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  • HON 244S: Globalization

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    Understanding the important aspects of globalization. Focus will be on key concepts and topics in global economy, business, history, geography, cultural environment and political perspectives. We will analyze problems and opportunities related to establishing, conducting and maintaining the philosophy of globalization. Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Honors Program or permission of instructor. Variable. Credit: 4
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  • HON 250: Intellectual History

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    This course examines and explores changes and influences from the Greeks to the modern age, with emphasis on the last 500 years or so. Aristotle, Seneca, the Magna Carta, Roger Bacon, Locke, Hume, Watts, Linnaeus, Descartes, Copernicus, Helmholtz, and Rousseau, all served to inspire others and provide a foundation for the modern age. In addition to the seminar, students will have the opportunity to attend major lectures offered on campus centered on the works included in the course. Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Honors Program or permission of instructor. Variable. Credit: 4
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  • HON 263S: The Utopias

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    Idealized societies/dangerous visions of the future the works of writers, philosophers and dreamers are examined to critique social, political, artistic, and literary features of the works. Prerequisite(s): Honors Student. Credit: 4
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  • HON 264: World Law

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    This course is designed as an alternative to the Poli-Sci course "International Law and Organization" (POS 336) for those interested in a multidisciplinary approach to the larger issue of how shared norms and understandings develop into world law, and how law can be conceptualized as something other than codified rules and procedures. Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Honors Program or permission of instructor. Variable. Credit: 4
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  • HON 265S: Rural Childhood

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    Drawing upon interdisciplinary sources, this course examines rural communities as contexts for child development. Students will utilize readings, archival sources, interviews, oral presentations and original research projects to explore complexity and diversity in the American rural experience and consequent effects on childhood. Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Honors Program or permission of instructor. Variable. Credit: 4
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  • HON 275H: Style and Substance

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    Intensive study of several fiction writers, with writing assignments inspired by the work under discussion. Students will study a different writer every two weeks, with discussion of the literature followed by workshop-style discussion of the students' own fiction. The focus is on learning by imitation. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 and acceptance into the Honors Program or permission of instructor. (Pass/Fail option) Variable. Credit: 4
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  • HON 306: Religion and Colonialism

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    This class will introduce students to the academic discipline known as the History of Religions ( Religionswissenschaft), and to the subject of religion during the colonial and post-colonial periods. The study of religion in the modern period has been characterized by a general failure to situate itself within the context of modernity's ethnic diversity, its valuation of commodities, and its relationship to the history of colonialism. The cargo cult a specific Melanesian phenomenon will provide our entre for confronting this issue, allowing us to regard the religious lives of colonized peoples with an eye to constructively rethinking both the study of religion and our understanding of the colonial and post-colonial periods. Prerequistie(s): Honors Student. Every three years. Credit: 4
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  • HON 319H: Joyce Seminar

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    Study and discussion of work by the Irish novelist James Joyce, including Chamber Music, Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses, with some attention to biographical and critical texts. Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Honors Program or permission of instructor. Variable. Credit: 4
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  • HON 322: Consumerism,Politics,and Values

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    This interdisciplinary course will focus on the question of how the emergence of a mass consumer society has impacted our cultural, political, and moral/ethnical lives. The course builds on the work of Adorno and Horkheimer and the Frankfurt school which, after WWII, developed a psychological and philosophical critique of western culture. We conclude by reflecting on the impact of the economic crisis, which began in 2008, on consumerism. (Pass/Fail option) Every three years. Credit: 4
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  • HON 340: Children and Political Violence

    4.00 Credits
    University of Maine at Farmington

    This course is an interdisciplinary investigation into the impact of war and political violence on children and child development, making comparisons across a variety of countries, cultures and settings. Students consider the impact of war/political violence from various disciplinary perspectives, including child/human development, education, and political science. From there students use case studies, research, and personal investigations to critique current approaches to the issue, and reflect on how the impact of political violence on children affects society at large. The course is discussion oriented and involves faculty and students working together to draw interdisciplinary connections and explore various ways to approach this topic and its social ramifications. Prerequisite(s): None. (Pass/Fail option) Every three years. Credit: 4
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