Spring 2023

Class # Course Title CRN# Time Instructor Course Description
ARTH 182 Art History: Renaissance / Modern Honors 12224 M 2:00-4:30

Nelson Atkins

*Meets at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

 Allison Smith This course will acquaint students with the arts and ideas of Western cultures from the beginning of the Italian Renaissance to the present. The course will examine the aesthetic elements that mark the styles of major periods in two-dimensional, three-dimensional and architectural works. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between artistic elements and their various cultural and historical contexts.
BIOL 135 Principle Cellular & Molecular Biology 10032 Lec: W 10-10:50 CLB 407

Lab: W 11-12:50 RC 345 HYB

*Requires attendance at JCCC for LABS. Lecture material will be provided online.

 Heather Seitz This course is for biology majors and students planning to take additional courses in the life sciences. Subjects covered include the nature of science; the levels of organization and emergent properties of life; basic biochemistry and bioenergetics; cell structure and function; cellular reproduction; Mendelian and molecular genetics and their relationships to the principles of evolution; basic laboratory skills; and experimentation. The lab activities allow for application of the topics presented in the lecture.
COMS 121 Public Speaking Honors 10731 TR 11-12:15

MTC 325

 Ashley Vasquez This course is designed to improve preparing and delivering oral presentations before an audience. This fundamental speech course emphasizes creation of ideas, research techniques, outlining, organization, audience analysis, listening skills, delivery techniques, and online speaking skills. Students will deliver a variety of speech types.
ENGL 121 COMP I Honors 10332 MWF 11-11:50 GEB 238 Sam Bell Requires either a High School GPA of 3.5, an ACT score of 25 or higher, or at least a 276 on the JCCC writing assessment test. Comp I focuses on writing nonfiction prose. Students will have an opportunity to improve in all phases of the writing process: discovering ideas, gathering information, planning and organizing, drafting, revising and editing. By the end of the semester, students should have completed at least 20 pages (approximately 5,000 words) of revised and edited prose.
ENGL 122 COMP II Honors 10387 MWF 1:00-1:50 GEB 238 Michael Carriger Requires a minimum of a B in Composition I. Composition II focuses on skills essential to gathering, comprehending, analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing information from a variety of academic and non-academic sources. Compositions may include essays, presentations, reports, social media posts and other digital forms of communication. Composition II emphasizes the deep revision needed to compose expository, evaluative and persuasive prose. By the end of the semester, students should have completed at least 25 pages (approximately 6,250 words) of revised and edited prose.
HON 100 Honors Seminar: Erasures, Absences and Silences 12203 T 4:00-5:00 GEB 238 Anne Dotter This course will introduce students to the theory and practices of interdisciplinarity, the skills and tools required for honors coursework, and undergraduate collaborative and individual research. While closely examining a specific topic, students will develop their skills in research, reading, writing and in-depth discussion.
HON 100

 

 Honors Seminar: Erasures, Absences and Silences 12204 T 11:00 -12:00 Hybrid Anne Dotter (see description in first listed section)
HON 100 Honors Seminar: Erasures, Absences and Silences 12205 W 4:00-5:00 Hybrid Anne Dotter (see description in first listed section)
HON 100 Honors Seminar:

Erasures, Absences and Silences

 12206 R 1:00-2:00 GEB 238 Anne Dotter (see description in first listed section)
HON 250-001 Honors Forum: Flint, MI 12496 T 5-7pm Amanda Glass

Kristy Howell

 Honors Forum: The ‘Next Flint’ is Here – Water, Equity and US Policy – This Honors Forum provides an interdisciplinary approach to the problem of ageing water infrastructure in the United States. Students will be exposed to diverse modes of inquiry in order to consider this problem from multiple angles. Development of skills in research design and a greater understanding of the science, equity, and policy issues contributing to the problem will give students the ability to create an evidence-based argument. In this course students will build research literacy skills showing proficiency in the selection and use of academic databases, science communication, and ability the ability to incorporate in their argument the analysis of water chemistry research they perform as part of the course.
HON 250-002

 

 Honors Forum: Community Gardens: Sustainable Solutions to Food Deserts

 

 12507 M 4-6pm Jeff Oden

 

  
HON 292 Honors Special Topics:

Black Hills/Badlands Biodiversity

 12171 F 9:00-10:50 WCMT 111 Nancy Holcroft-Benson This course involves travel to the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota. Significant time will be spent outdoors, and weather may range from snow to heat to downpours. Students should be prepared to dress appropriately and meet weather & terrain challenges; activities proceed rain or shine. Students should also be prepared to complete hikes of 3-5 miles over uneven–and at times steep–terrain each day we are in the field. Waivers and releases are required. Students must complete the required travel.
HON 292 Honors Special Topics: Advocacy 12202 T 2-3:50 Andrea Vieux “Advocacy” introduces students to the ways people and groups organize and pursue political and policy goals. Topics include understanding what advocacy is, approaches to advocacy, identifying political institutions and actors for advocacy work, forming relationships and organizing, communication, and what constitutes successful advocacy.
HUM 156 World Mythology – Honors 10538 MWF 12-12:50 MTC 338 Katherine Bailes A systematic study of world mythologies, where they appear in literature and art and their survival and metamorphosis in contemporary culture. Through the study and comparison of world mythologies, students are encouraged to evaluate their own perspectives and experiences in the context of human diversity.
LEAD 130 Leadership & Civic Engagement 12416 F 1-4pm OCB 363 Terri Easley-Giraldo Develop the capacity and confidence for leadership in personal, professional, and civic activities. Focuses on the essential components and concepts of leadership, examination of characteristics of effective historic and contemporary leaders, analysis of leadership responsibilities in communities, identification of personal leadership goals and standards, and development of competencies to meet community and global challenges.
SOC 125 Intro to Social Problems Honors 10230 TR 9:00-10:25 GEB 238 Eve Blobaum Problems associated with race, gender, class, deviance, crime and ecology will be examined as perennial issues in contemporary society. Other topics may be analyzed as the instructor and students determine their significance. The history and development of each problem, as well as possible solutions, will be examined from various perspectives.