Fall 2022 Honors Offerings


1	Southeastern Louisiana University Fall 2022 Honors Offerings
2	Subject	Course #	Section	Class #	Instructor	Credits	Day	Starts	Ends	Location	Topic/Notes	Non-Honors Equivalent
3	CHEM	121H	01	2118	Little, Georgina	3	MW	9:30AM	10:45AM	SBA 236	General Chemistry I for Science Majors: Topics include nomenclature, atomic and molecular structure, chemical equations and stoichiometry, and gas laws.	CHEM 121
4	COMM	211H	01	2727	Boudreaux,Fay L	3	TTH	9:30AM	10:45AM	SBA 234	Honors Public Speaking: Training in the organization of materials and the oral and physical aspects of delivery in various speaking situations. Intended to give the beginning student an understanding of and practice in public speaking, with in-depth examination of rhetoric and historic speeches.	COMM 211
5	COMM	211H	02	2728	DiMattia, Laura Marie	3	MW	9:30AM	10:45AM	SBA 107		COMM 211
6	ENGL	101H	01	3001	Schillage, Sarah E	3	MW	8:00AM	9:15AM	ASCH 123	Mythology Lives: Ancient Epics and Their Influence on Popular Culture: Why do we study the classics? Aren't they just a bunch of dried out stories from civilizations that no longer exist? NO, they are not. We study the ancient epics because these texts profoundly influence literature in popular culture. By examining three ancient epics (The Iliad, The Odyssey, and the Aeneid), as well as ancient, classical, and post-modern critical theories, students will be able to identify and understand the rhetorical strategies found in ancient texts. They will also be able to illustrate how these strategies are found in various literary works which are representative of popular culture. NOTE: This course is an intensive writing course designed to engage students with significant texts in literature and culture.	ENGL 101
7	ENGL	101H	02	3111	Moody, Lisa	3	TTH	9:30AM	10:45AM	MGH 213	Britain's Age of Progress: Explores the paradox of the changes resulting from the industrial age in Britain. From satanic mills and urban squalor to the Great Expo’s Crystal Palace and the advent of the railway, the 19th century focused on “the greatest good for the greatest number.”
8	ENGL	101H	03	3112	Moody, Lisa	3	TTH	12:30PM	1:45PM	MGH 108	Ancient Epic: Includes reading of ancient epics from Homer to Virgil, with a focus on the epic hero.
9	ENGL	102H	01	3194	Gibson,George C	3	TTH	9:30AM	10:45AM	AZH 218	The Classical Katabasis - Journeys to the Underworld in Dante, Virgil, Milton, and Conrad: Focuses on the classical theme of the katabasis, the hero's journey to the underworld. Key texts include The Inferno by Dante, Book VI of Virgil's Aeneid, Paradise Lost by Milton, and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.	ENGL 102
10	ENGL	102H	02	3195	Gibson,George C	3	TTH	11:00AM	12:15PM	AZH 218
11	ENGL	102H	03	3178	Lenoir,April Kathleen	3	MW	9:30AM	10:45AM	AZH 215	True Crime: In this Honors course we will examine the rise of true crime in popular culture and the effects of its popularity. From the awareness that true crime podcasts, books, tv shows, documentaries, etc. provide regarding important issues such as rape kit backlogs to the questions surrounding the voyeuristic quality of true crime obsession, this class will explore the roots of true crime. We will read poetry and nonfiction, as well as listen to podcasts and watch documentaries. Students will research and write about true crime for analysis and argumentation essays.
12	ENGL	102H	04	2995	Craft,Bruce A	3	MW	11:00AM	12:15PM	MGH 213	Southern Cultural Identity: Trace Southern cultural identity from its antebellum roots into 21st century digital spaces. We will examine and question how cultural identity is reflected, created, and changed in the literature, film, television, folk narrative, and pop culture spaces (including magazines and the internet) of the American South, including in our analysis black, LGBTQ+, feminist, and other voices that challenge the region’s dominant white male heteronormative power structure. Students will engage the field of Southern Studies in a series of critical essays, by exploring the media ecology of the South, through podcasting and Twitter, and with a student-designed final project aimed at defining what it means to be “Southern,” especially in a contemporary digital world. Trigger Warning: This course analyzes texts and other media with themes some may consider offensive.
13	ENGL	102H	05	3125	Pelegrin,Alison D	3	MW	2:00PM	3:15PM	ASCH 123	How to Do Nothing: In this class our discussion will stem from Jenny Odell's book How to do Nothing. We will learn about what Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon named the attention economy and search for ways in which living deliberately is still possible in a world where distraction has become an art form.
14	ENGL	210H	01	3136	Rashidian, Ziba	3	MW	11:00PM	12:15PM	MGH 200	High Anxiety and the Possibility of Hope: The Changing Planet: News reports say a new anxiety lurks underneath our everyday lives: anxiety about our changing planet and intense natural phenomena like hurricanes. We'll read a range of works that seek to capture what it’s like when “home” suddenly shifts under a person’s feet, when ways of life suddenly have to be abandoned or re-constituted, and when the longstanding sense of relationship and co-existence with the natural world is called into question. Readings will include first person accounts, short stories, novels, and excerpts from scientific writings to give us a fuller sense of the way we live now and how we might live in the future!	ENGL 230/231/232
15	ENGL	210H	02	3167	Kirker, Jason	3	TTH	9:30AM	10:45AM	AZH 216	The Literature of The Troubles: This course will explore the literature, as well as the film, politics, and history of the Troubles, a period of sectarian strife and violence in Northern Ireland beginning in the late 1960s and ending with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Students will read the works of novelists like Anna Burn, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Eoin McNamee, and Bernard MacLaverty. In addition, they will read various short stories, poetry, and a play by Brian Friel. The focus of the course will be on the impact the events of the Troubles had on the people of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, particularly teenagers and young adults.
16	ENGL	292H	01	3068	Louth, Richard H	3	TTH	12:30PM	1:45PM	TEC 231	Modern Fiction: English 292H is a lecture/discussion class that introduces students to Modern Fiction by focusing on themes and narrative techniques in major modern American novels ranging from Kate Chopin’s The Awakening to Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Students read about a novel per week, keep a reading journal, submit short in-class “reading logs” and out-of-class “thinking pieces,” complete a final project or paper, and take a final comprehensive exam.
17	ENGL	292H	02	3148	Frederick,Randall	3	MW	9:30AM	10:45AM	FAY 234	Romance Publishing - The Romance in Literature and Culture: Discusses modern romance novels and movies, specifically looking at female protagonists and the narrative arcs or roles "allowed" to women in literature and pop culture from the 1950s to present. Students who want to take Hallmark movies, romance novels, and reality shows like The Bachelor(ette) seriously and examine their impact on society would be perfect for this course since we will be discussing how romantic ideals interplay with social norms and relational expectations. We will be reading through Romancing the Reader by Janice Radway, History of the Romance Novel by Pamela Regis, and Publishing Romance by John Markert.
18	FREN	101H	01	3769	Mootoo-Robertson, Aileen	3	TTH	11:00AM	12:15PM	MGH 216	Elementary French I for the Honors Student: The beginning course for students with no prior knowledge of French. All appropriate elements of basic language learning are utilized for providing an enriched foundation in the language and culture of the countries where French is spoken. Classwork is supplemented by aural/oral drill in the language laboratory.	FREN 101
19	GBIO	151H	01	1524	Stiller, Volker G	3	TTH	11:00AM	12:15PM	BIOL 227	General Biology I Honors: Principles of biology from the cellular level including biochemistry, cell biology, metabolism, photosynthesis, molecular biology, and genetics.	GBIO 151
20	GBIO	151H	02	1525	Milton, Noel Brooke	3	TTH	12:30PM	1:45PM	BIOL 111
21	GBIO	151H	03	1526	Wen, Florence	3	MW	12:30PM	1:45PM	SBA 112
22	HIST	101H	01	2251	Cavell, Samantha A	3	MW	9:30AM	10:45AM	FAY 240	Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students: A survey of Western Civilization from prehistoric time to 1500. Four units on the Ancient Near East; the Ancient Greeks; the Ancient Roman World; and the Middle Ages. Includes in-depth coverage of the role of women.	HIST 101
23	HIST	101H	02	2252	Perez, Samantha Lynn	3	TTH	2:00PM	3:15PM	FAY 240		HIST 101
24	HIST	201H	01	2284	Dries, Mark Pierre	3	MW	11:00AM	12:15PM	FAY 240	American History to 1877 for Honors Students: A survey of American history from the age of discovery to 1877. Four units on the Colonial Period (1492-1763); the Revolution and the Early National Period (1763-1816); the Age of Comprise (1816-50); and the Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-77). Includes in-depth coverage of the role of women and minorities.	HIST 201
25	HONR	191	01	1613	Costa, Skip FInley, Kimberly Suber, Stephen Winters, Chad	3	TTH	12:30PM	1:45PM	TBA	Interdisciplinary Arts: The course emphasizes processes of both artistic creation and critical analysis in dance, drama, music, and the visual arts.	ART 105/106, THEA 131, OR MUS 151
26	HONR	200	01	1810	Procopio,Claire H	1	M	3:30PM	4:20PM	ASCH 123	Interdisciplinary Honors Mentoring: This hands-on course provides leadership training to continuing Honors Program students selected to work as mentors for the first-year seminar, living-learning communities, and/or ambassador program.
27	HONR	300	01	1610	Procopio,Claire H	1	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Senior Thesis: Taken the semester you intend to defend the thesis
28	HONR	304	01	2525	Russell II, Steele A	3	MW	3:30PM	4:45PM	FAY 236	T-Rex, Time Travel, and Extraterrestrials: Science and Technology in the Canon of Michael Crichton: Michael Crichton is a master of taking that which is not prohibited by science and presenting plausible technological extrapolations which stretch the imagination and challenge the intellect. We will examine the scientific foundations upon which Crichton bases his stories along with the liberties he takes to drive the narrative. We will identify the point at which the two diverge and whether the limitation is scientific or technological. Guest speakers will provide insight on when Crichton gets it right and when he strains credibility.	Counts toward Senior Honors Distinction HONR course requirement
29	MATH	175H	01	3804	Cannon, Gregory Alan	5	MTWT	3:30PM	4:35PM	FAY 204	Honors Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry: A combined course on function properties and graphs; inverse functions; linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions with applications; trigonometric functions and graphs; inverse trigonometric functions; fundamental identities and angle formulas; solving equations, and triangles with applications.	MATH 175
30	MATH	200H	01	1021	Cannon, Gregory Alan	5	MTWT	11:00AM	12:05PM	FAY 217	Calculus I Honors: The first of a standard three-course sequence on the foundations of differential and integral calculus. Topics include limits, the derivatives, techniques of differentiation, applications of the derivative, antiderivatives, definite integrals, and the calculus of transcendental functions.	MATH 200
31	MATH	241H	01	1630	Landry, Chantelle Marie	3	TTH	9:30AM	10:45AM	SBA 113	Honors Elementary Statistics: An introduction to statistical reasoning. Topics include graphical display of data, measures of central tendency and variability, sampling theory, the normal curve, standard scores, Student's T, Chi Square, and correlation techniques.	MATH 241
32	PSYC	116H	01	3284	Varnado-Sullivan, Paula	3	MW	11:00AM	12:15PM	WH 137	General Psychology for Honors I: An intensive survey of the science of the mind and behavior of humans and other animals. Topics may include the scientific method, history of psychology, learning, development, personality, social psychology, and psychopathology. In addition to exams, students may be assigned papers, presentations, and other enriching assignments.	PSYC 101
33	SE	101H	01FO	2233	Lassalle, Julie	2	MW	11:00AM	12:15PM	FAY 241	Honors Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern: A student success course focused on the unique needs of the Honors student. Topics include the purpose and value of higher education; the expectations and responsibilities of an Honors college student; choosing the appropriate major and developing degree/career goals; and opportunities for leadership, research, engagement, and/or service.	SE 101
34	SE	101H	02FO	2234	Lassalle, Julie	2	MW	2:00PM	3:15PM	FAY 237
35	SE	101H	03FO	2235	Formaggio, Kandace	2	TTH	9:30 AM	10:45 AM	MGH 200
36	SE	101H	04FO	2236	McDaniel, Alicia	2	TTH	9:30 AM	10:45AM	ASCH 123
37	SE	101H	05FO	2237	Formaggio, Kandace	2	TTH	11:00 AM	12:15 PM	MGH 200
38	SE	101H	06FO	2238	McDaniel, Alicia	2	TTH	11:00 AM	12:15PM	FAY 236
39	SE	101H	07FO	2239	McDaniel, Alicia	2	TTH	2:00PM	3:15PM	SBA 107
40	SE	101H	08FO	2240	Notariano, Mindy	2	MW	11:00 AM	12:15 PM	ASCH 123	Special section for Health Sciences Living Learning Community
41	SE	101H	09FO	2241	Lassalle, Julie	2	MW	9:30 AM	10:45PM	ASCH 123	Special section for Leadership and Citizenship Living Learning Community
42	SE	101H	10FO	2242	Formaggio, Kandace	2	MW	12:30PM	1:45PM	ASCH 123	Special section for Appreciation of Fine Arts Living Learning Community
43	SE	101H	11FO	4001	Procopio,Claire H	2	MW	11:00AM	12:15PM	Honors Office Student Union 1303	Special section with emphasis on Interpersonal Communication for the successful college student.
44	SPAN	101H	01	2934	Nemoga-Shelton, Maritza	3	TTH	2:00PM	3:15PM	MGH 216	Elementary Spanish I For the Honors Student: The beginning course for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. All appropriate elements of basic language learning are utilized for providing an enriched foundation in the language and culture of the countries where Spanish is spoken. Classwork supplemented by aural/oral drill in the language laboratory.	SPAN 101
45	SPAN	102H	01	2942	Nemoga-Shelton, Maritza	3	TTH	12:30PM	1:45PM	MGH 216	Elementary Spanish II For the Honors Student: The second course in the initial sequence of Spanish classes. All appropriate elements of basic language learning are utilized for the purpose of providing an enriched foundation in the language and culture of the countries where Spanish is spoken. Classwork is supplemented by aural/oral drill in the language laboratory.	SPAN 102