Honors Courses (Fall 2005)

Fall 2005 Honors Courses

Pforzheimer Honors College, Pleasantville Campus



Honors courses are designed to be innovative and challenging. They may be interdisciplinary, focus on great works and ideas, cover issues of keen contemporary interest, or present a topic in great depth with a faculty member who has expertise in the subject.

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Pforzheimer Honors College. Students who are not in the Pforzheimer Honors College may be permitted to register for an Honors course with written permission from the Director of Honors, contingent upon the student's QPA and space availability. Each course carries Honors credit, which will appear on the student's transcript and will count toward completing the requirements of the Honors College. For more information, contact Dr. Janetta Rebold Benton, Honors Director, Mortola Library, third floor, Pleasantville campus, (914) 773-3848, jbenton@pace.edu.

LEARNING COMMUNITY: THE WRITTEN WORD IN THE INTERNET AGE, 7 credits total

Prerequisite: First-year students only

New Core: Both courses fulfill Foundation Course requirements

Day and evening:

CIS 101 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING, W 3:35-5:35 plus one hour online, R. Kline (3 credits), crn 85826

ENG 120 CRITICAL WRITING, W 6-8:40 plus one hour online, P. Sehulster (4 credits), crn 88014

Course description: Themes from CIS 101, such as issues surrounding the used of computer technology, will be incorporated into ENG 120 at several junctures during the semester. Likewise, ENG 120 themes, such as persuasion, argumentation, and analysis through writing, will be a significant part of the work students do in CIS 101. Both courses will emphasize the presentation of the self through the written word, the social changes wrought by virtual communication, internet research, and internet publication.

LEARNING COMMUNITY: THE PERSON, 6 credits total

Prerequisite: None

Old Core: PSY 111 fulfills Social/Behavioral Science requirement, PHI110 satisfies Philosophy requirement

New Core: PSY 111 fulfills AOK 5 requirement; PHI 110 fulfills AOK 2 or 5 requirement

Day:

PSY 111 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY, M, T, R 1:25-2:20, R. Keegan (3 credits), crn 90041

PHI 110 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY, T 2:30-3:25, R 2:30-4:30, L. Hundersmarck (3 credits)

Course description: This course will examine the most influential ideas regarding what it means to be human that have emerged from the traditions of religion, psychology, and philosophy.

ART 153 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, 3 credits

Prerequisite: Students must have a 35 mm camera capable of manual control of F/stop and shutter speed

Old Core: fulfills Fine Arts requirement. New Core: fulfills AOK 4 requirement

Fee: $45

Day: M 1:25-4:30, R. Sayre

ECO 105 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS: MACROECONOMICS, 3 credits

Prerequisite: None

Old Core: Fulfills Social/Behavioral Science requirement. New Core: Fulfills AOK 5 requirement

Day: M, T, R 11:15-12:10, A. Azarchs, crn 70782

ENG 120 CRITICAL WRITING, 4 credits

Prerequisite: None

New Core: Fulfills Foundation Course requirement

Fee: $20

Day: M, W 9:05-11:05, D. Cornell

ENG 120 CRITICAL WRITING, 4 credits

Prerequisite: None

New Core: Fulfills Foundation Course requirement

Fee: $20

Day: T, R 9:05-11:05, A. Martin

ENG 201 WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES, 3 credits

Prerequisite: None

New Core: Fulfills Foundation Course required in Sophomore or Junior year

Evening: R 6:00-8:40, C. McDonald

HIS 114S THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE: CHURCH, STATE, AND SOCIETY IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE, 3 credits

Prerequisite: None

Old Core: Fulfills History requirement. New Core: Fulfills AOK 2

Day: T 12:20-1:15, R 11:15-1:15, D. Courtney-Batson

MAT 104 FINITE MATHEMATICS, 3 credits

Prerequisite: None

Old Core: Fulfills Mathematics/Computer Science requirement. New Core: Fulfills Foundation Course requirement

Day: T 10:10-11:05, R 9:05-11:05, S. Huang

HONORS SEMINAR, CS 397H CSI: COMPUTER SECURITY AND IDENTITY, 3 credits

Prerequisite: CIS 101

Old Core: Fulfills Honors Seminar requirement. New Core: Fulfills Writing-Enhanced requirement

Day: M, W 3:35-5:05, S. Merritt, A. Stix

Course description: This course offers technically informed examinations of computer security     which are conceptually pitched and accessible to non-computing majors. Specific topics include computer break-ins, secure information transmission and storage, invasions of privacy, identity theft, piracy, spyware,     foreign espionage, sabotage, clandestine organizations, worm epidemics in high speed networks (e.g. Code Red, Blaster, SoBig), and the like. By the end of the course students will be able to make their own PC secure, protect their identity, and add value to organizations of all kinds. (Dr. Merritt is Dean of the School of Computer Science and Information Systems.)

HONORS SEMINAR NUR ___ TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA: POLICY AND POLITICS, 3 credits

Prerequisite: None

Old core: Fulfills Honors Seminar requirement. New Core: Fulfills Writing-Enhanced requirement

Evening: T 4:40-7:30, H. Feldman, K. Ballard

Course description: This course introduces students to the process of developing health policy and their role in identifying and promoting such policy and a supportive political agenda with appropriate legislation. Students have an opportunity to interact with policy-makers around issues specific to health. In this Writing-Enhanced course, students are involved in a variety of exercises designed to strengthen critical thinking and communication skills. Online classes involve students in discussions about their role in the health policy process. (Dr. Feldman is Dean of the Leinhard School of Nursing.)

UNV 101 FRESHMEN INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, 1 credit

Prerequisite: First-year students only. Required of all first-year students. Does not count as an Honors course.

Day: F 10:10-12:10, J. Benton, C. Walther, H. Weishaus                       

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH COURSES, 3 credits

Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing, minimum of 3.3 QPA.

With the written approval of the appropriate professor, the department chairperson, and the Honors Director, a student may select a topic for guided research that is not included in the usual course offerings. The student meets regularly with the professor to review progress. To receive Honors credit, the results of this independent research must be presented at the spring Honors Conference, to be held in April 2006.     Students may have their papers published in TRANSACTIONS, the journal of the Dyson Society of Fellows.

HONORS OPTION COURSES, 3 credits

The Honors Option is designed for Honors-level work in a non-Honors course. To receive Honors credit, an additional paper (10-20 pages), project, or presentation is required. Written approval of the appropriate professor and the Honors Director are necessary. Depending upon the number of credits completed prior to entering the Honors College, Honors students are limited to either one or two Honors Options; remaining Honors course requirements must be completed in Honors courses.

LUBIN LEADERS: FIN 301, 3 credits

Prerequisite: ACC 204, ECO 106, MAT 104, MAT 117, Junior standing

Day: M, W 8:30-10:00, R. Filante

For further information about Lubin Leaders, contact Dr. Kathy Winsted, 914 773-3905; Kwinsted@pace.edu

LUBIN LEADERS: MGT 490, 3 credits

Prerequisite: Permission of the professor (prerequisites may be waived), Senior standing

Day: M, W 8:30-10:00, J. Pastore

For further information about Lubin Leaders, contact Dr. Kathy Winsted, 914 773-3905; Kwinsted@pace.edu