Honors Courses
HONR TEXTBOOK LIST
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HONR Textbooks, Fall 2013
HONR 19900, Section 01H, CRN 59425
“First Year Honors”
Instructor: Professor Emily Allen
Enrollment: 600
- Edwards, Andres. Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society. New Society Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-0-86571-641-4.
- Assadourian, Erik, et al. Is Sustainability Still Possible? Island Press, 2012.ISBN 978-1-61091-449-9.
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HONR 19900, Section 004, CRN 21674
“Human Genetics: New Hopes & Dilemmas”
Instructor: Professor Anna Berkovitz
Enrollment: 20
- Lewis, Ricki. Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications. 10th Edition. McGraw Hill, 2011. ISBN 978-0073525303.
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HONR 19900, Section 007, CRN 43522
“AIDS: Biomedical, Social, and Ethical Issues”
Instructor: Dr. Ralph Meyer
Enrollment: 24
- Shilts, Randy. And the Band Played On. New York: Penguin, 1987. ISBN 0-312-24135-6.
- A course packet will also be required and will be available only at University Bookstore.
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HONR 19900, Section 009, CRN 63042
“Boilermaker 101”
Instructor: Dr. Kristina Bross
Enrollment: 20
- To Be Determined
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HONR 19900, Section 010, CRN 63066
“The Evolution of the Bible and its Revolutionary Effects”
Instructor: Dr. Stuart Robertson
Enrollment: 20
- McDonald, Lee Martin, The Biblical Canon; its Origin, Transmission, and Authority (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2007). ISBN-13: 978-1-56563-925-6 (paperback).
- Maier, Paul, editor, The New Complete Works of Josephus, translated by William Whiston (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1999). ISBN-978-0-8254-2948-4 (paperback).
- de Hamel, Christopher, The Book: A History of the Bible (London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2001). ISBN-0 7148 4774 1 (paperback).
- Campbell, Gordon, Bible; the Story of the King James Version 1611-2011 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010). ISBN-978-0-19-955759-2.
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HONR 19900, Section 005, CRN 21675
“The McDonaldization of Society”
Instructor: Dr. Mick La Lopa
Enrollment: 20
*Text only available through Von’s Bookstore* CALL UHP OFFICE FOR INFORMATION
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HONR 19900, Section 012, CRN 63368
“Reading and Seeing the Middle Ages”
Instructor: Dr. John Contreni
Enrollment: 20
- Rosenwein, Barbara H., A Short History of the Middle Ages. 3rd edition. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009. ISBN: 9781442601239.
- Andrea, Alfred J., The Medieval Record: Sources of Medieval History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1997. (also Wadsworth Publishing). ISBN: 978-0395718629.
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HONR 19900, Section 013, CRN 63482
“Lincoln and the Civil War Era”
Instructor: Dr. Robert May
Enrollment: 20
- Foner, Eric, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. W. W. Norton, Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-393-34066-2.
- Michael Lind, What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President. Anchor Books, Paperback. ISBN: 1-4000-3073-0.
- Davis, William C., Lincoln's Men: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation, Touchstone Books, Paperback. ISBN: 0-684-86294-8.
- Holzer, Harold, Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech that Made Abraham Lincoln President, Simon & Schuster, Paperback. ISBN: 0-7432-2467-1.
- White, Jonathan W., Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trial of John Merryman, Louisiana State University Press, Paperback. ISBN: 978-0807143469
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HONR 19900, Section 014, CRN 64863
“History of Great Ideas”
Instructor: Dr. Eric Nauman
Enrollment: 20
- Darwin, C., On the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition. Sterling Signature Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781402789595
- Gonick, L., The Cartoon Guide to Genetics. Harper Collins Publisher, 1991. ISBN: 9780062730992.
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HONR 29900, Section 14H & H03, CRN 60077 & 64858
“Honors Mentors”
Instructor: Professor Emily Allen
Enrollment: 36
- Edwards, Andres. Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society. New Society Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-0-86571-641-4.
- Assadourian, Erik, et al. Is Sustainability Still Possible? Island Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61091-449-9.
- Beavan, Colin. No Impact Man. Picador USA Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-0-374-22288-8.
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HONR 29900, Section 010, CRN 51860
“Paradigm Shifts in Biology and Medicine”
Instructor: Dr. Joseph Vanable
Enrollment: 20
- Harman, O., Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology. Yale University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780300158458. (this text is suggested rather than required)
HONR 29900, Section 011, CRN 63081
“How’d They Do That? A Look at Computer Graphics and Special Effects in the Movies”
Instructor: Dr. James Mohler
Enrollment: 20
- No Textbooks required
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HONR 39900, Section 001, CRN 63084
“Terrorism & Media”
Instructor: Dr. Aaron Hoffman
Enrollment: 20
- Townsend, Charles, Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2nd Edition), 2011. ISBN: 0199603944.