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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Experience the breadth of university life by attending and writing reports on any combination of at least three Honors Lectures, other lectures, performing arts, and exhibitions approved by the Honors Director or Honors Program Committee. Alternatively, Honors Encounters credits may be earned by learning abroad, conducting independent research or creative activities beyond course and major requirements,or learning foreign languages beyond major requirements. May be repeated up to eight times.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine texts from a range of disciplines and periods that define "home" as well as the space of the Other. The colloquium will stress formal and informal discussion of ideas. The course is designed to synthesize skills from the Honors Foundation and serve to further develop capacity for independent thought. Building on the skills practiced in the Honors Foundation courses students will develop skills through extensive class discussion, analytical and research writing, oral report, and lecture. MnTC Goal 6.
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3.00 Credits
Examines some of the major political, economic, and cultural developments in American life during roughly the past century. Possible topics include concentration of political and economic power, bureaucratization and its effects, revolutions in class structures, race and ethnicity in politics, and the consequences of the decline of American empire. MnTC Goal 5.
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3.00 Credits
Consists of careful reading of selected masterpieces of world literature combined with intense discussion and exchange of ideas. Possible works to be covered include selections from Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoevski, Yeats, Camus and others. May be repeated once when content changes. MnTC Goal 6.
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3.00 Credits
This class consists of the intensive examination of certain key classic texts, such as Shakespeare's Othello, and their "retelling" in other artistic disciplines by other artists. In exploring these retellings the class examines both the formal elements of--say--musical or movement expression (to name just two) in order to understand how a written text can be "translated" into other media and also examines how the values embedded in a particular text can be altered or even transformed in another version. MnTC Goal 6.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the Roman Empire, both its Eastern and Western components, as the setting in which Christianity appeared. The introduction of art, archeology, and literature as the primary sources for interpreting the growth of the Christian religion in the first three hundred years of the common era. MnTC Goal 5.
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3.00 Credits
Examines variations of the journey-theme-inward quests and worldly voyages-in literary masterpieces from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages (to c.1400), both East and West. Texts will include The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Aeneid, Nikki, T'ang Dynasty poetry, Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, Travels of Marco Polo, and others. MnTC Goal 6.
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3.00 Credits
This science course examines the scientific basis for three great revolutions in human understanding: The realization that the universe is very large, that it has existed for a very long time, and that every part of it changes with time (focusing in particular on changes in the stars, in the earth, and in life). We will consider how this understanding has influenced human world views and religious beliefs. The course includes lectures and lab activities as well as open discussion of assigned readings. During discussions, students are encouraged to explore and share their own world views as well as examine the views of others. MnTC Goal 3.
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3.00 Credits
Science and mathematics are fundamental to a strong society. This course demonstrates general methods of scientific thinking that can be applied to everyday life. We will discuss concepts and principles important for making decisions about radiation and nuclear technologies, such as food irradiation, nuclear weapons, and nuclear power. In particular, you will learn about nuclear physics, and its impact on social issues. You will perform lab activities, discuss or debate ideas, and write analytical papers. MnTC Goal 3.
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3.00 Credits
The last century will be remembered in small part as a time when humans finally started scientifically addressing the most fundamental questions about the universe: "How did the Universe begin," "How did life on Earth begin and how might it end," and "Is there anyone out there?" Students will address these issues by reviewing our current scientific understanding of the Big Bang, the origins of life on Earth, the Evolution of Life, and the possible origins of intelligent life elsewhere. The class will be cross-disciplinary with heavy emphasis on astronomy, planetary geology, biology, and some history. In addition to in-lecture coursework, lab activities are used to provide students the opportunity to plan, design, and execute their own investigations of these scientific concepts. MnTC Goal 3. Same as AST 324.
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