Honors Course Descriptions
Arts and Sciences
AFAM 2000H: Introduction to African American Studies. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in AFAM 2000. Cultural, social, and historical movements among Americans of African descent.
ANTH 2070H-2070L: Culture and Human Biology. 3 hours. Two hours lecture and two hours lab per week. . The biological bases of human social and cultural behavior from the perspective of biological anthropology. Includes instruction in laboratory methods. Evolutionary history, primate behavior, and human biological diversity will be applied to understanding the interrelationship of biology, culture, and society. Not offered on a regular basis.
ANTH 2120H: Introduction to Anthropology. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ANTH 1102.Variation in human culture and biology from the earliest beginnings to the present, including relationships between human biology, culture, and the environment, and an understanding of contemporary cultural differences. Offered fall and spring semesters.
ANTH 3410H: Contemporary Native America. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ANTH 3410. Prerequisite: (ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2120H). Cultural diversity of contemporary Native American tribes of the United States and Canada, including lifestyles, politics, literature, music, art, and socioeconomic conditions. Non-Traditional Format: When course is taken as part of a summer field school, all lectures and demonstrations will total the equivalent amount of time as the traditional three hours lecture per week during a semester. The emphasis is on direct experiential contact with Native America--landscape, ceremony, and culture. Not offered on a regular basis.
ARHI 2110H: Monuments of World Art. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2100. A chronological survey of major monuments of world art. Not offered on a regular basis.
ARHI 2111H: Introduction to Art History. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2100. Methodological strategies for the study of the history of art through concentration on the art of a particular era. Offered every year.
ARST 1050H: Drawing I. 3 hours. Six hours of lab per week. The techniques, materials, and principles of drawing.
ASTR 1110H: Introduction to Astronomy. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ASTR 1010. The development of astronomy from ancient times. Telescopes and astronomical observations. The solar system: planets and their satellites, asteroids, comets, etc. The origin and evolution of the solar system. Offered fall semester every year.
ASTR 1110L: Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory. 1 hour. Two hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in ASTR 1010L. Prerequisite or corequisite: ASTR 1110H. Astronomy laboratory to accompany Introduction to Astronomy (Honors). Offered fall semester every year.
ASTR 1120H: Introduction to Astronomy. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ASTR 1020.Our sun and other stars, their physical properties and evolution. Interstellar matter and star formation. The origin and evolution of our galaxy, other galaxies, quasars and the Universe. Offered spring semester every year.ASTR 1120L: Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory. 1 hour. Two hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in
ASTR 1020L: Prerequisite or corequisite: ASTR 1120H. Astronomy laboratory to accompany Introduction to Astronomy. Offered spring semester every year.
BIOL 1103H: Principles of Biology. 4 hours. Not open to students with credit in BTNY 1210-1210L or BIOL 1107-1107L. Central themes of Biology: science as a process, evolution, energy transfer, genetic continuity, complementarity of structure and function, regulation and homeostasis, interdependence in nature. Topics include: chemistry of life, cells, cellular energetics, heredity, molecular genetics, growth and development, evolutionary biology, principles of ecology. Not offered on a regular basis.
BIOL 1104H: Organismal Biology. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in BTNY 1220-1220L or BIOL 1108-1108L. A general biology course focused on organisms. Topics include: diversity and phylogeny, structure and function, interaction with the environment, global issues. Not offered on a regular basis.
BIOL 1107H: Principles of Biology I. 1 hour. Not open to students with credit in BIOL 1107-1107L. Corequisite: BIOL 1107-1107L. Seminars, readings, and discussions of topics related to general biology. Non-Traditional Format: This seminar course meets for 60-90 minutes weekly. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
BIOL 1108H: Principles of Biology II. 1 hour. Not open to students with credit in BIOL 1108-1108L. Corequisite: BIOL 1108-1108L. Seminars, readings, and discussion of topics related to general biology. Non-Traditional Format: This seminar course meets for 60-90 minutes weekly. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
BIOL 2107H-2107L: Principles of Biology I. 4 hours. Not open to students who have credit in BIOL 1107-1107L, BIOL 1103 or BIOL 1107H. Prerequisites: (CHEM 1211 and lab) or (CHEM 1311H and lab) or (CHEM 1411 and lab). Biological chemistry, metabolism, cell and membrane structure and function, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, cell cycle, meiosis, classical and molecular genetics, DNA technology, evolutionary theory, natural selection, population genetics, and speciation.
BIOL 2108H-2108L: Principles of Biology II. 4 hours. Not open to students who have credit in BIOL 1108-1108L or BIOL 1104. Prerequisites: BIOL 1107-1107L. Organismal biology. Bacteria, archeae, protista, plantae, fungi and animalia evolution, diversity, growth, reproduction, physiology, and ecology.
BIOL 2990H: Seminar in Modern Biology.1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. Prerequisite: (BIOL 1103 and lab) or (BIOL 1104 and lab) or (BIOL 1107 and lab) or (BIOL 1108 and lab). Discussion of topics in modern biology with faculty members from the biological sciences. Topics will vary from year to year and several topics will be considered each semester. Non-Traditional Format: This seminar course meets 60-90 minutes weekly. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
BIOL 3900H: Readings in Biology. 1-3 hours. Not open to students with credit in BIOL 3900. Individual study or readings under the direction of a faculty member. Non-Traditional Format: The hours for this reading course are arranged by the student and the professor. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
CBIO(PARA) 3100H: People, Parasites, and Plagues. 3 hours. Prerequisites: (BIOL 1103 and lab) or (BIOL 1107 and lab) or (BIOL 2107H and lab). Non-Traditional Format: Honors students will be required to meet for a one-hour discussion group each week in addition to meeting for the three hours of normal weekly lecture. A multi-disciplinary approach to examining the impact of infectious diseases on human populations. Current persistent, epidemic and emerging diseases and how they are identified, studied and combated will be discussed. Topics will also include the sociological, psychological, historical, legal, environmental, and economic implications of disease.
CHEM 1311H: Advanced Freshman Chemistry I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1211 or CHEM 1411. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 1113. The chemical principles involved in stoichiometry, structure, bonding, and reactivity. Offered fall semester every year.
CHEM 1311L: Advanced Freshman Chemistry Laboratory I. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1211L or CHEM 1411L. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 1113. Corequisite: CHEM 1311H. Students will perform experiments to illustrate the reactions, principles, and techniques presented in Advanced Freshman Chemistry I. Offered fall semester every year.
CHEM 1312H: Advanced Freshman Chemistry II. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1212 or CHEM 1412. Prerequisite: (CHEM 1211 or CHEM 1311H or CHEM 1411). Second semester of a rigorous in-depth study of the chemical principles involved in stoichiometry, structure, bonding, and reactivity. Offered spring semester every year.
CHEM 1312L: Advanced Freshman Chemistry Laboratory II. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1212L or CHEM 1412L. Prerequisite: CHEM 1211L or CHEM 1311L or CHEM 1411L. Corequisite: CHEM 1312H. Students will perform experiments to illustrate the reactions, principles, and techniques presented in Advanced Freshman Chemistry II. Offered spring semester every year.
CHEM 1411: Advanced Modern Chemistry I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1211 or CHEM 1311H. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 1113. See the course description for CHEM 1311H.
CHEM 1411L: Advanced Modern Chemistry Laboratory I. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1211L or CHEM 1311L. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 1113. Corequisite: CHEM 1411. See the course description for CHEM 1311L.
CHEM 1412: Advanced Modern Chemistry II. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1212 or CHEM 1312H. Prerequisite: CHEM 1211 or CHEM 1311H or CHEM 1411. See the course description for CHEM 1312H.
CHEM 1412L: Advanced Modern Chemistry Laboratory II. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 1212L or CHEM 1312L. Prerequisite: CHEM 1211L or CHEM 1311L or CHEM 1411L. See the course description for CHEM 1312L.
CHEM 2311H: Advanced Organic Chemistry I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2100 or CHEM 2211or CHEM 2411. Prerequisite: CHEM 1212 or CHEM 1312H or CHEM 1412. Corequisite: CHEM 2311L. First semester of a two-semester sequence of organic chemistry for honors students covering advanced aspects of nomenclature, structures, and reactions of organic compounds. Offered fall semester every year.
CHEM 2311L: Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory I. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2100L or CHEM 2211L or CHEM 2411L. Prerequisite: CHEM 1212L or CHEM 1312L or CHEM 1412L. Corequisite: CHEM 2311H. This is the first semester of a two-semester laboratory sequence of organic chemistry for honors students to accompany Advanced Organic Chemistry I (Honors). Offered fall semester every year.
CHEM 2312H: Advanced Organic Chemistry II. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2100 or CHEM 2212 or CHEM 2412. Prerequisite: CHEM 2211 or CHEM 2311H or CHEM 2411. Corequisite: CHEM 2312L. This is the second semester of a two-semester sequence of organic chemistry for honors students covering advanced aspects of nomenclature, structures, and reactions of organic compounds. Offered spring semester every year.
CHEM 2312L: Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory II. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2100L or CHEM 2212L or CHEM 2412L. Prerequisite: CHEM 2211L or CHEM 2311L or CHEM 2411L. Corequisite: CHEM 2312H. This is the second semester of a two-semester laboratory sequence of organic chemistry for honors students to accompany Advanced Organic Chemistry II (Honors). Offered spring semester every year.
CHEM 2411: Advanced Organic Chemistry I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2100 or CHEM 2211 or CHEM 2311H. Prerequisite: CHEM 1212 or CHEM 1312H or CHEM 1412. Corequisite: CHEM 2411L. First semester of a two-semester sequence of organic chemistry for chemistry majors covering advanced aspects of nomenclature, structures, and reactions of organic compounds. Offered fall semester every year.
CHEM 2411L: Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory I. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2100L or CHEM 2211L or CHEM 2311L. Prerequisite: CHEM 1212L or CHEM 1312L or CHEM 1412L. Corequisite: CHEM 2411. This is the first semester of a two-semester laboratory sequence of organic chemistry for chemistry majors to accompany Advanced Organic Chemistry I. Offered fall semester every year.
CHEM 2412: Advanced Organic Chemistry II. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2100 or CHEM 2212 or CHEM 2312H. Prerequisite: CHEM 2211 or CHEM 2311H or CHEM 2411. Corequisite: CHEM 2412L. This is the second semester of a two-semester sequence of organic chemistry for chemistry majors covering advanced aspects of nomenclature, structures, and reactions of organic compounds. Offered spring semester every year.
CHEM 2412L: Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory II. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in CHEM 2100L or CHEM 2212L or CHEM 2312L. Prerequisite: CHEM 2211L or CHEM 2311L or CHEM 2411L. Corequisite: CHEM 2412. This is the second semester of a two-semester laboratory sequence of organic chemistry for chemistry majors to accompany Advanced Organic Chemistry II. Offered spring semester every year.
CLAS 1000H: Greek Culture. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CLAS 1000. The characteristics of Greek literature and culture, taught principally through translations of selections from Greek authors. Course may be taken through UGA Studies Abroad program in Classics in Rome. Offered fall and spring summer semesters every year.
CLAS 1010H: Roman Culture. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CLAS 1010. The characteristics of Roman literature and culture, taught principally through translations of selections from Roman authors. Course may be taken through UGA Studies Abroad program in Classics in Rome. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
CLAS 1020H: Classical Mythology. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CLAS 1020. The myths and sagas of the Greeks and Romans, taught in particular through ancient literature. Course may be taken through UGA Studies Abroad program in Classics in Rome. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
CMLT 2250H: Western World Literature I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2210.Western World Literature from Homer to the twentieth century.
CMLT 2260H: Western World Literature II. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2220. Western World Literature from Homer to the twentieth century.
CMLT 2270H: World Literature I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2111. World literature from antiquity to the seventeenth century. Not offered on a regular basis.
CMLT 2280H: World Literature II . 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2212. World literature from the seventeenth century to present. Not offered on a regular basis.
CMLT 2410H: Asian-American Literature. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CMLT 2400. Works of literature by Asian-American writers, including works written in English and translation of works originally written in Asian languages. Not offered on a regular basis.
DRAM 2100H: Appreciation of Theatre. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in DRAM 2000. All aspects of the theatrical experience on stage and screen, emphasizing the role of the audience as well as that of the artist. May not be used for credit towards the drama major. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
DRAM 2121H: Introduction to Cinema. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in DRAM 2120. Film aesthetics and film as an art form, including critical viewing of selected films in laboratory, and papers on topics in film and audience values.
DRAM 2131H: American Ethnic Cinema. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in DRAM 2130. Cultural history of the most important ethnic film makers in the American cinema from the 1920's to the present, with emphasis on stories and styles of the films, as well as on the underlying economic and social contexts.
DRAM 3291H: Script Analysis. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in DRAM 3290. A method of analyzing scripts intended for performance.
ENGL 1050H: Composition and Literature. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 1102, 1102M, or 1060H. Prerequisite: ENGL 1101. Close analysis of literary works as the basis of effective critical writing. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ENGL 1060H: Composition and Multicultural Literature. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 1102, 1102M or 1050H. Prerequisite: ENGL 1101. Close analysis of multicultural literary works as the basis of effective critical writing. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ENGL 2350H: English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 2310. Prerequisite: (ENGL 1102, 1102M, 1050H or 1060H).Writers typically include the Beowulf poet, Gawain poet, Chaucer, Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Donne, Johnson, Shakespeare, and Milton. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ENGL 2360H: English Literature from 1700 to the Present. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 2320. Prerequisite: (ENGL 1102, 1102M, 1050H or 1060H). Writers typically include Pope, Swift, Johnson, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Tennyson, Arnold, Browning, one or two nineteenth-century novelists, Yeats, Woolf, and Joyce. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ENGL 2370H: American Literature from the Beginnings to 1865. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 2330. Prerequisite: ENGL 1102, 1102M, 1050H, or 1060H. Writers in America from the seventeenth-century colonists through the Revolution to the Civil War, including Anne Bradstreet, Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Emily Dickinson. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
ENGL 2380H: American Literature from 1865 to the Present. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 2340. Prerequisite: ENGL 1102, 1102M, 1050H, or 1060H. Significant work by American writers between the end of the Civil War and the present including Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Elizabeth Bishop, Saul Bellow, and Adrienne Rich.
ENGL 2390H: Multicultural Literature in America. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ENGL 2400. Prerequisite: ENGL 1102, 1102M, 1050H, or 1060H. Important writers and movements in the mosaic of American culture and literature with special attention to African American, Native American, Hispanic American, and Asian American literatures.
ENGL 3800: (Honors) Introduction to Creative Writing. 3 hours. Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1030. Elements of writing poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction through selected readings and discussion of student writing. Offered every year.
FREN 2120H: Accelerated Intermediate French. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in FREN 2001 or FREN 2002. Pre-requisite: FREN 1002 or 1110. Course covers materials studied in Intermediate French. Emphasis on advanced readings and grammar review. Also prepares students to enter French Conversation and Composition, Introduction to French Literature, and Introduction to French Linguistics. Not open to native speakers. Offered fall semester every year.
FREN 3010H: French Conversation and Composition. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in FREN 3010. Prerequisite: FREN 2002 or 2120H. Practice in composition and conversation skills in French, beyond French Conversation and Composition. Emphasis is divided equally between composition and conversation. Not open to native speakers. Given in French. Offered every year.
FREN 3030H: Introduction to French Literature. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in FREN 3030. Prerequisite: FREN 3010 or 3010H. Selected French and Francophone texts in their social and linguistic context. Given in French. Offered every year.
GENE (BIOL) 3000H: Honors Seminar in Evolutionary Biology. 1hour. Corequisite: GENE (BIOL) 3000. Through discussion, case studies, and supplementary reading, the course objectives include: providing a deeper understanding of the principles of evolutionary biology, including population genetics and macroevolution; a demonstration of the application of evolution to other fields through the use of case studies; an understanding of the mathematical underpinnings of evolution through practice; an understanding of the five basic evolutionary forces; and, an appreciation of the processes that led to the generation of earth’s biodiversity.
GENE(BIOL) 3200H: Genetics. 1 hour. Prerequisite or corequisite: GENE/BIOL 3200. Prerequisite: (BIOL 1104-L, 1108-L, or 2108-L ) and BCMB(BIOL)(CHEM) 3100. Genetic mechanisms in viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotic cells in a comparative sense. Topics include molecular genetics and gene action, transfer systems and mapping, cytological, quantitative, and population genetics. Seminar focusing on the scientific literature relevant to genetics, and discussions of topics in genetics. Offered fall and spring semesters.
GEOG 2010H: Introduction to Human Geography. 3 hours. Two lectures and one 1-hour discussion group. Not open to students with credit in GEOG 1101. Global patterns of resources, population, culture, and economic systems. Factors contributing to these patterns and distinctions between the technologically advanced and less advanced regions of the world.
GEOG 2110H: Introduction to Physical Geography. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in GEOG 1111, 1112, or1113. Prerequisite or corequisite: GEOG 2110L. Spatial patterns and underlying processes of the physical environment and biosphere, including climate, vegetation, soils, landforms, and water resources. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
GEOG 2110L: Introduction to Physical Geography Laboratory. 1 hour. 2 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in GEOG 1111L or GEOG 1112L or GEOG 1113L. Prerequisite or corequisite: GEOG 2110H. Optional laboratory for Introduction to Physical Geography (Honors). Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
GEOG 2130H-2130D: Cultural Geography of the United States. 3 hours. Two lectures and a 1-hour discussion group. Not open to students with credit in GEOG 1103. Geographic factors underlying multiculturalism and ethnic relationships in the United States. Spatial development and organization of culture; population growth, migration, and urbanization; and the spatial dimensions of political, economic, and social processes.
GEOG 2250H-2250D: Resources, Society, and the Environment. 3 hours. Two lectures and one 1-hour discussion group. Not open to students with credit in GEOG 1125. Interactions between physical systems and human activities and their effects on environmental quality and sustainability. Geography of population and resource consumption, food production, water and air quality, energy policy, land/biotic resource management. Course may be taken through UGA Studies Abroad program in Verona. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
GEOL 1121H: Earth Processes and Environments. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in GEOL 1121 or GEOL 1250-1250L or GEOL 2350H. Earth processes and utilization of geological materials (plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanism, hydrology, erosion). Earth hazards, pollution, and energy resources in the context of environmental geology. Offered fall semester every year.
GEOL 1122H: Earth's History of Global Change. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in GEOL 1122, 2360H or 1260-L. Geologic record of global change, including geologic time, global geochemical cycles, sea-level and climate change, biodiversity, evolution, ecological changes and extinction. Offered spring semester every year.
GEOL 2350H: Physical Geology. 4 hours. Three lectures and 2 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in GEOL 1121, 1121H, or 1250-L. Characteristics and origins of minerals and rocks. Plate tectonics and structure of the Earth's interior. Geologic processes that affect the Earth's surface: volcanism, earthquakes, coastal erosion, and global climate changes. Natural Earth resources and human interaction. Course may be taken through UGA Studies Abroad program in GASFP. Non-Traditional Format: During Summer semester this course will be taught in the field as part of the Geology, Anthropology Summer Field Program. Extensive field observations and projects will be included in addition to organized lecture and laboratory work. Offered summer semester every year.
GEOL 2360H: Historical Geology. 4 hours. Three lectures and 2 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in GEOL 1260-1260L. Prerequisite: GEOL 2350H. Measurement of geologic time. Physical and biological history of Earth as recorded in rocks and fossils. Development of the major features of the Earth, with particular emphasis on North America. Course may be taken through UGA Studies Abroad program in GASFP. Non-Traditional Format: Course taught during summer session in the field. Traditional methods are combined with field exercises and problems, interpretive exercises, and extensive field discussions. Offered summer semester every year.
GRMN 1140H: Elementary German. 4 hours. Not open to students with credit in GRMN 1001 or GRMN 1002. A combination of Elementary German I and Elementary German II. Offered every year.
GRMN 2140H: Intermediate German. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in GRMN 2001 or GRMN 2002. Prerequisite: GRMN 1002 or 1140H. Intensive readings in modern German literature and culture, composition, and conversation. Additional language laboratory work may be required. Offered every year.
GRMN 3600H: Heroic Literature. 3 hours. The oldest northern European medieval literary movements studied as historical remnants from the Age of Migrations to the Viking period, with influences from mythology and folklore. Taught in English. Not offered on a regular basis.
GRMN 4610H: Elective Affinities: Literature and Philosophy in Dialogue. 3 hours. Since time immemorial, literary writers and philosophers have engaged in an intense dialogue and intellectual exchange. How have the discourses of literature, poetry, and philosophy mutually influenced and complemented each other? Figures considered may include Plato, Kleist, Hoelderlin, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kafka, Hesse, Arendt, Adorno, Celan and Gadamer. Taught in English.
HIST 2050H: Multicultural America. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 2051 or HIST 2052. United States history from a multicultural and multiethnic perspective. Examines the roles Native Americans, European Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans have played in the making of America. The course begins in seventeenth-century Virginia and continues to the present. Offered every year.
HIST 2111H: United States Survey to 1865. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 2111. United States survey at the honors level will deal more thematically than the regular survey with a variety of issues in American history from its founding through the Civil War. Emphasis on primary sources and research and writing, often with a seminar format. Offered every year.
HIST 2112H: History of the United States 1865 to Present. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 2112. The major political, economic, social, and cultural changes in the United States from reconstruction to the present. Offered every year.
HIST 2311H: Western Society to 1500. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 2301. The social, political and economic developments in the West to 1500 A.D. Offered every year.
HIST 2312H: Western Society Since 1500. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 2302. Integrating social, cultural, and political history, this course includes such topics as religion, changing social structures and gender identities, industrialization, revolution and the rise of nationalism, Europe and the world, modern wars and mass political movements. Non-Traditional Format: Taught as a seminar with extensive readings in primary and secondary sources. Offered every year.
HIST 2701H: World Civilizations I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 2701. The human community from ancient times to A.D. 1500 focusing on the interrelations of societies and cultures and comparing the experiences of peoples and civilizations with one another. Not offered on a regular basis.
HIST 2702H: World Civilizations II . 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 2702. The human community from A.D. 1500 to the present, focusing on the interrelations of societies and cultures and comparing the experiences of peoples and civilizations with one another. Not offered on a regular basis.
HIST 3080H: America and the World. 3 hours. Selected aspects of United States relations with the world in the twentieth century. Offered every year.
HIST 3570H: Religion, Nationalism, and Revolution in the Middle East, 1900 to the Present. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 3560. Evolution of religious, nationalist, and cultural identities in the region of the Modern Middle East and their contribution to political revolutions throughout the twentieth century. Offered every year.
HIST 3670H: Introduction to Chinese Civilization. 3 hours. Major sources, ideas, and institutions of Chinese tradition. Offered every year.
HIST 3680H: Communist China. 3 hours. The rise of Communism in China, the collapse of the "old order," Marxism and Maoism, the Chinese Civil War, the establishment of the PRC, the Great Leap Forward, the Great Proletarian Revolution, the Deng Xiaoping era, among other topics. Offered every year.
HIST 3720H: Seminar in Comparative History. 3 hours. An undergraduate research seminar focusing on topics from a comparative perspective. Offered every odd-numbered year.
HIST 4066H: History of American Medicine, 1865 to the Present. 3 hours. Not open to students who have credit in HIST 4066/6066. Major transformation in American medicine from the late nineteenth century to the present. Topics may include public reactions to epidemic diseases, medical experimentation on human subjects, alternative medical approaches, the economics of health care, technology in medicine, and the experiences of health care providers.
HIST 4110H: Multicultural Georgia. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HIST 4110/6110. This course is designed to introduce students to the racial, ethnic, cultural, and regional diversity of Georgia. We will use both chronological and thematic approaches to explore Native Americans, Spanish explorers, the multi-ethnic origins of Savannah (Moravian, Salzburger, Jewish); black-white relations from slavery through civil rights; Appalachian culture; the urban Jewish experience, recent Latino immigration, etc. Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year.
HIST 4385H: Nuclear Culture: Images, Attitudes, and Controversies. 3 hours. An exploration of the cultural understanding of applied nuclear science in the years since 1895. Using film, fiction, popular science, and the press, the course ranges beyond North America to Europe and Asia as well.
HONS 1000H: Introduction to Honors. 1 hour. Introduction to the Honors Program and the University for new first-year students. Includes overviews of University and Honors requirements, computer resources, library resources, student services, advising and registration procedures. Non-Traditional Format: Will meet two hours per week for 7 weeks plus additional excursions. Offered fall semester every year.
HONS(FRES) 1990H: Honors Colloquia Seminar. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. 1 hour lecture and 1 hour lab per week. Attendance at University-sponsored lectures, symposia, colloquia, distinguished speaker series, and follow-up seminar meetings. Students will present written reports on lectures and discuss in seminars. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
HONS(CMLT) 2010H: Honors Humanities. 6 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. Concepts integrating literature and the fine arts through lectures, seminars, individual research or projects, and writing. Non-Traditional Format: Discussion sections will include writing and critiquing papers, and student presentations. May be offered daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program.
HONS(CMLT) 2020H: Honors Humanities. 6 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. Concepts integrating literature and the fine arts through lectures, seminars, individual research or projects, and writing. Non-Traditional Format: Discussion periods include writing and critiquing papers, and students presentations.
HONS(ANTH) 2040H: Honors Social Sciences. 6 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. Prerequisite: ENGL 1101. Concepts integrating history, government, and the social and behavioral sciences through lectures, seminars, individual research or projects, and writing. Non-Traditional Format: Discussion periods include writing and critiquing papers, and student presentations.
HONS(ANTH) 2050H: Honors Social Science. 6 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. Prerequisite: ENGL 1101. Concepts integrating history, government, and the social and behavioral sciences through lectures, seminars, individual research or projects, and writing. Non-Traditional Format: Discussion periods include writing and critiquing papers, and student presentations. May be offered daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program.
HONS(BIOL)(CHEM)(GEOL)(PHYS) 2070H: Honors Science. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in PHYS 1010 or CHEM 1110. Prerequisite: ENGL 1101 or MATH 1101. Concepts of physics, chemistry, geology, and biology in an integrated fashion. The evolution of the universe from the primordial state to the present time, and considers human interaction with the environment. Non-Traditional Format: Occasional weekend field trips required. Offered fall semester every year. This course counts as a physical science for Area D and Franklin College.
HONS(BIOL)(CHEM)(GEOL)(PHYS) 2080H: Honors Science. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in BTNY 1220-1220L or GEOL 1121. Prerequisite: HON 2070H. Concepts of physics, chemistry, geology, and biology in an integrated fashion. The evolution of the universe from the primordial state to the present time, and considers human interaction with the environment. Non-Traditional Format: Weekend field trips required. Offered spring semester every year. This course counts as a biological science for Area D and Franklin College.
HONS(CMLT) 3010H: Honors Research Methods. Variable 1-3 hours. Research methods in the Arts and Humanities to enhance participation in undergraduate research courses and Honors thesis/project preparation. Non-Traditional Format: Weekly seminars focus on individual student research designs. May be held during May session as daily seminars. Offered once a year. (Please refer to the Undergraduate Research and Honors Thesis Course Numbers section of the handbook for additional information.)
HONS(PSYC) 3040H: Honors Research Methods. Variable 1-3 hours. 1 hour per week. Research methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (including journalism, business, and education) to enhance participation in undergraduate research courses and Honors thesis/project preparation. Non-Traditional Format: Weekly seminars focus on individual student research designs. May be held as daily seminars during May session. Offered once a year. (Please refer to the Undergraduate Research and Honors Thesis Course Numbers section of the handbook for additional information.)
HONS(GEOL) 3070H: Honors Research Methods. Variable 1-3 hours. 1 hour per week. Research methods in the physical or biological sciences to enhance participation in independent research and Honors thesis/project preparation. Non-Traditional Format: Weekly seminars focus on individual student research designs. May be held as daily seminars during the May session. Offered every year. (Please refer to the Undergraduate Research and Honors Thesis Course Numbers section of the handbook for additional information.)
HONS 4000H: Honors Peer Advising. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. Honors students who have trained as peer advisors will supervise the first-year student seminars, lead discussions and campus field trips, and work with the faculty advisor in the design and implementation of the first-year student seminars. Non-Traditional Format: Students will be on call for first-year students in their seminar. They will do significant training and planning prior to the semester in which they register. The classes will meet for two hours per week for the first half of the semester. Offered fall semester every year.
HONS(CMLT) 4010H: Special Problems Seminar in Humanities. 3 hours. 3 hours lab per week. Selected problems in the Humanities which have special or current relevance to members of the University community. Topics will vary to meet interest and demand. Non-Traditional Format: Discussions include student presentations of material researched for the course. May be held daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program. Not offered on a regular basis.
HONS(CMLT) 4020H: Special Problems Seminar in Humanities. 3 hours. 3 hours lab per week. Selected problems in the Humanities which have special or current relevance to members of the University community. Topics will vary to meet interest and demand. Non-Traditional Format: Discussions include student presentations of material researched for the course. May be held daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program. Not offered on a regular basis.
HONS(ANTH) 4040H: Special Problems Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3 hours. 3 hours lab per week. Selected problems in the social and behavioral sciences which have special or current relevance to members of the University community. Topics will vary to meet interest and demand. Non-Traditional Format: Discussions include student presentations of material researched for the course. May be held daily during the May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program. Not offered on a regular basis.
HONS(ANTH) 4050H: Special Problems Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3 hours. 3 hours lab per week. Selected problems in the social and behavioral sciences which have special or current relevance to members of the University community. Topics will vary to meet interest and demand. Non-Traditional Format: Discussions include student presentations of material researched for the course. May be held daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program. Not offered on a regular basis.
HONS(GEOL) 4070H: Special Problems Seminar in the Natural Sciences. 3 hours. 3 hours lab per week. Selected problems in the natural sciences which have special or current relevance to members of the University community. Topics will vary to meet interest and demand. Non-Traditional Format: Discussions include student presentations of material researched for the course. May be held daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program. Not offered on a regular basis.
HONS(GEOL) 4080H: Special Problems Seminar in Natural Sciences. 3 hours. 3 hours lab per week. Selected problems in the natural sciences which have special or current relevance to members of the University community. Topics will vary to meet interest and demand. Non-Traditional Format: Discussions include student presentations of material researched for the course. May be held daily during May session, or as part of a Study Abroad program. Not offered on a regular basis.
HONS 4800H: Honors Internship or Cooperative Experience. 3-15 hours. Students are permitted to enter an organization to obtain practical and applied experience. A paper describing and analyzing this experience is required. Non-Traditional Format: This course is designed for undergraduate internships and does not meet formally. Course can be repeated for credit–maximum credit allowed 15 hours. (Course approval pending)
HONS 4960H: Honors Undergraduate Research. 1-4 hours. Individual research and/or readings with a faculty member. Will be taught by Honors faculty. This is an opportunity for students to pursue individual research or readings under the direction of a faculty member. May be offered off campus. Meeting schedule determined by faculty member and student. Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. Offered fall, spring, summer semesters every year.
HONS 4970H: Honors Undergraduate Research. 1-4 hours. Individual research and/or readings with a faculty member. Will be taught by Honors faculty. This is an opportunity for students to pursue individual research or readings under the direction of a faculty member. May be offered off campus. Meeting schedule determined by faculty member and student. Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. Offered fall, spring, summer semesters every year.
HONS 4980H: Honors Undergraduate Research. 1-4 hours. Individual research and/or readings with a faculty member. Will be taught by Honors faculty. This is an opportunity for students to pursue individual research or readings under the direction of a faculty member. May be offered off campus. Meeting schedule determined by faculty member and student. Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. Offered fall, spring, summer semesters every year.
HONS 4990H: Honors Thesis. 1-4 hours. Honors thesis or final project under the direction of a faculty member. The course will be taught by Honors faculty. May be offered off campus. Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
LING 2100H: The Study of Language. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in LING 2100. The scientific study of language, emphasizing such topics as the organization of grammar, language in space and time, and the relationship between the study of language and other disciplines. Offered fall semester every year.
MARS 1010H: The Marine Environment. 4 hours. Physical, chemical, and geological characteristics of the marine environment. The effects of human activity on marine environments and resources. Offered fall semester every year.
MARS 1020H: Biology of the Marine Environment. 4 hours. Fundamental biological principles in marine organisms and ecosystems; diversity of marine life; structure and function of marine biological communities; biological processes in marine environments; the role of the oceans in global cycles, the effects of human activity on life in the sea. Offered spring semester every year.
MATH 2300H: Differential Calculus. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MATH 2200. Prerequisite: MATH 1113. Corequisite: MATH 2200L. Honors differential calculus and its applications. Offered fall semester every year.
MATH 2310H: Integral Calculus. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MATH 2110 or MATH 2210 or MATH 2410H. Prerequisite: MATH 2200 or 2300H or 2400H. Corequisite: MATH 2210L. Honors integral calculus. Offered spring semester every year.
MATH 2400H: Differential Calculus with Theory. 4 hours. Not open to students with credit in MATH 2110, 2210, or 2310H. A more rigorous and extensive treatment of differential calculus. Topics include the real numbers, the least upper bound property, limits, continuity, differentiability, and applications. Students with a strong background and interest in mathematics are encouraged to take this course; prior experience with calculus is not required. Offered fall semester every year.
MATH 2410H: Integral Calculus with Theory. 4 hours. Not open to students with credit in MATH 2110, 2210 ,or 2310H. Prerequisite: MATH 2400H. A more rigorous and extensive treatment of integral calculus. Topics include the Fundamental Theorem of calculus, applications of integration, logarithms and exponentials, Taylor polynomials, sequences, series, and uniform convergence. Offered spring semester every year.
MATH 3500: Multivariable Calculus I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MATH 3000. Prerequisite: MATH 2210, 2310H or 2410H. Vector algebra and geometry; fundamental concepts of linear algebra; linear transformations; differential calculus of functions of several variables; eigenvalues and applications. The sequence of Multivariable Mathematics gives an integrated and more conceptual treatment of the material in Multivariable Calculus and Introduction to Linear Algebra. Gives an integrated and more conceptual treatment of material from MATH 2500 and 3000. There is a greater emphasis both on proofs and on physical applications. Students who have done well in MATH 2210 and are interested in the “why's” and not just the “how's” are encouraged to take MATH 3500 and MATH 3510. Offered fall semester every year.
MATH 3510: Multivariable Calculus II. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MATH 2500. Prerequisite: MATH 3500. Inverse function theorem and Jacobians; integration in several variables, the change of variables theorem; line integrals, surface integrals, and Stokes' Theorem; applications to physics. Offered spring semester every year.
MIBO 3510H: Introductory Microbiology Laboratory. 3 hours. 1 hour lecture and 4 hours lab per week. Prerequisite or corequisite: MIBO 3500 and [(BCMB)(BIOL)
(CHEM) 3100 or BCMB 4020/6020]. General laboratory techniques in experimental microbiology with an emphasis on the isolation, identification, and characterization of bacteria. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
MUSI 2200H: History and Analysis of Music. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MUSI 2020. Elements of music and the broad evolution of musical styles from both western and non-western traditions. After learning a basic vocabulary and surveying major periods in music history, students will explore individual musical topics and participate in class discussions on the creation, performance, and reception of music. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
PARA(CBIO) 3100H: People, Parasites, and Plagues. 3 hours. Prerequisites: [(BIOL 1103 and BIOL 1103L) or (BIOL 1107-1107L)]. Non-Traditional Format: Honors students will be required to meet for a 1 hour discussion group each week in addition to meeting for the three hours of normal weekly lecture. A multi-disciplinary approach to examining the impact of infectious diseases on human populations. Current persistent, epidemic and emerging diseases and how they are identified, studied and combated will be discussed. Topics will also include the sociological, psychological, historical, legal, environmental, and economic implications of disease.
PBIO 1210H: Principles of Plant Biology. 1 hour. 1.5 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in BIOL 1103-1103L, BIOL 1107H, or BIOL 1107-1107L. Corequisite: BTNY 1210-1210L. Basic principles of biology with an emphasis on plants, including science as a process, cell biology, biochemistry, plant structure and function, energy metabolism, genetics, evolution, ecology. Offered fall semester every year.
PBIO 1220H: Organismal Plant Biology. 1 hour. 1.5 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in BIOL 1104-1104L, BIOL 1108H, or BIOL 1108-1108L. Corequisite: BTNY 1220-1220L. Plant biology course focused on organisms. Topics include evolution and diversity of plants, algae, and fungi; environmental interactions; global environmental issues; ethnobotany. Offered spring semester every year.
PBIO 1221H: Organismal Plant Biology. 1 hour. Students will learn both the basic plant biology and the applied or economic aspects of plant sciences. Topics include the green revolution, plant genetic engineering, plant evolution and diversity, plants and the environment, and plants and human health.
PBIO 3900H: Readings in Botany. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. Not open to students with credit in BTNY 3900. Individual or small group directed readings from scientific journals in a selected area of Botany. Non-Traditional Format: Independent research. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
PHIL 1000H: Introduction to Philosophy. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in PHIL 1000. A critical exploration of such topics as knowledge and belief, God and the problem of evil, freedom and determinism, the right and the good, language and meaning, mind and body, appearance and reality, and man and the world. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
PHIL 1500H: Logic and Critical Thinking. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in PHIL 1500. The principles and standards for thinking and communicating clearly and effectively. Topics include theories of meaning, uses of language, common causes of confusion and error in thought and argument, and evaluation of arguments. Offered every year.
PHIL 2200H: Introduction to Ethics. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in PHIL 2200. The major philosophical positions concerning right and wrong, ethical values, and moral responsibility. The relevance of moral philosophy to current issues of personal and social ethics. Offered every year.
PHIL 2400H: Philosophy, Science, and Nature. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in PHIL 2400. Philosophical issues concerning science, including theories of knowledge underlying science, metaphysical and ethical implications of current scientific theories, and the historical evolution of some major scientific theories. Offered every year.
PHIL 2500H: Symbolic Logic. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in PHIL 2500. The methods and principles used to distinguish correct from incorrect deductive arguments, with emphasis on contemporary techniques of analysis. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
PHYS 1211-1211L: Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering Students-Mechanics, Waves, Thermodynamics. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. Does not require POH. Not open to students with credit in PHYS 1111-1111L. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 2200 and MATH 2200L. The first semester of a two-semester introductory course in physics for science majors. Students are assumed to have a basic grasp of differential calculus. Mechanics (forces, Newton's laws of motion), wave phenomena, and thermodynamics. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
PHYS 1212-1212L: Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering Students-Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. Does not require POH. Not open to students with credit in PHYS 1112-1112L. Prerequisite: PHYS 1111-1111L or PHYS 1211-1211L. Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH 2210 and MATH 2210L. The continuation of Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering Students-Mechanics, Waves, Thermodynamics. Electricity, electric fields, and electric circuits, magnetism and magnetic fields, geometric and wave optics, and elementary atomic and nuclear physics. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
PSYC 1030H: General Psychology. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in PSYC 1101. A survey of psychology, with emphasis on theoretical and methodological issues. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters.
PSYC 3900H: Honors Seminar in Psychology. 3 hours. Prerequisite: PSYC 1101. The topic of the course will vary but will tend to cover material of interest to honors students. A major goal will be to familiarize honors students with current research in specific topic areas determined by individual faculty members.
RELI 2001H: Introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Honors). 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in RELI 1001. Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. Judaism, Christianity, Islam and background religions, such as those of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Offered every year on a regular basis. Equivalent to REL 115 or REL 225
RELI 2002H: Introduction to the Religions of India, China, and Japan (Honors). 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in RELI 1002. Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. The religions of India, China, and Japan, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto. Offered every year on a regular basis. Equivalent to REL 116 or REL 225H
RELI 2003H: Introduction to Religious Thought (Honors). 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in RELI 1003. Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. Religion including various theological perspectives and the philosophy of religion. Offered every year on a regular basis. Equivalent to REL 225H or REL 115 or REL 116
RELI 2004H: Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures (Honors). 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in RELI 2004. Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. Elements of religion in selected cultures of North America, with emphasis on issues of cross-cultural understanding. Equivalent to REL 202 RELI 4071H: The Holocaust (Honors). 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in RELI 4071/6071.
Prerequisite: Permission of Honors. The background and legacy of the destruction of European Jewry from 1933 to 1945. Topics include: the historical context; Holocaust art, literature, and film; the reactions of rescuers and bystanders; and theological issues raised by the Holocaust.
SOCI 1101H: Introductory Sociology. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in SOCI 1101. Basic concepts, theoretical approaches, and methods of sociology, with an emphasis on culture, socialization, social organization, and major institutions. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
SPAN 2120H: Accelerated Intermediate Spanish. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in SPAN 2001 or SPAN 2002. Prerequisite: SPAN 1002 or SPAN 1110. Covers materials studied in Intermediate Spanish. Emphasis on advanced readings and grammar review. Also prepares students to enter Spanish Conversation and Composition, Introduction to Literature, and Introduction to Spanish Linguistics. Offered every year.
SPAN 3010H: Spanish Conversation and Composition. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in SPAN 3010. Prerequisite: SPAN 2002 or 2120H. Practice in composition and conversation skills in Spanish, beyond Spanish Conversation and Composition. Emphasis is divided equally between composition and conversation. Not open to native speakers. Given in Spanish. Offered every year.
SPAN 3030H: Introduction to Literature. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in SPAN 3030. Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or SPAN 3010H. Critical reading and interpretation of Spanish and Spanish-American literature through the study of representative texts in the various genres. Basic vocabulary and techniques of literary analysis and criticism. May be substituted by Spanish majors or minors for Introduction to Literature. Given in Spanish. Offered every year.
SPCM 2150H: Perspective on Public Communication. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in SPCM 1100. Practice in delivery and criticism of speeches, employing models from great speakers and speeches in history. Offered spring semester every year.
SPCM 2550H: Perspective on Interpersonal Communication. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in SPCM 1500. Through lectures and class discussion, students will critically examine theory and research in interpersonal communication. Emphasis is placed both on learning about the communication process and on becoming a more effective participant in it. Offered every year.
STAT 2100H: Introduction to Statistics and Computing. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Not open to students with credit in STAT 2000 or STAT 2210 or MSIT 3000. Sampling theory including sample survey design; descriptive statistics; statistical distributions and their uses; estimation; introductory statistical inference including z-test and t-test for one sample (hypothesis testing); analysis of differences in two means; simple linear regression and correlation; goodness of fit tests and contingency tables. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
STAT 4110H: Honors Applied Statistics. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in STAT 4110 or STAT 4210. Prerequisite: STAT 2100H. Analysis of variance including completely randomized design, randomized block design, factorial designs, and interaction; regression analysis including linear regression and multiple regression, model checking and analysis of residuals, and model building; nonparametric statistics; power of a test. Computer application by use of a statistical package with programming capabilities. Major project required.
WMST 1110H: Multicultural Perspectives on Women in the United States. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 1 hour lab per week. Not open to students with credit in WMST 1110. Experiences of women in selected racial and ethnic communities: Latinas/Chicanas, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and other women in contemporary United States. Offered spring semester every year.
WMST 2010H: Introduction to Women's Studies. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in WMST 2010. The study of women of diverse racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds. Topics include contemporary concerns within women's studies: labor markets, health, reproduction, socialization, language, media representations, law, and public policy. Offered fall semester every year.
WMST 4250H: Special Topics in Women's Studies. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. Prerequisite: (WMST 4010/6010 or permission of department). Ongoing and current topics of scholarly interest in women's studies.
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
ENGR 1930H: Introduction to Engineering. 1 hour. 2 hours of lab per week. Not open to students with credit in ENGR 1920. The engineering discipline will be introduced through speakers and case studies and reviewed and practiced through the use of a term project. Offered fall semester every year.
ENGR 2930H: Engineering Design Methodology. 2 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours of lab per week. Not open to students who have credit in ENGR 2920. Prerequisites: PHYS 1211-1211L and MATH 2500. Prerequisite or corequisite: ENGR 2120 and ENGR 2110. Design methodology will be taught and practiced through use of term projects. Students will learn QFD for problem definition, conceptual design techniques, and analysis procedures for detailed design.
PATH 2000H: Social Impact of Plant Diseases. 2 hours. From exploding watermelons to devastating famines, plant diseases have influenced human development. This course will explore the historical socio-economic impact of plant diseases and their more peculiar effects. Students will be informed of the threats plant pathogens pose to our agricultural resources and introduced to the evolution of the science of plant pathology. Offered fall semester every even year.
Terry College of Business
ACCT 2101H: Principles of Accounting I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ACCT 2101. Financial accounting and the accounting environment. Students learn to record business transactions, post accounts, and prepare financial statements. The latitude given managers in preparing financial statements, and the role played by the external auditor in attesting statement presentations. A research project is required. Offered every year.
ACCT 2102H: Principles of Accounting II. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ACCT 1130H or ACCT 2102. Prerequisite: ACCT 2101H or 2101. The analysis, interpretation, and reporting of managerial accounting information for management's use in operating a business. Concepts and methods, such as capital budgeting and break-even analysis, are related to other business disciplines. Offered every year.
ECON 2105H: Principles of Macroeconomics. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ECON 2105. Explanations of economic growth and the business cycle, aimed at shedding light on economy-wide problems such as inflation and unemployment, with special attention to the role played by monetary and fiscal policies. Offered every year.
ECON 2106H: Principles of Microeconomics. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ECON 2106. Laws governing the use of scarce resources by producers and consumers in market economies, with emphasis on the role played by prices. The consequences of government involvement in the economy are studied, with examples taken from current policy issues. Offered every year.
ECON 2200H: Economic Development of the United States. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ECON 2200 or ECON 4700. Prerequisite: ECON 2106 and ECON 2105. The United States' growth and transformation into an industrialized nation, exploring the contributions of diverse cultural groups. The rise of the corporation, slavery, government regulation, banking, transportation, the economic role of women and minorities, the Great Depression, and rapid post-World War II growth. Offered every year.
ECON 4010H: Intermediate Microeconomics. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ECON 4010. Prerequisite: ECON 2105 and ECON 2106 and MATH 2200. Resource allocation in a market economy, with an emphasis on the workings of the price system under competitive and monopolistic conditions. The welfare costs of departures from perfect competition are examined, and students are introduced to game theory and the economics of information. Offered every year.
ECON 4020H: Intermediate Macroeconomics. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ECON 4020. Prerequisite: ECON 2105 and ECON 2106 and MATH 2200. Theories aimed at explaining observed levels of national income, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates, with critical evaluations of alternative domestic and international fiscal and monetary policies. Offered every year.
ECON 4030H: Money and Banking. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ECON 4030 or ECON 4100. Prerequisite: ECON 2106 and ECON 2105. Money and banks in the economy, with lectures on financial intermediation, how interest rates are determined, domestic banking regulations, international banking and exchange rates, and monetary theory and policy. Offered every year.
ECON 4850H: Special Topics for Economics. 3 hours. Prerequisite: ECON 2106 and ECON 2105. Intensive study relating to a central theme of special interest in the field of Economics at the Honors level. Course can be repeated for credit-maximum credit allowed 6 hours. Course will not be offered on a regular basis.
FINA 3000H: Financial Management. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in FINA 3000. Prerequisite: ACCT 2101 and (MIST 2090 or CSCI 1100-1100L). The basic concepts and analytical tools of finance in both corporate finance and investments. Topics include risk and return, financial institutions, efficient markets, valuation theory, capital budgeting, portfolio theory, cost of capital, and international finance. Discussion and analysis of specific applications of these topics. Offered every year.
LEGL 2800H: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in LEGL 2700. The legal and regulatory environment of business, emphasizing why legal duties are placed on the business community and how managers should appropriately respond to them. Covers legal institutions, constitutional law, common law, and public law. Offered every year.
LEGL 4100H: Current Issues in Legal Studies. 3 hours. Prerequisite: LEGL 2700. Legal issues of current importance to business managers designed to develop critical legal thinking skills. Offered every year.
MARK 3000H: Principles of Marketing. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MARK 3000. Prerequisite: ACCT 2101and (MIST 2090 or CSCI 1100-1100L). The ways organizations satisfy consumer and organizational needs and wants for products and services. Markets, buyer behavior, market research, segmentation, and positioning with product, place, price, and promotional strategies. Concepts, strategies, applications, and marketing methods used to generate revenues in domestic and global settings. Offered every year.
MGMT 3000H: Management of Organizations and Individuals. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MGMT 3000. Prerequisite: ACCT 2101 and (MIST 2090 or CSCI 1100-1100L). Management functions and processes as applied to organizations and to individuals in organizations. Topics to be covered include strategy, job and organization design, ethics and social responsibility, diversity, global influences, leadership, motivation, human resource management, and organizational change. Offered every year.
MGMT 4000H: Integrated Resource Management. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MGMT 4000. Traditional management, total quality management, just-in-time and constraints management philosophies applied to services and manufacturing. Resource management (the integration of these philosophies) focuses on designing, planning, scheduling, executing, controlling, and measuring operations and their relationships with other functions in providing effective business processes to achieve organizational goals. Offered every year.
MGMT 5400H: Strategic Management. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in MGMT 5400. Prerequisite: (MGMT 3000 and MARK 3000 and FINA 3000). The strategic management processes by which managers formulate and implement corporate and business strategies in order to achieve the economic and non-economic objectives of their organizations. The course will integrate the students' knowledge of the basic functional disciplines into a general strategic perspective for managing the organization as a whole. Offered every year.
MIST 2190H: Introduction to Information Systems in Business. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in CSCI 1100-1100L or MGMT 2090 or MGMT 2190H. Computer concepts and information technology in business, including hardware and software concepts, fundamentals of information systems, telecommunications, and business-related software packages. Offered every year.
MSIT 3000H: Statistical Analysis for Business I. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in STAT 4210 or MSIT 3000. Prerequisite: ACCT 2101 and (MIST 2090 or CSCI 1100-1100L). Application of statistics to business. Descriptive statistics, sampling procedures, random variables, sampling distributions of the means and proportions, estimation and inference, simple linear regression, an introduction to multiple regression, and categorical data models are emphasized. A current statistical software package for microcomputers is utilized to analyze business data. Offered every year.
REAL 4000H:Real Estate. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in REAL 4000. The fundamentals of real estate, including asset management, development, finance, law, and valuation. Special consideration is given to understanding the role of real estate within the economy and its importance to non-real estate firms. An interdisciplinary course designed for Honors students, as well as to provide a basis for more advanced courses.
RMIN 4000H: Risk Management and Insurance. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in RMIN 4000. Risk identification, risk evaluation, and risk treatment methods for Honors students. Consideration is given to both business and personal risks, with an emphasis on insurance as a risk management tool. Designed for non-majors as well as a basis for more advanced courses. Offered every year.
College of Education
EDIT 2020H: Teaching with Technology. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in EDIT 2000, EDIT 2010, EDIT 2020. Focuses on creating teaching and learning environments using technology. Design and creation of products for learning environments will take place through numerous activities with various technologies. Discussion groups, seminars, readings, covering the most recent innovations and trends in Instructional Technology will be an integral part of this class. Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
EPSY 2020H. Learning and Development in Education. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in EPSY 2020. Learning and developmental processes and their application to educational settings. Special emphasis is placed on cognitive theory as it relates to school learning and experimental methods for conducting studies of the learner. Offered every year.
EPSY 3010H. Child and Adolescent Development for Education. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in EPSY 3010. Prerequisite: EPSY 2020. Child and adolescent development is examined in-depth from an educational perspective. Cognitive, emotional, moral, and social aspects of development are emphasized. Offered every year.
College of Environment and Design
ECOL 1000H: Ecological Basis of Environmental Issues. 4 hours. Not open to students with credit in GEOG 1125-1125-D, ECOL 1000-1000L, ECOL 3070. Honors-level introduction to ecological concepts of population growth, loss of diversity, resource limitation, pollution and global climate change; taught at various locales in the U.S. Offered summer semester every year as part of an Interdisciplinary Field Program.
ECOL 3900H: Directed Reading. 2-3 hours. Course can be repeated for credit maximum credit allowed 10 hours. Prerequisite: Third-year or fourth-year standing and POD. Detailed study of a restricted area of ecology through reading and discussion of original papers and reviews under the direction of a faculty supervisor. Offered fall, spring, and summer semester every year.
ECOL 4400H: Evolution of the Biosphere. 4 hours. Prerequisite: ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L and CHEM 2211 and MATH 2210. Critical evaluation of fundamental concepts and emerging ideas pertaining to the origin and maintenance of life; biological diversity and the role of biological diversity in biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem function. Non-Traditional Format: Students must attend two hours of lecture each week as well as a two-hour discussion period. There are four regularly scheduled contact hours between the faculty member and students each week. Offered spring semester every year.
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
FDNS 2100H: Introduction to the Science of Nutrition. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in FDNS 2100. Nutrition for Honors students, including basic information about food and the nutrients it contains. Health topics with a nutrition component and the basic functions of macro- and micro-nutrients will be covered. Offered spring semester every year.
HACE 2100H: Contemporary Family Economy. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in HACE 2100.The family as a producing and consuming unit, including the special role of housing. Emphasis on analyzing family decision making and reassessments of measurements of family well-being.
Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources
FORS 4920H: Honors Seminar in Natural Resources Ecology. 3 hours. Prerequisite: [ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L or FORS 3020-3020L] and permission of school. Basic and applied ecological research, including scientific methodology, similarities and differences between basic and applied research, and specific topics (e.g., the relationship between environmental variation and biodiversity, population regulation in disturbed and undisturbed systems). Theoretical approaches to nature reserve design, randomness and pattern in natural systems. Offered fall semester every year.
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
ADPR 3100H: Principles of Advertising. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ADPR 3100. Theoretical, historical, and practical overview of advertising primarily in the United States. Stress is placed on conceptual understanding of theory and philosophy, and applications through specific tools and techniques. Upon completing this course, students will have a better general understanding of the development of the advertising industry, how it works today, and debates about its roles in society.
ADPR 3850H: Introduction to Public Relations. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in ADPR 3850. Overview of the theory, principles, techniques, and practices of public relations. Emphasis is divided between conceptual understanding of theory and philosophy, and applications of theory through specific tools and techniques. The focus throughout is on social responsibility of public communicators as numerous contexts of the practice are examined.
JOUR 3410H: Introduction to Writing for Print Media. 4 hours. Three lectures and 2 hours lab per week. Techniques and problems in news gathering and writing for the print media, with special emphasis on legal, ethical, and societal responsibilities. Offered fall semester every year.
TELE 3010H: Introduction to Telecommunications. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in TELE 3010.Global telecommunication systems, the evolution of broadcast technologies, and the production processes and audience research techniques of rapidly converging industries. The course also encompasses the regulatory, legal, and economic mechanisms influencing the marketplace. Class projects will emphasize strategies to affect social change via media channels. Offered fall semester every year.
TELE 3110H: Writing for Electronic Media. 3 hours. This course provides students with the basic writing skills necessary for scripting programming for radio, television, cable, motion pictures, and the worldwide web. Emphasis is placed on the process of writing, from idea creation to completing the polished script.
School of Public and International Affairs
INTL 1100H: Introduction to Global Issues. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in INTL 1100. Course is designed to familiarize students with a spectrum of issues associated with globalization, including environment, population and food, distributive justice, human rights, terrorism, security, social systems, and cultural change. The course will help students enhance their global literacy in a way that they will better understand and analyze the complexity of the process of globalization, and help them function more effectively in the contemporary world.
INTL 4207H: Advanced Political Simulations. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 4207. Prerequisite: POLS 1101 or 1105H. American domestic politics and the role of the United States in the world, focusing on specific policy areas. The course also contains an advanced simulation in which students are assigned to play various individuals in the government. The purpose of the simulation is to provide a “real world” feel for policymaking in Washington, D.C.
INTL 4330H: Post-Industrial Democracies. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 4370/6370 or POLS 4370H or INTL 4330. Prerequisite or corequisite: (INTL 3200 or 3300 or permission of department). The political economy, institutions, and cultures of the major capitalist countries in Europe, East Asia, and North America. State-society relations and formal and informal political institutions, such as political parties, interest groups, electoral systems, and democratic representation.
INTL 4340H: Post-Communist Political Systems. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 3350H or POLS 4380. Prerequisite: (INTL 3200 or 3300 or permission of department) Domestic and international politics in Russia and other selected post-communist states. Not offered on a regular basis.
INTL 4440H: Strategic Intelligence. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in INTL 4430. Prerequisite: (INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department). How the Central Intelligence Agency and other agencies gather and assess information, how this information is used by policymakers, the role of such agencies in clandestine operations, and the safeguards against the abuse of this secret power.
INTL 4780H: Special Topics in Comparative Politics. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 4490 or POLS 4490H. Prerequisite: (INTL 3200 or INTL 3300 or permission of department). Theoretical, analytical, and empirical approaches to comparative politics.
POLS 1105H: American Government. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 1101.Government and politics in the United States, including the philosophical and constitutional foundations, political institutions such as Congress and the presidency, political practices such as voting, and civil rights and liberties. Offered every year.
POLS 2000H: Introduction to Political Science. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 2000. Prerequisite: POLS 1101 or POLS 1105H. Introduce students to the study of politics. Focus will be on theoretical perspectives, substantive areas, and issues in designing political research.
POLS 3100H: Issues in Political Philosophy. 3 hours. Prerequisite: POLS 1101 or 1105H. Basic questions in political philosophy, e.g., purposes of government, forms of government, relationships of government and the individual, and the limits of political authority. Not offered on a regular basis.
POLS 4090H: Social Justice. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 4090. Prerequisite: POLS 1101, 1105H, or POLS 2000. Introduce students to the study of theories of social justice. Focus will be on introducing the major theoretical approaches to justice, examining issues relating to the justice of institutions, and designing research questions relating to the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject.
POLS 4150H: Research Methods in Political Science. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 4150. Prerequisite: POLS 1101, 1105H, POLS 2000 or 2000H. Issues in research design and data analysis in political science. Focus will be on role of theory, hypothesis testing, measurement, and statistical applications used to address political research questions. Recommended for majors, especially those planning to attend graduate school in political science.
POLS 4207H: Advanced Political Simulations. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in INTL 4207H. Prerequisite: POLS 1101 or 1105H. Captures the interplay between domestic and foreign policy in the creation of federal legislation. Consists of discussions of American domestic politics and the role of the United States in the world, along with, along with an advanced simulation in which students play various government actors.
POLS 4370H: Politics of Industrialized Democracies. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 4370/6370. Prerequisite: POLS 1101 or 1105H. The political economy, institutions, and cultures of the major capitalist countries in Europe, East Asia, and North America. State-society relations and formal and informal political institutions, such as political parties, interest groups, electoral systems, and democratic representation.
POLS 4700H: United States Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers/Federalism. 3 hours. Not open to students with credit in POLS 4700. Prerequisite: POLS 1101 or 1105H and POLS 2000 or 2000H. Part of a sequence of courses dealing with the theory and practice of American constitutional law. Focus on separation of powers within the national government, including the judicial, legislative, and executive branches a