Spring 2021 Foundation Courses

HONS 152 Honors Biology II (Professor Brian Scholtens)
A course for Honors science majors covering life and living systems. It emphasizes the evolution, form and function of organisms. It provides an introduction to primary literature and practice evaluating this literature. This course helps prepare students for upper level courses in organismal biology. Lectures three hours per week. This is the Honors course version of BIOL 112. Students may not receive credit for both.

Prerequisite(s): HONS 151 Corequisite(s): HONS 152L

Anticipated Teaching Format: In-Person/Hybrid with rotating on-campus meetings, as able

HONS 156 Honors Geology II (Professor John Chadwick)
This class reviews the 4.6 billion-year Earth history revealed by scientific analysis of rocks, the atmosphere, oceans, and fossils. We learn how scientists find and use evidence to understand Earth’s history and its life, discuss physical and biological changes over time, explore Earth’s major systems to understand how they change and interact, and discuss the fossil record and observe how and why life evolves.

Prerequisite(s): HONS 155 Corequisite(s): HONS 156L

Anticipated Teaching Format: In-Person/Hybrid with rotating on-campus meetings, as able

HONS 158 Honors Physics II (Professor Gardner Marshall)
A continuation of Honors Physics I. Topics covered are Electricity, Magnetism, Light, Relativity, Atomic Physics, Quantum Physics and Nuclear Physics. Lectures emphasize the application of these topics in interdisciplinary areas. Examples of interdisciplinary applications are electric potentials in biology and medicine, magnetic field in medicine, or optics and the biology of human vision and possibly visual arts.

Prerequisite(s): HONS 157/HONS 157L or PHYS 111/PHYS 111L, MATH 120, or permission of the instructor Co-requisite(s): HONS 158L

Anticipated Teaching Format: In-Person/Hybrid with rotating on-campus meetings, as able

HONS 160 Honors Astronomy II (Professor Ana Uribe)
A continuation of Honors Astronomy I. Subjects covered include: instruments used in astronomy, stars (binary, variable), star clusters, interstellar matter, galaxies and cosmology. A working knowledge of high school algebra is assumed.

Prerequisite(s): HONS 159 and HONS 159L. This course assumes a working knowledge of algebra and trigonometry. Co-requisite(s): HONS 160L

Anticipated Teaching Format: In-Person/Hybrid with rotating on-campus meetings, as able

HONS 167 Introduction to Sociology (Professor Brenda Sanders)
Have you ever wondered why people behave the way they do? In this class you will gain a scientific understanding of the social world by observing human behavior, including culture, socialization, social inequality, and more, through the window of the sociological perspective-the deeper understanding of how society affects you and how you affect society. This is the Honors course version of SOCY 101. Students may not receive credit for both.

Anticipated Teaching Format: Online (Synchronous)

HONS 170 Honors Intro to Philosophy (Instructor Sheridan Hough)
An examination of problems in central areas of philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology and ethics. This is the Honors course version of PHIL 101. Students may not receive credit for both.

Anticipated Teaching Format: Online (Synchronous)

HONS 192 Honors Organic Chemistry: Applications of Molecular Structure and Properties (Professor Tim Barker)
An introductory course utilizing theoretical principles and fundamental facts to form an understanding of the structure, characterization, properties and reactivities of organic compounds. Functional groups, fundamentals of reaction mechanisms, and spectroscopy are included. This is the Honors course version of CHEM 231. Students may not receive credit for both.

Prerequisite(s): HONS 190 and HONS 190L with a grade of D+ or higher Co-requisite(s): HONS 192L Co-requisite(s) or Prerequisite(s): MATH 120 is recommended as a pre-or co-requisite.

Anticipated Teaching Format: In-Person/Hybrid with rotating on-campus meetings, as able

*course offerings and teaching formats subject to change; students should refer to the course syllabus for more details about each course’s teaching format