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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course permits the study of selected topics in history. The topic normally changes each time the course is offered. Staff/ Three credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    Open to highly qualified Junior and Senior History majors. Permission of the Chairperson is required. Staff/ Three credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed principally for History majors and minors, the Colloquium brings together a small number of advanced students to study in depth a fairly restricted topic; for example, the French Revolution, the Spanish Inquisition, the Great Depression, the Vietnam War, and Watergate. The topic is selected by the professor teaching the course in a given semester. Staff/ Three credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    A research-oriented course designed primarily for History majors and minors, the Seminar is open only to students whose previous academic record demonstrates an ability to work independently and at a high intellectual level. Students will conduct individual research projects on different aspects of the seminar topic, which is chosen by the professor. Previous seminar topics have included the American Revolution, the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust, Salem Village Witchcraft, the Dreyfus Affair, and many others. Staff/ Three credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    On occasion, students with a special interest in teaching History may work as assistants in the planning, teaching, and evaluation of one of the department’s introductory courses. Open only to Juniors and Seniors. Staff/ Three credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores the interconnectedness of human experience across time and place. It uses personal narratives and biographies to study the relationship between reflection and action. Coursework focuses on the challenges individuals faced, the choices they made, and how those choices shaped and defined their lives. Studying life stories prompts contemplation of how we make choices, the connections between what we believe and what we do, and how we can build meaningful lives. This course introduces students to Honors-level reading, writing, and discussion. Prerequisite: Membership in Honors Program. (Fall) Staff/ Three credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course continues the work of HON 100 in exploring the interconnectedness of human experience across time and place. Each semester, students will investigate questions related to one theme of current global importance. Using printed, electronic, and artistic sources, the students will explore the origins and implications of participation in a global community. This course introduces students to Honors-level research. Prerequisites: HON 100 and Membership in Honors Program. (Spring) Staff/ Three credits
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course will introduce students to the practice of leadership in designing a group project that provides meaningful service to an agency in the greater Worcester community. Students will explore the value of service to others, the importance of civic and community responsibility, and the relationship between leadership and service. Students will read and discuss texts that focus on issues of leadership, service, inequality, and culture. This will allow students to have a shared experience of service to others, deepen their understanding of their role as a community member, and highlight the value of service as part of the honors experience at Assumption. Students will present their service project and reflections on the experience at an honors forum at the end of the semester. Prerequisites: Membership in Honors Program. (Fall or Spring) Staff/ One credit
  • 3.00 Credits

    The Honors Seminar will focus on a question or theme of interdisciplinary interest and significance. This seminar will involve substantial reading, discussion, research, and writing. In addition, each student will identify and develop a project topic that reflects his/her own academic interests. An important goal of this course is to foster an understanding of different ways of knowing and learning – including one’sown – as a basis for personal growth and education. A second goal of this course is to prepare a proposal for the Honors Capstone. Prerequisites: HON 101 and Membership in Honors Program. (Fall, Spring) Staff/ Three credits
  • 3.00 Credits

    In the Honors Capstone, each student will produce an independent research thesis or creative project. The capstone work may entail a faculty-student research project or an internship or independent study directed by a faculty member. (The project was proposed and approved during the Honors Seminar.) A summary of the capstone work will be presented at the Honors Colloquium at the end of the semester Prerequisites: HON 300 and Membership in Honors Program. (Fall, Spring)
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