Honors Program Courses Fall 2024
Fall 2024
Course description: Full credit may be earned in only one of the following: CHEM 101, or CHEM 111. Note that grades in CHEM 111 will supersede any grades earned in CHEM 101. Intensive treatment of principles and applications of chemistry. Recommended Preparation: A grade of 'B' or better in a high school chemistry course. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring. *Please note there is no Honors section of CHEM 111L (lab)*
Course Details
- CRN – 10726; Section No.30
- Faculty: Jeffrey Cross
- Schedule: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Skills and techniques of effective speaking.
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- CRN – 20981; Section No. 13
- Faculty: Diane Carter
- Schedule: MW 1:30-2:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Fundamental programming constructs, algorithms and problem-solving, fundamental data structures, overview of programming languages, virtual machines, introduction to language translation, declarations and types, abstraction mechanisms, object-oriented programming. This course includes a lab.
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- CRN – 27736; Section No. 1
- Faculty: Michael Wilder
- Schedule: MWF 10:30-11:20 a.m., T 10:30-12:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Applied principles of expository and argumentative essay writing, including summaries, critiques, and syntheses of texts, and the research essay; emphasis on clear, concise, and vigorous prose. Graded A/B/C/N (repeat)/F.
Course Details
- CRN – 15913; Section No. 3
- Faculty:TBD
- Schedule: MWF 10:30-11:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Intermediate course in the practices of personal and exploratory writing; may include personal narrative and observation, autobiography, or extended reflection; special attention to prose style and voice; includes research-based writing.
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- CRN – 15853; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Jennifer Ladino
- Schedule: TR 2:00 – 3:15 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Major texts reflecting development of Western thought and culture, Classical Greece to the Renaissance.
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- CRN – 46058; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Tom Drake
- Schedule: TR 2:00-3:15 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Further study of principles and practice of effective technical communication. Projects teach conventions of tone and style appropriate to the specific discourse situation in a variety of formats, including oral, written, visual, and multimedia genres.
Course Details
- CRN – 15840; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Oscar Oswald
- Schedule:Online
- Delivery Method: Online
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Principles of statics with engineering applications; addition and resolution of forces, vector algebra, moments and couples, resultants and static equilibrium, equivalent force systems, centroids, center of gravity, free body method of analysis, two- and three-dimensional equilibrium, trusses, frames, and friction. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
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- CRN – 44555; Section No. 4
- Faculty: JJ Petersen
- Schedule: MWF 10:30-11:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Physical properties of fluids; fluid statics; continuity, energy, momentum relationships; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer effects; flow in pipes, open channels, and around objects. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
Course Details
- CRN – 45095; Section No. 3
- Faculty: Wudneh Admassu
- Schedule: MWF 8:30-9:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Contributions to the modern world, to 1650.
Course Details
- CRN – 45140; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Ellen Kittell
- Schedule: TR 9:30-10:45 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: From Marvel to Hollywood to fantasy to literature, ancient myth weaves its way through modern life. But what were these myths like in their original form? What role did they play in the ancient world? How can we use them to understand ancient cultures? What lessons and themes can we still apply today? This class is intended to introduce students broadly to ancient mythology. We will dive into all the messy weirdness of ancient mythology, from heroic quests to resurrection stories, to gods behaving very badly. We will explore themes such as human-divine relationships, gods getting angry and punishing people, origin stories, sexuality and myth, and quests and adventure stories through five mytho-cultural groups: the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Celts. You will then complete group research projects and presentations focused on a different mytho-cultural group: Norse/Germanic, Persian, culture of choice within African or African Diaspora groups, Chinese, Japanese, Indian (Hindu), culture of choice within the Indigenous Americas, Polynesian (Hawaiian, Samoan, Māori, Tongan), and Indigenous Australian.
Course Details
- CRN – 46218; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Alyson Roy
- Schedule: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Evolution of medieval Christian society from reign of Constantine (c. 300) to pontificate of Innocent III (1215), as expressed in monastic and mendicant orders, crusades, 12th-century Renaissance, and heresy.
Course Details
- CRN – 46217; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Ellen Kittell
- Schedule: MWF 3:30-4:45 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: This course is required for new first-year and transfer honors students. It introduces students to the Honors Program community and prepares them for the academic expectations of the program. It also provides new students with an opportunity to think about their expectations and goals surrounding their college education and introduces them to academic and co-curricular resources available at the university.
Course Details
- CRN – 45118; Section No. 1
- Faculty: Aubrey Shaw
- Schedule: W 4:00-5:50 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 1 credit
Course description: This University Honors Program course is designed for honors students who are actively working towards completing an honors thesis or honors portfolio by the time they graduate from the university and the honors program with an undergraduate degree. The course is intended to assist students with the final assignment of their honors thesis or honors portfolio, i. e., the public presentation of their thesis or portfolio work at the bi-annual Honors Forum in either December or May each year.
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- CRN – 44307; Section No. 1
- Faculty: Sandra Reineke
- Schedule: M 3:30-4:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 1 credit
Course description: This University Honors Program course is designed for honors students who are actively working towards completing an honors thesis or an honors portfolio by the time they graduate from the university and complete the honors program. After researching and writing their honors thesis or completing their honors professional portfolio, students are expected to enroll in INTR 440 Honors Presentations, usually during their last semester at the University of Idaho, when they present their findings at the public Honors Forum in either December or May each year.
Course Details
- CRN – 42277; Section No. 1
- Faculty: Sandra Reineke
- Schedule: MW 3:30-5:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Student ambassadors are selected through an application and interview process. Students will learn skills in leadership, communication, networking, and public speaking. Students will be responsible for representing the College of Science in various recruiting activities and events.
Course Details
- CRN – 44547; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Roopal Jani
- Schedule: M 4:00-4:50 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 1 credit
Course description: Overview of principal UN agencies and current UN activities; emphasis on written and oral presentations through resolution and position paper writing, negotiations, and small group discussions.
Course Details
- CRN – 39998; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Bill Smith
- Schedule: MWF 8:30-9:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Thermodynamic properties of substances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic analysis of mechanical engineering thermal components and cycles, psychrometric process, and introduction to combustion systems. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.
Course Details
- CRN – 43622; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Dan Cordon
- Schedule: MWF 12:30-1:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Mechanics of materials approach to three-dimensional stress and strain, unsymmetrical bending, shear centers, curved beams, thick-walled pressure vessels, non-circular torsion, energy methods, and advanced strength theories. Introduction to elementary kinematics. Significant use of solid modeling and use of equation solvers.
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- CRN – 44567; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Robert Stephens
- Schedule: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Transmission by conduction of heat in steady and unsteady states, by free and forced convection, and by radiation; combined effects of conduction, convection, and radiation. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.
Course Details
- CRN – 43712; Section No. 2
- Faculty: Dan Cordon
- Schedule: MWF 1:30-2:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Introduction to philosophical reasoning through historical study of moral thought.
Course Details
- CRN – 15554; Section No. 8
- Faculty: Casey Johnson
- Schedule: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Survey of approaches used to describe and explain conflict and cooperation among states in the international system; special emphasis on games of strategic interaction.
Course Details
- CRN – 44552; Section No. 3
- Faculty: Florian Justwan
- Schedule: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Credit will not awarded for STAT 251 after STAT 301 or STAT 416, or for STAT 416 after STAT 251 or STAT 301. Intro to statistical methods, including design of statistical studies, basic sampling methods, descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions, inference in surveys and experiments, regression, and analysis of variance.
Course Details
- CRN – 38408; Section No. 5
- Faculty: Renae Shrum
- Schedule: MWF 8:30-9:20 a.m., W 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. (recitation - every other week, dates TBD)
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits