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(HOPR) College-Program: 09-42 Check with the Director of the Honors Program for quarter when these courses are offered. Read each course description for prerequisites.
101 INFLUENCE, POWER, AND VALUES (3 credits). Introduction to influence and power in relation to considerations of human values. Leadership study in disciplines such as history, literature, management, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, and women's studies summarized through historical and biographical case studies or organizations and individuals. Questions of human values, reciprocal roles, and interdependencies between leadership and "followership" will be studied. Required of all honors scholars.
200 STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS (3 credits). Study of the role played by literature and the arts in interpreting and expressing human experience and in constructing, throughout history, changing views of the nature of civilization. Required of all honors scholars.
201 STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HISTORY (3 credits). Study of concepts common to the disciplines of the social sciences and history, with emphasis on current topics or problems. Required of all honors scholars.
470 HONORS THESIS OR PROJECT (4 credits). The honors thesis must be undertaken no later than the junior year, and requires the student to identify a faculty sponsor, design a plan of study or research project, and receive tentative approval from the Director of the Honors Program prior to undertaking the project. The student must participate in an informal, non-credit research seminar as part of the Honors Thesis. At the completion of the project the honors scholar will present the finished study to a committee representing the Honors Council which will offer approval, requests for improvement, or rejection. For further information, contact the Director of the Honors Program. Required of all honors scholars.
480 INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR (3 credits). Readings, discussions, and student presentations involving study and articulation of relationships between disciplines. Required of all honors scholars in their senior year. Prerequisites: HOPR 100, 101, 200, and 201.