Fall 2021

Course TitleSubject and Course #CRNInstructor(s)Course Description
Composition I HonorsENGL 12180363Sam BellNote: For this honors section the prerequisite is either an ACT score of 27 or higher or at least a score of 276 on the JCCC writing assessment test. Course objectives and competencies will remain the same as for other Composition I classes, although the instructor has selected different textbooks. For additional information and permission to enroll, please contact the honors office at 913-469-8500 ext. 2434.
Composition II HonorsENGL 12280440Michael CarrigerNote: For this honors section the prerequisites are (1) a minimum of a B in Composition I. Course objectives and competencies remain the same as for other Composition II classes, although the instructor has selected different textbooks. For additional information and permission to enroll, please contact the honors office at 913-469-8500 ext. 2434
Environmental Science LectureEVRN 13081222Lani WittersNOTES: This class meets face to face and requires attendance at the main JCCC campus for all scheduled class periods. This is an honors section. Enrollment is by permission, requiring a minimum GPA of 3.5 and department approval. For additional information and permission to enroll, please contact the honors office at honors@jccc.edu. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Environmental Science seeks to describe problems and solutions associated with human use of natural resources. Students will study the major physical and biological processes that govern the complex interactions in natural ecosystems. Major course topics include human population growth, resource use and pollution. Practical solutions aimed at sustainability will be identified and examined. This is an introductory, nonscience-major survey course.
Environmental Science LabEVRN 13181232Lani WittersNOTES: This class meets face to face and requires attendance at the main JCCC campus for all scheduled class periods. This is an honors section. Enrollment is by permission, requiring a minimum GPA of 3.5 and department approval. For additional information and permission to enroll, please contact the honors office at honors@jccc.edu. COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this lab, students will learn ecological principles that are necessary for understanding and solving environmental problems. Students will sample the local environment for various types of environmental pollution, conduct lab projects and computer simulations, and attend field trips. Field trips may include a visit to a local wastewater treatment plant, a stream ecosystem and a prairie ecosystem. 2 hrs. lab/wk. plus up to three field trips. EVRN 131 students must be currently enrolled in EVRN 130 or have successfully completed BIOL/EVRN 130 within the last three years. Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIOL 130 or EVRN 130.
Honors Forum: Material Culture & SustainabilityHON 25082170Anne Dotter and Kristy HowellThe Honors Forum provides an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary problems as they emerge locally, nationally or globally. Students will be exposed to diverse modes of inquiry in order to consider these problems from multiple angles. The Honors Forum draws from honors courses that students have completed prior to their enrollment. Students will develop a greater understanding of each issue and acquire the ability to develop an evidence-based argument regarding the topic under scrutiny. In this course students will build upon the research literacy skills introduced in the Honors Seminar, such that they demonstrate proficiency in the selection and use of academic databases, as well as the ability to incorporate in their argument the analysis of at least one primary source.
Honors Seminar: Erasures, Absences and SilencesHON 10082161
82162		Anne DotterThe interconnected concepts of erasure, absence and silence offer more than the eye can meet. Indeed, from veal-parchments to contemporary efforts to reuse materials, the fabric of our very culture is made of build-overs, cover-ups, remixes, and other repurposing of what was to make what will be. Incidentally, this is also how knowledge is constructed: from the pieces of thoughts-past without which our present and future could not be. This course aims at scratching the surface to see more of what our complex and layered culture is made of; it will also introduce students to new approaches to what knowledge is, how it is constructed and how to engage critically and creatively in its production. Students will thereby be introduced to the many ways in which honors education allows to think outside the box and to the supportive environment that empowers them to forge your unique path forward. It will also equip them with he tools to ask hard questions, begin to find answers, develop a tolerance for uncertainty, and take on the task of knowledge construction as they embrace the identity of scholar.
Intercultural Communications HonorsCOMS 18080081Terri Easley-GiraldoNote: This is an honors section. Enrollment is by permission, requiring a minimum GPA of 3.5 and department approval. Course objectives and competencies remain the same as for other SPD 180 classes, although the instructor may have selected different textbooks. For additional information and permission to enroll, please contact the honors office at honors@jccc.edu.
Intro to Psychology HonorsPSYC 13081868Christine AbbottIntroduction to Psychology-Honors section
Intro to Sociology HonorsSOC 12282009Eve BlobaumSorry: no description available
Public Speaking HonorsCOMS 12180106Justin StanleySorry: no description available