Courses
Spring 2020
| Courses | Section | Title | Description | Days/Times | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARB 251GH | 0001 | Contemporary Culture in the Arab World | Explore contemporary Arab culture starting from childhood to young adulthood and learn about the unique, and not-so-unique challenges facing today’s Arab youth. We will blend the every-day (food, music and media), with the political (from demographics to gender issues.) (A3) (C2) (GC) | MF 3-3:50pm W 2-3:50 (optional video viewing time) | Alex Magidow |
| CHN 112H | 0001 | Honors Section CHN 112: Intensive Beginning Chinese II | (4 crs.) Honors Section of CHN 112: Intensive Beginning Chinese II. (Lec. 4) Pre: CHN 111 or equivalent and 3.40 overall gpa. (C2) (A3) | MWF 9-9:50am TuTh 9:30-10:20am | Staff |
| CHN 216H | 0001 | Honors Section of CHN 216: Inten Conv & Comp II | (4 crs.) Honors Section of CHN 216: Intensive Conversation and Composition II. (Lec. 4) Pre: 3.40 overall gpa. (C2) (A3) | MWF 9-9:50am TuTh 9:30-10:20am | Staff |
| CHN 316H | 0001 | Honors Section of CHN 216: Advance CHN Flagship II | (4 crs.) Honors Section of CHN 316: Intensive Advanced Chinese for the Chinese Flagship Program II. Survey of Chinese literature, Media Chinese and Classical Chinese. Part 2 of intensive course for Flagship students. (Lec. 4) Pre: CHN 305 or 315 or equivalent, and 3.40 overall gpa. | MWF 1-1:50pm TuTh 8-9:15am | Staff |
| CMB 311H | 0001 | Honors Section of CMB 311: Introductory Biochemistry | (3 crs.) Chemistry of biological transformations in the cell. Chemistry of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes, vitamins, and hormones integrated into a general discussion of the energy-yielding and biosynthetic reactions in the cell. (Lec. 3) Pre: CHM 124 or equivalent | MWF 10-10:50am | Steven Gregory |
| COM 100H | 0001 | Honors Section of COM 100: Communication Fundamentals | (3 crs.) 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. (B2) (C1) | MWF 10-10:50am | Nikolaos Poulakos |
| COM 100H | 0002 | Honors Section of COM 100: Communication Fundamentals | (3 crs.) 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. (B2) (C1) | MWF 12-12:50pm | Nikolaos Poulakos |
| COM 100H | 0003 | Honors Section of COM 100: Communication Fundamentals | (3 crs.) 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. (B2) (C1) | MWF 8-8:50am | Tracy Proulx |
| COM 100H | 0004 | Honors Section of COM 100: Communication Fundamentals | (3 crs.) 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. (B2) (C1) | MWF 11-11:50am | Tracy Proulx |
| COM 100H | 0005 | Honors Section of COM 100: Communication Fundamentals | (3 crs.) 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. (B2) (C1) | MWF 12-12:50pm | Erin Earle |
| COM 310H | 0001 | Honors Section of COM 310: Communicating Differences | (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. | TuTh 11am-12:15pm | Lynne Derbyshire |
| EGR 106H | 0001 | Honors Section of EGR 106: Foundations of Engineering II | (2 crs.) Honors Section of EGR 106: Foundations of Engineering II. Engineering problem solving. (Lec. 2) Pre: MTH 141 or concurrent registration in MTH 141 and a 3.40 overall GPA. (A4) | M 3-5:15pm | Chris Hunter |
| ECN 201H | 0001 | Honors Section of ECN 201: Principles of Economics: Microeconomics | (3 crs.) Honors Section of ECN 201: Principles of Economics: Microeconomics. (Lec. 3/Online) Pre: overall gpa of 3.40. (A2) | MWF 10-10:50am | Theresa Devine |
| ENG 243H | 0001 | Honors Section of ENG 243: The Short Story | (4 crs.) Honors Section of ENG 243: The Short Story. Critical study of the short story from the early 19th century to the present. (Lec. 3, Project 3) Pre: 3.40 overall gpa. (A3) (B1) | TuTh 3:30-4:45pm | David Faflik |
| ENG 280H | 0001 | Honors Section of ENG 280: Introduction to Shakespeare | (4 crs.) Honors Section of ENG 280: Introduction to Shakespeare. Introduction to the major plays and poetry of Shakespeare. (Lec. 3, Project 3) Pre: Must have a 3.4 GPA or higher. (A3) (B1) | TuTh 11am-12:15pm | Travis Williams |
| GCH 101GH | 0001 | Honors Section of GCH101G: Advocating for Quality Education as a Viable Pathway out of Poverty | This global learning course offers an examination of U.N. Sustainable Development Goal # 4 – Quality Education. Students will integrate their knowledge of the SDGs with a global advocacy campaign for an African country. | MWF 9-9:50am | Louis Fosu |
| GWS 150H | 0001 | Honors Section of GWS 150: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies | (3 crs.) Images of women, the theories and processes of socialization, historical perspectives, and implications for social change. Pre: 3.40 overall GPA. (A2) (C3) | TuTh 9:30-10:45am | Kathleen McIntyre |
| HIS 119GH | 0001 | Honors Section of HIS 119G: Vaccines and Soc. | (3 cr.) Examines the history of vaccination, its ethical and legal frameworks, global vaccination campaigns, and scientific debates about the safety and efficacy of vaccination. (Lec. 3) (A3) (C1) (GC) | MWF 1-1:50pm | Andrea Rusnock |
| HPR 124 | 0001 | Honors: Soc Science-Civic Know: Loss in the Lives of Children and Adolescents | (3 crs.) Children's experiences with loss, focusing on developmental stage, cognitive capacity, and emotional effects. Explores victimization of children from a global perspective. Service-learning linkage with Friends Way, a children's bereavement center. Counts towards Thanatology minor. Pre: Must have a 3.4 overall GPA. (A2) (C1) | TuTh 9:30-10:45am | Carolyn Hames |
| HPR 142 | 0001 | Writing as Practice | 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. | TuTh 12:30-1:45pm | Sarah Toatley |
| HPR 142 | 0002 | Writing as Practice | 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. | TuTh 2-3:15pm | Sarah Toatley |
| HPR 147 | 0001 | Losses of Addiction in Literature and Life | (3 cr.) 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. (A3) (B1) | W 4-6:45pm | Sarah Murphy |
| HPR 183G | 0001 | Compassionate Activism | (3 cr.) 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) (GC) | TuTh 9:30-10:45am | Sarah Toatley |
| HPR 183G | 0002 | Compassionate Activism | (3 cr.) 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) (GC) | TuTh 11am-12:15pm | Sarah Toatley |
| HPR 224G | 0001 | Honors Colloquium: Trekonomics: Life and Economics in a Post-Scarcity World | (3 crs.) How do people make decisions when their every material want can be met with a push of a button? How does society organize itself in a post-scarcity world? What are the incentives for people to work hard and contribute if they don’t get paid? Would this world be a utopia or a dystopia? These are some of the questions we are going to ask and try to answer in this class as we imagine a world, as in Star Trek, in which food and objects are available at the push of a button and the society no longer uses money (with the occasional exception of gold-pressed latinum). We will explore whether or not we think we are headed in a direction that would lead to this post-scarcity world and what would be the steps along the way. We will read both fiction and non-fiction from authors who have imagined this type of future and explore the firms and people outside the classroom who may give us clues as to how we get there from here. (A2) (C1) (GC) | MWF 11-11:50am | Liam Malloy |
| HPR 224G | 0002 | Honors Colloquium: Climate Change and Your Future | (3 cr.)What are the most critical threats to your future as defined by the generally accepted line in the sand of 2050 and global mean temperature of the 1.5 to 2.0 degrees Celsius stabilization? What will climate change mean in global environmental change? We will discuss species extinction, food deserts, projected extremes in weather patterns, the impact of world population, and other concerning projections—many of which we are already seeing. The first portion of the class will focus on developing a common vocabulary and scientific understanding of climate change with class discussion and exercises augmented by guest speakers, films, and readings. We will then switch to the promise of technology and an exponentially evolving application of carbontech, AI, city design, the management of human and species migration, new methods to address scarcity of food and water, policy and technology of coastal management, and the potential for positive change and an optimistic future. Guest speakers, films and reading will augment this portion of the class as well. The final project will be student-designed and embrace optimistic potential as well as political, economic, and social change essential to accomplishing that vision. (A2) (C1) (GC) | Tu 4-6:45pm | Judith Swift |
| HPR 230G | 0001 | Honors Colloquium | (3 crs.) Aimed at math and non-math majors alike, this course explores how the development of mathematics parallels human development. We use math to describe the world, especially when we break it down to its constituent parts, thus we ask a fundamental question: Is mathematics a human construct or intrinsic to the world, just waiting to be ever more fully discovered? (A1) (GC) | TuTh 2-3:15pm | Mark Comerford |
| HPR 316 | 0002 | Honors Seminar: Human Rights Social Movements | (3 crs.) Over the last half of the twentieth century and into the new millennium, the notion of human rights expanded as decolonization, women's rights, and environmental movements challenged and reconfigured human rights conversations. This course studies these changes to determine how they shaped the way human rights is experienced today. Using both academic and activist sources, students will gain a better understanding of what human rights means, who has influenced ideas about human rights and how human rights efforts play our on the ground. The major project of the course will include students' researching a specific human rights effort and creating a blog or video about their research project. Pre: 3.40 GPA or better or permission of the director of the honors program. (C3) (A3) | TuTh 11am-12:15pm | Jessica Frazier |
| HPR 316 | 0003 | Honors Seminar: Tibetan Buddhism | (3 cr. ) 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) | Mo 4-6:45pm | Thupten Tendhar |
| HPR 316 | 0004 | Honors Seminar: The Western Beauty Caste System: The Politics of Black Women’s Hair and Body | (3cr.) A caste system divides people into hierarchical groups based on aspects of their social identity. Within a caste, there are distinct advantages and disadvantages with your position. As such, the Western beauty caste system, emblematic of larger socio-political beauty norms in the U.S., sorts and stratifies women according to phenotype. Historically, Black women’s hair and bodies have been positioned at the bottom of the Western beauty caste system. Engaging critical social theories, such as Black feminist thought and critical race theory, as a methodology, the purpose of this seminar will be to deconstruct, problematize, and interrogate the Western beauty caste system by centering the experiences of women in the African diaspora. Consistent with the methodologies of Black feminist thought and critical race theory, this course engages numerous forms of oppositional scholarship found in peer-reviewed/non-peer reviewed articles, books, documentaries, film, movies, art, music, poetry, spoken word, radio, podcasts, websites, etc. (C3) (A3) | We 4-6:45pm | Joanna Ravello |
| HPR 344 | 0001 | Honors Seminar: Images of Masculinity in Films | The course analyzes the visual representation of male characters in feature films, from John Wayne to Johnny Depp. Emphasis is on the impact of those images on our concepts of masculinity. We will explore how specific cinematic images relate to our cultural history, and consequently what implications those images hold for forming, perpetuating, or changing attitudes and perceptions of men, women, and masculinity today. Films viewed in or outside of class include many of the following: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; A Streetcar Named Desire; Casablanca; Play It Again, Sam; Dirty Harry; Tootsie; Eyes Wide Shut; The Crying Game; Philadelphia; What Women Want; Don Juan DeMarco; 500 Days of Summer; Her; In and Out; Midnight Cowboy; sex, lies, and videotape; Brokeback Mountain; High Fidelity; Rocky; Oleanna, and others. (A4) (B1) | Tu 3:30-6:15pm Th 3:30-4:30pm | Thomas Zorabedian |
| HPR 344 | 0002 | Honors Seminar: Suicide in American Film and Culture | (4 cr.) Examination of 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) | Tu 4-7:45pm | Sarah Murphy |
| HPR 346G | 0001 | Honors Seminar: What's the big idea? | (3 crs.) What's the big idea?- A N Boundary Thinking Approach to addressing complex social challenges. Every time we offer this course, we delve into different sticky, troubling issues for which we use our collective expertise to address. In the process, we learn to face the discomfort associated with learning things outside of our primary discipline, working with diverse peers, and meticulously framing and solving issues. Spring '19 we will tackle Mental Health and College Students. Pre: 3.40 or better overall GPA. (B2) (D1) (GC) | TuTh 12:30-1:45pm | Bryan Dewsbury |
| HPR 375 | 0001 | Honors Seminar: Global Challenge: Infectious Disease | (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. Pre-med, Pharmacy and Health Studies students preferred. (C2) (A2) | TuTh 2-3:15pm | Roger Lebrun |
| HPR 401 | 0001 | Honors Project | (3 crs.) (Independent Study) Pre: permission of the director of the Honors Program, and overall GPA of 3.40 or better. | Kathleen McIntyre | |
| HPR 402 | 0001 | Honors Project | (3 crs.) (Independent Study) Pre: permission of the director of the Honors Program, and overall GPA of 3.40 or better. | Kathleen McIntyre | |
| HPR 412 | 0001 | Honors Seminar: Government and Ethics | (3 crs.) 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. | Th 5-7:45pm | Scott Jensen |
| HPR 412 | 0002 | Honors Seminar: Transcend Nationalism? | (3 crs.) 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. | MWF 11-11:50am | James Ward |
| HPR 412 | 0003 | Honors Seminar: Popular Music Criticism | (3 crs.) 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. | TuTh 9:30-10:45am | Ian Reyes |
| HPR 412 | 0004 | 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. | TuTh 3:30-4:45pm | Dean Libutti |
| MCE 402H | 0001 | Honors Section of MCE 402: Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design II | (3 crs.) Honors Sections of MCE 401: Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design I. Application of engineering skills using a team-based approach. Design process methodology and communication of solutions to real-world engineering problems. First of a two-course sequence. (Lec. 2, Lab. 3) Pre: 3.40 overall GPA, MCE 302 and 366 and 448 and ISE 240 and concurrent registration in CHE 333, or permission of instructor. Must be taken in the semester prior to MCE 402. Not for graduate credit. MUST COMPLETE HONORS PROJECT PROPOSAL PROCESS TO COUNT FOR HONORS | WF 12-12:50pm | Staff |
| PHL 212H | 0001 | Honors Section of PHL 212: Ethics | (3 crs.) Honors Section of PHL 212: Ethics (Lec. 3) Pre: must have a 3.40 overall GPA. (A3) (C3) | MWF 12-12:50pm | Rebecca Millsop |
| PHP 336GH | 0001 | Honors Section of PHP 336G: Exploring Interdisciplinary Healthcare solutions for Opioid Use Disorder | PHP 336GH / HPR 301 You will register for both courses in order to take PHP 336GH. The theme of this course is an interdisciplinary survey of a multifaceted response to opioid epidemic in the United States through the lenses of pharmacy, epidemiology, and sociology. (Lec. 3) Pre: Junior standing or higher. (D1) (C1) (GC) | Tu 3:30-6:15 (lecture) Tu 12:30-1:12pm (HPR 301 recitation by permission number) | Jeffrey Bratberg |
| PHY 204H | 0001 | Honors Section PHY 204: Elem Physics II | (3 crs.) Honors Section of PHY 204: Elementary Physics II. (Lec. 3) Pre: must have a 3.40 overall GPA. PHY 203 or PHY 203H; credit or concurrent enrollment in MTH 142, and concurrent enrollment in PHY 274. Intended for science or engineering majors. Not open to students with credit in PHY 214. (A1) [Need passing credit in PHY 204 and 274 to fulfill general education requirement.] | MWF 2-2:50pm | Leonard Kahn |
| PHY 274H | 0001 | Honors Section of PHY 274 | (1 cr.) Honors Section of PHY 274: Elementary Physics Laboratory II (Lab. 3) Pre: must have a 3.40 overall GPA. Concurrent enrollment with PHY 204. (A1) [Need passing credit in PHY 204 and 274 to fulfill general education requirement.] | Tu 2-3:50pm Th 2-2:50pm | Leonard Kahn |
| PSC/ RLS 221H | 0001 | Honors Section of PSC/ RLS 221 | (4 crs.) Honors Section of RLS/PSC 221: Islam and Its Civilization: Cross-listed as (RLS), PSC 221H. Provides the students with the basic foundation to understand Islam (as a religion and a civilization). The course explains Islamic beliefs and ethics, then shows how those ethics shaped Muslim societies socially and politically. (Lec. 4) Pre: Must have a 3.4 or higher GPA overall to enroll.(A3) (C2) | TuTh 8-8:50am | Kat Jomaa |
| TMD 103GH | 0001 | Honors Section of TMD 103G | (3 crs.) Honors Section of TMD 103G: Textiles, Fashion, and Sustainability: The textile/fashion supply chain, from designer to store, through use and disposal, raises issues of sustainability (environmental, economic and ethical). These are examined at the personal and global levels. (Lec. 3) Pre: Must have a 3.4 overall GPA or higher to enroll. (C2) (GC) | TuTh 2-3:15pm | Linda Welters |