investigate and answer the question: how can we, as a society, move towards greater social justice through rhetorical actions in ethically-sound ways? 3.00 An introduction to the concept of the infinite, paradoxes that surround it, and the attempt to make sense of it through logic and reason. The course will include historical, philosophical, and scientific perspectives on the concept of infinity, with a primary focus on how mathematics deals with it in theory, and how it is used in models of the real world. Questions that will be considered include: Is infinity a number? How can some infinities be bigger than others? Does the infinite appear in our physical universe? How can we add together infinitely many things and yet get a finite result? No mathematics beyond the high school level will be assumed. Pre-requisite: ENG101. May be taken for Math credit. Satisfies either a Math or philosophy elective in General Education, and "Mathematics" within the Honors Program. 3.00 This course introduces students to Korean language and culture. It will provide basic skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing by learning writing system, pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Through various interactive engagement and experiential learning, students will be exposed to Korean traditional instruments, art, food, traditions, and Korean popular culture that includes K-pop, and K-drama. 3.00 It may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement or an Honors Program requirement under "Astronomy" (sometimes called "Science"). 3.00
