Honors Composition and Argumentation

Dr. Deepa Sitaraman - Honors Engl 1105 (10) MWF 2-2:50pm

This course is an enhanced introduction to argumentation and composition.  Students will gain familiarity with the conventions of usage, jargon, format and documentation in academic disciplines.  Students will complete assignments that are designed to channel their critical thinking skills as well as their writing abilities in interesting directions and at a slightly more elevated and complex level than the assignments they tackled in 1102. In addition, students will complete a group project to help them hone their ability to work as a team and meet deadlines as a group. This teamwork will also teach them the importance of values such as compromise and flexibility as well as leadership and adjustment skills-absolute essentials in the professional world today. Students will read I, Rigoberta Mechu, about human rights atrocities in Guatemala.  The book generated controversy as some questioned the authenticity of some of the events described.

Honors Introduction to Sociology

Dr. Monique Diderich- Honors SOCI1101 M/W 4:00-5:20pm

Sociology provides us with different ways to look at life and helps understand who people are, how they shape their world, and how people are shaped by the institutions they have created.  Dr. Diderich will discuss sociological theories and applications in American society as well as other societies around the world.  As an Honors course, the emphasis in this class is on academic discussion and critical thinking.

Honors Civilization and Literature 1: Journeys of Discovery

Dr. Tim Scheurer - Honors IDST 2225 (51) W 6-8:50pm

This course will investigate the metaphor of the journey/the voyage/the quest in literature, film, and music.  Students will read, view and listen to texts in which artists and thinkers employ the idea of the journey to explore how and what people learn about other people, places and themselves during these voyages.  Students will analyze the meaning of external and interior voyages on the road to understanding more about themselves and humankind.

Honors Senior Seminar

Dr. Frank Byrne - Honors IDST 4490 (05) TR 12-1:20pm

The Honors Senior Seminar will be structured like other Senior Seminar sections, but each student will be required to do research on a current issue within his or her academic discipline.  In other words, there should be consultation with faculty members of a particular discipline to determine what issues are currently topical.  Students will consult with Dr. Byrne to determine topics for research.  Students will work closely with Dr. Byrne both in classroom discussions and with office consultations to produce a high quality research argumentative document. Dr. Byrne is in his tenth year of teaching Senior Seminar at SSU.  He has also advised graduate student research at Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain, and The Ohio State University.