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Spring 2020 Honors Classes

For courses listed below, seek enrollment permission from the University Honors Program unless otherwise noted.

 

Introductory Honors Program Courses 

GENAG020 University Honors Program

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AOTH113590Appointment Book Icon Washburn, ShannonNone
Only for College of Agriculture Honors Program students

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Mad Math & Strange Science in Fiction

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
DSEM178661F10:30-11:20 a.m.CW 122Book IconChronister, NeciaNone
As recent meme-wisdom has pointed out, science can tell you how to clone a t-rex; the humanities can tell you why that might be a bad idea. In this introductory literature course, we will examine the ways in which fiction has dramatized the sciences, math, their heroes, and their methods in satiric, sci-fi, and postmodern renderings to investigate larger questions of humanity, ethics, and our relationship to the natural world.

 

UHP189 Honors 1st-year Seminar - Engineering a More Diverse World

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
CSEM178651U9:30-10:20 a.m.BH 112Book IconSullivan, BaileyNone
This course will allow student to explore diversity issues in STEM and develop an understanding about how diversity effects engineering design.

 

Honors Program Courses 

 

ART 608 SS/In Art - Curry/Art&Digital Humanities -- COURSE CANCELLED for SPRING 2020

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
CIND179523W1:30-4:00 p.m.Beach MuseumBook IconSeaton, ElizabethNone 
We live in a digital age and much of what we write, research, and communicate relies on digital mediums. In this course, we’ll explore the possibilities of using digital mediums for art history scholarship on Kansas artist John Steuart Curry, who in the 1930s gained national acclaim for his paintings of the Midwest. Enrollees will work with a selection of the 900 drawings and paintings by the artist in the Beach Museum of Art collection. Students will construct website modules reflecting independent research on Curry's book illustrations of the 1940s. Knowledge of web design is NOT a requirement.

 

BIOL365 Practicum in Biology - Human Body - Cadaver

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
FPRC144162Appointment Book IconRhodes, Ashley
Nelson, Caroline
None

 

CHM250 Honors Chemistry 2

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC106085MWF10:30-11:20 a.m.BB 3122Book IconAverkiev, BorisNatural and Physical Science Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
01RREC10607 U9:30-10:45 a.m.KG 004Book IconAverkiev, BorisNone
01BLAB10609 T12:30-5:20 p.m.CBC 236Book IconAverkiev, BorisNone
02BLAB12603 W12:30-5:20 p.m.CBC 236Book IconAverkiev, BorisNone

 

COMM109 Honors Public Speaking

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC124343TU11:30 a.m. -12:45 p.m.N 128Book IconBrown, CraigNone

 

COMM260 Introduction to Trial Advocacy

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC166753MW7:00-8:15 p.m.N 301Book IconBipes, AmyAesthetic Interpretation Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning

Contact the office of Pre-law Advising, 215 Fairchild Hall for permission to enroll.

 

DED320 Honors Seminar - Rural, Suburban & Urban

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ASEM108201U2:00-2:50 p.m.BH 106Book IconClark, SpencerNone

 

ECON110 Principles of Macroeconomics

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
JLEC140413MWF10:30-11:20 a.m.WA 350Book IconAl-Hamdi, MohanedGlobal Issues and Perspectives Social Sciences 

 

EDCI310 Foundations of Education

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ELEC163053T4:30-6:55 p.m.BH 121Book IconDuncan, JanineHuman Diversity within the U.S. Historical Perspectives

Obtain permission to enroll in 013 Bluemont Hall.  This course is open to Honors students in all majors.

 

ENGL210 Honors English - Close Encounters of the Literary Kind

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC111493TU2:30-3:45 p.m.ECS 231Book IconTung, ShirleyNone

The literary critic Edward Said defines education in the Humanities as “a sustained encounter with the actualities of reading and interpretation.” This course asks students to question what it means to be a reader encountering a text. What kind of expectations do we carry? How do texts reinforce or subvert these expectations? And, paraphrasing the Renaissance poet, Ben Jonson, how do we “read [texts] well: that is, to understand”? In this course, we will focus on literary classics continually referenced by popular culture, like the countless adaptations of Frankenstein in film, TV, and theater. How are our encounters with texts shaped, for better or worse, by the cultural consciousness? What is it about these texts that make them popular and relevant? How do allusions to other works operate meaningfully within the texts we encounter? In addition, we will consider how encounters are portrayed (in the more traditional sense) in books like Gulliver’s Travels and The Tempest and films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Arrival (2016). These works not only chronicle travel to foreign lands and/or contact with the “other,” but also attempt to destabilize the familiar, blurring the boundaries between the natural and supernatural, alien and terrestrial, ancient and modern, moral and immoral, and society and self, thus calling into question what it means to be human. Course requirements: active class participation, weekly online discussion board posts, writing workshop assignments, and three papers.

 

ENGL399 Honors Seminar in English - Dickens: "The Wire"

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC154773TU9:30-10:45 a.m.EH 228Book IconHoyt, DanielAesthetic Interpretation

Although the novels of Charles Dickens get first billing, this class is mainly a study of American art: the terrific television show "The Wire" and other texts that are considered "Dickensian." We will discuss crime and social class, race and the idea of serialization (What does it do to an audience when you have to wait for a new installment of art instead of binging on Netflix?) Possible "texts" include Great ExpectationsOliver TwistThe Goldfinch, every episode of The Wire, maybe even some Sopranos. Students will take a midterm and final, write a 10-plus-page creative essay, take a reading quiz every day, participate in all discussions, and complete a variety of other creative and critical assignments.

 

LEAD251 Honors Leadership I - **Course cancelled; please see contract options for LEAD 212 below.**

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC142783TU11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.LSP 123Book IconRichard, Debra Ann
Tolar, Mary Hale
Human Diversity within the U.S. Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
Permission for LEAD 251 can be obtained in 215 Fairchild or by e-mailing ksuhonors@ksu.edu.

 

Honors Program Specialty Courses

 

CIS300 Data and Program Structures

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
01LLEC15092 MW10:30-11:20 a.m.DUE1116Book IconThornton, JulieNone
SLAB106683F10:30-12:20 p.m.DUE1117Book IconThornton, JulieEmpirical and Quantitative Reasoning 

All seats in Section S are reserved for CS Scholars Group.

 

ENGL698 Capstone Seminar - "A Thing of Beauty is a joy forever" Romantic Poetry

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AREC131333MWF12:30-1:20 p.m.ECS 231Book IconCrosby, MarkAesthetic Interpretation

Obtain permission from the English Department, ECS 108, beginning Monday, 21st October 2020. This course is intended only for undergraduate English majors who have completed 24 hours in the major. For many of us, the word “romantic” may evoke feelings of affection, love, or sentimentality. Yet, “Romantic” with a capital R has a much broader range of meanings, covering seismic convulsions in western culture during the period 1780-1832. This was a time of violent and inclusive changes, an age of revolutions and transformations that proved the wellspring for some of the greatest poets in the English language. This capstone seminar will dive deeply into the works of these male and female poets, from radical Blake to metaphysical Coleridge, Lord George Byron, a.k.a. “Mad, bad, and dangerous to know,” to the sentiment of Felicia Heymans. This was an age when poets proclaimed themselves as the “unacknowledged legislators of the world,” and poetry as “evanescent visitations of thought and feeling.” While the British Romantic period is relatively short compared to other literary periods of study, it is immensely complex and highly diverse. Alas, a single semester is insufficient to explore some of the complexities of the period, but there is an expected minimum amount of reading that offers a taste of key Romantic poetry. I will also encourage you to follow your instincts and interests throughout our Romantic odyssey. English 698 fulfills three credits of the post-1800 overlay req. for English majors. K-State 8 Tag: Aesthetic Interpretation.

 

ENGL698 Capstone Seminar - Film Adaptations of Children’s Classics

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
BREC144853TU11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.EH228Book IconPhillips, AnneAesthetic Interpretation

Obtain permission from the English Department, ECS 108. This course is intended only for undergraduate English majors who have completed 24 hours in the major. Students will study children’s literature that has been adapted to film (with some brief attention to television, multimedia, and game adaptations, as well). We will read the source texts; in addition, we may view multiple film versions of works. We will read excerpts of Linda Hutcheon's A Theory of Adaptation, and scholarship on individual films as well. The focus of the course will be on adaptation rather than film per se. Possible works we will study include de Beaumont's "Beauty and the Beast" with Cocteau's La Belle et la Bete (1946) and scenes from Disney's animated and live-action versions; short films based on Lobel's Frog and Toad and Minarik’s Little Bear; Dick King-Smith’s Babe the Sheep-Pig and the 1995 film Babe; and Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) along with the 2011 Scorsese film. Students will be responsible for screening films on their own time. Assignments may include quizzes, midterm and final exercises, a creative project, and a research paper as well as professional development components. This course fulfills three credits of the post-1800 overlay req. for English majors. K-State 8 Tag: Aesthetic Interpretation.

 

GENAG396 Research Topic and Proposal Development

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
AIND113621M3:30-4:20 p.m.WAX104BBook IconWashburn, ShannonNone 

 

MC200 News Reporting and Writing Across Platforms

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
BIND119043TU9:30-11:20 a.m.K220Book IconBressers, BonnieNone 

 MC 200, Section B: Obtain permission in K 105. Laptop Computer required.

 

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 the Pre-Contract Instructions to sign onto the contract.

 

ANTH608 Asian Religions

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ASEM167243TU2:30-3:45 p.m.WA 350Book IconFalcone, Jessica Global Issues and Perspectives Social Sciences

 

ANTH710 Writing Cultures: Ethnographic Methods 

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ASEM154893TU1:05-2:20 p.m.WA201ABook IconFalcone, JessicaHuman Diversity within the U.S. Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility

 

FINAN450 Principles of Finance

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC112793TU9:30-10:45 a.m.BB 3083Book IconHendrix, ScottEmpirical and Quantitative Reasoning 
BLEC151093TU2:30-3:45 p.m.BB 1088Book IconHendrix, ScottEmpirical and Quantitative Reasoning 
02QQZ15113 W5:30-7:20 p.m.BB 1088Book IconHendrix, ScottNone

 

GENAG225/LEAD 225 Fundamentals of Global Food Systems

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC15031/154933TU2:30-3:45 p.m.LSP 123Book IconSiefers, Mary KayGlobal Issues and Perspectives 

 

LATIN102 Latin II 

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ASTD116955MTWU9:30-10:20 p.m.EH 020Book IconMcCloskey, BenjaminAesthetic Interpretation Global Issues and Perspectives

 

LEAD212 Introduction to Leadership Concepts

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ALEC109883MWF 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.LSP 123Book IconMoswane, Mafule MorlanHuman Diversity within the U.S. 
BLEC109873TU9:30 - 10:45 a.m.LSP 114Book IconFinnegan, MikeHuman Diversity within the U.S.
ZALEC179253  DistanceBook IconPatterson, Ryan MichaelHuman Diversity within the U.S.
  • Global Campus tuition and fees apply to Section ZA. See http://global.k-state.edu/courses for individual course costs.
  • Section ZA meets from March 23 through May 15, 2020.

 

MANGT420 Principles of Management

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
CLEC117063MWF10:30-11:20 p.m.BB 1070Book IconLaw-Delrosso, OliviaSocial Sciences
DLEC151263MWF11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.BB 1070Book IconLaw-Delrosso, OliviaSocial Sciences
ELEC117053MWF12:30-1:20 p.m.BB 1070Book IconLaw-Delrosso, OliviaSocial Sciences

 

MKGT400 Introduction to Marketing

SectionTypeNumberUnitsDaysHoursFacilityBooksInstructorK-State 8
ELEC119693MW9:30-10:45 a.m.BB 1092 Jennifer BrottonSocial Sciences
FLEC147473TU8:05-9:20 a.m.BB 1070Book IconBrotton, JenniferSocial Sciences
GLEC147483TU9:30-10:45 a.m.BB 1070Book IconBrotton, JenniferSocial Sciences
HLEC147493TU1:05-2:20 p.m.BB 1070Book IconBrotton, JenniferSocial Sciences
ILEC147503TU2:30-3:45 p.m.BB 1070Book IconBrotton, JenniferSocial Sciences

 

Honors Study Abroad 

We have specific Honors study abroad opportunities planned for Italy and Brazil for Summer 2020.

Orvieto, Italy

We will take an Honors cohort to Orvieto in Summer 2020 (May 19 - June 20).  UHP students will take either Culture and Context in Leadership with Prof. Andy Wefald or Cross-Cultural Psychology with Prof. Gary Brase, in addition to one other course selected from a menu of options.  Read more at KSU in Italy.

Pantanal Wetlands of Brazil

Students will be able to enroll in BIOL 495: Topics in Biology with Dr. Martha Smith Caldas and/or ENGL 465 / ENGL 799: Creative Non-Fiction Writing with Dr. Elizabeth Dodd and travel to Brazil from May 19 to June 1.  Each course taken will be eligible for Honors course credit.  Read more at Summer 2020 Intersession in Brazil.  Sign-up deadline is February 15, 2020.