Honors College
Enrichment Courses
Enrichment courses consist of interdisciplinary offerings that are frequently “team taught” by two professors from different fields. The following are some of the team-taught courses that have been offered through the Honors College in recent semesters:
Big Trouble: Economic and Social Dynamics of the American Industrial Revolution
Professors Dan Huff (Social Work) and Larry Reynolds (Economics)
Creativity and Innovation
Professors John Gardner (Engineering) and Nancy Napier (International Business)
Democracy: Diplomatic Relations, and Global Business
Professors Ross Burkhart (Political Science) and Mohan Limaye (Marketing)
Ecology and American Indian Philosophy
Professors David Greegor (Biology) and Tzo-Nah (Native American Studies)
Environmental Science, Politics and the Law
Professors John Freemouth (Political Science) and Walter Whelen (Environmental Studies)
Heath and Human Ecology
Professors Nick Casner (History) and Gary Shook (Health Studies)
Ethnographic Media: Representing Culture Through Film and Video
Professors Peter Lutze (Communication) and Bob McCarl (Anthropology)
Justice, Expediency, and the Rhetoric of War
Professors Alan Brinton (Philosophy) and Greg Raymond (Honors)
Modernity and Tradition in Africa
Professors Peter Buhler (History) and David Christensen (retired Foreign Service Officer)
Modern Irish Drama
Professors Leslie Durham (Theatre Arts) and Helen Lojek (English)
Peasants, Revolutionaries, and Entrepreneurs: Life in Rural China
Professors Peter Lichtenstein (Economics) and Shelton Woods (History)
Plato as Literature
Professors Sean O'Grady (English) and Larry Kincaid (History)
Sexual Identities in American Society
Professors Jill Gill (History) and Virginia Husting (Sociology)
Social and Economic Aspects of the American Industrial Revolution
Professors Dan Huff (Social Work) and Larry Reynolds (Economics)
The Entrepreneurial Society
Professors Norris Krueger (Management) and Robert Shepard (Business)
The Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Arts of the 18th Century
Professors James Cook (Music) and Jan Widmayer (English)
The Middle East: Literature and History
Professors Marcy Newman (English) and Michael Zirinski (History)
The Millennium
Professors Peter Buhler (History) and James Hadden (English)
Women of the West in History and Literature
Professors Rena Sanderson (English) and Sandra Schackel (History)
Work and Culture in a Global Environment
Professors Carol Martin (English) and Nancy Napier (International Business)
Yellowstone: Nature and Culture in America
Professors John Freemuth (Political Science) and Sean O’Grady (English)
In addition, the Honors College has also offered carious upper-division enrichment courses that are not team-taught, including:
- Abnormal Psychology
- African Literature and History
- American Foreign Policy
- Ancient Indian Drama
- Bradley and Eliot
- Camas
- Caribbean Music, Culture, and Folklore
- Culture and International Business
- Dostoevsky
- Ecopsychology
- Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Sociology
- Espionage and Strategic Intelligence
- Gender and Communication
- India: Tradition and Modernity
- Justice and Rhetoric in Plato
- Melville and Whitman
- Mysteries and British History
- Poetry and Politics in the Modern Era
- Political Terrorism
- Science, Democracy, and the Environment
- The Literature of the American West
- The Twentieth Century American West
- Women, Nature, and Narrative
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