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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

University Honors Program

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required core courses

Eight courses must be completed to graduate in the Honors program: six courses plus Honors Forum (during the first year in the program) and the Honors Capstone. Of the six courses, at least one course must be taken in each of the three main categories (human sciences, natural sciences, social sciences). Transfer students with 60 credits or more prior to matriculation must complete five courses to graduate in the Honors program: three courses plus Honors Forum (during their first year in the program) and the Honors Capstone. Of the three courses, one must be taken in each of the three main categories. Nine credits, other than the capstone seminar, must be at the 300 level or above. Courses under multiple categories can only be assigned to one category.

honors forum

HON 280 - Honors Forum 3 credits

human sciences

HON 202 - On Being Ethical in the World 3 credits
HON 207 - Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory: The Science and the Controversy 3 credits
HON 209 - Death, Self and Society 3 credits
HON 210 - Monsters and Monstrosities 3 credits
HON 216 - Twilight of the Gods 3 credits
HON 218 - Social Movement in the Sixties 3 credits
HON 222 - Honors Composition: Rhetorical Agency Across Genres 3 credits
HON 240 - Anime and War 3 credits
HON 242 - Beyoncé, Madonna, Nina Simone 3 credits
HON 266 - Sound and Spirit 3 credits
HON 277 - Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall 3 credits
HON 282 - Evolution, Morality, and Ethics 3 credits
HON 288 - Close Reading 3 credits
HON 292 - The Art of Revenge 3 credits
HON 313 - Golden Opportunities: Immigration and the Arts in Southern California, 1900-1950 3 credits
HON 317 - Visual Literacy in a Generation of Visible Surplus: Its Theory, Practice and Applications 3 credits
HON 335 - The Enigma of Being Awake: Zen Buddhism 3 credits
HON 338 - ThanaTourism: Traveling the “Dark Side” 3 credits
HON 344 - Illustrating History/the World: Graphic Memoirs, Novels, and Reportage 3 credits
HON 347 - Listening to Time: Area Studies in Ethnomusicology 3 credits
HON 359 - Fundamentals of Deductive and Inductive Logic 3 credits
HON 360 - Performing Americas: Celebrating American Identities 3 credits
HON 362 - Philosophical Themes in the Films of Ingmar Bergman 3 credits
HON 363 - The Castaway Narrative in World Literature 3 credits
HON 367 - Pythagoras Revisited: A Quest for Interior Precision 3 credits
HON 371 - The World of Fellini’s Cinema 3 credits
HON 373 - The Puppet Metaphor Across Media 3 credits
HON 376 - Sustainability in an Unsustainably Structured World 3 credits
HON 377 - Critical Animal Studies 3 credits
HON 381 - Think for Yourself: From Socrates to Adorno 3 credits
HON 385 - Is Big Data Enough? A Conceptual Exploration of Data Science 3 credits
HON 396 - The Politics of Waste 3 credits
HON 409 - Hermes Unbound: Divining Hermeneutics 3 credits
HON 412 - “Seas of Stories”: Postcolonial Literature and Theory 3 credits
HON 416 - Sex, Self, Society 3 credits
HON 418 - Critical Pedagogy: Teaching to Transgress 3 credits
HON 419 - The Search for an American Voice: Huck Finn to Harlem 3 credits
HON 424 - Magic, the Occult and Art in the Early Modern Period 3 credits
HON 432 - Queer Theory 3 credits
HON 447 - The “Real” Westeros: Game of Thrones and Northern Ireland 3 credits
HON 455 - Interpreting the Past: an Experience of Rome 3 credits

natural sciences

HON 207 - Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory: The Science and the Controversy 3 credits
HON 254 - Symmetry 3 credits
HON 310 - Experiencing Forms and Colors: Goethe’s Approach to Science 3 credits
HON 354 - Origin and Evolution of the Universe and Life 3 credits
HON 364 - Biology in Media and Reality 3 credits
HON 367 - Pythagoras Revisited: A Quest for Interior Precision 3 credits
HON 376 - Sustainability in an Unsustainably Structured World 3 credits
HON 382 - The Fabric of the Universe: Space, Time, and Reality 3 credits
HON 383 - Controversial Topics in Biology 3 credits
HON 385 - Is Big Data Enough? A Conceptual Exploration of Data Science 3 credits
HON 389 - The Science Blender 3 credits
HON 392 - Adventures in Cosmologies 3 credits
HON 395H - Newton and the Scientific Revolution 3 credits

social sciences

HON 206 - In Search of Reality: Media, Self and Society 3 credits
HON 209 - Death, Self and Society 3 credits
HON 210 - Monsters and Monstrosities 3 credits
HON 218 - Social Movement in the Sixties 3 credits
HON 240 - Anime and War 3 credits
HON 266 - Sound and Spirit 3 credits
HON 275 - Thinking and Risk Taking from Outside the Box 3 credits
HON 277 - Game of Thrones: Beyond the Wall 3 credits
HON 308 - Consciousness and Cognition 3 credits
HON 311 - Ethnicity, Race and Nationalism 3 credits
HON 313 - Golden Opportunities: Immigration and the Arts in Southern California, 1900-1950 3 credits
HON 338 - ThanaTourism: Traveling the “Dark Side” 3 credits
HON 344 - Illustrating History/the World: Graphic Memoirs, Novels, and Reportage 3 credits
HON 345 - Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy 3 credits
HON 360 - Performing Americas: Celebrating American Identities 3 credits
HON 369 - Select Contemporary Problems: Religion and Politics 3 credits
HON 373 - The Puppet Metaphor Across Media 3 credits
HON 376 - Sustainability in an Unsustainably Structured World 3 credits
HON 377 - Critical Animal Studies 3 credits
HON 392 - Adventures in Cosmologies 3 credits
HON 393 - Tricksters and Cosmopolitans 3 credits
HON 395H - Newton and the Scientific Revolution 3 credits
HON 396 - The Politics of Waste 3 credits
HON 412 - “Seas of Stories”: Postcolonial Literature and Theory 3 credits
HON 416 - Sex, Self, Society 3 credits
HON 418 - Critical Pedagogy: Teaching to Transgress 3 credits
HON 424 - Magic, the Occult and Art in the Early Modern Period 3 credits
HON 432 - Queer Theory 3 credits
HON 447 - The “Real” Westeros: Game of Thrones and Northern Ireland 3 credits
HON 455 - Interpreting the Past: an Experience of Rome 3 credits

other categories

HON 329 - Experimental Course ½-3 credits
HON 395 - Topics in Honors 3 credits
HON 399 - Individual Study ½-6 credits
HON 499 - Individual Study ½-6 credits
semester-long study abroad course 3 credits

senior seminar

HON 498 - Honors Capstone Seminar 3 credits

total credits minimum of 24

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