Honors Courses Spring 2014 (UC CURRICULUM, for students who entered SMU in fall 2012 or later) TWO NEW TRAVEL COURSES! ASAG 3350.001H New York Colloquium Phillip Van Keuren J-Term Sunday, January 5, 2014 (arrival) to Sunday, January 19, 2014 (departure) Course will count as an Honors Arts Perspective How to Enroll: Contact Professor Philip Van Keuren at PVanKeur@smu.edu for an interview. Contact Dr. Doyle for the UHP Scholarship Application Intensive analysis, discussion, and writing concerning works of art in museum collections and gallery exhibitions, and in alternative exhibition spaces. The class topics studied will deal with the philosophical as well as the practical in order to define and understand the nature of the art that our society produces and values. The colloquium will meet in New York City for a period of two weeks in early January. For individuals accepted, arrival in New York is required on Sunday, January 5, 2014 and departure will be on Sunday, January 19, 2014. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. No incompletes are given. Trips to most of the following institutions but not necessarily limited to them: Metropolitan Museum, American Folk Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the City of New York, Guggenheim Museum, National Academy of Design, Museum for African Art, New York Historical Society/Luce Center, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Public Library, Brooklyn Museum of Art, The New Museum, Asia Society, P.S. 1, Jewish Museum, The Drawing Center, The Cloisters, Dia Center for the Arts (various SoHo sites and Dia:Beacon), Neue Galerie New York, International Center of Photography, The Frick Museum, The Museum of Natural History, Noguchi Museum, Sculpture Center (Queens), Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, Museum of Contemporary Arts and Design Galleries: Uptown, 57th Street, SoHo, Chelsea, and other locations as schedule permits. Attend performances, talks, readings, theater, concerts, movies, etc. as they are available and relevant. Visits with curators, critics and private dealers whenever possible. Studio/artist visits as they can be arranged. Creativity and Aesthetics I HIST 3310.001H Problems in American History: The Founding Fathers and Slavery David D. Doyle and Sally Spaniolo, Virginia-Snider 303 MW 4:30-5:50 pm Class #6053 No greater puzzle exists in American history than the contrast between the Declaration of Independence, with the subsequent Constitution, and the vibrant institution of slavery in the era of the American Revolution. How the great experiment in government was able to absorb such contradictions has been a conundrum discussed and debated for decades. This course approaches this question in a unique way: through readings in history and biography from the state of Virginia, along with a visit over spring break to many of the cities, houses, and institutions studied. The class will involve a trip over Spring Break to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Highlights of the trip include visits to Alexandria, Colonial Williamsburg, Washington, and the plantations of George Washington (Mount Vernon), Thomas Jefferson (Monticello), and James Madison (Montpelier). All travel and room/board expenses will be paid. Historical Context II NOTE: Travel courses are highly selective and require instructor's permission to enroll. Email the professors directly for an interview.
FIRST YEAR HONORS FOUNDATION COURSE DISC 2306 Honors Humanities Seminar II This course confronts profound ethical questions through considerations of history, literature, psychology, philosophy, and sociology. Beginning with a story by Flannery O Connor that poses questions about ethical conduct, students explore texts and events that challenge the foundations of philosophical and religious ethical systems. The course also addresses contemporary ethical questions regarding individual freedom and responsibility and the meanings of community. MWF Class # 001H 9-9:50 am Tom Stone Virginia Snider 203 3873 002H 10-10:50 am Tom Stone Virginia Snider 203 3874 003H 10-10:50 am Vanessa Hopper Virginia Snider 303 3875 004H 11-11:50 am Vanessa Hopper Virginia Snider 303 3876 005H 12-12:50 pm Vanessa Hopper Virginia Snider 303 3877 006H 2-2:50 pm Vanessa Hopper Virginia Snider 303 3878 TuTh 007H 8-9:20 am Bethany Williamson Virginia Snider 203 3879 008H 9:30-10:50 am Jo Goyne Virginia Snider 203 3881 009H 9:30-10:50 am Dennis Foster Virginia Snider 303 3880 010H 11-12:20 pm Jo Goyne Virginia Snider 203 3895 011H 11-12:20 pm Diana Blackman Virginia Snider 303 6200 012H 12:30-1:50 pm Carrie Johnston Virginia Snider 203 6201 013H 9:30-10:50 pm Stephanie Amsel Dallas Hall 143 TBA ALL FIRST-YEAR HONORS STUDENTS MUST ENROLL IN DISC 2306 DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER WAYS OF KNOWING NOTE: Through Summer 2015, courses listed as CF, CFA, and CFB (cultural formations) can count as Ways of Knowing. Students may petition for CF courses to meet Proficiencies and Experiences. KNW 2300. L04 Introduction to Engineering Design Multiple Instructors, Junkins 202 W 6-8:50 pm Class #3917 Section L04 is the Honors Section, and only students in this section can receive Honors credit Provides an introduction to engineering design methodologies and basic teaming skills. Students participate on a team in a term-long, multidisciplinary design experience in which each student provides basic engineering capabilities in mechanical, software, electronic, civil, and/or environmental systems. Each team designs a robot that achieves stated design objectives while operating autonomously, with as little human interaction as possible. Teams submit group design memos documenting the evolution of the design. Each team makes a preliminary design presentation and report and a final design presentation and report. A competition is held at the end of the term. Prerequisites or corequisites: MATH 1337 and one of CEE 1302, CSE 1341, EE 1322, EE 1382, EMIS 1360, or ME 1202/1102. Oral Communication Restricted to Engineering students only Honors credit available; please see Prof. Mark Fontenot or Dr. Doyle for more information
CF 3314.001H Social & Intellectual History of Europe James Hopkins, Dallas Hall 357 MWF 2-2:50 pm Class #3857 This course will examine the intellectual in modern European society. It will explore major intellectual and social issues raised by and affecting a number of figures instrumental in shaping the European world of the 19 th and 20 th centuries. In a fundamental sense, however, the themes developed will be boutside time and place. Consequently, they should interest those concerned with the relationship of their values and ideas to the society in which they live today. CF 3330.701H Pew to Bleacher: American Popular Culture Alexis McCrossen, Dallas Hall 102 Tu 6-8:50 pm Class #6093 An introduction to the formation of 19th- and 20th-century American culture and civilization through the study of the Church, print culture, museums, galleries, libraries, theater, Hollywood, television, and professional sports. Readings include documents related to the disestablishment of the church in the U.S., essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, P.T. Barnum s publicity materials, reports about sporting events and theatrical extravaganzas from nineteenth-century newspapers and periodicals, as well as historical articles and books about cultural institutions in the United States. CF 3364.001H Ethical Implications of Children s Literature Martha Satz, Dallas Hall 102 MWF 9-9:50 am Class #6092 Examination of children's literature with emphasis on notions of morality and evil, including issues of colonialism, race, ethnicity, gender, and class. CFA 3312.001H Making History: Representations of Ethical Choices Tom Stone, Virginia-Snider 203 MWF 12-12:50 pm Class # 6199 Interdisciplinary course examining ethical issues associated with the writing of historical fictions and the production of historical exhibits. Students will complicate conventional distinctions between disciplines and genres by looking at how playwrights, novelists, filmmakers, and museum curators/directors shape their productions from the raw materials of historical data. They will explore the ways in which historical memory is created and 7 represented, further developing and refining their own engagements with texts, films, and museums. CFA 3309.001H Lesbian and Gay Literature and Film: Minority Discourses William Beauchamp, Clements Hall 234 MW 9:30-10:50 am Class #6168 The exploration, through literature and film, of the struggles by gay men and lesbians to create social identities and achieve human rights. Study of key cultures and pivotal historical periods in the West from ancient Greece to contemporary America. CFA 3339.001H The Puritan Tradition in England and America Richard Cogley, Dallas Hall 149 MWF 12-12:50 pm Class #6090 An examination of the religious, political, scientific, economic, and literary dimensions of the Puritan movement in Tudor-Stuart England and in colonial America CFB 3308.001H Gender and Human Rights Josephine Caldwell-Ryan, Dallas Hall 142 Th 6:30-9:20 pm Class #6370 Introduction to global women s human rights and other intersections of human rights and gender such as abuse of children s rights, gender-based violence, health and reproductive rights and evolving concepts of sexual rights.
CFB 3336.001H Conceptions of Evolution: A History Ron Wetherington, Heroy Hall 436 TuTh 9:30-10:50 am Class # 3186 The goal of this seminar is to convey the historical and conceptual development of evolutionary concepts through exposure to original sources. We will discuss these and the impact they had on later developments, as well as the preceding influences they drew upon. Objectives: 1. Understand the fundamental prerequisites, both ideological and philosophical, to the development of any evolutionary concept; 2. Be able to trace common disciplinary threads to evolution--geological, biological, and sociological--as these developed through time; 3. Identify the cross-fertilization and mutual influences of the several disciplines as these relate to evolution; 4. Adequately critique the opposing views on evolution from the 18th Century to the 21 st Century. Textbook: Ronald K. Wetherington, Readings in the History of Evolutionary Theory: Selections from Original Sources, Oxford University Press (2011). CREATIVITY & AESTHETICS PILLARS ENGL 2312.002H Fiction Steven Weisenberger, Dallas Hall 357 MW 3-4:20 pm Class #2846 Analysis, interpretation and appreciation of fiction, with attention to terms and issues relevant to the genre. ENGL 2314.001H Doing Thing with Poems Willard Spiegelman, Dallas Hall 138 TuTh 12:30-1:50 pm Class #2943 Introduction to the study of poems, poets, and how poetry works, focusing on a wide range of English and American writers. Some attention to matters of literary history. Satisfies Poetry requirement for English Majors. ASCE 3320.001H Sex, Drugs, and Rocks Brian Molanphy, Room TBA MW 12-2:50 pm Class #6203 In this course students study and make pots that depict sexual intercourse and reproduction, and pots that support the satisfaction of desires for caffeine, alcohol, and theobromine. Students discuss texts about these pots and their contents. Students undertake the ceramic process an artificial geological process to make them. This includes Greek wares for gymnasia and bacchanalia, Chinese tea ware, Central American chocolate ware, North American diner ware, and South African brewery ware. It also includes pots that celebrate bodily functions such as giving birth; pots that depict parts of the body gendered, sexualized, or related to reproduction; & ceramics of artists particularly concerned with the topics of the course such as Ann Agee, Judy Chicago, Linda Christenson, Johan Creten, Irv Tepper, & Nishihata Tadashi. Students learn a new way to engage the broader Dallas community by making bowls to benefit the North Texas Food Bank. Community Engagement Global Engagement (pending approval)
ASAG 3350.001H J-Term See description on page 1. Creativity and Aesthetics I New York Colloquium ARHS 3382 Art and Experience in Inka Peru Adam Herring, Owen Fine Arts Center 1635 MWF 11-11:50 am Class #5742 This course offers an introduction to ancient Maya art and culture. The course will examine the rise of the ancient Maya dynastic centers in lowland Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras). We will pay special attention to the emergence of Maya hieroglyphic writing, calligraphy, and stylized visual expression. The course will also explore the materials of ancient Maya art: jade, ceramic, bone, shell, pigments and color, stucco. Other topics covered include: Maya cosmology, politics, ritual, and gender-construction. Students will came away with a beginner's knowledge of ancient Maya hieroglyphic writing. Visits to the galleries of the Dallas Museum of Art. No previous coursework in Art History or Archaeology is required. Global Engagement Human Diversity ** Also counts toward Historical Context II. INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS, AND CULTURES PLSC 1320.001H Introduction to American Government and Politics Dennis Ippolito, Fondren Science 152 TuTh 11 am-12:20 pm Class #2601 The organization, functions, and processes of our national government, with particular attention to parties, pressure groups, and other forces that influence its course. Attention will also be given to the Texas Constitution. Individuals, Institutions and Cultures I PLSC 1340.003H Introduction to Comparative Politics Michael Lusztig, Florence Hall 301 TuTh 8-9:20 am Class #2745 Analyzes and contrasts different patterns of national political development in Western, Marxist-Leninist, and Third World countries. Political dilemmas confronting each type of system will be examined. Individuals, Institutions and Cultures PLSC 3330.002H Law, Politics, and the Supreme Court Joseph Kobylka, Hyer Hall 102 WF 2-3:20 pm Class #3813 An introduction to the uniquely political and legal role played by the Supreme Court in elaborating the scope of governmental power and defining individual rights and liberties. Individuals, Institutions, and Cultures II *Also counts for Historical Context II
HISTORICAL CONTEXT RELI 3343.001H Religion and The American Revolution Kate Engel, Virginia-Snider 203 MW 2-3:20 pm Class #3942 The faith of the founders is frequently appealed to in American political rhetoric, as many Americans believe that their nation stands for something, be it religious liberty or the idea of a Christian nation or a city on a hill. This course will investigate the history of religion and the American Revolution, the beliefs of the nation s founders, and the religious contexts of documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution. The course will also investigate the meanings of the Revolutionary era to present day politics and culture. Historical Context II **Also counts for Philosophy and Religious Inquiry and Ethics II HIST 3310.001H Problems in American History: The Founding Fathers and Slavery David D. Doyle and Sally Spaniolo, Virginia-Snider 303 MW 4:30-5:50 pm Class #6053 See description on page 1. Historical Context II (Pending approval) HIST 1321 First-Year Seminar in American History: Marriage and Sexuality in America A History David Doyle, Virginia-Snider 203 MWF 11-11:50 AM Class#6155 This class explores American history through the lens of gender and sexuality. Although the story begins with the colonial period, particular emphasis will be placed on developments and changes over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries concluding with some of the more urgent controversies of our own day. Among the issues to be studies: how marriage has changed through the years as a result of a corresponding cultural context; how our understanding of race has shifted over time; the defined role of women and men in society; and the radically different ways same sex relationships have been understood. In addition to historical monographs, class readings will include primary documents from myriad sources letters, sermons, laws, newspaper and magazine articles, etc. Historical Context I PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS INQUIRY AND ETHICS PHIL 1305.005H Introduction to Philosophy Philippe Chuard, Hyer Hall 111 TuTh 3:30-4:50 pm Class #5885 A general introduction to the central questions of philosophy. We will discuss topics from such areas as the theory of knowledge, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, and political philosophy. Typical questions might include: Can we know the world outside our minds? Is it rational to believe in a God who allows evil to exist? Do the laws of physics allow for human freedom? Is morality more than a matter of opinion? Can there be unequal wealth in a just society? Readings will include classical authors such as Plato, Descartes, Locke, Hume, and Mill, as well as contemporary philosophers. The focus of the course will be on arguments for and against proposed solutions to key problems of philosophy. Philosophical and Religious Inquiry and Ethics I
PHIL 1318.006H Contemporary Moral Problems Steve Sverdlik, Hyer Hall 110 MWF 11-11:50 am Class # 2848 An introduction to philosophical ethics focusing on questions in applied ethics. Students will explore ethical theories, philosophical methods, and their application to some of the most controversial and pressing issues confronting contemporary society. Topics vary, but the following are representative: abortion, animal rights, affirmative action, capital punishment, economic justice, euthanasia, sexuality, war and terrorism, and world hunger. Philosophical and Religious Inquiry and Ethics I RELI 1304.001H Introduction to Western Religions John Lamoreaux, Hyer Hall 106 TuTh 2-3:20 pm Class #3118 A historical introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Topics include Moses and ancient Israelite religion, Jesus and early Christianity, rabbinic Judaism, Muhammad and classical Islam, the birth of Protestantism, and Jewish, Christian, and Islamic modernism. Philosophical and Religious Inquiry and Ethics I COUNTS AS HONORS COURSE, BUT DOES NOT FULFILL A SPECIFIC UC REQUIREMENT: ECON 1312.001H Principles: Inflation, Recession, and Unemployment (Macroeconomics) Rajat Deb, Umphrey Lee 303 Class#3074 TuTh 8-9:20 am Covers inflation, unemployment, and growth from both national and global perspectives. Tools of economic analysis include models of open economies. Prerequisite: C- or better in ECO 1311. THINGS TO REMEMBER! * Anyone who plans to Study Abroad and wants to take courses for Honors credit should contact Dr. Doyle to orchestrate the needed Honors Petitions (again up to 2 classes per semester can be petitioned for Honors credit) one course petition permitted on campus.