New Honors Courses for Spring 2002:
HONR 208J From Boxes to Bunkers: Architecture, Power, and Public Policy
HONR 208K Hollywood Goes South of the Border
HONR 208L Designer Genes: At What Price?
HONR 208M Encounters with Chaos and Fractals
HONR 208P Philosophers and the Bible
HONR 208Q Community and Environment
HONR 208R The World's a Stage: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Performance
HONR 208S The Ancient Roman City: Pompeii and Beyond
HONR 208T The National Missile Defense (NMD) Initiative: Star Wars Revisited
HONR 208U Merging the Multiple Me's: Developmental Origins of the Integrated Young Adult Self
HONR 208V Biodiversity on the Decline: Society's Biggest Threat
HONR 208W More Things in Heaven and Earth: Ghosts & Magicians in Performance
HONR 208X The Body Politic: Culture, Scandal, Spectacle
HONR 209A Women in the U.S. Military
HONR 209B The City, The Body, The Senses
HONR 209C Scandinavian Women in the Viking Age: Hearthkeepers & Heroines
HONR 209D Philosophical and Religious Foundations of Law
HONR 209E Attending the Blockbusters: Understanding the Cultural Impact of Temporary Exhibitions
HONR 209F Our Atmosphere: Understanding the Interplay Between Human Activities and the Environment
HONR 209GA History of Everyday Life in America, 1600-1900 This course has been cancelled for the Spring '02 semester
HONR 209I The Plasma State of Matter in Nature and Civilization
Spring 2002 Courses Which Have Been Offered Previously:
HONR 169Z Knowledge and its Human Implications
HONR 208E J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
HONR 218A In Search of Ancient Astronomies
HONR 218L Language & Mind
HONR 219B Borderlines and Meeting Grounds This course is now being offered as HONR348K for spring 2002.
HONR 219D Beyond Dinosaurs: Patterns and Enigmas in Vertebrate Evolution
HONR 219J Life at Riversdale Mansion: Legacy and Links to the University of Maryland
HONR 219N Jazz, the Blues, and American Art
HONR 219O Fantasy and The Supernatural in Jewish Literature
HONR 219P Do Not Enter: Outsiders in 20th Century American Drama This class has been cancelled for the spring 2002 semester.
HONR 219T Motivation in Public Affairs
HONR 219U Fire and Western Civilization
HONR 219V Religion, Science, and Freedom
HONR 238A The World of the Dead Sea Scrolls
HONR 238B Images of Masculinity in American Literature & Film
HONR 238G Thanatos - The Many Meanings of Death
HONR 238U The Spiritual Heritage of the Human Race
HONR 238Z Understanding The World Through Reading
HONR 239C The Creative Process in Dance
HONR 239I Buddhism
HONR 248C Changing Worlds: Economic, Political and Social Developments in the Former Soviet Block
HONR 248D International Perspectives in Education
HONR 248G Terrorism (Social and Group Violence)
HONR 248L Conflict, Cooperation, and Strategy
HONR 248W America in the Sixties
HONR 249I The Examined Life
HONR 249S The United States in Vietnam
HONR 249V Lawyers and the Adversary System
HONR 258B First Ladies and the Media
HONR 259D Understanding the Japanese Through the Performing Arts
HONR 259M The Science in Science Fiction
HONR 268P Drugs and American Society
HONR 269J The Culture of the 1950s
HONR 269L Hinduism
HONR 269T Understanding Nationalisms: State Building and the Politics of Identity This course has been cancelled for the spring 2002 semester.
HONR 278O Renaissance Sculpture and the Image of Man: The Birth of the Western Tradition
HONR 278P Biology in a Cultural Context: Case Studies
HONR 279G The Biological Basis of Mental Illness
HONR 279P Understanding and Coping with Stress
HONR 279Z Variations on the Odyssey
HONR 288K Let's Talk About Race: The Social Construction of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States
HONR 288Z From Hildegaard to Madonna: A Millennium of Women Making Music
HONR 289S Technology & the Built Environment
HONR 298C Narrative Form and New Media
HONR 328P The Biophysical Aspects of Wellness
HONR 348J Contemporary Social Issues
HONR 359A Writing Workshop (grading S/F)
Comments and questions may be directed to dhebert@deans.umd.edu