Welcome to University Honors at the University of Maryland

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Current Honors Students

SEMINARS SPRING 2010

HONR208E J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

HONR209E Attending the Blockbuster: Understanding the Cultural Impact of Temporary Exhibitions

HONR209M Fair Division -- from Cake Cutting to Dispute Resolution

HONR209Y Novels! Modern Fictions

HONR216 Ancient Astronomies

HONR219D On Beyond Dinosaurs: Patterns and Enigmas in Vertebrate Evolution

HONR219P Outsiders in Modern American Drama

HONR219T Surviving Natural Disasters: Learning From Hurricane Katrina, Big Earthquakes, and Other Natural Hazards

HONR219Y Merging The Multiple Me's: Developmental Origins of the Integrated Adult Self

HONR228C The Role of Accounting and Computers in Facilitating Global Business

HONR228M Public Health Politics

HONR228N Evaluating Global Development Assistance

HONR228O Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

HONR228R Parenting and Poverty: The Effects of Growing Up Poor on Children's Development

HONR228V Warfare and Society in Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

HONR229O Ancient Rome in Historical Fiction: Narratives, Sources, and Screen Adaptations

HONR229X Black Holes and the Extremes of Space, Time, and Gravity

HONR229Z Independence, Slavery, and Progress: Topics in American Social and Political Thought

HONR238B Images of Masculinity in Twentieth Century American Literature and Film

HONR238D Contemporary American Musical Theater: From Hair to Hairspray

HONR238R Terrorism

HONR238X The Holocaust and History

HONR239M Renaissance to Enlightenment: People, Places, and Philosophies

HONR248X Ocean and Marine Ecosystems

HONR248W America in the Sixties

HONR249K The United States in Vietnam

HONR249M The American South - From a (Mostly) Sociological Perspective

HONR258I Religion, Ethnocentrism, and Terror

HONR258J Supreme Law: The Constitution, Morality, and the Courts

HONR259D Understanding the Japanese Through the Performing Arts

HONR259M Metropolis: The Cinematic City

HONR259N New Orleans: Colonial to Katrina

HONR259O Gender, Culture, and Media

HONR259P Jane Austen: Her World, Our Obsession

HONR259R Gender, Sex and Art in Early Modern Italy

HONR259W Love and Justice in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

HONR259X Racial Transgression to Postracial Transgression: Blackface, Whiteface, and the American Imagination

HONR259Y Dynamics of Language and Culture

HONR259Z Philosophy of Perception: Pecha Kucha

HONR268A Financial Markets and the Business Environment

HONR268B Pathways to Literacy: Developing An Educational Curriculum for Children Using Songs Inspired by Literature

HONR268C Public Health Perspectives: How Does THe Environment Affect Human Health?

HONR269Q Introduction to the Stock Market and Technical Analysis

HONR279C African American Art Theory: Exploration and Expressions of Identity

HONR279D The World's Women Today

HONR279O Counterterrorism

HONR288L Medical Devices: Applied Ethics and Public Policy

HONR288W Economics, Markets, and Social Policies: What Works (and Doesn't Work)

HONR289B Just A Mile Away: The Langley Park Neighborhood and the Making of a New America

HONR299A Creating Alternative Futures

HONR348J Contemporary Social Issues

HONR349D Corporations and the Global Political Economy

HONR349E Visual Culture and Communication

HONR359B Alternatives to Violence

 

Five of the new I-Series Signature Courses to be offered in spring 2010 have special sections reserved exclusively for Honors Students!

If you enroll in one of the five Honors sections listed below, you may count the course as either an H-Version or an HONR seminar toward your Honors Citation. This special exception applies to these five sections in the spring 2010 term.

1. EDSP289H-0101 Disability: From Stigma and Sideshow to Mainstream and Main Street. CORE-SB/D. Prof. Peter Leone.
(The non-Honors sections of this course are listed under EDSP289I.)
Tu........ 9:30am-10:45am
Th........ 9:30am-10:45am dis.
http://www.sis.umd.edu/bin/soc?crs=edsp289H&sec=&term=201001&starthour=12&startmin=00&m=am&level=All¢er=0

2. ENCE189I-0103 Managing Natural Disasters: Hurricanes, Floods, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, Tsunamis, and Fires. CORE-IE. Profs. Gerry Galloway and Ed Link. (The non-Honors sections of this course are listed under ENCE189I-0101 and ENCE189I-0102.)
M.........12:00pm- 1:15pm
Tu........ 2:00pm- 3:15pm dis.
http://www.sis.umd.edu/bin/soc?crs=ENCE189I&sec=&term=201001&starthour=12&startmin=00&m=am&level=All¢er=0

3. KNES289H-0101 Genetically Modified Humans: Physical Performance in a Post-Genomic-Era. CORE-LS/D. Prof. Stephen Roth. (The non-Honors sections of this course are listed under KNES289IX.)
W......... 9:00am- 9:50am & TBA (WEB ONLINE)
M......... 2:00pm- 2:50pm dis.
http://www.sis.umd.edu/bin/soc?crs=KNES289H&sec=&term=201001&starthour=12&startmin=00&m=am&level=All¢er=0

4. MUSC289H Exploring the Power of Musical Performance in Social Engagement. CORE-HA. Prof. Boden Sandstrom. (The non-Honors sections of this course are listed under MUSC289I.)
MW........10:30am-11:45am
http://www.sis.umd.edu/bin/soc?crs=MUSC289H&sec=&term=201001&starthour=12&startmin=00&m=am&level=All¢er=0

5. PHYS105H Physics for Decision Makers: Global Energy Crisis. CORE-PS. Prof. Lathrop. (The non-Honors sections of this course are listed under PHYS105.)
MW.....4:00-5:10pm
M......2:00-2:50pm dis.
http://www.sis.umd.edu/bin/soc?crs=PHYS105h&sec=&term=201001&starthour=12&startmin=00&m=am&level=All¢er=0
For more information about how these courses will apply toward the Honors Citation, please contact the Honors College via email at honors@umd.edu or call 301-405-6771.

For more information about all of the I-Series Signature courses in spring 2010, please go to
http://www.provost.umd.edu/GenEd2009/.

 

SPRING DEPARTMENTAL H-VERSIONS

AASP100H Introduction to African American Studies; (3 credits)

AASP202H Black Culture in the United States; (3 credits)

ARHU390H Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Quality; (3 credits)

BMGT220H Principles of Accounting I; (3 credits)

BMGT221H Principles of Accounting II; (3 credits)

BMGT230H Business Statistics; (3 credits)

BMGT364H Management and Organization Theory; (3 credits)

BMGT380H Business Law I; (3 credits)

BMGT390H Systems Thinking for Managerial Decision Making; (3 credits

BSCI223H General Microbiology; (4 credits)

BSCI279H Supplemental Study: Catalyst Program Seminar; (1 credit)

BSCI327H Physics of Living Systems; (3 credits)

BSCI378H Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Department Honors Seminar; (1 credit)

BSCI379H Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Department Honors Research; (1-3 credits)

BSCI389H Entomology Department Honors Research; (1-2 credits)

BSCI398H Biology Department Honors Seminar; (1 credit)

BSCI399H Biology Department Honors Research; (1-2 credits)

CCJS100H Introduction to Criminal Justice; (3 credits)

CCJS389H Independent Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice; (3 credits)

CMSC131H Object-Oriented Programming I; (4 credits)

CMSC132H Object-Oriented Programming II; (4 credits)

CMSC250H Object-Oriented Programming II; (4 credits)

EDSP289H Disability: From Stigma and Sideshow to Mainstream and Main Street; (3 credits)

EDUC388H Special Topics in Education: Honors Synthesis Seminar II; (2 credits)

ENAE398H Honors Research Project; (1-3 credits)

ENEE313H Introduction to Device Physics; (3 credits)

ENEE324H Engineering Probability; (3 credits)

ENEE381H Electromagnetic Wave Propagation; (3 credits)

ENES390H Systems Thinking for Managerial Decision Making; (3 credits)

ENGL393H Technical Writing; (3 credits)

FREN250H Introduction to French Literature; (3 credits)

FREN352H From the Age of Epic and Romance to the Enlightenment; (3 credits)

GEOG384H Internship in Geography I; (3 credits

GEOG385H Internship in Geography II; (3 credits)

GEOL393H Technical Writing for Geoscientists; (3 credits)

GEOL394H Research Problems in Geology; (3 credits)

GERM320H Survey of German Studies; (3 credits)

GERM397H Honors Reading (Independent Study); (3 credits)

GVPT100H Principles of Government and Politics; (3 credits)

GVPT241H The Study of Political Philosophy: Ancient and Modern; (3 credits)

GVPT289H Special Topics in Government and Politics: Government and Politics Honors Workshop; (1 credit)

GVPT388H Topical Investigations: Editorial Internship on the Journal, the Good Society; (3 credits)

HIST283H History of the Jewish People II; (3 credits)

ITAL122H Accelerated Italian II; (3 credits)

JWST235H History of the Jewish People II; (3 credits)

KNES289H Genetically-Modified Humans: Physical Performance in the Post-Genomic-Era; (3 credits)

KNES300H Biomechanics of Human Motion; (4 credits)

KNES350H The Psychology of Sports; (3 credits)

KNES355H Sport Management; (3 credits)

KNES360H Physiology of Exercise; (3 credits)

KNES370H Motor Development; (3 credits)

KNES385H Motor Control and Learning; (3 credits)

MATH141H Calculus II; (4 credits)

MATH241H Calculus III; (4 credits)

MATH246H Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers; (3 credits)

MUSC129H Ensemble: Harp; (1 credit)

MUSC130H Survey of Music Literature; (3 credits)

MUSC289H Exploring the Power of Musical Performance in Social Engagement; (3 credits)

PHYS 105H

PHYS272H Introductory Physics: Fields; (3 credits)

PHYS273H Introductory Physics: Waves; (3 credits)

PSYC100H Introduction to Psychology; (3 credits)

SOCY105H
Introduction to Contemporary Social Problems; (3 credits)



Honors students rafting the Gauley River in West Virginia.

Senior lecturer Dr. Howard Smead speaking before a crowd during the Honors Spring Lecture series.