Fall Schedule 2006



Honors Courses and Seminars - Fall 2006

CLASS NO.

CLASS NAME

CLASS SECT.

TITLE

TIME

DAY

ROOM

CR.

INSTRUCTOR

CLUSTER ONE

12393

GCOM 121H

0012

HUMAN COMM: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES

11:00am-12:15pm

TT

HARR 0112

3

Mayfield, L.

12394

GCOM 122H

0008

HUMAN COMM: INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS

11:00am-12:15pm

TT

HARR 2113

3

Sylvest, S.

12395

GCOM 123H

0008

HUMAN COMM: GROUP PRESENTATIONS

10:10-11:00am

MWF

HARR 2102

3

Conis, A.

12366

GWRT 103H

0001

CRITICAL READING & WRITING

5:00-6:15pm

TT

HARR 2112

3

Gumnior, E.

12367

GWRT 103H

0002

CRITICAL READING & WRITING

8:00-8:50am

MWF

HARR 2103

3

Schick, K.

12461

GWRT 103H

0003

CRITICAL READING & WRITING

9:05-9:55am

MWF

HARR 2103

3

Schick, K.

13897

GPHIL 120H

0001

CRITICAL THINKING

9:05-9:55am

MWF

JACK 002

3

Bolyard, C.

13898

GPHIL 120H

0002

CRITICAL THINKING

10:10-11:00am

MWF

JACK 002

3

Bolyard, C.

11472

GHIST 150H

0001

CRIT ISSUES RECENT GLOBAL HIST

11:15am-12:05pm

MWF

JACK 001A

3

Owusu-Ansah, D.

15644

HON181E

0001

WAYS OF KNOWING

10:10-11:25am

MW

KEEZ 307

3

Kohen, A.

 

This seminar will have 3 broadly defined goals: (i) exploring the historical and modern concepts of a university (ii) exploring alternative forms of "knowledge" and how it is acquired and (iii) developing appreciation and understanding of multi-disciplinary approaches to learning. Limited to Incoming Freshmen Only. Honors Learning Community only.

15810

HON181E

0002

WAYS OF KNOWING

1:25-2:40pm

MW

KEEZ 307

3

Oberst, B.

 

Limited to Incoming Freshmen Only.

15811

HON181E

0003

WAYS OF KNOWING

3:35-4:50pm

MW

ROOP 213

3

Oberst, B.

 

Limited to Incoming Freshmen Only.

CLUSTER TWO

12465

GENG 248H

0001

SURVEY OF AMER. LIT. II

2:00-3:15pm

TT

KEEZ 414

3

Thompson, M.

13893

GMUS 206H

0001

INTRO TO GLOBAL MUSIC HON

11:15am-12:05pm

MWF

MUS 0204

3

Connell, A.

15634

GPHIL 101H

0001

INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY

1:25-2:40pm

MW

ROOP 212

3

Knorpp, W.

15635

GPHIL 101H

0002

INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY

2:50-4:05

MW

ROOP 212

3

Knorpp, W.

CLUSTER THREE

11477

ISAT 180H*

0001

HONORS SEMINAR & ANALYTIC METHODS

3:30-4:45pm

TH

ISAT 143

3

Deaton, M.

15663

BIO 114H**

0001

ORGANISMS

10:10-11:00am

3:35-6:25pm

MWF

TU

BURR 0238

BURR 0229

4

Pesce, A.

Joynes, C.

*ISAT 180H To be taken in conjunction with GISAT 141 & 112 works like an honorsoption.

**BIO325H is the corequisite to BIO114H.  Honors Students, Biology Majors, Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Med, Pre-Optometry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Physical Therapy, or Pre-Veterinary Medicine only.

CLUSTER FOUR

 

There are no Cluster Four classes offered this semester.

CLUSTER FIVE

10399

GPSYC 101H

0001

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

1:30-4:00pm

W

MAUR 101

3

Baker, S.

15582

GPSYC 101H

0002

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

11:00am-12:15pm

TT

HHS 2201

3

Abrahamson, C.

HONORS OPTION.  Students may use Honors Option to earn honors credit for any non-honors upper level (300 or above) JMU course not regularly offered as an honors course.  (To complete an honors option in a 200-level class, the class MUST be REQUIRED for your major.) Honors Options may NOT be completed in any 100-level classes or in any class the Honors Program offers on a regular basis. There is no limit on the number of honors options that honors students may attempt, but not more than two honors options should be attempted in any given semester.  Within the first two weeks of class, the student should secure an honors option application form from the Honors Office, meet with the professor and negotiate a contract (complete the form), and return the completed application to the Honors Office no later than Friday, September 8, 2006

 

 

 

HONORS SEMINARS

15812

HON 200A

0001

ARAB EMIRATES

3:30-4:45pm

TT

ROOP 213

3

Oberst, B.

 

This course will be an interdisciplinary seminar on the United Arab Emirates. It will include several video conferencing meetings with Emirati students who will be reading some of the same materials

12902

HON 200G

0001

MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS

3:30-6:00pm

TU

HHS 0210

3

Evans, K.

 

Cultural studies concerns itself with the meaning and practices of everyday life;  in the course, we use the
term "culture" inclusively rather than exclusively.  Cultural studies researchers often concentrate on how a

particular phenomenon relates to matters of ideology, race, social class, and gender, as we will do in the class.  Research in the field of cultural studies has included wide-ranging topics such as youth and subculture, identity, visual culture, and the culture of work and play.

15620

HON 200G

0002

MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS

2:00-3:15pm

TT

HHS 2202

3

Evans, K.

 

Cultural studies concerns itself with the meaning and practices of everyday life;  in the course, we use the
term "culture" inclusively rather than exclusively. Cultural studies researchers often concentrate on how a

particular phenomenon relates to matters of ideology, race, social class, and gender, as we will do in the class.  Research in the field of cultural studies has included wide-ranging topics such as youth and subculture, identity, visual culture, and the culture of work and play. Limited to the Honors Learning Community Only.

13845

HON 200K

0001

GULLAH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

9:30-10:45am

TT

LIB 203

3

Opala, J.

 

The Gullah are a distinctive group of African Americans who live in the coastal low country region of South Carolina and Georgia.  Due to their social and geographical isolation, the Gullahs have preserved more of their African linguistic and cultural heritage than any other black community in the US.  This course is an introduction to the Gullahs' unique language and storytelling tradition.  Students will learn to read Gullah stories, identify African influences in Gullah speech, and interpret the meanings of Gullah tales that resemble stories still told in Africa today.  They will also learn about the efforts of Gullah people to preserve their distinctive language and culture in the modern world.

15600

HON 200V

0001

DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM: What you need to know to be Successful in today's Society

1:30-4:00pm

W

TAYLOR HALL 304

3

Davenport, Z.

 

During this seminar, students will explore issues regarding diversity and multicultural competencies.  This course is strategically designed to create a safe environment that will challenge and support thoughts and opinions regarding diversity. Through the use of video clips, workshops, guest speakers, and experiential learning, students will have the opportunity to learn, explore, experience, discuss, and reflect on topics related to diversity awareness, women's issues, issues related to disabilities, privilege, socio-economic status, and sexual orientation.

13839

HON 200Z

0001

SEMINAR IN HISTORY OF SLAVERY

12:30-1:45pm

TT

ROOP G026

3

Opala, J.

 

In this seminar will students will read and discuss four recent studies of the history on New World slavery.  These works cover every aspect of slavery history from the European political and economic matrix of the Atlantic slave trade, to the operation of the slave trade on the African coast, to the infamous Middle Passage, to plantation slavery in the Americas, to the distinctive contributions Africans made to New World civilization.

15160

HON 300F

0001

GODELL, ESCHER & BACH: An Eternal Golden Braid

5:00-7:30pm

TU

ISAT 350

3

Kander, R.

 

Students in this honors seminar will be spent carefully reading, critically discussing, and reflectively writing about the incredibly complex and intricate themes and patterns that recur throughout this great work of non-fiction, written by Douglas Hofstadter.  Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought and creativity, this book looks at the surprising points of contact between the music of Bach, the artwork of Escher, and the mathematics of Gödel.  GEB debates the question of consciousness and artificial intelligence in an attempt to discover what "self" really means.  Introducing the reader to cognitive science, GEB draws heavily from art to illustrate fine points in mathematics.  The topics presented range from mathematics and meta-mathematics to programming, recursion, formal systems, multilevel systems, self reference, and self representation.

15162

HON 300G

0001

PIONEER PERFORMANCES

3:30-4:45pm

TT

KEEZ G-3

3

Rebhorn, M.

 

This course begins with the premise that the American frontier never really existed as a geographical or historical fact but rather as a set of performative practices conditioned by geography and history.  To understand the frontier, therefore, and how crucial a role its performance has played in the shaping of national identity, this course will explore a range of "pioneer performances"--from novels by Owen Wister and Cormac McCarthy to Indian plays and anti-Western drama, from films like Stagecoach and Brokeback Mountain to contemporary "cowboys" like the Marlborough Man.  The idea here is not to ignore historical or cultural contexts, bur rather to use a range of different media to map out the ways the frontier operated and continues to operate as a crucial flashpoint for understanding what it means to "act" American.

13842

HON 300W

0001

A WOMEN'S COLLOQUIUM

5:15-7:45pm

W

CHAN 131

3

Evans, K.

 

The course examines contemporary women's issues in America, bringing attention to the experiences, contributions, and special concerns of women in many walks of life. The seminar is multidisciplinary, featuring presentations by class members and lecturers who will address the position of women in the academy and the labor market. Topics include Constitutional law, psychology, justice and sexuality, cultural values, women’s health, women and religion, reproductive rights, the feminization of poverty.