Courses
Fall 2018
| Courses | Section | Title | Days/Times | Description | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIO101H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section: Principles of Biology I | MoWe, 10:00AM-11:15AM | (3 crs.) Introduces concepts, approaches, and skills (e.g. system thinking, social entrepreneurship, and negotiation) to tackle grand challenges. Students gain practice with projects defining intervention proposals to tackle a grand challenge locally. (A2) (C1) | Dewsbury, Bryan |
| BUS104GH | 0001-LEC | Honors Section: Tackling Grand Social & Ecological Challenges | MoWe , 4:00PM-5:15PM | (3 crs.) A 5-day-per-week course designed for students in the Chinese Language Flagship Program at the Intermediate Mid level. The primary goal of this course is to provide students integrated training in speaking, listening, reading and writing designed to help them to achieve ACTFL Intermediate High proficiency/ILR 1+. Through proficiency-oriented and task-based instruction, students will gain knowledge in Chinese as well as confidence in expressing themselves in the most common aspects of daily life in speaking and writing. Open to students admitted to the Chinese Flagship Program (uri.edu/chineseflagship) or with instructor permission. Pre: Credit in CHN 104 or 114 or equivalent (C2) (A3) | Dorado-Banacloche, Silvia |
| CHN111H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of Intensive Beginning Chinese I | MoWeFr, 8:00AM-8:50AM TuTh, 8:00AM-8:50AM | (4 crs.) (A3) (C2) | Staff |
| CHN215H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of Intensive Conversation and Composition I | MoWe , 8:00AM-8:50AM TuTh, 9:30AM-10:20AM Fr, 8:00AM-8:50AM | (4 crs.) A 5-day-per-week course designed for students in the Chinese Language Flagship Program at the Intermediate Mid level. The primary goal of this course is to provide students integrated training in speaking, listening, reading and writing designed to help them to achieve ACTFL Intermediate High proficiency/ILR 1+. Through proficiency-oriented and task-based instruction, students will gain knowledge in Chinese as well as confidence in expressing themselves in the most common aspects of daily life in speaking and writing. Open to students admitted to the Chinese Flagship Program (uri.edu/chineseflagship) or with instructor permission. Pre: Credit in CHN 104 or 114 or equivalent (C2) (A3) | Staff |
| CHN315H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of Advanced Composition and Conversation I | MoWeFr, 12:00PM-12:50PM TuTh, 11:00AM-11:50AM | (4 crs.) A 5-day-per-week course designed for students in the Chinese Language Flagship Program at the Advanced Low proficiency level. The course will introduce advanced level texts about contemporary Chinese society, media Chinese and advanced conversational and writing skills. Students in this course will develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Chinese, with special attention given to discourse level communication skills. Open to students admitted to the Chinese Flagship Program (uri.edu/chineseflagship) who have completed CHN 216H or the equivalent or with instructor permission. | Staff |
| COM100H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of Communication Fundamentals | TuTh, 11:00AM-12:15AM | (3 crs.) Integrates theory and experience in various contexts such as public speaking, small groups, and interpersonal communication. Examines human differences to develop more effective communication skills. (B2) | Torrens, Kathleen |
| COM100H | 0002-LEC | Honors Section of Communication Fundamentals | TuTh, 9:30AM-10:45AM | (3 crs.) Integrates theory and experience in various contexts such as public speaking, small groups, and interpersonal communication. Examines human differences to develop more effective communication skills. (B2) | Torrens, Kathleen |
| COM100H | 0003-LEC | Honors Section of Communication Fundamentals | MoWeFr, 9:00AM-9:50AM | (3 crs.) Integrates theory and experience in various contexts such as public speaking, small groups, and interpersonal communication. Examines human differences to develop more effective communication skills. (B2) | Proulx, Tracy |
| COM100H | 0004-LEC | Honors Section of Communication Fundamentals | MoWeFr, 8:00AM-8:50AM | (3 crs.) Integrates theory and experience in various contexts such as public speaking, small groups, and interpersonal communication. Examines human differences to develop more effective communication skills. (B2) | Proulx, Tracy |
| COM100H | 0005-LEC | Honors Section of Communication Fundamentals | TuTh, 5:00PM-6:15PM | (3 crs.) Integrates theory and experience in various contexts such as public speaking, small groups, and interpersonal communication. Examines human differences to develop more effective communication skills. (B2) | Poulakos, Nikolaos |
| ECN 201H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of ECN 201: Principles of Economics: Microeconomics | MoWeFr, 11:00AM-11:50AM | (3 crs.) Principles underlying resource allocation, production, and income distribution in a market economy. Topics include demand and supply, consumer behavior, firm behavior, market structure, and | Malloy, Liam |
| EDC102H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section- Intro American Education | MoWeFr, 11:00AM-11:50AM | (3 crs.) Introduction to techniques of film practice, film history, genres, analysis of film texts, and reading of film imIntroduction to the fundamental structure, functions, and problems of American education. Emphasis on education as a socio-cultural phenomenon and embodiment of philosophical commitment. Diversity, writing, and speaking focus. Not for major credit in elementary or secondary education. ages in their aesthetic, cultural, and literary context. (C3) (B4) | Fogleman Jr, Jay A |
| ENG 243H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of ENG 243: The Short Story: Africa | TuTh, 9:30AM-10:45AM | (4 crs.) This course will immerse the student in narratives by notable African writers. "This course presents societies in Africa . . . in their traditional and contemporary expressions" (DScott). Our readings will reveal "a multiplicity of ideas and images of the 'non-West,'" underscoring the diversity across the continent (DScott). Moreover, through these Short-story collections this course invites the student to broaden his/her knowledge while vicariously experiencing African history. We will engage sources and films in order to examine the racialized roots of colonialism that gripped the continent, and more specifically, the post-colonial effects on the peoples of Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ghana. (A3) (B1) | Green, Angel |
| FLM101H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section- Intro to Film Media | Mo, 4:00PM-7:45PM | (4 crs.) Introduction to techniques of film practice, film history, genres, analysis of film texts, and reading of film images in their aesthetic, cultural, and literary context. (A4) (C2) | Romanow, Rebecca |
| FLM101H | 0002-LEC | Honors Section- Intro to Film Media | TuTh, 4:00PM-5:45PM | (4 crs.) Introduction to techniques of film practice, film history, genres, analysis of film texts, and reading of film images in their aesthetic, cultural, and literary context. (A4) (C2) | Healey Jamiel, Mary |
| HDF/PSC 405H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of HDF/PSC 405: Policy Issues in Health & Aging | MoWe, 2:00PM-3:15PM | (4 crs.) Analysis of U.S. social policy and programs related to issues of health and aging. Topics include: health care, long term care, retirement, and social services. (Seminar 4) Pre: 3.40 overall GPA and PSC 310 or HDF 202 or permission of the instructor. | Leedahl, Skye |
| HIS119GH | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of HIS119G | TuTh, 12:30PM-1:45PM | (3 crs.) Examines the history of vaccination, its ethical and legal frameworks, global vaccination campaigns, and scientific debates about the safety and efficacy of vaccination. (A3) (C1) | Rusnock, Andrea |
| HIS 328H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of HIS 328: The Holocaust | TuTh, 2:00PM-3:15PM | (3 crs.) Study of Nazi efforts to exterminate Jews and others in Europe. Focuses on the Nazi programs and policies; Jewish experiences; and the responses of the outside world. | Ward, James |
| HPR 124 | 0001-LEC | Honors Seminar: Mass Death in American Culture, 1978-present | Mo, 4:30PM-7:15PM | (3 crs.) This course will explore mass death events, responses, and aftermath in American culture over recent decades through historical, thanatological, and psychosocial critical lenses. Topics include cult deaths, terrorism-related deaths, and mass homicide in workplace and school settings. This course will also count toward the minor in Thanatology. (A2) (C1) | Murphy, Sara |
| HPR 124 | 0002 | Honors Seminar in Social Sciences and Civic Knowledge: Cuban Society and Politics | TuTh, 9:30AM-10:45AM | (3 crs.) (A2) (C1) | Lorenzo, Humberto Miranda |
| HPR135 | 0001-LEC | Honors Seminar: Climate Change | TuTh, 9:30AM-10:45AM | (3 crs.) (A1) (C2) | Spivack, Art |
| HPR142 | 0001-LEC | Honors Seminar in Writing & Information Literacy | MoWe, 3:00PM-4:15PM | (3 crs.) In this course we will investigate techniques for generating and delivering polished, cogent, and thoughtful work. We will frequently explore matters of understanding, compassion, and appreciation for individual experience, as well as media literacy. We will focus on the importance of point of view, context, 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. Of special concern will be questions of authorship and appropriate citation. Together we will work to access and refine your unique voice. (B1) (B4) | Vaccaro, Bethany |
| HPR142 | 0002-LEC | Honors Seminar in Writing & Information Literacy | TuTh, 11:00AM-12:15PM | (3 crs.) In this course we will investigate techniques for generating and delivering polished, cogent, and thoughtful work. We will frequently explore matters of understanding, compassion, and appreciation for individual experience, as well as media literacy. We will focus on the importance of point of view, context, 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. Of special concern will be questions of authorship and appropriate citation. Together we will work to access and refine your unique voice. (B1) (B4) | Toatley, Sarah |
| HPR142 | 0003-LEC | Honors Seminar in Writing & Information Literacy | TuTh, 12:30PM-1:45PM | (3 crs.) In this course we will investigate techniques for generating and delivering polished, cogent, and thoughtful work. We will frequently explore matters of understanding, compassion, and appreciation for individual experience, as well as media literacy. We will focus on the importance of point of view, context, 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. Of special concern will be questions of authorship and appropriate citation. Together we will work to access and refine your unique voice. (B1) (B4) | Toatley, Sarah |
| HPR 147 | 0002-SEM | Honors Seminar in Humanities and Writing: Modern Irish Writing | TuTh, 9:30AM-10:45AM | (3 crs.) An introduction to Irish literature from the late 20th century to the present. The course will explore poetry, short stories, and novels in the context of Irish history and culture. (A3) (B1) | Johnson, Heather |
| HPR183G | 0001-LEC | Honors in Diversity & Inclusion and Information Literacy: Black Lives Matter | TuTh, 5:00PM-6:15PM | (3 crs.) | Jones, Carnell |
| HPR 224G | 0001-LEC | Honors Colloquium in Social Science and Civic Knowledge & Responsibilities: Re-imagining Gender | TuTh, 2:00PM-3:15PM | (4 crs.) New ways of thinking about gender dominate our culture and politics today. What is the relevance of gender in shaping human rights in an increasingly diverse world? How do gender identities connect with other dimensions of inequality? And how is our rising consciousness about gender leading to vibrant social conversations, rearrangements of power, and new possibilities? (A2) (C1) | |
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| HPR316 | 0001-LEC | Honors Seminar in Diversity & Inclusion and Humanities: Communicating Difference | TuTh, 12:30PM-1:45PM | (3 crs.) In this class we will examine human difference (race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation) and issues of social justice. We will explore our own cultural identities as well as those of others. Through class discussions, readings, and personal reflection, we will learn how differences are created and reinforced. We will attempt to understand ourselves and others in ways other than stereotyped groups or categories; develop an awareness of the causes and effects of structured inequalities and prejudicial exclusion; and work toward being more culturally competent in our daily interactions. (C3) (A3) | Derbyshire, Madeline |
| HPR316 | 0002-LEC | Honors Seminar in Diversity & Inclusion and Humanities: Civil Rights | Tu, 4:30PM-6:45PM | (3 crs.) (C3) (A3) | O'Connor Jr, Barry J |
| HPR316 | 0005-LEC | Honors Seminar in Diversity & Inclusion and Humanities: Contemporary Culture of the Arab World | MoWeFr, 1:00PM-1:50PM | (4 crs.) (C3) (A3) | Magidow, Alexander |
| HPR 316 | 0004-LEC | Honors Seminar in Diversity & Inclusion and Humanities | Mo, 4:00PM-6:45PM | (3 crs.) This course is to invite students on an exploratory journey to the basics of Buddhist history, culture, philosophy, psychology, ethics and logic in the part of the world known as Tibet. Through in-depth study the students will acquire deeper understanding of Buddhist worldview. The course will examine the origins of Buddhism, the chronology of its introduction into Tibet, and important figures and events in its development over the past 1500 years. Students will be invited to explore fundamental Buddhist teachings and practices for achieving states of well-being, meditation, enlightenment and nirvana. Specific attention will be given to how Buddhist forms of compassion, meditation and wisdom traditions can contribute to peace and happiness in a chaotic and politically conflicted world. The course is also intended to help students enrich their knowledge and skills related to diversity, inclusion, and social harmony. The course will conclude with an analysis of the rapidly growing interest in Buddhism in the west for example its potential for neuroscientific research on mind-body connections. (C3) (A3) | Tendhar, Thupten |
| HPR344 | 0001-LEC | Honors Seminar in Arts & Design and Writing: Rebel Images in Film | Mo, 4:00PM-6:30PM We, 5:00PM-6:00PM | (3 crs.) The course examines the causes, development, and impact of the representation of rebels in films. The goal is to combine an appreciation of cinema with an understanding of related historical, social, political, and cultural trends and events, from the 50’s, through the protest era of the 60’s and 70’s, to the present. The class will analyze the cinematic rebel in relationship to critical influences, such as student and youth dissent, the Vietnam War, popular music, the women’s movement, sexual liberation, civil rights, and personal issues of rebellion. (A4) (B1) | Zorabedian, Thomas |
| HPR344 | 0002-LEC | Honors Seminar in Arts & Design and Writing: Student Productions of Digital Media for Environmental Communications: Rhode Island -Farm to Table - Food Initiatives | Th, 4:30PM-7:15PM | (3 crs.) This course engages undergraduate honors students in the core aspects of citizen science with a focus on self-experimentation in social, behavioral, health and medical realms. The course involves engaging with citizen science networks, self-and group change in networked contexts, and associated computing, research methods and interpretive skills (A4) (B1) | Amador, Jose; Bergstrom, Roy |
| HPR 344 | 0003-LEC | Honors Seminar in Arts & Design and Writing: Contemporary Understandings of Suicide | Tu, 4:00PM-7:45PM | (4 crs.) Contemporary Understandings of Suicide: This course will examine suicide, from ideation to aftermath, from the perspectives of the suicidal individual, mental health practitioners, and affected or bereaved loved ones. Focus on representations of suicide in film and other cultural productions. Process-oriented writing culminating in portfolio. (A4) (B1) | Murphy, Sara |
| HPR 392 | 0001-LEC | Honors Seminar in Civiv Engagement & Soc. And Beh. Science: Citizen Science: Self Experiments | TuTh, 2:00PM-3:15PM | (3 crs.) Citizens now initiate or participate in efforts to modify their own health, frequently using self-tracking with smart phones and devices like Fitbits. The study of these efforts involves citizen-centered health science. The course considers ways in which people experiment with their health behavior to change their weight, exercise, substance use, and other areas of health and behavior. How do health scientists study these efforts at self-change based data from devices, on-line networks, interest groups and through medical interventions? Learn how to participate in citizen health science both as a participant and from research perspective. The course is project-based and activities are customized to student interests. (C1) (A2) | Walls, Theodore |
| HPR401 | 0001 | Honors Project | TBA | Hames, Carolyn | |
| HPR402 | 0001 | Honors Project | TBA | Hames, Carolyn | |
| HPR411 | 0001-LEC | Honors Seminar: Money & Misery | Tu, 4:00PM-6:45PM | Swift, Judith & Art Mead | |
| HPR411 | 0002-LEC | Honors Seminar: Government & Power | Th, 5:00PM-7:45PM | Jensen, Scott R | |
| HPR411 | 0003-LEC | Honors Seminar: The Global Challenge of Emerging Infectious Disease. | TuTh, 12:30PM-1:45PM | (3 crs.) Biological concepts are integrated using real-world public health problems. The theme of globalization and emerging infectious diseases will incorporate significant ideas and issues from the life sciences as well as from a variety of other disciplines, including the social sciences, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, psychology, and theatre. Health Studies students preferred. | Lebrun, Roger |
| HPR411 | 0004-LEC | Honors Seminar: Philosophy of Sport | TuTh, 11:00AM-12:15AM | (3 crs.) Sports: so much more than athletic competition! In this seminar we’ll think about sports and athletic activity through the prism of Philosophy, starting with the idea of human beings as Homo Ludens, or “playing animals,” followed by questions such as what makes a sport, a sport; how thinking does or does not enter into sports; the beauty of athleticism and the aesthetics of the well executed play; excellence in competing, coaching, and personal performance; whether deliberate cheating is ever ethical; sports writing and commentary; amateurism vs. professional sport; equity in sport; issues raised by transgender athletes and TItle IX; and the joys and perils of participatory spectatorship. Students will have the chance to undertake work of their own in the philosophy of sport while also learning about the central issues in the field. | Foster, Cheryl |
| HPR411 | 0005-LEC | Honors Seminar: Protest and Resistance in America | MoWeFr, 1:00PM-1:50PM | (3 crs.) This course provides an in-depth look at protest resistance in the American past and present. It begins with the idea that fighting injustice-whether racial, gender, class or sexual discrimination or the imposition of power by those with it upon those who do not have it, whether in the United States or overseas-should be a basic goal of an educated individual. But this course is not just about pointing out injustice. Rather, this course takes a hard-headed look at the protest and politics, analyzing what forms of resistance have and have not worked, with the goal of helping students to make well-informed, historically grounded decisions about how to fight injustice as they see it. | Loomis, Erik |
| KIN123H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section- Foundations of Health | MoWeFr, 10:00AM-10:50AM | (3 crs.) Development of attitudes and practices that lead to more healthful living. Personal and community health problems studied. (A2) (B4) | Harper, Allison |
| MTH142H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section: Int Cal w AnalyGeo | TuTh, 2:00PM-3:15PM | (4 crs.) Continues the study of calculus for the elementary algebraic and transcendental functions of one variable. Topics include the technique of integration, improper integrals, indeterminate forms, and calculus using polar coordinates. Pre: MTH 141 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit or concurrent enrollment in MTH 132. (B3) | Kinnersley, William |
| MTH142H | R01-REC | Honors Section: Int Cal w AnalyGeo | We, 2:00PM-2:50PM | Required laboratory to accompany MTH 142. | Kinnersley, William |
| PHL235H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of PHL235: Modern Thought: Philosophy and Literature | TuTh, 2:00PM-3:15PM | (3 crs.) An introduction to leading intellectual ideas and figures from the late 19th into the 21st century through a comparative study of philosophy and literature by Camus, Kafka, Borges, Kundera, Saramago, O'Connor, Faulkner. (A3) (C2) | Johnson, Galen A |
| PHY203H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section- Elem PHY I | MoWeFr, 2:00PM-2:50PM | (3 crs.) Introduction to Newtonian mechanics, kinematics, and dynamics of particles and systems of particles. Motion of rigid bodies and oscillatory motion. Conservation principles. Pre: credit or concurrent enrollment in MTH 141 and concurrent enrollment in PHY 273H Lab and Recitation. Intended for science or engineering majors. Not open to students with credit in PHY 213. (A1) | Kahn, Leonard |
| PHY273H | R01-REC | Honors Section - Elem PHY Lab I | Tu, 1:00PM-2:50PM | Required recitation to accompany PHY 203H lecture. | Kahn, Leonard |
| PHY273H | 0001-LAB | Honors Section - Elem PHY Lab I | TH, 1:00PM-1:50PM | (1 cr.) Required laboratory to accompany PHY 203H. (A1) | Kahn, Leonard |
| PHY205H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section- Elem PHY 111 | TuTh, 11:00AM-12:15AM | (3 crs.) Third semester of elementary physics for students majoring in a physical science. Topics include thermodynamics, vibrations and waves, sound, and optics. Pre: PHY 203; credit or concurrent enrollment in MTH 243 or 362; and concurrent enrollment in PHY 275H. Intended for science or engineering majors. Not open to students with credit in PHY 213, 214. PHY205/PHY275 counts as an Honors 300-Level course. (A1) (B3) | Tammaro, Michael |
| PHY275H | 0001-LAB | Honors Section - Elem PHY Lab III | (1 cr.) Required laboratory to accompany PHY 205H. (A1) (B3) | Tammaro, Michael | |
| THN260H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section - Impact of Death on Behavior | MoWe, 2:00PM-3:15PM | (3 crs.) Explores the human experience of dying and the issue of quality of life. Group discussion focuses on the effect that individual and social values, medical and social structures have on one’s grief response and bereavement process. (A2) (C3) | Hames, Carolyn |
| TMD113H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of TMD113: Color Science | MoWeFr, 9:00AM-9:50AM | (3 crs.) The science of color: light and its interaction with objects and color vision. Color explained, mixed, measured, described, and reproduced (paints, dyes, photography, TV). Color in the natural world. (A1) | Bide, Martin |
| TMD 224H | 0001-LEC | Honors Section of TMD 224: Culture, Dress, and Appearance | MoWe, 12:00PM-1:15PM | (3 crs.) This course explores dress and appearance as a subcultural construction and meaning system through the reading of complex texts, discussion, films, primary source research, and writing. | Strubel, Jessica |