Course Offerings - Summer/Fall 2008

Information contained on this page is subject to change . Please be sure to double check this information before registration by referring to the online schedule of courses located here. For frequently asked questions regarding registration, please read Registration Q&A.

Summer Honors Offerings
Honors Learning Communities
Honors Integrated Course
General Honors Courses
Honors Seminars

PRIORITY REGISTRATION begins April 10, 2008. Registrar will confirm date and starting time by e-mail.  Advising starts Feb. 25, 2008. Sign-up sheets will be available in the front desk of the Etscorn Honors Center.  Please stop by to make an appointment for academic advising on or after Feb. 22, 2008. 

In your advising appointment you will speak with an advisor about getting into Honors courses.  Honors staff will be responsible for granting Honors students permission to add these restricted courses. Once registration starts, students have 48 hours to use their permission. If the student does not add the honors course during this time, s/he will be removed from the list, and the next eligible student will be offered the space. STUDENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF AVAILABLE SPACES VIA THEIR U OF L E-MAIL ADDRESSES. CHECK YOUR U OF L ACCOUNT OFTEN.

Changes will be made to information contained in these pages as they are made available to us. As always, please be sure you double check this information against the online schedule of courses, which will be available to students in early-to-mid-March. The online schedule of courses should be deferred to for course information if discrepancies exist.

Students who are not already members of the University Honors Program, and wish to apply, may not apply from April 7, 2008-April 11, 2008. We will begin seeing new applicants again on April 14, 2008. New applicants need to hear more about the program and its benefits, as well as be advised for the upcoming semester.

Summer Honors Offerings

EAC 201-xx
Lecture: TR, 8:00-9:15
Profs. Tyler & Ralston

Section	Course Number	Meeting Times	Room	Instructors
-11	TBD	MWF, 8:00-9:15	KL 101	Tyler & Ralston
-12	TBD	MWF, 9:30-10:45	KL 101	Tyler & Ralston

Summer Honors Seminar -- tentatively scheduled

Teaching about Climate Change **
HON 341-20 (xxxxx)
M-F, 12:00-4:00
Prof. David Wicks
**this course will run during Term II, June 2-June 27, 2008.

The Lincoln Foundation Math and Science Program is bringing 125 9th to 12th grade students from Jefferson County Public Schools to U of L campus from June 2 to 27. http://www.lincolnfdn.org/programs/math.asp   Honors students participating in the course will work with minority students to improve their knowledge of science and math while learning about Global Warming. 

Since 1910 The Lincoln Foundation http://www.lincolnfdn.org  has provided educational opportunities for Kentucky African Americans.   For the past ten years, the University of Louisville has provided a home for the Lincoln Foundation summer math and science institute.  The institute is focused on enhancing the math and science skills of Jefferson County’s High School Students.   This year, the U of L honors program is playing an integral role in the institute.    This honors course will be run in conjunction with the institute. U of L students wile learning about Climate Change, will acting as teacher aides, student mentors and leading service learning projects.  

The class will explore:

• Global warming and the impact of climate change on Kentucky with guest speakers, readings and class discussion  
• Environmental justice in Louisville
• The history of the Lincoln Foundation
• Mentoring strategies and designing service projects
• Meet with Lincoln Foundation teachers to plan and review lessons and projects

The service projects will be focused on reducing energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, transportation or increasing carbon sequestration on campus or in the nearby community.

Honors Learning Communities

Participants in the learning communities will take ALL of the below classes in each cluster together, and so develop shared interests and additional learning opportunities. Students MUST sign up for ALL parts of the community in order to participate. Course descriptions are found in the section headed "General Honors Courses."

As of Feb. 22, 2008: Preference for Honors learning communities is given to first-time freshmen at the University of Louisville.

For the first time, Honors Program communities will be offered as HON 150-xx. The student wishing to participate in one of the available learning communities will be required to register for the appropriate section of HON 150-xx. By registering, the student will be adding all required components to his or her schedule with one course number. Be sure you have all course times available in your schedule, otherwise an error will be returned to you for time conflicts. Also important to note: If you drop ANY component of the learning community, ULink will remove you for ALL components of the community.

** Important note: CHEM 208 enrollment is an exception to the above rule. Students in HON EAC (max 18) must sign up for PHYS 298-02. Students in HON EAC (max 20, 5 per section) must sign up for a section of CHEM.

Chemistry/English Community	Course Number	Meeting Times	Room	Instructor
CHEM 201-01	HON 150-01	TR, 11:00-12:15	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 201-01A		W, 9:00-9:50	DA 205	John Richardson
CHEM 207-01		M, 2:00-2:50	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 207-01A		W, 1:00-3:50	CB 110	John Richardson
CHEM 208-01		M, 2:00-2:50	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 208-01A		W, 1:00-3:50	CB 110	John Richardson
ENGL 105-02		MWF, 10:00-10:50	HR 204	TBA

* Runs first half of semester
** Runs second half of semester

Chemistry/Communication Community	Course Number	Meeting Times	Room	Instructor
CHEM 201-01	HON 150-02	TR, 11:00-12:15	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 201-01B		W, 10:00-10:50	DA 205	John Richardson
CHEM 207-01		M, 2:00-2:50	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 207-01B		W, 1:00-3:50	CB 112	John Richardson
CHEM 208-01		M, 2:00-2:50	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 208-01B		W, 1:00-3:50	CB 112	John Richardson
COMM 111-25		TR, 2:30-3:45	SK 306	Charles Willard

* Runs first half of semester
** Runs second half of semester

Chemistry Community	Course Number	Meeting Times	Room	Instructor
CHEM 201-01	HON 150- 03	TR, 11:00-12:15	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 201-01C		W,12:00-12:50	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 207-01		M, 2:00-2:50	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 207-01C		W, 1:00-3:50	CB 114	John Richardson
CHEM 208-01		M, 2:00-2:50	CB B16	John Richardson
CHEM 208-01C		W, 1:00-3:50	CB 114	John Richardson

* Runs first half of semester
** Runs second half of semester

Mathematics/Economics Community	Course Number	Meeting Times	Room	Instructor
ECON 201-03	HON 150-04	MW, 2:30-3:45	BS 216	Jay Vahaly
MATH 107-03		MWF, 11:00-11:50	HUM 210	Ewa Kubicka

Honors Integrated Courses

This course will satisfy more than one general education requirement, providing a free elective in a degree program. It is expected that Honors students will take advantage of these electives to provide opportunities in their schedules at a later date for Honors seminars.

Topics in Social Sciences and Oral Communications (OCSB)
HON 214-xx
for times, see below
Christine Steineck

Section	Course Number	Meeting Times	Room	Instructors
-01	3542	MW, 4:00-5:15	TH132	Steineck
-02	11700	TR, 1:00-2:15	TH132	Steineck

This course provides a basic introduction to communication (social science), along with teaching specific public speaking skills (thus, filling the oral competency requirement).This course satisfies General Education learning outcomes for Social Sciences and Oral Communication.

Topics in Humanities and Written Communication (HWC)
HON 217-01 (3540)
TR, 9:30-10:45
Karen Hadley

This course satisfies General Education learning outcomes for Humanities and Written Communication.

Topics in Mathematics and Written Communication (MWC)
HON 219-01 (13343)
MW, 1:00-2:15
Richard Davitt

Students will learn to use structured problem solving strategies to solve authentic real world problems, with emphasis on writing clear, comprehensible solutions; students will research and write about topics related to diverse problem solving strategies. This course stafisies General Education learning outcomes for Mathematics and Written Communication.

General Honors Courses

Honors Principles of Accounting
ACCT 205-01 (4074)
TR 9:30-12:15
Prof. Christy Burge

Prerequisites: MATH 111 or 205 (or concurrently). Open only to students accepted in the Honors Program. Replaces Accounting 201/202 sequence in the business core. Students explore financial statement analysis and managerial accounting techniques and use these tools to solve business problems.

General Chemistry I (S)
CHEM 201-01 (3)
Lecture: TR 11:00-12:15

The course will explore the relationship of the observable world with chemical or physical processes and with scientific aspects at the atomic and molecular level. Topics in the lecture will include problem solving, elements and compounds, chemical reactions, gas laws, energy, atomic structure, chemical bonding and molecular shape. The recitation section will provide more in-depth discussion of selected topics. See recitation information below:

Course	Course Number	Meeting Times	Room	Instructor
CHEM 201-01A	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 9:00-9:50	DA 205	Dr. John Richardson
CHEM 201-01B	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 10:00-10:50	DA 205	Dr. John Richardson
CHEM 201-01C	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 12:00-12:50	CB B16	Dr. John Richardson
CHEM 201-01D	3312	W, 4:00-4:50	CB B16	Dr. John Richardson

General Chemistry I Lab (SL) (1)
CHEM 207-01, M 2:00-2:50 (2998)
CHEM 208-01, M 2:00-2:50 (3074)

Introduction to laboratory techniques and the synthesis and study of the inorganic compound Cr(acac)3 and several of its derivatives. Topics will include both macroscale and microscale synthesis, measurement of physical properties, recrystallization, melting points, infrared spectroscopy, and analytical methods. See section information below:

Course	Course Number	Meeting Times	Room	Instructor
CHEM 207-01A	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 1:00-3:50	CB 110	Dr. John Richardson
CHEM 207-01B	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 1:00-3:50	CB 112	Dr. John Richardson
CHEM 207-01C	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 1:00-3:50	CB 114	Dr. John Richardson
CHEM 208-01A	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 1:00-3:50	CB 110	Dr. John Richardson
CHEM 208-01B	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 1:00-3:50	CB 112	Dr. John Richardson
CHEM 208-01C	LEARNING COMMUNITY	W, 1:00-3:50	CB 114	Dr. John Richardson

* Runs first half of semester
** Runs second half of semester

Organic Chemistry Lab I
CHEM 343-xx
Dr. Christine Rich

Introduction to both macroscale and microscale techniques in organic chemistry. Topics will include measurement of physical properties and identification of unknowns; separation and purification techniques; chromatographic methods and applications, including GC or HPLC instrumentation; projects in organic synthesis; spectroscopic methods, including IR and NMR applications; stereochemistry and polarimetry. Prerequisite: Completion of CHEM 202 and 209 with a grade point average of 3.0 or better; co-enrollment in or completion of CHEM 341. Students not meeting these requirements may obtain permission of the instructor for enrollment. For more information, contact Dr. Christine Rich, Chemistry, 852-7814. For section information, please see below:

Section	Course Number	Meeting Times
-01	1208	T, 1:00-4:50
-05	2468	T, 1:00-4:50
-11	3156	F, 12:00-3:50
-12	1220	F, 12:00-3:50

Computer Information Systems
CIS 300-07 (3988)
TR, 1:00-2:15
Prof. C. Burge

Prerequisite: CIS 100. The study of computer information systems as they support business processes. Topics include the role of data, data manipulation, database management, information management and decision making, systems analysis and design, historical vs. current methodology in data communications, hardware and software in telecommunications, an overview of automated information systems, and policies and procedures needed to protect an information system. Advanced use of spreadsheet and database software.

Commercial Law
CLAW 301-02 (3714)
MW, 1:00-2:15
Prof. W. McDowell

An introduction to the American legal and judicial system, with particular emphasis on the relationship of the law to business activities. A study of the developments of the law and the operation of the judicial system. Emphasis will be placed on the impact that government regulations and certain areas of the Uniform Commercial Code have on business.

Speech Communication (OC)
COMM 111-xx

The honors section of Communications 111 will focus on developing skills in both thinking about communication and in actual performance. Students will plan and deliver speeches, analyze example speeches (text and video), and critique the presentations of others in the course. Available sections include:

Section	Course Number	Meeting Times	Instructor
-21	10852	TR, 1:00-2:15	Joy Hart
-25**	LEARNING COMMUNITY	TR, 2:30-3:45	Charles Willard
** NOTE: COMM 111-25 requires enrollment in all components of above learning community, Chemistry/Communication.

Interpersonal Skills (OC)
COMM 115-03 (2774)
TR 11:00-12:15
TBD

Training in basic processes and skills of face-to-face interaction. Emphasis on developing language, nonverbal, and conflict management skills.

Engineering Analysis Core I (M)
*** FOR SPEED SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY.
See your Speed Advisor for more information on registering for this course.
EAC 101-xx
Profs. Tyler & Ralston

Introduction to vector methods and development and use of differentiation and integration to solve engineering problems, including those involving motion, related rates, optimization, moments and centers of mass. Available sections include:

Section	Course Number	Meeting Times	Instructor
-11	tbd	MWF, 8:00-8:50	Tyler and Ralston
-12	tbd	MWF, 9:00-9:50
-13	tbd	MWF, 10:00-10:50

Principles of Microeconomics (SB)
ECON 201-xx

This is a survey course in microeconomic theory and policy. The basic goal of the course is to establish an understanding of the organization and operation of the modern mixed market economy from the viewpoint of both business firms and consumers. Stress will be placed on supply and demand analysis, cost and production theory, and price determination under different conditions of market organization. In addition to a theoretical analysis of microeconomic problems, applications of theory to practical, private and policy problems will be emphasized. Throughout the course an appreciation of the ethical and moral judgments that are relevant to microeconomic decision-making will be developed and alternative positions will be illustrated. The role of international markets and competition will be discussed both through examples and theory. Available sections include:

Section	Course Number	Meeting Times	Instructor
-02	3736	MW, 1:00-2:15	Nan Ting Chow
-03**	LEARNING COMMUNITY	MW, 2:30-3:45	Jay Vahaly
** NOTE: ECON 201-03 requires enrollment in all components of above learning community, Mathematics/Economics.

Advanced Composition for Freshmen (WC)
ENGL 105-XX

Students share reading and writing with one another; develop critical-thinking processes with special emphasis on the conventions of primary and secondary research; develop writing processes; and practice producing finished papers that reflect academic conventions, including longer texts of 1500-2000 words that require documentation. Course content includes formal and informal writing, readings, and collaborative work in writers’ groups. ENGL 105 will be offered at the following times:

Section	Course Number	Meeting Times	Instructor
-01	1404	MWF, 8:00-8:50	TBD
-02 **	LEARNING COMMUNITY	MWF, 11:00-11:50	TBD
** NOTE: ENGL 105-02 requires enrollment in all components of above learning community, Chemistry/English.
-03	1408	MWF, 12:00-12:50	TBD
-04	1410	MWF, 1:00-1:50	TBD
-05	1412	TR, 9:30-10:45	Alan Golding
-06	2476	TR, 11:00-12:15	TBD
-07	2796	TR, 1:00-2:15	TBD
-08	3166	TR, 2:30-3:45	TBD

Business Writing -- WR
ENGL 306-06 (1430)
TR, 9:30-10:45
TBD

Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or 105. Note: Approved for the Arts and Sciences upper-level requirement in written communication (WR). Designed for advanced Business students and Arts and Sciences students anticipating careers in law, business, or government. Concentrates on writing in a variety of forms of business discourse. Emphasizes practicing writing processes, developing an appropriate style, learning professional problem-solving, integrating oral and written communication, and using new communication technologies.

Corporate Finance
FIN 301-02 (3980)
MW, 11:00-12:15
Prof. C. Mitteness

A study of techniques that enable firms to efficiently manage their financial resources and maximize the value of their owners' investment. Investment techniques and analysis applied to the individual as well as to the firm. Computer and calculator problem solving. Topics include: financial analysis and planning, working capital management, interest rate calculations, valuation of stocks and bonds, capital budgeting and long-term financing, and international finance.

Honors History of Civilizations I (SB)
HIST 105-01 (2782)
MWF, 9:00-9:50
TBD

The purpose of this course is to trace the development of Western Civilization from earliest times to the beginning of early modern times, A.D. 1300. The contribution made during these times to that development that emanated from a non-western area, namely what is now called the Middle East, will be integrated into the larger European and Mediterranean context. In this way, a methodology and framework will be provided whereby the student can understand how the culture we now live in came to being, and how we may utilize our understand of past events to deal intelligently with the problems we face today. In addition, through reading and understanding ancient and medieval documents (albeit in translation), students may also gain some insight as to how professional historians do their work. Grades will be based on three non-cumulative midterm examinations. These examinations will be one of the non-multiple guess, true/false, fill-in, curved variety. There will also be map work. Available sections include:

Honors Thesis (WR)
HON 420-01 (2948)
John Richardson

Note regarding this course: Students taking a departmental course for Senior Honors Project work may not sign up for HON 420. Please contact 852-6293 for more information.

World Literature to 1700 (H)
HUM 101-03 (2340)
MWF, 9:00-9:50
Pam Beattie

The course emphasizes the heroic journey as it has been variously presented by literary imaginations from the Book of Exodus to the time of Cervantes’s Don Quixote. Format: lecture-discussion, with the assistance of handouts. The assigned readings will focus on the heroic self, on that self’s relations to its human community, and on that self’s relations with things divine or supernatural. Works to be discussed include The Odyssey, Oedipus the King, The Aeneid, Beowulf, The Inferno, and selections from The Decameron, with references to analogous modern situations, as they seem applicable. Components will include hour-long examinations, an oral presentation, and several critical essays.

Creativity and the Arts (A)
HUM 151-06 (11484)
W, 4:00-6:45
David Mosley

Introduction to the fundamental vocabulary, principles, analytical processes, and styles of the creative arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, and the printed image) with an emphasis on the performing arts ( theatre, dance, music, film, and television). The course will include a variety of individual and group activities focused on creativity and performance in the classroom and in the community.

Cultures of America (HCD1)
HUM 152-02 (2276)
MWF 10:00-10:50
Michael Johmann

Interdisciplinary study of the arts and humanities in contemporary American culture emphasizing the convergence of European, African, Hispanic, Asian, and indigenous cultures as well as the distinguishing characteristics of each culture as revealed in three of the following areas: fine arts, drama, literature, philosophy, religion, and popular entertainment.

Introduction to World Religions (HCD1)
HUM 216-03 (2678)
TR 1:00-2:15
Prof. Fuller

The study of principal world religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and indigenous traditions) in their cultural contexts.

Crime and Justice in the United States (SB)
JA 200-02 (xxxx)
MWF, 1:00-1:50
Prof. Grossi

Basic survey course covering the policies and practices of all agencies within the criminal justice system. Topics include: modern concepts of law, crime, the judicial process, punishment, police, corrections and organization of criminal justice agencies. Special emphasis will be placed on contemporary issues in criminal justice and the various opposing viewpoints on the operation of this system.

Finite Mathematics (M) **
MATH 107-03
TR, 11:00-11:50
TBD

Prerequisites: Appropriate placement score or equivalent coursework. Note: Does not count toward mathematics major or minor. Systems of linear equations and inequalities, algebra of sets, counting and probability theory, vectors and matrices, and applications. ** NOTE: MATH 107-03 requires enrollment in all components of above learning community, Mathematics/Economics. Students taking this course must also take ECON 201-03.

College Algebra (M)
MATH 111-05 (9836)
MWF, 10:00-10:50
TBD

Prerequisites: Appropriate placement score or equivalent coursework. Note: Does not count toward mathematics major. Advanced topics in algebraic and rational expressions and factoring; polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions; applications.

Calculus I (M)
MATH 205-XX

Consider the expression S given by: S = 1/2+1/4+1/8+1/16+1/32... where the "..." indicates that the pattern persists indefinitely. Most of us would agree that the value 1 may be sensibly associated with S: our intuition tells us that half of a pie, plus a quarter of a pie, plus and eighth more, and so on, eventually recovers a whole pie. Somehow, we have managed to perform an infinite number of additive operations within a single stroke, by exploiting an underlying pattern. A mathematician would say that we have thereby computed S as a limit of finite sums. Calculus is concerned with exploring the notion of a limit on a more rigorous basis, establishing elated methods of analysis, and developing applications. It is a subject full of intellectual challenges and delights, of ideas that are at once elegant, powerful and useful. The basic aspects of calculus are covered: limits, continuity, the derivative, techniques of differentiation, applications, the Riemann integral, transcendental functions. The principal objectives are to master the theory and applications of elementary calculus, to sharpen general analytical skills, and to develop deeper mathematical insight. Attention is also given to the computational aesthetic, historical, and philosophical ramifications of the subject. MATH 205 will be offered at the following times:

Section	Course Number	Meeting Times	Instructor
-02	1836	MWF, 11:00-12:15	TBD
-03	1842	MWF, 11:00-12:15	TBD

Music in Western Civilization (A)
MUH 204-06 (xxxx)
TR, 1:00-2:15
Jack Ashworth

This course is an overview of solo and chamber music, symphony, opera, and choral music of Europe and the United States, including works by nearly 50 composers. The goal is to familiarize students with different forms and styles of music from the Middle Ages to the present. Requirements include listening to approximately one to two hours of assigned musical selections per week outside class, in addition to reading assignments; grading is determined by three tests and one paper. Neither previous musical experience nor the ability to read music is required.

Introduction to Philosophy (H)
PHIL 205-03 (1788)
TR, 11:00-12:15
Dismas Masolo

Prerequisite: ENGL 101. Selected writings by important philosophers (e.g., Plato, Aristotle), illustrating their problems, methods, and conclusions.

Introduction to Logic
PHIL 311-06 (9786)
MWF, 9:00-9:50
TBD

Introduction to formal and informal techniques of argument analysis, with emphasis on applications to ordinary language.

Introductory Mechanics, Heat and Sound (S)
PHYS 298-02 (2070)
MWF 10:00-10:50 & R, 11:00-11:50
TBD

Basic methods of physics with calculus applied to topics in mechanics, heat, and wave motion. Completion of, or concurrent registration in, MATH 205 or EAC 101.

Honors Political Discourse (OC)
POLS 111-01 (13397)
TR, 2:30-3:45
D. Imbroscio

Course designed to familiarize students with dimensions of political discourse while simultaneously providing students with opportunity to practice arts of political speech.

Honors Introduction to Political Science (SB)
POLS 299-01 (1870)
MWF, 1:00-1:50
Jasmine Ferrier

This course is designed to introduce students to both the fundamentals of the American political system and the discipline of political science. In order to understand America, we must examine the workings of other political systems, in both the real world and in the world of plausible hypothetical alternatives. Therefore the course will be broadly comparative as we compare American political institutions and governance with these other competing models. Throughout the seminar the course will be preoccupied with normative (or "ought") questions: How ought we govern? What role ought citizens plays in a vibrant democratic society? What reforms ought we make in our political system? How ought our economic system be structured to buttress political democracy?

Introduction to Psychology (SB)
PSYC 201-03 (2072)
TR, 9:30-10:45
Christy Wolfe

This course is designed to introduce and explore the scientific study of human behavior. Emphasis is placed on theoretical principles, methods of analysis and scientific application of the various fields comprising psychology. Course work will focus more on the analysis, synthesis, and critical evaluation of these principles, rather than on simple terminology and "facts."

Life-Span Developmental Psychology
PSYC 363-02 (2818)
TR, 11:00-12:15
L. Haynes

This course will allow you to develop your knowledge base about the processes underlying psychological development from birth to death. In addition to lectures and discussion, the course will provide students with service learning experience focused on early reading in children. Students will have the opportunity to volunteer for up to 15 hours in a community agency in Louisville or local elementary school which provides reading tutoring for at risk children. Specific arrangements will be made according to each student’s schedule in coordination with the Service Learning Center at U of L.

Introduction to Sociology (SB)
SOC 201-02 (14222)
MW, 9:00-10:15
Prof. J. Weber

Note: Formerly SOC 209. Introduction to the study of human societies. How societies are organized and changed and the implications of social organization on everyday life.

Self and Society (SB)
SOC 203-01 (14233)
TR, 2:30-3:45
Jim Beggan

Introduction to the study of the relationship between the individual and society. Focus on growth of self, the behavior of people in groups, and the theories and research that aid understanding these phenomena.

Honors Basic Spanish III
SPAN 123-03 (13289)
MWF, 11:00-11:50
TBA

Prerequisite: SPAN 122 or equivalent. Note: Formerly Spanish 221. Note: Not counted toward major. Continuation of Basic Spanish II.

Honors Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 201-02 (2438)
MWF, 1:00-1:50
H. Delegal

Prerequisites: SPAN 123, 142 or equivalent, or placement score of 338-418. Note: Formerly SPAN 301. Consolidation and review of language skills for the purpose of improving: speaking, listening, reading and writing ability. Introduction to Hispanic culture and ethnicity within a global context as revealed in film and text.

Honors Seminars

Revised as of Feb. 22, 2008: Students must have completed at least 24 hours and have an overall grade point average of 3.35 or higher to be considered for Honors Seminars. **First-time freshmen are prohibited from taking Honors seminars until after two semester's worth of coursework.** Permission to add the course must be granted by the Honors Director or one of the Academic Counselors in the Honors House (852-6293). Since enrollment is limited, the earlier you indicate your intention to take one of the Honors Seminars, the better your chances of being accepted for the course.

***International Travel Seminar***

South Asian Culture and Society | Word application | Word criteria | PDF application | PDF criteria
HON 431-01 (13330) / HON 441-01 (13331)
TR, 9:30-10:45
Prof. Allen Furr

South Asia is one of the most complex yet exciting social and geographic regions in the world.  With a rich history of literature and arts, the Indian subcontinent is now poised to become an economic and political powerhouse.  This course studies the political and economic development of the region and its effects on social institutions, culture, and everyday life, with a focus on India.  How India and South Asia reconcile the past and re-form as a global leader participating in the global economy is one of the main themes of the course.  Social and economic growth has not come without serious consequences; therefore, the course takes a social problems approach and covers major social issues such as gender relations and economic inequality, the evolving caste system, social institutions such as health care and education, population, and environmental problems.  We will also integrate the arts into our lessons.  The trip to India following the end of the term will include major historic and religious sites in New Delhi and Amritsar, Agra and the Taj Mahal, the Moghul-era “ghost city” of Fatipur Sikri, and all points in between.  This seminar fulfills Humanities OR Social Sciences degree requirements. 

ADMISSION TO THIS SEMINAR IS BY APPLICATION ONLY, due APRIL 3, 2008 by 4:30 p.m. Students will also be required to pay a stipend (currently estimated at $1,600.00 per student) to partially pay for the costs of this study tour to India. The trip to India will be from December 26, 2008 and will last approximately 12-13 days. Students will also be required to register for HON 399-96 (3192).

***Woodcock National Travel Seminar***

Urban Water | Word application | Word criteria | PDF application | PDF criteria
HON 341-01 (XXXXX)/ HON 351-01(XXXXX)
T, 4:30-7:00
Russell Barnett and David Wicks

Using a watershed as the focus, this course will examine the impact people have on streams and rivers. Through field trips, community speakers, individual and group research, the students will document the aesthetic, cultural and ecological aspects of a watershed.  The course will end with a canoe expedition to the Everglades National Park to compare and contrast urban and wilderness water.  This seminar fulfills Social Science OR Natural Science degree requirements.

ADMISSION TO THIS SEMINAR IS BY APPLICATION ONLY, due APRIL 3, 2008 by 4:30 p.m. Students will also be required to pay a stipend (currently estimated at $500.00 per student) to partially pay for the costs of this study tour to the Florida Everglades. The trip will occur sometime in mid-December and is scheduled to last approximately 7-8 days.

Reading the Natural Landscape: Tools and Perspectives on Environmental History and Planning
HON 341-02 (11418) / HON 351-02 (11416)
W, 2:00-5:00
Prof. Daniel Jones

This course examines the natural and human forces that shaped the landscape of eastern North America.  Starting with a broad perspective on global environmental change, it combines reading and lectures with field trips to learn how to read the local landscape (both natural and human) within the broader trends of environmental history and change.  Lecture topics include climate change, glacial and post-glacial landscapes, Native American land use practices, frontier settlement patterns, and the contemporary urban/suburban landscape, all of which have left their mark.  In the field, students will develop their skills as naturalists by learning those elements of local natural and human history necessary to interpret the different landscapes that we visit.  The outcome will be an ability to combine local knowledge with regional and global environmental and historical perspectives to create original interpretations of the stories that our landscapes reveal to a nuanced eye.   The final project will allow a chance to incorporate those interpretations into the master plan discussion for the Floyd’s Fork parks project in southeastern Jefferson County. This seminar fulfills Natural Science OR Social Science degree requirements.

Environmental Communication
HON 331-03 (13326) / HON 341-03 (13325)
TR, 2:30-3:45
Prof. Joy Hart & Prof. Kandi Walker

Drowning polar bears, melting glaciers, vanishing rainforests—Debate about such issues illustrates the rhetorical nature of environmental communication.  Many choose to speak for the environment or its use and value.  This class addresses how communication, ranging from advocacy to news, helps us navigate our relationship with the environment.  More specifically, the class has two main goals—developing understanding of (1) how communication influences comprehension of environmental issues, and (2) how decisions on the environment can be influenced. We will draw on work from many disciplines and examine many types of messages.  In fact, we receive many messages about the environment, influencing what we think and actions we take (e.g., recycling) or want others to take.  And deciding on actions is left to us in this case.  The polar bears aren’t chiming in on what to do about global warming.  Thus, scientists, reporters, activists, public officials, and citizens like us throw voices into the mix.  During the semester, we will examine: (1) the major areas of work in environmental communication and (2) the key voices speaking on environmental matters.  This seminar fulfills Humanities OR Social Sciences degree requirements.

Environmental Law
HON 331-04 (XXXXX) / HON 341-04 (XXXXX)
TR, 4:00-5:15
Prof. Tom Fitzgerald

An overview of the principles and structure of legal protections for the natural and human environment with focus on statutory and regulatory systems, such as endangered species, water quality, wetlands, forests, air pollution, hazardous and toxic substances, waste management, risk assessment, and environmental justice. This seminar fulfills Humanities OR Social Sciences degree requirements.

Art, Culture and the Environment
HON 331-05 (XXXXX) / HON 341-05 (XXXXX)
W, 4:00-6:45
Prof. Nefertiti Burton & Prof. Aukram Burton

This course is designed to foster connections between environmental and cultural diversity and the arts in order to cultivate new ways of learning and knowing about our environment.  Through readings, multimedia presentations, and artistic exploration participants will increase their understanding of and relationship to natural systems and cultural communities, expand their language and develop models to explore and express such connections. Participants will be required to develop a Service Learning project in collaboration with the Jefferson County Public Schools or the Partnership for a Green City. The projects will connect diversity, environment and the arts to translate and transmit multicultural and environmental education concepts in simple and understandable terms.  This seminar fulfills Humanities OR Social Sciences degree requirements.

Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World-WR
HON 346-01 (13328) / HON 356-01 (13327)
MW 4:00-5:15
Prof. Dick Davitt

In a broad range of fields, the roughly 400-year period from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-twentieth century was a time of transition in Britain from the late Renaissance epoch through the Romantic cultural era in the arts and the Industrial Revolution in science and technology to the Modern Age.  From the era of Queen Elizabeth I to the end of World War II, such diverse venues as politics, economics, religion, mathematics, science, technology, architecture, art, theatre, music, and literature all underwent dramatic and radical transformations in Great Britain.  Even though the fledgling United States of America had defeated the British in its Revolutionary War and again in the War of 1812 – with the result that the USA was thereafter no longer a member of the British Commonwealth – the principal technological, cultural, and sociological influences on the American populace and its institutions over the course of American history in the fields delineated above were more often than not imported to America from Britain. 

This seminar will concentrate on the people, institutions, places, and historical entities that played important roles in the developmental history of the venues listed above as those fields evolved first in Britain and subsequently crossed the ocean to help Anglicize their American counterparts.  This seminar counts toward upper-level WR requirements for Social Sciences or Natural Sciences.

Body & Health 1: The Individual
HON 441-02 (XXXXX) / HON 451-02 (XXXXX)
-or- PSYC 404-01 (13413) ** SEE PSYC DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SIDE OF THIS COURSE **
TR, 1:00-2:15
Prof. Paul Salmon

This is the first of two courses focusing covering the psychological bases of health, with special emphasis on exercise and related lifestyle behavior patterns.  H&EP1 will focus on individually-oriented interventions to promote exercise, wellness, and effective stress management. We will explore the physiological, neurobiological, and social bases of healthy lifestyle patterns via class discussions and laboratory assignments.

H&EP2 will expand the topic of health and exercise to include the broader environmental and social community. We will examine the influence of these factors on health behavior patterns in the greater Louisville community, with particular emphasis on the parkway system (Eastern, Southern, and Algonquin) stimulated by the work of Fredrick Law Olmstead, the 19th Century environmental visionary and advocate of greenspace. This seminar fulfills Social Sciences OR Natural Sciences degree requirements.

Literacy in Theory and Practice-WR
HON 436-01 (13333) / HON 446-01 (13334)
-or-  ENGL 401-01 (13332) ** SEE ENGL DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SIDE OF THIS COURSE **
MW, 2:00-3:15
Prof. Bruce Horner

In the last few decades, "literacy" both as a subject and as an issue—the literacy "crisis"—has been the focus of a broad range of scholars working in a wide array of disciplines, including cognitive psychology, anthropology, literary criticism, history, sociology, rhetoric, classics, education, and linguistics.  The purpose of this course is to make sense of both the range of this work, its development, and the uses to which it has been and might be put: to understand the relationships between the different ways literacy has been defined, the different sorts of significance attributed to it in history and theory, and the policies and pedagogies enacted to address it.  By reading and reflecting on a variety of work on the histories, theories, and pedagogies of literacy, we should come to a better understanding of literacy as it has been variously constructed in recent scholarship on literacy, more generally in history and specific cultures, and also in our own experiences as readers, writers, and thinkers. This seminar counts toward upper-level WR requirements for Humanities or Social Sciences.

Jane Austen & Film-WR
HON 436-01 (13335) / HON 446-01 (13336)
-or- ENGL 401-02 (13337) ** SEE ENGL DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SIDE OF THIS COURSE **
TR, 11:00-12:15
Prof. Karen Hadley

Observing the proliferation of Austen adaptations of the past decade or so, this course will focus on a number of issues around the recent obsession with bringing Jane Austen’s novels to the screen. Attention will be given to the creative, collaborative, process of translating literature to the medium of film (and its increased attention to scenery, fashion, and physical beauty), with special focus on issues relevant to Austen’s texts such as passion, romance, wealth, manners, and social commentary. Is it (or why is it) the case, we will ask with one Austen critic, that translations too faithful to the books cannot achieve broad enough appeal for the movie industry?  This seminar counts toward upper-level WR requirements for Humanities or Social Sciences.

The American Presidency-WR
HON 436-03 (13338) / HON 446-03 (13339)
MW, 1:00-2:15
Prof. Gary Gregg

This seminar will explore the development of the American Presidency through American history as well as consider the way the office currently operates in the American political system and will also keep an eye on the 2008 race for the White House.  Readings will be taken from a wide-variety of original source materials as well as the most recent scholarship on the office.   There will be several particular areas of focus for the course: power, symbolism, historical development, and reform.  What is the nature and scope of presidential power?  What should be that nature?  How have presidents used rhetoric and symbolic actions to impact the public and change public policy?  How has the office developed from its first conceptions at the Constitutional Convention to its current manifestation in the Bush Administration?  What kinds of reforms might we consider in the American political system and in the American people’s view of the office?  What does the current race for the White House tell us about our America, the office of the presidency, and the possibilities for the office in the 21st century?  Because of the national bicentennial celebrations of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, special attention will be given to the Lincoln Presidency and what it tells us about the office and its place in the life of our nation. This seminar counts toward upper-level WR requirements for Humanities or Social Sciences.

Coping with Conflict: The North American Experience - WR
HON 436-76 (XXXXX) / HON 446-76 (XXXXX)
-or- POLS 506-76 (XXXXX) ** SEE POLS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SIDE OF THIS COURSE **
M, 5:30-8:00
Prof. Michael Fowler

North American communities confront a host of contentious social problems whose substance is often further complicated by cross-cultural misunderstandings and the lack of a single shared North American language.  Some of these issues are social; others are political, economic, or ethical.  Some, like domestic violence or the inequitable treatment of minorities, occur within all three countries. Others, such as immigration or pollution, are transnational, the problems themselves reaching across our borders.

This active-learning course explores how people in Canada, Mexico, and the United States might cope with an array of common conflicts.  It will involve students negotiating and then analyzing realistic hypothetical cases that place them in diverse scenarios related to family and community, business, the environment, and other local, national, and international issues.  The principle objective is to equip students to assess and handle the many disputes that will arise in their daily lives and careers more skillfully, effectively, and peacefully. This seminar counts toward upper-level WR requirements for Humanities or Social Sciences.

Personal Creativity and Innovation in Business
HON 441-03 (XXXXX)
-or- MKT 490-02 (11502) ** SEE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS FOR THEIR SIDE OF THIS COURSE **
S, 9:30-12:15
Prof. Buddy LaForge

The purpose of this course is to help students develop their personal creativity and to design an environment that promotes creativity and innovation within organizations.  Readings, discussions, and a variety of exercises and activities are used to achieve the course objectives. Student progress is captured in a personal journal developed throughout the course and in papers and presentations that address personal creativity development and organizational innovation, and a team design project.  Each student shares a final “creative expression” during the last class session.  Classes are held at different times and places throughout the semester with most classes during the week and several Saturday class sessions.  The exact class schedule will be determined by the class early in the semester. This seminar fulfills Social Sciences degree requirements.