HON 122: Math-Science II: The Scientific Revolution 4 Prerequisite: HON 121. The origins of the Scientific Revolution. The transition from ancient to early modern astronomy and physics. Readings from Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, and others.
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Study of grammatical structure and translation of selections from Greek authors. This course fulfills 3 semester credit hours of the University’s foreign language requirement. O pen to non-honors students.
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Prerequisite: HON 131. Continuation of the work of HON 131, further developing translation skills. This course fulfills 3 semester credit hours of the University's foreign language requirement. Open to non-honors students.
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Study of grammatical structure and translation of selections from Latin authors. Consideration of the nature and philosophy of language. This course fulfills 3 semester credit hours of the University's foreign language requirement. Open to non-honors students.
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Prerequisite: HON 141. Continuation of the work of HON 141, further developing translation skills. This course fulfills 3 semester credit hours of the University's foreign language requirement. Open to non-honors students.
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Study of the principles of good writing and practice in writing organized, coherent, thesis papers.
Prerequisite: HON 143. Study of the principles of good writing and practice in writing organized, coherent, thesis papers.
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Prerequisite: HON 102 or consent of instructor. Introduction to history from the Renaissance through the French Revolution, followed by seminars on the greatest boos of the time. Readings from Chaucer, Machiavelli, Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Open to non-honors students.
Prerequisite: HON 201 or consent of instructor. Introduction to history during the nineteenth and twentieth century, followed by seminars on the greatest books of the time. Readings from M. Shelley, Thoreau, Melville, Marx, F. Douglass, Joyce, and T.S. Eliot. Open to non-honors students.
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The literary uses of language in narrative and dramatic genres, including medieval English epics, Shakespearean tragedy and comedy, and modern African-American fiction. Attention is given to literary analysis and to effective composition.
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The literary uses of language in lyric poetry from the English-speaking world. At the mention is also given to a advanced composition.
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Prerequisite: HON 144. Intermediate study of the principles of good writing, with practice in writing.
Prerequisite: HON 144 or equivalent. Intermediate study of the principles of good writing, with particular attention to a and practice in writing a research paper.
The Mechanical Universe 4 Prerequisite: HON 122. The triumph of Newtonian mechanics and its significance. C oncepts of mass, motion, force, and gravity are explored.
Evolutionary theory and its relation to genetics. The background to and development of Darwin’s theory of evolution. The search for the carrier of the genetic code and the discovery of DNA. Readings from such authors as A ristotle, Pal ey, Lam arck, Darwin, Mendel, Watson, and Crick. O pen to n on-honors students.
Prerequisite: EN G 101. An i nterdisciplinary study of the foundations of cultures, beginning with creation accounts from Africa, South America, Mesopotamia, India, Egypt, Greece, and China, and extending through the Classical period.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and IGS 200 or consent of director. An interdisciplinary study of the forces that shaped the development of cultures from the rise of Christianity and Islam to the Scientific Revolution.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and IGS 201 or consent of director. An interdisciplinary study of revolutionary ideas in political theory, philosophy, science, and the arts that have shaped the modern world.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and IGS 200 or consent of director. A multi cultural study of the major forces that shaped various African cultures in their social, artistic, historical, political, philosophical, and religious expressions.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and IGS 200 or consent of director. A multi cultural study of the major forces that shaped various Asian cultures in their social, artistic, historical, political, philosophical, and religious expressions.