This course will explore techniques for approaching and developing your writing from a practice perspective. You will learn techniques for generating and delivering polished and thoughtful work. We will focus on the importance of point of view, context, individual experience, bias, and clarity of language and grammar. Writing exercises will be both creative and academic and will reflect the interests and areas of study of course participants. There will also be a movement component (yoga, stretching, warm ups) that we will incorporate into our writing. We will work as a class to help each student access and refine their unique voice.
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Honors Seminar: Government and Ethics
The title of this course is government and ethics, not ethics in government. However important laws and rules about ethics are (and they are very important), when ethical consideration only focus on things like financial conflicts of interest it is insufficient for what most of us understand by good government. For instance good government must, at a minimum, be effective in addition to being well intentioned and ‘clean’. In this course we will explore what we understand by good government.
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Interdisciplinary study of literary and scholarly representations of addiction. Focus on effects of addiction on persons suffering from addiction, their loved ones, helping professionals, and communities. Treatment of addiction as a biopsychosocial phenomenon culminating in traumatic losses. Process-oriented writing culminating in portfolio.
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This course explores four current European crises: an unstable Euro, migration, Brexit, and the Trump presidency. Are they harbingers of a new age of nationalism or inspiration for a deepening of European integration? We will use scholarship from history, political science, economics, and migration studies to seek our answers.
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The Grand Challenge course will center on diversity, representation, and inclusion through a lens of compassionate activism. We will primarily study the work of contemporary activists and models for civic and civil engagement, and intersectionality as critical piece of allyship. (C3) (B4)
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In this class, students will learn to critique popular music from a culture perspective. This requires examining critical theories and case studies concerning music genres, audiences, and industries. Students will apply this material by producing a range of original criticism focused on a particular music scene.
Continue reading "Honors Seminar: Popular Music Criticism"Compassionate Activism
The Grand Challenge course will center on diversity, representation, and inclusion through a lens of compassionate activism. We will primarily study the work of contemporary activists and models for civic and civil engagement, and intersectionality as critical piece of allyship. (C3) (B4)
Continue reading "Compassionate Activism"Competitive College Conundrum: Promoting URI in the 21st Century
Over the past decade the college admission industry has changed significantly and is now a fast-paced high-stakes game. In this project-based course students will learn about national trends in higher education, ethical changes in the college admission profession, use/abuse of social media in the field, and impactful communication practices for iGen students. Students will work in teams throughout the semester with deliverable projects that may be used by the University. Ideal for creative thinkers, strong writers, social media wizzes, innovative multi-media creators, and passionate Rhody Rams. Open to all majors in the honors program.
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Honors Section of COM 100: Communication Fundamentals. Not open to students with credit in COM 110. (Lec. 3) Pre: Must have a 3.40 overall GPA.
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Honors Section of COM 100: Communication Fundamentals. Not open to students with credit in COM 110. (Lec. 3) Pre: Must have a 3.40 overall GPA.
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