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Honors Course Archive: Autumn 2009

    • ARCH 350 D: Architecture of the Ancient World
      SLN 10326

        Louisa M. Iarocci (Architecture)
        Phone: 206 221-6046
        liarocci@u.washington.edu
      MWF
      F
      9:30-10:20
      11:30-12:20
      ARC 147
      ARC 110
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 20 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      Architectural history in the Western world from beginnings to AD 550.

    • ART 140 C: Honors Basic Photography
      SLN 10397

        Maggie Romano (Art)
      MW
      11:30-2:20
      ART 116
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 25 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      This course is an introduction to the theory, techniques and processes of still photography with a digital camera. The class emphasizes photography's potential for self-expression and creative problem solving in an artistic context.

      Student learning goals:
      -Understand the potential of photography as a fine art practice.
      -Achieve technical competence in basic photographic techniques.
      -Develop an awareness of meaning in visual art and contemporary photographic work
      -Develop creative responses to assignments
      -Think and speak critically and objectively about your work and that of your peers.

      General method of instruction:
      -Presentation/lectures will introduce a range of themes in contemporary art and photography.
      -Technical lectures and workshops will introduce camera operation and digital image processing.
      -Critiques and group reviews of assignments will occur regularly.

      Recommended preparation:
      There are no prerequisites for this class, however, it is required for those wanting to go on to study in the Photography program within the BFA degree. A background in art is helpful. Students must provide a digital cameral with lens, shutter, aperture and focus controls, with a minimum 4 Mega pixel capacity, and 512 memory card. No disposable and/or fixed focus cameras.

      Class assignments and grading:
      Each assignment is designed to stimulate consideration of a specific conceptual approach but may be realized with a vast range of creative solutions. Assessment is ongoing throughout the quarter. Regular group reviews of your photographic assignments are a valuable and essential component of this class. Evaluation will be based upon the conceptual development and adventurousness of your ideas, the quality and creativity of the assignments turned in and individual progress. In addition to the merit of your photographic work, assessment will also be based upon your level of contribution to discussion, your written review and your on-line contributions as reflections of engagement and critical thinking.

    • GEOG 123 AQ: Introduction to Globalization
      SLN 14127

        Matthew Sparke (Geography)
        Phone: 206-543-5194
        sparke@u.washington.edu
      F
      9:30-10:20
      MGH 206
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 23 students

      Students must also register for GEOG 123 A lecture (SLN 14114).

      Provides an introduction to the debates over globalization. Focuses on the growth and intensification of global ties. Addresses the resulting inequalities and tensions, as well as the new opportunities for cultural and political exchange. Topics include the impacts on government, finance, labor, culture, the environment, health, and activism. Offered: jointly with SIS 123.

    • GEOG 123 AT: Introduction to Globalization
      SLN 14130

        Matthew Sparke (Geography)
        Phone: 206-543-5194
        sparke@u.washington.edu
      F
      12:30-1:20
      MGH 206
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 23 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      Students must also register for GEOG 123 A lecture (SLN 14114).

      Provides an introduction to the debates over globalization. Focuses on the growth and intensification of global ties. Addresses the resulting inequalities and tensions, as well as the new opportunities for cultural and political exchange. Topics include the impacts on government, finance, labor, culture, the environment, health, and activism. Offered: jointly with SIS 123.

    • HIST 111 AC: The Ancient World
      SLN 14371

        Joel Walker (History)
        Office: Smith Hall, Room 004, Box 353560
        Phone: 616-1972
        jwalker@u.washington.edu
      F
      11:30-12:20
      THO 325
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 25 students

      Students must also enroll in HIST 111 A (SLN 14368)

      Origins of Western civilization to the fall of Rome.

    • Honors 251 A: History of Western Civilization Gender Concepts
      SLN 19446

        Clare Bright (Women Studies)
        Office: B-110 Padelford, Box 354345
        Phone: (206) 543-6900
        cbright@u.washington.edu
      T TH
      11:30-1:20
      Smith 407
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 35 students

      COURSE DESCRIPTION
      An exploration and critique of the dominant themes and paradigms which have shaped Western European thought, with special focus on concepts of "woman" and "man." Theories of knowledge and reality will also be covered. Feminist perspectives will be studied along with more traditional viewpoints.


      COURSE OBJECTIVES
      * To provide an overview of the dominant philosophical paradigms in western thought.
      * To assess such paradigms critically, especially from feminist perspectives To become familiar with the concepts of major thinkers regarding "woman" and "man"
      * To analyze the social and metaphysical contexts for these definitions
      * To develop the student's ability to analyze and formulate theory
      * To facilitate the thoughtful verbal and written expression of knowledge gained this term


      REQUIRED READINGS
      Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade
      Plato, The Republic
      The Bible (A protestant version of your choice)
      Woman in Western Thought (Reading Packet #1)
      Reading Packet #2
      (Both Reading Packets available at Professional Copy, 42nd & the Ave.)


      COURSE REQUIREMENTS
      Class Participation (30%): Students are expected to be at all class sessions and to be prepared for class discussion. This means studying the readings for the unit scheduled and coming to class with ideas to share. Acceptable participation includes both thoughtful comments and active, respectful listening, as well as an appropriate balance between them. One absence is permitted without affecting your participation grade.

      Two Take-home essay assignments (20% each): Dates TBA

      Group Project (15%): Details and guidelines TBA

      Final Exam (15%): An in-class comprehensive exam given ONLY on Dec. 10th, 4:30 pm.

    • Honors 251 B: The Queerness of Love
      SLN 19447

        Richard Block (Germanics)
        Office: 240 Denny Hall, Box 353130
        Phone: 206 543-8640
        blockr@u.washington.edu
      T TH
      1:30-3:20
      MGH 251
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 25 students

      Cross-listed with Germanics 390 B

      The words "I love you" may come from the heart, but they are nonetheless a citation, even a cliche. What the heart would speak is no more than a commonplace. Utterances of love, it might be said, are always already somebody else's. What is dearest and most heartfelt is thus rendered wholly unoriginal and certainly not one's own. The nature of love is thus self-estrangement; the lover, if (s)he truly is in love, can be nothing other than queer. But queer is not an easy term to define. If the term is embedded in the politics of gender, just as certainly does queer describe a relationship in which lover and loved do not relate. They remain inexplicably something "other" to each other and to themselves.

      In this course, we will attempt to trace the limits and possibilities of queer love. Is it the absolute form of love Plato describes in the "Symposium"? Or, is it merely mimetic and impossibly narcissistic as Shakespeare suggests in "A Midsummer Night's Dream?" For tentative answers to these questions we will also look at texts by Johann Goethe, Thomas Mann, and Roland Barthes. Toward the end of the quarter we will pursue the significance of Belize's remark in "Angels in America," "love is never ambiguous." In other words, is love never ambiguous only when it is queer, only when the self has surrendered all claims to selfhood? To explore that possibility we will conclude the course with a discussion of the AIDS quilt. What is the nature of love in the face of inexpressible loss? How do the assembled panels of strangers who died of a "queer's disease" overcome the ambiguity of the words, "I love you"?

      Requirements: In addition to active participation in class discussion, students will be asked to write three short essays and a final essay, based on the three shorter ones.

      Possible readings:
      Plato, The Symposium
      W. Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
      J. Goethe, Werther
      R. Barthes, A Lover's Discourse
      W. Cather, "Tommy the Unsentimental."
      T. Mann, Death in Venice
      T. Kushner, Angels in America.
      M. Foucault, History of Sexuality (excerpts).
      Panels and the accompanying narrative from "The Aids Quilt."
      E. Sedgewick, "Epistemology of the Closet" (excerpt).

    • Honors 251 C: How To Read, Write and Speak
      SLN 19448

        Eric Liu (Education)
        epliu@msn.com
      T TH
      1:30-3:20
      MGH 271
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 30 students

      You may think you know how to do these things, but in this fun, practical course you will sharpen your skills in the role of citizen. Students will spend intensive time learning three core skills of engaged citizenship: how to read the media (dissecting text articles and audio/video clips to determine the agendas of the protagonists and of the journalists, to detect bias, to see how issues have been framed); how to write an argument (by composing essays and op-eds on social and political issues and by assessing models of effective written advocacy); and how to deliver a speech (by practicing and getting critiqued on short persuasive speeches). Students will tie all three skills together by working collaboratively on projects that involve them in current civic life and the political process. No special experience required, but a willingness to participate actively and collaboratively is a must.

    • Honors 251 D: What We Know and How We Know It
      SLN 19449

        Frances McCue (Writer in Residence, UW Honors Program)
        frances@francesmccue.com
      MW
      10:30-12:20
      MGH 284
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 25 students

      Incoming Freshmen Only!

      For freshmen only, this course is an introduction to college-level methods of inquiry. Throughout your academic life at the university, you will be called upon to write, read and converse in order to absorb knowledge and test out ideas. Since academic disciplines are bound by their respective ways of knowing, and because other ways of knowing are empirical and creative, this course will present different ways of coming to knowledge. We'll engage in reading, lectures, dialogue, persuasive writing, journalistic writing, writing for academic papers as well as in creative writing-poems, short stories and vignettes. Expect a lively forum for testing out ideas and a venue to enhance your writing repertoire.

      Expectations for students include: attending all classes with the (substantial) assigned readings completed; contributing to small group presentations; considering one's own belief systems and the belief systems in a respectful and curious manner; being willing to experiment in writing styles and genres. In the end, students should be active questioning learners and show evidence of this engagement.

      Goals for the course include: learning how to negotiate and navigate with different ways of knowing; developing empathic and creative imagination; enhancing student writing; creating models for civic dialogue; and articulating individual learning.

      The course will connect often-separated worlds of research and practice, university and "real world" expertise, and writing and dialogic education.

      This course is the introduction to a year-long sequence-in the winter quarter, the course topic will be "Teaching What We Know" and in the spring, the class will culminate in internships throughout the area. Enrollment in all three terms is not required.

    • Honors 251 F: Sex, Gender and Representation in Greek and Roman Literature
      SLN 19430

        Stephen Hinds (Classics)
        Office: 218 Denny, Box 353110
        Phone: 206 543-2266
        shinds@u.washington.edu
      MW
      12:30-2:20
      MGH 206
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 30 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      The aim of this course is to consider the kinds of stories that ancient Greeks and Romans tell in their canonical literary texts about human interpersonal experience, with special reference to the dynamics of sex and gender in the individual and in society. The focus will be less on the details of lived reality than on the worlds of myth, fiction and tendentious self-representation through which Greek and Roman writers and readers push the envelope of everyday life and explore larger worlds of identity, desire and the imagination.

      The course presupposes no prior study of what we know as 'classical antiquity', but offers participants the opportunity to explore a formative period of Western civilization through consideration of some of its most characteristic texts and ideas. At the same time, the approach through sex, gender and representation allows some of the most current emphases in the modern study of the humanities to be applied to these two-millennium-old (and older) texts, so that this is a very 21st century introduction to, and critique of, key elements in ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture.

      Specific areas addressed will include the affirmation and inversion in literature of culturally agreed gender roles; myths of male and female identity and self-fashioning; the marginalization and reclamation of female consciousness; and the 'rules of engagement' in ancient love poems and narratives of sexual encounter, in which gender, status and sexual preference are all inextricably bound up together.

      Works read in prescribed English translation, wholly or in part, will include Homer's epic Odyssey, Euripides' tragic Medea, Plato's philosophical Symposium, Ovid's mythic Metamorphoses, Longus' prose romance Daphnis & Chloe, and selected short poems by Sappho, Anacreon, Theognis, and Catullus. These and other texts, spanning a range of genres of ancient literature, will be read closely for their aesthetic and artistic qualities, placed in their cultural and ideological contexts, and considered for their impact upon later ages, including our own.

      The focus throughout will be on the close interpretation of literary texts, with participants required to read and respond to a broad range of primary readings (by ancient authors) and a limited number of secondary readings (by contemporary scholars), in discussion and in writing. There will be two exams, each of which will include passages for ID and discussion, and more extended essay questions on topics assigned ahead of time. There will be one term paper or equivalent writing project; in addition, short written responses to course materials will be required at various points during the term.

    • Honors 251 G: Natural Science for an Informed Citizen
      SLN 19622

        Vladimir Chaloupka (Physics)
        Office: B309 Physics-Astronomy Bldg, Box 351560
        Phone: 543-8965
        vladi@u.washington.edu
      MW
      1:30-3:20
      PAA A212
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 9 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      This course can also be taken as Honors 220 B for science credit.

      Modern science is an awesome, exciting adventure. Quite inexplicably, we seem able to investigate Nature, from detailed aspects of the Big Bang, through the machinery of our own genome, all the way to the Quantum Mechanics of quarks and neutrinos. At the same time, many thinkers have pointed out the ever-increasing gap between the cumulative, exponential progress in science and technology on the one hand, and on the other hand, the lack of comparable progress in our ability to use our new technological tools thoughtfully and responsibly. This gap cannot keep increasing forever. Some people think that we might be in the process of acquiring powers that we should not have, and that catastrophic consequences are not only possible, but probable or even inevitable.

      An informed, educated citizen should know enough about science to be able to appreciate the potential benefits as well as the possible dangers which Science represents. In this course, we will explore the current status and developments in Physics, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology. We will learn how NASA plans to listen to the gravitational symphony of the Universe, how astrophysicists know what happened fifteen billions years ago (and exactly what happened in the first three minutes after that), we will learn about Schrodinger's cat and Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and we will contemplate the marvelous interplay of DNA, RNA and proteins. We will spend equal time discussing methods of risk assessment: we will try to find out if the Brookhaven National Laboratory could accidentally produce a black hole which will eat the Planet, or if a biological accident could wipe out Civilization. There will be both exuberance as well as humility in our treatment of the issues, and both feelings will often be illustrated using the playground of Music.

    • Honors 261 B: Reading and Writing Violence and War
      SLN 19452

        Clarke Speed (Anthropology)
        landogo@u.washington.edu
      MW
      11:30-1:20
      AND 010
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 40 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      This course continues probing the ethos of what Honors Global Advocacy means in a conflicted and often violent world. We plow both new and old ethnographic terrain in search of the human costs of cultural and historical violence in the so-called Age of Modernity. While the ethnographic material is focused in Africa - specifically, Sudan and Mozambigue - the applications to other places and times are obvious. In a strange irony, we become aware that high levels of cultural violence and degradation find parallel levels of human creativity, adaptation, and hope. So, in a very graphic and yet hopeful way, we aim to find humanity even in its apocalyptic collapse. Texts include Nordstrom's A Different Kind Of War Story (1997), Jok Madut Jok's War and Slavery in Sudan (2001), as well as a collection of theory and praxis by Das, Kleinman, Ramphele, and Reynolds(eds)Violence and Subjectivity (2000). The course is based on a 'socratic method' with three short concept papers, multiple rewrites, student presentations, critical dialogue, and Socratic skirmishes. As a student generated space, there are no right answers and many ways of knowing.

    • Honors 261 C: Leadership, Democracy, and a More Thoughtful Public
      SLN ?

        Roger Soder (Education)
        Office: M213 Miller, Box 353600
        rsoder@u.washington.edu
      TTH
      12:30-2:50
      MGH 206
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 25 students

      * FRESHMAN ONLY - FIG COURSE *

      Register for the Honors "mini-FIG" using SLN 13935.

      We will consider the following five propositions:

      1. Leadership always has a political context; leadership in a democracy is necessarily different than leadership in other political regimes.

      2. Leadership involves at its base the creation of a persuaded audience, but, more than persuasion, involves creating and sustaining a more thoughtful public, a public capable of rising above itself.

      3. A more thoughtful public must not only be created and sustained, but, given that things inevitably fall apart, must be recovered and reconstituted.

      4. Distinctions must be made in the leadership functions of (a) initiating, (b) sustaining, and c) recovering and reconstituting. What it takes for leader to sustain isn't quite the same as what it takes to initiate, and neither of these approach what it takes to recover and reconstitute when the organization or regime falls apart.

      5. Good leadership involves ethical and effective information seeking. A leader must have knowledge of what must be done, knowledge of what it takes to persuade others of what must be done (and, in persuading, creating a more thoughtful public), and knowledge of how an audience/public will respond. Only with a thorough understanding of the principles, strategies, and costs of information seeking will one be able to engage in ethical and effective leadership.

      Sources of texts will include, but not be limited to: Tocqueville, Sophocles, Machiavelli, Lincoln, Kautilya, Dostoevsky, the Tao-Te-Ching, the Huainanzi, as well as contemporary authors.

      Method of instruction: close reading of texts, coupled with short papers on texts, plus a longer (5-8 page) synthesis paper; small and large group discussions with each other and visiting scholars/practitioners.

    • SIS 200 AI: States and Capitalism: The Origins of the Modern Global System
      SLN 18111

        Resat Kasaba (International Studies)
        Office: 322 Thomson, Box 353650
        Phone: 543-6890
        kasaba@u.washington.edu
      T TH
      11:30-12:20
      MGH 206
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 25 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      Students must also register for SIS 200 A lecture (SLN 18102)

      Origins of the modern world system in the sixteenth century and its history until World War I. Interacting forces of politics and economics around the globe, with particular attention to key periods of expansion and crisis.

    • SIS 200 AJ: States and Capitalism: The Origins of the Modern Global System
      SLN 18112

        Resat Kasaba (International Studies)
        Office: 322 Thomson, Box 353650
        Phone: 543-6890
        kasaba@u.washington.edu
      T TH
      2:30-3:20
      MLR 302A
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 25 students

      Students must also register for SIS 200 A lecture (SLN 18102)

      Origins of the modern world system in the sixteenth century and its history until World War I. Interacting forces of politics and economics around the globe, with particular attention to key periods of expansion and crisis.

    • BIO 250 AE: Honors Marine Biology
      SLN 11197

      F
      1:30-4:20
      FSH 142
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 8 students

      Also available as FISH 250 and OCEAN 250
      FOR ALL QUESTIONS/ADD CODES, PLEASE EMAIL MARBIOL@U.WASHINGTON.EDU.
      Students must also register for BIO 250 A lecture (SLN 11192)

      Lecture-laboratory course in Marine Biology focusing on physical, biological, and social aspects of the marine environment. Topics include oceanography, ecology, physiology, behavior, conservation, fisheries, exploration, and activism. Evening marine biology movies and weekend field trip. Honors section research project. Offered: jointly with FISH/OCEAN 250.

    • CHEM 145 A: Honors General Chemistry
      SLN 11726

      MWF
      2:30-3:20
      BAG 260
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 72 students

      Prerequisite: either MATH 124 or MATH 134, either of which may be taken concurrently; score of 66% on HCHEMC placement test, score of 4 or 5 on AP Chemistry exam, or IB score of 5, 6, or 7 on high level chemi

      Students must also register for a section of CHEM 145A (times listed on UW Time Schedule)

      145 and 155 cover material in 142, 152, and 162. Includes laboratory. No more than the number of credits indicated can be counted toward graduation from the following course groups: 142, 145 (5 credits); 145, 155, 162 (10 credits).

    • CHEM 335 A: Honors Organic Chemistry
      SLN 11811

      MTWF
      10:30-11:20
      BAG 261
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 70 students

      Students must see Chem advisor in Bagley 109 for entry code.
      Prerequisite: either CHEM 155 or CHEM 162.

      For chemistry majors and otherwise qualified students planning three or more quarters of organic chemistry. Structure, nomenclature, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds. Theory and mechanism of organic reactions. Studies of biomolecules. No organic laboratory accompanies this course. No more than 5 credits can be counted toward graduation from the following course groups: 221, 223, 237, 335.

    • Honors 220 A: A Way of Knowing
      SLN 19443

        Paul Boynton (Physics)
        Office: C501 Physics-Astronomy Bldg., Box 351560
        Phone: 543-8967
        boynton@u.washington.edu
      MW
      F
      1:30-2:50
      1:30-2:20
      PAA 114
      PAA 114
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 25 students

      Priority to sophomores through seniors. Incoming freshmen interested in taking this class must email Professor Boynton at boynton@phys.washington.edu

      Students must also register for an Honors section - Honors 220 AA or AB

      It may be inevitable that science will continue to transform our lives given an irrepressible human urge to continually extend our comprehension of the natural world. Imagine physical science as a modern Pandora's Box. In responding to this urge, we open the box over and over again, revealing ever newer and deeper understandings, thereby releasing new technologies that may be received eagerly or with trepidation. In either case, for better or worse, our modern worldview is in no small way driven by the march of science and technology. Taking a long view of Western civilization, one may wonder how we came to this condition given its stark contrast with pre-Renaissance notions of the natural world and our place in it.

      In A Way of Knowing, we seek to comprehend this modern condition by examining the historical/philosophical roots of the culture of scientific inquiry; that is, how we have interpreted our experience of the physical world in four eras: Classical Antiquity, Hellenism, the late Renaissance, and the early Twentieth Century. In doing so, we discover not only the success and power of our modern way of knowing the world of matter and energy, but also its inherent limitations and self-imposed boundaries when attempting to confront the full range of human thought and experience.

      The dual themes we pursue through these four periods are the phenomenon of gravitation and the nature of the heavens, cosmology. Studying the history of our approach to interpreting these fundamental experiences of nature provides insight to how we have come to our current perception of the natural world, and how that perception may change in the future.

      At its core, this is a physical science course. Learning about science requires doing some scientific thinking, which in turn requires basic skills in quantitative reasoning. Even so, familiarity with only the most elementary aspects of high school algebra and geometry is presumed. In modern times there is no other way to grasp the underlying, implicit connection between a falling apple and a Black Hole.

      On the other hand, this is definitely a course in the history of ideas for liberal arts students, not science majors unless their interests are that broad. The wide-ranging topics covered here borrow heavily on and directly inform concepts you have already met or will encounter in literature, history, and philosophy during your academic adventures at the UW. You may be surprised by the foundational connections between the intellectual structure of modern science and a number of seemingly peripheral issues: preSocratic ontological and epistemological questions, the tension between thought and experience in classical philosophy, Hellenism's retreat from reason, late medieval Scholasticism, searching for the boundary between the natural and supernatural, Renaissance magic, Cartesian dualism, Newton's towering, schizophrenic intellect, and Einstein's surprisingly Pythagorean vision. These are but a few elements in a story of disciplined human creativity that illuminates the scientific underpinnings of modernity. Please join us for the telling.

    • Honors 220 AA: A Way of Knowing (honors section)
      SLN 19444

        Paul Boynton (Physics)
        Office: C501 Physics-Astronomy Bldg., Box 351560
        Phone: 543-8967
        boynton@u.washington.edu
      T
      1:30-2:20
      PAA A214
      Credits:
      Limit: 12 students

      Students must also register for Honors 220 A lecture (SLN 19443)

    • Honors 220 AB: A Way of Knowing (honors section)
      SLN 19445

        Paul Boynton (Physics)
        Office: C501 Physics-Astronomy Bldg., Box 351560
        Phone: 543-8967
        boynton@u.washington.edu
      TH
      1:30-2:20
      PAA A214
      Credits:
      Limit: 13 students

      Students must also register for Honors 220 A lecture (SLN 19443)

    • Honors 220 B: Natural Science for an Informed Citizen
      SLN 19500

        Vladimir Chaloupka (Physics)
        Office: B309 Physics-Astronomy Bldg, Box 351560
        Phone: 543-8965
        vladi@u.washington.edu
      MW
      1:30-3:20
      PAA A212
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 16 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      This course can also be taken as Honors 251 G for Civ credit.

      Modern science is an awesome, exciting adventure. Quite inexplicably, we seem able to investigate Nature, from detailed aspects of the Big Bang, through the machinery of our own genome, all the way to the Quantum Mechanics of quarks and neutrinos. At the same time, many thinkers have pointed out the ever-increasing gap between the cumulative, exponential progress in science and technology on the one hand, and on the other hand, the lack of comparable progress in our ability to use our new technological tools thoughtfully and responsibly. This gap cannot keep increasing forever. Some people think that we might be in the process of acquiring powers that we should not have, and that catastrophic consequences are not only possible, but probable or even inevitable.

      An informed, educated citizen should know enough about science to be able to appreciate the potential benefits as well as the possible dangers which Science represents. In this course, we will explore the current status and developments in Physics, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology. We will learn how NASA plans to listen to the gravitational symphony of the Universe, how astrophysicists know what happened fifteen billions years ago (and exactly what happened in the first three minutes after that), we will learn about Schrodinger's cat and Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and we will contemplate the marvelous interplay of DNA, RNA and proteins. We will spend equal time discussing methods of risk assessment: we will try to find out if the Brookhaven National Laboratory could accidentally produce a black hole which will eat the Planet, or if a biological accident could wipe out Civilization. There will be both exuberance as well as humility in our treatment of the issues, and both feelings will often be illustrated using the playground of Music.

    • Honors 396 A: Discussion Supplement to Biology 200: Thinking like a scientist
      SLN 19456

        Brenda Bourns (Biology)
        bournsb@seattleu.edu
      TH
      1:30-3:20
      MGH 242
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 25 students

      Must be concurrently enrolled in BIOL 200

      Objectives
      Where does the information in your textbooks come from? In this class, we will examine the process of discovery science. That is, we will learn how scientists determine, evaluate, and communicate the information that makes it (eventually) into your textbooks. We will use the topics from your Biology 200 class as a springboard to delve more deeply into the "how" of science. Additionally we will flesh out a subset of class topics and see how they apply to life outside of class. You will gain instruction and practice in designing experiments, analyzing and writing about data and reading and evaluating primary literature - the vehicle by which scientists report their findings to one another and the public.

      This is a seminar style discussion section designed to capitalize on the benefits of small class size. The emphasis will be on active learning methods. As it is important not only to understand and assess, but to be able to thoroughly educate yourself on a topic, articulate your point, and back your opinion up with facts, a portion of the course will be dedicated to giving you the opportunity to practice these skills in the form of writings and presentations. Attendance is required, as are the completion of weekly readings/discussion questions and short writing assignment, a more in-depth data writing assignment and a powerpoint presentation on a relevant topic.

      Some of the probable topics include protein structure and prions, molecular mechanisms of cancer, tweaking the molecular dogma, gene therapy, stem cell breakthroughs and possibly a tour of a local research institute depending upon interest.

    • Honors 396 B: Discussion Supplement to Biology 200: Thinking like a scientist
      SLN 19457

        Brenda Bourns (Biology)
        bournsb@seattleu.edu
      TH
      3:30-5:20
      MGH 242
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 25 students

      Must be concurrently enrolled in BIOL 200

      Objectives
      Where does the information in your textbooks come from? In this class, we will examine the process of discovery science. That is, we will learn how scientists determine, evaluate, and communicate the information that makes it (eventually) into your textbooks. We will use the topics from your Biology 200 class as a springboard to delve more deeply into the "how" of science. Additionally we will flesh out a subset of class topics and see how they apply to life outside of class. You will gain instruction and practice in designing experiments, analyzing and writing about data and reading and evaluating primary literature - the vehicle by which scientists report their findings to one another and the public.

      This is a seminar style discussion section designed to capitalize on the benefits of small class size. The emphasis will be on active learning methods. As it is important not only to understand and assess, but to be able to thoroughly educate yourself on a topic, articulate your point, and back your opinion up with facts, a portion of the course will be dedicated to giving you the opportunity to practice these skills in the form of writings and presentations. Attendance is required, as are the completion of weekly readings/discussion questions and short writing assignment, a more in-depth data writing assignment and a powerpoint presentation on a relevant topic.

      Some of the probable topics include protein structure and prions, molecular mechanisms of cancer, tweaking the molecular dogma, gene therapy, stem cell breakthroughs and possibly a tour of a local research institute depending upon interest.

    • MATH 124 K: Honors Calculus with Analytic Geometry
      SLN 15524

      MWF
      10:30-11:20
      TBA
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 60 students

      Students must contact Math Department for add code.

      First quarter in calculus of functions of a single variable. Emphasizes differential calculus. Emphasizes applications and problem solving using the tools of calculus. Prerequisite: 2.5 in MATH 120, score of 68% on MATHPC placement test, score of 75% on MATHEC placement test, or score of 2 on AP test.

    • MATH 134 A: Accelerated Honors Calculus
      SLN 15573

      MTWTHF
      10:30-11:20
      SAV 132
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 35 students

      Students must contact Math Department for add code.

      Covers the material of 124, 125, 126; 307, 308, 318. First year of a two-year accelerated sequence. May receive advanced placement (AP) credit for 124 after taking 134. For students with above average preparation, interest, and ability in mathematics.

    • MATH 334 A: Accelerated Honors Advanced Calculus
      SLN 15613

      MTWTHF
      10:30-11:20
      SIG 226
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 35 students

      Students must contact Math Department for add code.
      Prerequisite: either 2.0 in MATH 136, or 2.0 in MATH 126; 2.0 in MATH 307; either 2.0 in MATH 205, 2.0 in MATH 308, or 2.0 in MATH 318.

      Introduction to proofs and rigor; uniform convergence, Fourier series and partial differential equations, vector calculus, complex variables. Students who complete this sequence are not required to take MATH 309, 310, 324, 326, 327, 328, and 427. Second year of an accelerated two-year sequence; prepares students for senior-level mathematics courses.

    • PHYS 121 B: Honors Mechanics
      SLN 17348

      MWF
      9:30-10:20
      PAA A118
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 66 students

      CONTACT PROF HERON AT PHERON@PHYS.WASHINGTON.EDU FOR ENTRY CODE.
      Prerequisite: MATH 124, MATH 127, MATH 134, or MATH 145, any of which may be taken concurrently; recommended: one year high school physics

      Students need to also sign up for an Honors tutorial section and a lab (times for these sections are listed in the UW Time Schedule)

      Basic principles of mechanics and experiments in mechanics for physical science and engineering majors. Lecture tutorial and lab components must all be taken to receive credit. Credit is not given for both PHYS 114 and PHYS 121.

    • ENGL 281 F: Intermediate Expository Writing: Writing About Media
      SLN 19986

        Candice Rai (English)
        crai@u.washington.edu
      T Th
      8:30-10:20
      MGH 082
      Credits: 5
      Limit: 23 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      This Honors Composition course fulfills the UW's Composition requirement. This course does not fulfill Honors core requirements.

      The focus of this class is writing. Good writing does not occur in a vacuum, which is to say that it cannot be pulled off effectively without considering audience, social context, intention, genre, and a whole host of other rhetorical concerns that we will address in this class. Although there is not a heavy duty reading load or a tightly formed "theme," the secondary focus of this course is on studying the "media" (how to critique and write about various media, how to effectively create content for media, and so on). In particular, we will use contemporary social issues being talked about in the media (broadly defined to include magazines, newspapers, blogs, film, music, art, television) as an entry way, content, and exigency for our writing projects. There will be ample room for students to explore issues key to their own interests, disciplines, career plans, etc.

      We will consider what it means to write effectively at all stages of the process, for different audiences and contexts, and in various genres. We will be concerned not only with rhetorical invention (how one comes up with something important to write about in the first place), but also with polish, style, and the consequences of our writing. We will also consider surface-level language choices, organization, use of evidence, and so on.

      Students will do short, daily written responses and complete various writing assignments that build up to a larger project. Many of the projects will be in the publicly oriented genres like those we study (news articles, blog entries, etc.). We will spend several class periods in a computer classroom, which will facilitate our investigation of new digital media, as well as our analysis of visual rhetoric.

    • GEN ST 199 I2: Honors FIG #82
      SLN 13935

        Benjamin Overton (Honors)
        overtb@u.washington.edu
      Credits: 12
      Limit: 25 students

      INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY

      Please note that the Honors FIG only constitutes 7 credits. Students must be registered for at least 12 credits to qualify as a full-time student.

      The Honors FIG includes the following courses (Total 7 credits):

      Honors 261 C: Leadership, Democracy, and a More Thoughtful Public (5 credits)
      Roger Soder (Education)
      rsoder@u.washington.edu
      TTH 12:30-2:50, MGH 206

      We will consider the following five propositions:

      1. Leadership always has a political context; leadership in a democracy is necessarily different than leadership in other political regimes.
      2. Leadership involves at its base the creation of a persuaded audience, but, more than persuasion, involves creating and sustaining a more thoughtful public, a public capable of rising above itself.
      3. A more thoughtful public must not only be created and sustained, but, given that things inevitably fall apart, must be recovered and reconstituted.
      4. Distinctions must be made in the leadership functions of (a) initiating, (b) sustaining, and c) recovering and reconstituting. What it takes for leader to sustain isn't quite the same as what it takes to initiate, and neither of these approach what it takes to recover and reconstitute when the organization or regime falls apart.
      5. Good leadership involves ethical and effective information seeking. A leader must have knowledge of what must be done, knowledge of what it takes to persuade others of what must be done (and, in persuading, creating a more thoughtful public), and knowledge of how an audience/public will respond. Only with a thorough understanding of the principles, strategies, and costs of information seeking will one be able to engage in ethical and effective leadership.

      Sources of texts will include, but not be limited to: Tocqueville, Sophocles, Machiavelli, Lincoln, Kautilya, Dostoevsky, the Tao-Te-Ching, the Huainanzi, as well as contemporary authors.

      Method of instruction: close reading of texts, coupled with short papers on texts, plus a longer (5-8 page) synthesis paper; small and large group discussions with each other and visiting scholars/practitioners.


      GEN ST 199 I2: "University Resources" (2 credits)
      Instructor: Ben Overton, Honors FIG leader and College Honors student
      Wed 11:30-12:20

      Introduces students to various aspects of the University of Washington community. Includes exploration of university resources and opportunities, and academically related skill development.

    • GEN ST 199 R: Honors Freshman Seminar
      SLN 14019

        Jake Bobman (Honors)
        jtb11@u.washington.edu
      Th
      2:30-4:20
      Lander 132
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 15 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY

    • GEN ST 199 R1: Honors Freshman Seminar
      SLN 14020

        Ainsley Bourque (Honors)
        ains@u.washington.edu
      Wed
      2:30-4:20
      MGH 211 B
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 15 students

      INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY

    • GEN ST 199 R2: Honors Freshmen Seminar
      SLN 14021

        Geoffrey Morgan (Honors)
        geoffm3@u.washington.edu
      TH
      11:30-1:20
      MGH 211 B
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 18 students

      INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY

    • GEN ST 199 R3: Honors Freshmen Seminar
      SLN 14022

        Faustine Dufka (Honors)
        fdufka@u.washington.edu
      Tu
      8:30-10:20
      MGH 211B
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 15 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY

    • GEN ST 199 R4: Honors Freshmen Seminar
      SLN 14023

        Kristin DeVleming (Honors)
        kdev@u.washington.edu
      Fr
      1:30-3:20
      MGH 211B
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 18 students

      INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY

    • GEN ST 199 R5: Honors Freshmen Seminar
      SLN 14024

        Sheida Aalami (Honors)
        sheida@u.washington.edu
      Fri
      9:30-11:20
      MGH 211B
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 15 students

      INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY

    • GEN ST 199 R6: Honors Freshmen Seminar
      SLN 14025

        Semonti Hossain (Honors)
        hossains@u.washington.edu
      Mon
      3:30-5:20
      MGH 211B
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 15 students

      ***COURSE FULL***

      INCOMING FRESHMEN ONLY

    • Honors 100 A: Honors at the UW: Knowledge Across the Disciplines
      SLN 19438

        James Clauss (UW Honors, Classics)
        Office: MGH 211, Box 352800
        Phone: 221-6075
        jjc@u.washington.edu
        Julie Villegas (UW Honors)
        Office: MGH 211, Box 352800
        Phone: 543-7172
        villegas@u.washington.edu
      W
      4:30-5:50
      MGH 389
      Credits: 1, c/nc
      Limit: 126 students

      Freshmen only - this course is required for all first quarter freshmen in UW Honors.

      Join us this fall for an exciting lecture series developed specifically for our incoming Honors Freshmen! During the course of ten weeks you will meet Honors faculty from across campus and get a preview of exciting courses offered through the Honors Program.

      The unique role of the Honors Program at the UW brings students and faculty together from across campus to integrate knowledge and broaden perspectives. Whether you are interested in science, arts, humanities, or interdisciplinary studies, this series will inspire you to create your unique UW journey through the Honors Program curriculum.

      Please note: Students enrolled in an Honors Freshmen Seminar, General Studies H 199 will attend all lectures in this series. You will need to register for HONORS 100 in addition to your Freshman Seminar.

    • Honors 100 B: Honors at the UW: Knowledge Across the Disciplines
      SLN 19439

        James Clauss (UW Honors, Classics)
        Office: MGH 211, Box 352800
        Phone: 221-6075
        jjc@u.washington.edu
        Julie Villegas (UW Honors)
        Office: MGH 211, Box 352800
        Phone: 543-7172
        villegas@u.washington.edu
      Th
      4:30-5:50
      MGH 389
      Credits: 1, c/nc
      Limit: 125 students

      Freshmen only - this course is required for all first quarter freshmen in UW Honors.

      Join us this fall for an exciting lecture series developed specifically for our incoming Honors Freshmen! During the course of ten weeks you will meet Honors faculty from across campus and get a preview of exciting courses offered through the Honors Program.

      The unique role of the Honors Program at the UW brings students and faculty together from across campus to integrate knowledge and broaden perspectives. Whether you are interested in science, arts, humanities, or interdisciplinary studies, this series will inspire you to create your unique UW journey through the Honors Program curriculum.

      Please note: Students enrolled in an Honors Freshmen Seminar, General Studies H 199 will attend all lectures in this series. You will need to register for H A&S 100 in addition to your Freshman Seminar.

    • ENVIR 497 A: Dirt and the King of Fish
      SLN 13433

      TH
      3:30-5:20
      MGH 278
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 15 students

      ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES HONORS SEMINAR: "DIRT & THE KING OF FISH" COLLEGE OR DEPARTMENTAL HONORS STUDENTS (ANY MAJOR) ONLY FOR PERIOD I.

      CONTACT POEADV@U.WASHINGTON.EDU FOR ADD CODE.

    • Honors 350 A: The 100 Greatest Americans: A Special Student-Led Research Project
      SLN 19431

        Taso Lagos (International Studies)
        Office: 400 Thomson Hall, Box 353650
        Phone: (206) 543-4370
        taso@u.washington.edu
      W
      10:30-12:20
      MGH 211B
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 15 students

      Add codes are no longer required for this course. Registration open to non-Honors students. See https://sdb.admin.washington.edu/timeschd/uwnetid/sln.asp?QTRYR=AUT+2009&SLN=19431 for registration details.

      Who are the greatest 100 Americans who have ever lived since 1600? And what are the criteria to determine when someone is great? This special seminar will uncover the 100 greatest Americans who have lived, or are currently living. Once the parameters for what constitutes greatness are determined, students working in teams will dig through various historical sources to determine the final list, which will then be unveiled at a special ceremony on the last day of class to the UW community, as well as perhaps to local media. Some reading involved.

    • Honors 350 B: About six ways of looking at landscapes
      SLN 19455

        John Edwards (Biology)
        Phone: (206) 543-8829
        hardsnow@u.washington.edu
        Bruce Barnbaum (Art)
        Barnbaum@aol.com
      TH
      2:00-3:50pm
      MGH 211B
      Credits: 2, c/nc
      Limit: 18 students

      What is landscape? In the words of the Oxford Dictionary: 1. A picture representing natural inland scenery as distinguished from a sea picture, a portrait etc. 2. A view or prospect of natural inland scenery such as can be taken in at a glance from one point.
      We shall explore landscapes as seem through the eyes of painters, photographers, geologists, evolutionary biologists, and architects. History, biographies of influential artists, theory and practice, uses and abuses will be among the topics to be covered.
      The seminar will be led by John Edwards, Professor of Biology Emeritus, amateur historian of landscape painting, and Bruce Barnbaum, photographer, disciple of Ansel Adams, together with invited guest speakers.

    • Honors 397D: Making the Most of Your UW Experience
      SLN 19458

        Robin Chang (Undergraduate Scholarship Office)
        Office: 120 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
        Phone: 543-2603
        robinc@u.washington.edu
        Mona Pitre-Collins (Undergraduate Scholarship Office)
        Office: 310 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
        Phone: (206) 221-6023
        mpitre@u.washington.edu
        Muge Salmaner (Undergraduate Scholarship Offfice)
        muge@u.washington.edu
      TTH
      3:30-5:00
      MGH 206
      Credits: 3, c/nc
      Limit: 25 students

      Open to incoming Freshman and Sophomores (those who will be in their second year in AU 2009)

      This seminar provides a venue for students to explore their strengths, interests, academic and career aspirations, and resources available at UW. At an early stage in your UW experience, you will actively engage in the development of a personal vision for your future. Through interaction with community and campus leaders in various fields, you will craft a mission statement and investigate opportunities to engage in the community and to take control, and full advantage, of your academic career at the UW. You will begin to develop the tools necessary to craft a cohesive, evolving plan of action to guide yourself through the UW and future endeavors, to draw upon when faced with challenging decisions. These tools will be useful for scholarship applications, graduate school and the professional fields. The Autumn quarter course is limited to Freshmen & Sophomores. Honors and non-Honors students are welcome.

      Course Objectives:
      1) Analyze your strengths, interests, goals;
      2) Explore resources available to expand interests, goals, understanding, community;
      3) Integrate learning acquired through experiences with coursework and goals;
      4) Develop a mission statement, which will lead to a personal statement;
      5) Develop a map or plan of action flexible enough to guide you through your immediate and distant future;
      6) Develop effective ways to present academic and personal goals to mentors, faculty, scholarship committees and graduate schools;
      7) Become more engaged in achieving your goals--take a pro-active role by understanding resources available and how to use them well.

    • Honors 398 A: The Performing Arts In America - A 21st-Century Guide
      SLN 19459

        Joe Norman (Chemistry)
        Office: 215 Bagley Hall, Box 351700
        Phone: (206) 685-3020
        jgnorman@u.washington.edu
      TH
      12:30-3:20
      MGH 211E
      Credits: 3, c/nc
      Limit: 11 students

      No Freshmen.

      Instructor:
      Dr. Joe G. Norman, Professor of Chemistry
      Dean, UW College of Arts and Sciences, 1987-94
      Trustee, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1989-95
      Trustee, Pacific Northwest Ballet, 1993-present

      Course Content:
      Most Americans know major performing-arts organizations only as audience members. Theater, ballet, and opera companies are fascinating worlds of their own. This seminar will look behind the scenes at what it takes to bring great performances to the stage.
      We will examine the history of the arts in America, debate their role in our society, and consider how they should be supported. A highlight will be visits to the Seattle Repertory Theatre and Pacific Northwest Ballet to see facilities and talk with staff and artists about their organizations and professions. We will also attend SRT and PNB performances.

      Grading (CR/NC):
      -- Two class presentations (10- and 20-minutes);
      -- Contributions to class discussion;
      -- Attendance at all class meetings and two arts performances (tickets provided free);
      -- 5-page final paper.