Fall 2022 Honors Classes
For courses listed below, current students should seek enrollment permission from the University Honors Program by e-mailing ksuhonors@ksu.edu unless otherwise noted.
Permission will not be required for incoming students as they enroll for their first semester during June or August enrollment (unless otherwise noted). However, incoming students should have been accepted to or be seeking admission to the University Honors Program.
Introductory Honors Program Courses
UHP 189 sections do not require permission to enroll unless they are associated with a CAT Community
UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Reading Old Stuff
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | SEM | 14067 | 1 | F | 9:30 | LSP 112 | Kearns, Sara K | None |
Historical and cultural documents provide insight into our world. But what if we can’t read them? During this class, we will explore historical documents and artefacts that may include handwritten letters, photographs, maps, and even physical objects. Our goal will be to make sense of them by asking questions and learning how to find answers for those questions. We will jointly explore items through in-class and out-of-class activities. Students in any major will be able to apply their experience reading cultural documents to future research. |
UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Breaking the Art/Science Divide
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
C | SEM | 14069 | 1 | U | 9:30 | LSP 111 | Luly, Sara | None |
We often think of the arts (for example, literature) as the opposite of science. But what happens if you use literature to understand mental illness? Read a medical case file as a work of literature? Study bio-chemical responses to art? This CAT community looks at the intersection of the arts and science. How does science shape our understanding of the arts? What can literature and art teach us about science?This section is exclusively for students enrolled in the "Breaking the Art/Science Divide" CAT Community. See "CAT Community" section below for full details. |
UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Public Health & Sherlock
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
D | SEM | 14070 | 1 | F | 11:30 | LSP 127 | Kastner, Justin | None |
Nineteenth-century discoveries in microbiology, epidemiology, and public health coincided with literary innovations (e.g., Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes) and real-life dramas (including alarming crimes committed by the likes of Jack the Ripper). Three of Britain’s Victorian-era cities—Edinburgh, Liverpool, and London— provided colorful contexts in which public health leaders (including physicians, veterinarians, and medical officers of health) began to sort out (and set aside) professional differences for larger societal goals. This course, designed primarily (but not exclusively) for pre-medicine, pre-veterinary, and pre-health-profession honors students, follows the growth of these inter-professional partnerships. Through lectures, readings, and primary-source materials, students will meet memorable figures who had a hand in late 19th-century advancements in human medicine, veterinary public health, food safety, and the "One Health" philosophy. |
UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Technology-Culture-Power
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
F | SEM | 14072 | 1 | M | 4:00 | EH 012 | Subramony, Deepak | None |
In today’s ‘Information Age’ economic system, technology = power. Besides, within today’s globalized human societies, technology also embodies and transmits people's cultures and values. In this seminar we explore the fascinating role of technology in influencing power dynamics, setting off cultural trends, and shaping ethical/moral values across this diverse planet of ours. |
UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Top/Music, Politics, & Ideology
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
G | SEM | 14073 | 1 | U | 4:00 | EH 016 | Dobrzanski, Slawomir | None |
Have you ever wondered how music reflects the political, social, and economic struggles of its times? Do people compose music to support an existing political order, or do they create music to provoke revolution and transformation? In this seminar we explore how selected Western classical music pieces have impacted human politics. It also examines events from music history that have significantly influenced our recent ideological battles. |
UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - How to Save the World: Gender, Justice, and Food
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
I | SEM | 16991 | 1 | T | 9:30 | LSP 111 | Padilla Carroll, Valerie | None |
How can we make the world more sustainable and just? What responsibility do humans have to the natural environment? How does race, class, gender, and global location intersect in environmental issues? In this class we explore how food, sustainability, and environmental action intersect with gender and learn the actions you can take to make a better, more sustainable, and just world. |
UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Understanding Sustainability and Fashion
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
J | SEM | 16989 | 1 | W | 1:30 | LSP 111 | Doty, Kelsie | None |
Learn about the world of sustainable fashion and how to navigate it. In this course, students explore how garments are produced, why the fashion industry is currently problematic for ecological and social sustainability, and how we can rethink fashion for the future. |
UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Music in Times of Conflict
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
K | SEM | 16990 | 1 | W | 3:30 | LSP 113 | White, Colleen | None |
Explores music's transformative role in protest movements and as propaganda during conflicts across the globe. Curated playlists from Jazz, Country, Soul, Hip Hop, Rock, Folk, Rap, and more encourage students to analyze sociopolitical issues through historical and contemporary music. |
DEN 161 Engineering Problem Solving --Section F
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
F | LAB | 13601 | 1 | W | 3:30-4:20 p.m. | DU 1027 | Sullivan, Bailey | None |
As the connecting course in the Honors Engineering CAT Community (see below), this particular section of DEN 161 will count as an Honors First-Year Seminar (equivalent to UHP 189) and is limited to participants in the Honors Engineering CAT Community. General description of DEN 161: Introduction to application-oriented engineering problem solving skills using fundamental engineering problems specific to each discipline, teamwork, and communication skills. |
Honors Program Courses
AGEC 121 Honors Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 11907 | 3 | T U | 9:30-10:45 a.m. | WAX104B | Bergtold, Jason | |
*First-Year Seminar section. First-year students only. AGEC 121 does require permission from either the Department of Agricultural Economics or the University Honors Program. |
GENAG020 University Honors Program
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | REC | 11030 | 0 | Appointment | Moser, Daniel | None | ||
Only for College of Agriculture Honors Program students |
ANTH 210 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Honors
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | SEM | 13059 | 3 | M W F | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | WA 350 | Falcone, Jessica | |
*First-Year Seminar section. First-year students only. |
BIOL365 Practicum in Biology
All sections of BIOL365: Practicum in Biology will automatically count as Honors course credit.
BIOL443 Applied Anatomy of Cadavers
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | PRC | 15718 | 2 | MW | 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | AK 228 | Nelson, Caroline | None |
B | PRC | 15719 | 2 | TU | 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | AK 228 | Nelson, Caroline | |
C | PRC | 15720 | 2 | TU | 2:30 - 4:20 p.m. | AK 230 | Nelson, Caroline | |
Instructor consent is required. |
BIOL461 Phage Hunters I
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 14982 | 3 | T U | 9:30-11:20 a.m. | AK 121 |
Smith Caldas, Martha Herren, Christopher David |
None |
Enrollment restriction: Division of Biology consent (No permission required from the Honors Program) |
CHM220 Honors Chemistry 1
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 10500 | 5 | MTWU | 8:30-9:20 a.m. | KG 004 | Aakeroy, Christer B | |
01R | REC | 10501 | F | 8:30-9:20 a.m. | KG 004 | Aakeroy, Christer | None | |
01B | LAB | 10502 | T | 2:30-5:20 p.m. | CBC 236 | Hinton, Michael | None | |
03B | LAB | 12011 | W | 2:30-5:20 p.m. | CBC 236 | Hinton, Michael | None | |
04B | LAB | 12183 | W | 11:30 a.m.-2:20 p.m. | CBC 236 | Hinton, Michael | None | |
Enrollment restriction: One year of high school chemistry and MATH 100 (or two years of high school algebra); ACT composite of 26 or higher. |
COMM109 Honors Public Speaking
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 12023 | 3 | MWF | 8:30-9:20 a.m. | N 301 | Brown, Craig | None |
DAS300 The Great Conversation: Primary Text Certificate Core Course
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 11981 | 3 | TU | 1:05-2:20 | C209 | Johnson, Laurie | |
No permission required to enroll for any student. |
EDCI318 Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
B | LEC | 11982 | 1 | M | 2:30-4:20 p.m. | BH 119 | Ellner, Mark | None |
Instructor consent is required. Interested students should set an appointment to meet with Dr. Ellner to learn more about the expectations. Students will be participating in the Ecuador Project through the course. |
ENGL210 Honors English
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | REC | 12025 | 3 | MWF | 1:30 p.m. | ECS 231 | Anna Goins | |
No permission required to enroll. ENGL 210 can be used as a substitute for either ENGL 100 or ENGL 200. Description: Descartes famously wrote: "I doubt therefore I am -- or what is the same -- I think, therefore I am," thus establishing a key tenet of the Western worldview: we know we are alive because we can contemplate just what that means. We are all trying to make sense of the world and our place in it, and we will use this class to explore how young people, in particular, have sought to define themselves in the modern world. How do we know when to conform and when to rebel, when to believe and when to doubt? What motivates our decisions and builds our sense of political agency? What societal structures impact that agency? Ultimately, you will seek to answer this question for yourself: Who do I want to be in the world? We will read and watch a variety of texts in this hands-on seminar that will include regular writing exercises and a critical essay project, and depend upon engaged peer discussions and writing workshops. |
ENGL297 Honors Introduction to the Humanities 1
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | REC | 10882 | 3 | MWF | 12:30-1:20 p.m. | ECS 231 | Longmuir, Anne | |
*First-Year Seminar section. First-year students only. Some seats reserved for CAT Community members. |
LEAD251 Honors Leadership I
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 13186 | 3 | T U | 1:05-2:20 p.m. | LSP 112 | Tolar, Mary | |
Some seats reserved for CAT Community Honors students. |
MC 110 Mass Communications in Society
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
B | LEC | 12156 | 3 | M W F | 8:30 - 9:20 a.m. | K214 | Homburg, Nick | |
*First-Year Seminar section. First-year honors students only. |
MATH350 Mathematical Scholars Calculus lll
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | REC | 16886 | 5 | M T W U F | 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 a.m. | CW 122 | Kerr, Gabe D | |
MATH 350 (along with MATH 351 in Spring 2023) will form the second-year Calculus sequence for students in the Mathematical Scholars Program (MSP). However, students do not need to be in the MSP to take the course. Math 350/351 will provide an integrated approach to linear algebra, multivariable calculus and ordinary differential equations. Students will learn conceptual and computational techniques of linear algebra first and find immediate applications for ordinary differential equations and multivariable calculus. Topics include vector spaces, linear transformations, solutions to matrix equations, dimension, rank, eigenvalues, inner products, Sylvester's Theorem, multi-linear algebra, vector valued functions, vector fields and general ordinary differential equations. Applications to three dimensional geometry and ordinary differential equations will be made throughout. |
Honors CAT Community Option -- Breaking the Art/Science Divide
We often think of the arts (for example, literature) as the opposite of science. But what happens if you use literature to understand mental illness or read a medical case file as a work of literature? What if you analyze bio-chemical responses to art? Together we will explore the intersection of the arts and science so we can begin to understand how science shapes our understanding of the arts and the ways in which literature and art teach us about science. This CAT Community is for Honors students in the College of Arts and Sciences.
ENGL 297 Honors Introduction to the Humanities
BIOL 198 Principles of Biology OR PSYCH 110 General Psychology*
UHP 189 Honors First-Year Seminar
*Students interested in the Breaking the Art/Science Divide CAT Community only need to enroll in BIOL 198 or PSYCH 110, not both.
Honors Residential CAT Community Option -- Honors Engineering Community
Do you want to be an Engineer? In this CAT Community, you will develop a solid understanding of how engineers utilize math and science to solve all types of problems, engaging in learning activities that promote your personal and professional development, and begin building a community of peers to help support you through the engineering program. This CAT Community is for Honors students in the College of Engineering.
Residence Hall: Marlatt
LEAD 251 Honors Leadership 1
CHM 220 Honors Chemistry 1 or CHM 230 Chemistry 2
DEN 161 Honors Engineering Community
K-State First enrolls students in CAT Communities; contact them at kstatefirst@k-state.edu or call (785) 532-6057 (during June O&E). You can also call their main office at (785) 532-1501.
Courses Available by Pre-Established Contract for Honors Credit
No UHP permission required to enroll in pre-contract options. Simply enroll in the course and then follow these Pre-Contract Instructions to sign onto the contract.
ANTH314 Introduction to the World's Religions
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 14105 | 3 | MWF | 9:30 | WA 132 | Wesch, Michael |
BIOL450 Modern Genetics
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 10356 | 4 | M W F | 8:30-9:20 a.m. | AK 120 | Asano, Katsura Schrick, Kathrin |
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01R | REC | 10355 | T | 8:30-9:20 a.m. | AK 221 | Asano, Katsura Schrick, Kathrin |
None | |
02R | REC | 10354 | T | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | AK 231 | Asano, Katsura Schrick, Kathrin |
None | |
03R | REC | 10353 | T | 1:30-2:20 p.m. | AK 231 | Asano, Katsura Schrick, Kathrin |
None |
CLSCS 501 Comedy, Humor, and Satire in Classical Literature
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | REC | 14692 | 3 | T U | 11:30-12:45 p.m. | K 216 | McCloskey, Benjamin | |
A fun look at a wide variety of attempts at humor and jokes from the ancient Mediterranean. We’ll read the only surviving Roman jokebook, a bunch of Greek comedies, and grapple with Roman satire. |
EDCEP 315 Educational Psychology
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 10742 | 3 | T | 4:30-6:20 p.m. | BH 101 | Myers, Kaylee | |
ZA | LEC | 14580 | 3 | Distance | Myers, Kaylee |
EDCI 110 Foundations of Education
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 14033 | 3 | T U | 2:30-3:45 a.m. | BH 121 |
Messer, Angela Alberto, James |
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B | LEC | 14034 | 3 | T U | 9:30-10:45 a.m. | BH 121 |
Messer, Angela Alberto, James |
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C | LEC | 14035 | 3 | T U | 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | BH 121 |
Messer, Angela Alberto, James |
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D | LEC | 14036 | 3 | T U | 1:05-2:20 p.m. | BH 121 |
Messer, Angela Alberto, James |
EDEL 414 Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 10785 | 3 | M | 1:00-3:30 p.m. | BH 121 | Perez, Della Ruth | |
B | LEC | 12366 | 3 | U | 8:30-11:00 a.m. | BH 343 | Perez, Della Ruth |
ENTRP 340
Section | Number | Type | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
F | 14247 | LEC | 3 |
T U |
11:30 a.m. -12:45p.m. | College of Business Building 3043 |
Jacob L. Duke |
Fundamentals of Global Food Systems Leadership
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
GENAG 225 A | LEC | 13717 | 3 | T U | 2:30-3:45 p.m. | LSP 127 | Siefers, Mary Kay Gragg, Sara |
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LEAD 225 A | LEC | 16884 | 3 | M W F | 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | LSP 112 | Siefers, Mary Kay | |
LEAD 225 B | REC | 15145 | 3 | T U | 2:30-3:45 p.m. | LSP 127 | Siefers, Mary Kay Gragg, Sara |
GEOG 340 Natural Resources
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 15914 | 3 | Distance | Moley, Laura |
GERON 315 Introduction to Gerontology
Section | Number | Type | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | 11112 | LEC | 3 | TU | 1:05 - 2:20 p.m. | CW 102 | Sigman, Kathryn Louise | |
B | 11111 | LEC | 3 | TU | 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. | CW 102 | Fox, Aimee Lynn | |
ZA | 14617 | LEC | 3 | Distance | Howard, Lindsay Ann | |||
Section meets from August 22nd through October 14th |
HIST 584 France and its Empire, 1815 - Present
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | LEC | 16321 | 3 | MWF | 11:30 - 12:20 | C 217 | Brandom, Eric |
KIN 310 Measurement and Research Techniques in Kinesiology
Section | Number | Type | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | 11272 | LAB | 4 | U | 11:30 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. | JU 146 | Pettay, Robert Francis | |
B | 12560 | LAB | 4 | F | 8:30 - 10:20 a.m. | JU 127 | Pettay, Robert Francis | |
C | 13267 | LAB | 4 | W | 3:30 - 5:20 p.m. | JU 127 |
Pettay, Robert Francis |
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D | 13268 | LAB | 4 | T | 11:30 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. | JU 146 | Pettay, Robert Francis | |
E | 13269 | LAB | 4 | M | 8:30 - 10:20 a.m. | JU 146 | Pettay, Robert Francis | |
ZA | 16452 | LEC | 4 | Distance | Pettay, Robert Francis | |||
01L | 13270 | LEC | MWF | 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. | JU 163 | Pettay, Robert Francis | None |
GWSS 105 Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
D | LEC | 11906 | 3 | MWF | 1:30 p.m. | Leasure 010 | Levitt, Rachel |
LATIN 101 Latin I
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | STD | 13830 | 5 | M T W U | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | EH 020 | McCloskey, Benjamin | |
This course serves as an introduction to the grammar, syntax, vocabulary and structure of the Latin language. This course teaches Latin not as a spoken language but as a language that is read and written. Not only will this class teach the first half of the textbook but we will also take the time to contextualize the language in the culture and literature of Rome. |
LATIN 301 Intermediate Latin-Prose
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | STD | 13844 | 3 | M W F | 10:30-11:20 a.m. | BH 112 | McCloskey, Benjamin |
MANGT 420 Principles of Management
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
I | LEC | 14022 | 3 | T U | 1:05-2:20 p.m. | BB 1070 | Law-Delrosso, Olivia |
MKGT 400 Introduction to Marketing
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
F | LEC | 13257 | 3 | T U | 8:05-9:20 a.m. | BB 1078 | Brotton, J.J. | |
G | LEC | 13066 | 3 | T U | 9:30-10:45 a.m. | BB 1078 | Brotton, J.J. | |
H | LEC | 13258 | 3 | T U | 1:05-2:20 p.m. | BB 1070 | Brotton, J.J. | |
I | LEC | 13435 | 3 | T U | 2:30-3:45 p.m. | BB 1070 | Brotton, J.J |
PHILO 501 Perspectives on Science
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | REC | 14606 | 3 | M W F 1:30 - 2:20 | Distance | Glymour, Bruce |
THTRE 270 Introduction to Theatre
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | REC | 11891 | 3 | M W F | 10:30-11:20 a.m. | WS 106 | Skelton, Shannon Blake |
THTRE 573 History of Theatre 2
Section | Type | Number | Units | Days | Hours | Facility | Instructor | K-State 8 |
A | REC | 11896 | 3 | M W F | 1:30-2:20 p.m. | N 127 | Skelton, Shannon Blake | |
Enrollment Restrictions: Instructor Consent |