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Honors Courses
First-year Sequence
- 103 Major Cultural Traditions I (4)
- Analysis interpretation and discussion of a wide range to texts from ancient times to the 15th century, with emphasis on the Western traditions.
- 104 Major Cultural Traditions II (4)
- Analysis interpretation and discussion of a wide range to texts from ancient times to the 16th century, with emphasis on the Western traditions.
- 105 Major Cultural Traditions III (4)
- Analysis, interpretation, and discussion of a wide range of sources from the contemporary world, with major emphasis on a culture outside North America.
- 106 Major Cultural Traditions IV (4)
- Analysis, interpretation, and discussion of a wide range of sources from the contemporary world, with major emphasis on a North American culture.
General University Requirement Courses
- 121 Introduction to Political Science (4)
- An introduction to the concept of politics and the types of governments and political issues in the contemporary world, with an emphasis on the comparative study of political ideas and systems.
- 155 The Non-Western Traditions (4)
- An introduction to the civilization and culture of one or more of the following areas: African, China, Japan, and India. Emphasizes the study of literature, philosophical and historical writing, and art in the historical context from which they have emerged.
- 157 Physics (4)
- Laws of motion. Conservation of energy and momentum. Gravitation. Electricity and magnetisms. Sound and light waves. Radioactivity. Fission and fusion.
- 158 Geology (4)
- Origin of the earth. The ways in which different types of rocks form, how their ages can be determined and the implications of those ages for the age of the earth. Volcanology, mountain building and evolution of the continents as a result of surface processes and plate tectonics. The theory of plate tectonics, including earthquakes and paleomagnetism.
- 159 Biology (4)
- Basic biology, emphasizing cellular, molecular and evolutionary processes. The energetics of living systems, with emphasis on the activities of photosynthesis and respiration and their relationship to the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The physical structure of the hereditary material, DNA, and its involvement in information flow in the cell.
- 251 Psychology (4)
- Examination of basic psychological processes utilizing results of research investigations.
- 252 Sociology (4)
- Basic problems and concepts n the study of society, social change and organization; human behavior in the family, education, religion, cities, social class, rage, age, sex and the structure of society; sociology as science and as response to human problems.
- 253 Anthropology (4)
- The study of societies that contrast with Western civilization, leading to an acquaintance with the concept of culture and its importance to an understanding of human behavior. Emphasis on understanding each culture from its own point of view rather than our own.
- 254 Economics (4)
- An introduction to the principles of micro- and macro-economics. The role of the market in allocating scarce resources; the decision making of economic agents; market and regulatory failures; macroeconomic performance; competing theories of the macro economy; the creation and control of money; international trade and finance.
- 255 Ethics (3)
- Introduction to philosophical thinking about moral problems. Seeks to understand central moral concepts such as good, right, and duty in the context of contemporary issues.
- 256 Knowledge and Reality (3)
- Emphasis is given to the nature and possibility of knowledge, to related concepts such as truth, belief and evidence, and to select metaphysical problems.