Honors Courses for Fall 2008

HON 101:  1st Year Honors Colloquium (3 credit hours):

Section A:  11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.   MWF  Dr. John Stratton

Section B:  10:50 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.  TTH  Dr. Mark Nadler

Section C:  3:05 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.  TTH  Prof. Dave Kowalka

This course satisfies the University IUL requirement for freshmen Honors students.  This seminar format course introduces students to the Honors Program and Ashland University through assigned readings, discussion, and written assignments.

HIST 270 A/POLSC 390 A:  Age of Revolution and Reaction (3 credit hours)

Section X:  6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.  Dr. John Moser

This course will fulfill an HON 390 requirement and will be cross listed as HON 390. A truly unique academic experience, this course will allow students to play the roles of actual participants in historical events.  Each student is given a set of objectives, and must work within the context of the interactive to try to achieve them.  In the process there are many opportunities for reading, writing, and critical thinking. The course will use two simulations:  "New York City in the American Revolution, 1775-1776," and "Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791." Both place students in critical moments of history.  The overarching goal of the class will be for students to compare and contrast the two revolutions, and this is something that the two simulations will undoubtedly prepare them to do.  The course requires significant reading and is geared toward advanced students who already grasp basic historical and philosophical concepts.  Students will be required to forcefully debate their points in front of the class.

ART 150:  Art & Ideas (Core Aesthetics) (3 credit hours)

Section HN:  9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.  MWF  Dr. Wendy Schaller

A combined visual and thematic introduction to Western art. The form and content of painting, sculpture, architecture and graphics will be studied through a series of themes and purposes.  Students will investigate the interplay of form and meaning of art objects from multiple eras through such themes as death and the macabre, entertainment, power and politics, religious beliefs, and landscape and the environment.  Students will be introduced to many of the issues associated with the visual arts including iconoclasm, restoration, aesthetic quarrels, and questions of cultural property.  Open to all Honors students.

COMAR 101:  Human Communication (Core Communications) (3 credit hours)

Section HN:  2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.  MWF  Dr. Daniel O'Rourke

This course encompasses communication theory, interpersonal communication, small group communication, and public speaking.  Emphasis is placed on speaking, critical thinking, and listening skills with attention also paid to nonverbal communication.  Open to all Honors students.

PSYC 101:  General Psychology I (Core Social Science) (3 credit hours)

Section HN:  10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.  MWF  Dr. Mitch Metzger

This course centers around the question, "How do we explain human behavior?"  Inquiries are framed in the context of the major theoretical perspectives emergent from the sociohistorical evolution of psychology as a field of study.  Behavior topics are examined by comparing and contrasting the assumptions, research methods, and conclusions embedded within the biological, psychoanalytical, behavorial, humanistic, cognitive, and sociocultural theories.  Psychological inquiries also include evaluation of how these diverse approaches converge on questions about multiple influences on human behavior.  Open to all Honors students.

REL 106:  Exploring Christian Ethics (Core Religion)  (3 credit hours)

Section HN:  8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.  Dr. Peter Slade

An introductory study of the nature and content of the Biblical writings with emphasis upon the basic ideas or message.   Open to all Honors students.

Honors Courses for Spring 2008