TO REGISTER FOR FALL 2009 COURSES
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Registration for Fall 09 Honors classes begins in the Honors Office at 8am, Tuesday, February 17th, 2009. Students must reserve a seat an Honors course by picking up a Restricted Class Card. Registration for both Honors and non-Honors courses is completed with the student's regular advisor.
Fall RCCs are valid only until April 17th. Students who fail to register by April 17th will forfeit their seat in any Honors class. Waitlisted students will be contacted after the April 11th deadline.
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FALL 2009 COURSES
(All Honors courses are 3 credits) |
ANATOMY OF LOSS: DEATH & DYING, GRIEF & GRIEVING
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UHON 351I, Sec. 2
UHON 351M, Sec. 2
UHON 351U, Sec. 3 |
Molly Edwards-Britton
Theater |
2-3:15 pm, TR
Morris 112 |
Death is an event none of us can avoid—not our own deaths, the deaths of our beloveds, or the deaths of our co-workers, neighbors, and acquaintances. It is everywhere. This course not only explores the process of dying, but hot the investigation of dying informs the process of living and how we LIVE until the moment of our deaths. |
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| LEADERSHIP AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY |
UHON 351I, Sec. 4
UHON 351O, Sec. 3
UHON 351U, Sec. 5 |
John Haller
Emeritus, History |
6-8:30pm, R
Faner 4608 |
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BODY AWARENESS
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UHON 351L, Sec. 1
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Elizabeth Patula
BA, Certified Alexander Teacher |
12:00 - 12:50 MWF
Altgeld 116 |
An educational technique designed to enable anyone to discover and change habitual, harmful patterns of behavior. Benefits include a greater ease in movement, more freedom of action, improved coordination, and increased energy. |
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LIFE STORIES: 'PERFORMING' THE TIES THAT BIND
NEW!! |
UHON 351F, Sec. 1
UHON351M, Sec. 1
UHON 351U, Sec. 1 |
Elyse Pineau
Speech Communication |
11am-12:15pm TR
Comm 2012 |
| "What's your story?" Personal experience narratives, or "lifestories" are the ties that bind us to our families, our communities, and our own evolving sense of identity. This inter-active, workshop-based course explores the relationship between narrative and identity as it undolfs across interpersonal, familial and cultural contexts. By analyzing, composing and 'performing' their own and others' lifestories students will develop critical and communicative skills aplicable across a wide variety of contexts and majors. |
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CLOCKWORK NIGHTMARE:
Every day life in the Third Reich
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UHON 351M, Sec. 3
UHON 351O, Sec. 2 |
Thom Thibeault
Foreign Languages and Literatures |
03:00 - 5:30 pm W
Faner 1139 |
Rise and fall of German Nazism, Versailles to Nuremberg. Emphasis on personal experiences of actual witnesses and current Nazi-inspired movements. SS, Gestapo, concentration camps, and technology and media as tools of control (2-3) films. Readings include Elie Wiesel's Night and William Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. |
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MASKED AVENGERS, COSTUMED CRIMEFIGHERS AND SUPERHEROES
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UHON 351F, Sec. 2
UHON 351I, Sec. 3
UHON 351U, Sec. 4 |
Ed Brunner
English |
12:35-1:50pm TR
Morris 112 |
| A consideration of vigilante justice and superhero history as expressed in comic books in American from their inception in 1938 to the present, with examinations of related material in film, novels, and essays. |
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THE EARTH AROUND YOU
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| UHON 351S, Sec. 1 |
Scott Ishman
Geology |
10:00 - 10:50 am MWF
Parkinson 215 |
Focus on the impact of earth processes on our everyday lives. The course will cover earth system hazards including earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, and hurricanes. The honors course will provide the opportunity to present and discuss case studies and timely issues relevant to earth system science. The course will also include, through the use of web sites, discussion of recent research and development on methods of study and prediction. |
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FIRST FREEDOMS
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UHON 351I, Sec. 1
UHON 351O, Sec. 1
UHON 351U, Sec. 2 |
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Bill Frievogel
Journalism |
9:35-10:50am TR
Morris 112 |
The First Amendment protects five freedoms that define wihat it is to be an American. every citizen--and especially every honors student at SIUC should understand how the U.S. Supreme Court goes about defining the boundaries of those freedoms, and how they play out in the lives of Americans. |
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| SENIOR
HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY |
| UHON 399 |
By arrangement only. |
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| SENIOR
HONORS THESIS |
| UHON 499 |
By arrangement only. |
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University Honors Program
Faner Hall, Room 3341
Mailcode 4520
453-2824
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NOTE: Students may also receive honors credit for non-honors courses through the Honors contract. Find the form on the UHP website, or stop by the office (Faner 3341) and pick up a copy. Contracts need to be completed and approved by no later than the Monday of the second week of class. |
