17 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 100Cornerstone Seminar: Perspectives on Leadership (replaces GWS 101 for Honors students)3
The cornerstone seminar serves as an introduction to liberal arts learning for honors students by examining the topic of leadership. Interdisciplinary in nature and writing intensive in structure, this seminar asks students to wrestle with the question “what does it mean to be a leader?” Students will explore this question from a variety of different perspectives including the history of leadership theory, ethics and leadership, social and psychological dimensions of leaders and followers, critical thinking, and skills of leadership. 3 Credit(s).
Boone Honors Program member. Course Session Cycle: Fall Semester
HON 200The World and the Arts3
The World and the Arts is an introduction to the arts in a historical context, beginning with paintings on cave walls and continuing to the present. 3 Credit(s).
Boone Honors Program member, or ENG 112 - Composition & Research . Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Even Years
HON 205Decision-Making and Problem Solving with Mathematics3
[QR] This course provides a solid basis in logic and problem-solving with an emphasis on decision-making. Specifically, the course uses Symbolic Logic to find valid/invalid arguments, Graphs and Networks to find efficient routes, Statistics to analyze data and trends, Algebra and Linear Systems to find solutions, break-even points and optimal points, and Voting and Apportionment to study social choice and fair division. 3 Credit(s). This course is designated as Quantitative Reasoning [QR] in the General Education Curriculum.
Boone Honors Program member or a grade of “B” or higher in MTH 100 - Intermediate Algebra or higher. Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Fall Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Odd years
HON 206The Bible and The Arts3
An interdisciplinary course that explores how the Bible has functioned as a classic text in western culture. The course will consider the reception history of selected biblical texts in literature, film, drama, the visual arts, and the musical arts. 3 Credit(s).
Boone Honors Program member, or ENG 112 - Composition & Research Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Fall Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Odd Years
HON 210Reason and the Individual3
[OC] A survey of religious movements and phenomena in the United States, from the Revolutionary War until the present. 3 Credit(s). This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Oral Communication [OC] requirement.
Boone Honors Program member, or ENG 112 - Composition & Research Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Even Years
HON 211Art, Literature, and Film of the Surrealist Era3
This interdisciplinary course will explore the world of surrealist art as produced in Europe and America during the period 1890-1937. The mood of alienation of the avant garde and the writings of Sigmund Freud on the human unconscious characterize this period. Students will have the opportunity to explore the philosophical, cultural, and political background that helped to foster this paradigm shift for artists and led them to produce the characteristically oneiric feel of surrealist art. The emphasis in the course will be on analyzing visual art, film, drama and fiction that the leading surrealists produced. 3 Credit(s).
Boone Honors Program member, or ENG 112 - Composition & Research Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Fall Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Even Years
HON 215Science and Art4
This is an interdisciplinary course designed as an introduction to the basic elements of general, analytical and organic chemistry using technical examination of artwork such as paintings, sculpture, stained glass and others. The course will place emphasis on teaching science, mainly chemistry, in context of proper examination, examining and proving authenticity, restoration of art objects; it also will address questions in history, religion and economics. The course is designed in a lecture/discussion/laboratory format, where students will view images of objects of arts, observe different techniques and also view movies. The course will fulfill a science requirement for non-science majors and might be an elective for Art majors. Understanding of science behind artworks will allow a profound appreciation of the wonderful world of art, and demonstrate it tight connection with science. 4 Credit(s). 6 Contact Hour(s).
Boone Honors Program member and MTH 100 - Intermediate Algebra or higher or HON 205 - Decision-Making and Problem Solving with Mathematics Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Even Years
HON 216The Sixties3
[WC] The Sixties is an interdisciplinary course that explores the political, cultural, and scientific changes that marked this turbulent and influential decade in American history. Our discussions will cover topics ranging from presidential decisions to popular culture. We’ll look carefully at the operations of the U. S. Government in both domestic (Great Society) and foreign (Cold War and Vietnam War) policy; we’ll also consider the challenges to the status quo posed by the Civil Rights Movement, the student anti-war movement, and the Women’s Movement. We’ll learn about the “race in space” that culminated in the lunar landing. In addition, we’ll explore changes in cultural values represented in literature and journalism, the visual arts, and music. 3 Credit(s). This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Written Communication [WC] requirement.
Boone Honors Program member, or ENG 112 - Composition & Research with a grade of “C” or higher. Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Odd years
HON 217Countdown 2050: Science Literacy in the Anthropocene3
This interdisciplinary course examines science literacy in the public health, agricultural, and environmental sectors. By examining controversies and rhetoric, students will explore how anti-scientism, public psychology and the “death of expertise,” and social media influence individual and public policy decision-making. 3 Credit(s).
Boone Honors Program member, or ENG 112 - Composition & Research with a grade of “C” or higher. Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Odd Years
HON 223Political Satire3
[WC] This course examines classic and contemporary satire and explores its role in political communication. 3 Credit(s). This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Written Communication [WC] requirement.
Boone Honors Program member, or a grade of “C” or higher in ENG 112 - Composition & Research . Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Odd years
HON 225Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives3
This interdisciplinary team-taught seminar is designed to help students become critically informed about some of the ways theistic religion and science are being perceived as relating to one another. Students will explore 1) the history of the religion-science relationship, 2) various contemporary ways of thinking about the relationship between religion and science, 3) current theories of cosmology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, ecology, and their implications for theological discourse. 3 Credit(s).
Boone Honors Program member, or ENG 112 - Composition & Research Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course.
HON 230American Gods3
[OC] Cross-listed with REL-210. A survey of religious movements and phenomena in the United States, from the Revolutionary War until the present. Students enrolled in the honors section of the course will complete additional work under the instructor’s supervision. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Oral Communication [OC] requirement.
Must be Boone Honors Member Course Session Cycle: Fall Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Odd Years
HON 232History of American Crime3
[WC] Cross-listed with HIS-307. Representations of drugs, gangs, and violence are common place in our popular culture, from TV shows to the nightly news. But, what does exploring policing, law and order, and acts of crime in a historical context look like? This course examines this question and investigates the legal and cultural components to American crime over the course of the twentieth century. Topics include lynching, sexual deviancy, immigration, the War on Drugs, and the Prison Industrial Complex. Students enrolled in the honors section of the course will complete additional work under the instructor’s supervision. 3 Credit(s). This course is designate as A Written Communication Course [WC] within the General Education Curriculum.
Students must be a Boone Honors Member Course Session Cycle: Fall Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Even Years
HON 280Mass Media & Behavior3
[GSR] Cross-listed with COM-369. Students are introduced to concepts of cognitive psychology in relation to the effects of mass media on both individuals and societies. These ideas and principles are discussed in class and applied in student-led class discussions. Students will produce a research paper chosen from among topics discussed in this course and present their paper to the class. Students enrolled in the honors section of the course will complete additional work under the instructor’s supervision. 3 Credit(s). This course is designated as Global ans Social Responsibility [GSR] in the General Education Curriculum.
[OC] An interdisciplinary, team-taught, writing intensive study of the relationship between media and violence. The emphasis of the course will be on how violence is depicted in news and entertainment media, how media depictions of violence affect society, how social scientists study these effects, and how the problems associated with media and violence might be addressed. 3 Credit(s). This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Oral Communication [OC] requirement.
ENG 112 - Composition & Research Boone Honors Program member. Students who are not members of the Boone Honors Program will be screened by the instructor before beginning an honors course. Course Session Cycle: Fall Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Odd Years
HON 333From Woody to Wu-Tang3
This course explores how American music gives voice to social change - from Woody Guthrie’s populism to Wu-Tang’s street realism, from protest folk to hip-hop, gospel and country commentary. Students engage with lyrics as public speeches set to rhythm, studying how artists confront injustice, identity, and belonging. The course is audio- and discussion-based, with no written essays: evaluation is through oral presentations, lyric performance, and critical dialogue. 3 Credit(s). This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Oral Communication [OC] requirement.
ENG 112 - Composition & Research with a grade of “C” or higher. Boone Honors Program members only. Course Session Cycle: Spring Semester Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
