| Class |
Course Title |
CRN# |
Time |
Instructor |
Section Description |
| HON 100 |
Honors Seminar: Absence & Erasure |
82602 |
W (Wed), 5-6:00pm, Online (synchronous Zoom) |
Anne Dotter |
The 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 past-thoughts 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. |
| HON 100 |
Honors Seminar: AI and the Future of Work |
82601 |
M (Mon), 3-4:00pm, GEB 238 |
Danny Alexander |
What does the Digital Revolution mean for us? At least since the 1964 Presidential Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress, we have understood that the science that gave us microchips was changing the world in fundamental ways. Today’s increasing presence of artificial intelligence has every discipline considering how best to adapt to a rapidly changing future. In this class, we will explore what we know and what is not yet certain about how this revolutionary change will affect our passions and disciplines in the years ahead. |
| HON 100 |
Honors Seminar: The Science of the Chocolate Chip Cookie |
82603 |
T (Tue), 8-9:00am, GEB 238 |
Amanda Glass |
Why do some recipes call for salted butter? Do we really have to refrigerate dough overnight before baking scrumptious cookies? What would happen if we didn’t? What makes an ooey, gooey cookie so structurally different from a crisp cookie with a snap? In this course, we will explore the science of food and baking with at-home experiments and class readings, and investigate through the lens of the complex biological polymers found in the foods we create and enjoy. |
| HON 100 |
Honors Seminar: The Cosmic Joke: Comedy, Tragedy, and Religion |
82600 |
R (Thur), 10-11:00am, Location TBA |
Sarah Aptilon |
We may not normally think of religion as a funny topic, but humorous stories from religious traditions throughout the world suggest that the transgressive and the transcendent, the absurd and the absolute, are inseparable from each other. Why? What is the nature of humor, and in what ways can it express the otherwise inexpressible? What does humor have to do with the tragedy and sorrow of the human condition? In this course, as we seek answers to these questions, we will explore expressions of humor and comedy in a wide variety of religious tales and teachings. |
| HON 270 |
Honors Forum: Political Campaigns |
80477 |
TR (Tue/Thur), 12:30-1:45pm, GEB 238 |
Terri Easley-Giraldo |
This course is designed to explore and understand strategic communication strategies used in political campaigns on the local, state, and national level. Campaign strategies and messaging will be explored through television, Internet, social media, direct mail, radio, fundraising, speeches, and debates. |
| HON 270 |
Honors Forum: Material Culture and Sustainability |
82558 |
M (Mon), 5-8:00pm, Online |
Kristy Howell & Anne Dotter |
It is easy to take for granted the stuff that surrounds us: tables and chairs, a bed, a couch, various objects serving as ornaments to your living spaces. We are surrounded by stuff! Some of us keep more (maximalist) than others (minimalists), but all of us have stuff and most of it is used. But do we need it? Do we endow every object with the same value? Does the cost of an object impact its sentimental value? Do I define what objects mean, or do objects define me? Understanding material culture as “the study through artifacts of the beliefs—values, ideas, attitudes, and assumptions—of a particular community or society at a given time,” we will endeavor to answer these questions to equip ourselves with the tools necessary to collaborate with curators of the Toys & Miniature museum on enhancing the limited knowledge available on African American dolls, to be exhibited at the museum for the first time in fall 2024. |
