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Honors Program

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  • Program Type: Other
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2014
  • Required credits to graduate with this degree: 12
  • This program is 8 terms (4 years) long.
The Honors Program represents an opportunity for UMM students to pursue an interdisciplinary and interdivisional curriculum and work toward graduation with honors. All UMM students are eligible to participate in the Honors Program. Honors courses are limited to a class size of 20. The elective courses examine a particular topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. The courses are often team-taught by faculty from different UMM academic divisions and concern subjects of special interest to the faculty who design them. Further information about the Honors Program may be obtained from the Academic Center for Enrichment (ACE) office at www.morris.umn.edu/ACE.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Admission Requirements
Students normally apply to the program in spring semester of their freshman year and begin coursework sophomore year. While everyone may apply, academic success in the fall semester, faculty recommendations, and a short essay may be used to limit the number of students to those with the proven motivation and ability to likely succeed in the program. Applications are available at the Academic Center for Enrichment, 5 Student Center.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the Office of Admissions website.
General Requirements
All students are required to complete general University and college requirements. For more information, see the general education requirements.
Program Requirements
Honors Capstone Project: It is the responsibility of the student to secure a project adviser for the honors capstone project, identify two other faculty for the panel in consultation with the project adviser, and register for at least 2 credits of IS 4994H - Honors Capstone Project. Students should submit the completed project to the Honors Program director and panel members by April 1 and arrange for the defense. To qualify for a degree with honors, a student must have completed 60 or more semester credits at the University. A minimum GPA of 3.50 in all University of Minnesota, Morris courses is required. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced.
Required Courses
IS 2001H is usually completed in fall of the sophomore year.
IS 2001H - Honors: Traditions in Human Thought [HUM] (2.0 cr)
IS 4994H - Honors Capstone Project (2.0 cr)
Elective Courses
Any fully-approved IS 3xxxH course may be used to fulfill the 8 credit elective requirement. Two of the eight elective credits may also be completed by writing an interdisciplinary paper related to co-curricular engagement, such as an internship or study abroad experience. Students complete an Honors Co-Curricular Independent Study form and register for IS 3991H. These projects are subject to assessment by a committee of faculty members.
Take 8 or more credit(s) from the following:
· IS 3111H {Inactive} [SS] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3203H {Inactive} [HIST] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3204H {Inactive} [ENVT] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3206H - Honors: Introduction to Game Theory [M/SR] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3209H {Inactive} [ENVT] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3211H - Honors: Republic or Empire? The American 1890s [HIST] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3212H {Inactive} [HDIV] (2.0-4.0 cr)
· IS 3214H {Inactive} [HUM] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3215H - Honors: Sagas before the Fall: Culture, Climate, and Collapse in Medieval Iceland [ENVT] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3216H - Honors: Perspectives on Disability in Contemporary American Life [HDIV] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3217H - Honors: The Trial of Galileo [HIST] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3234H {Inactive} [FA] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3235H {Inactive} [HUM] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3236H {Inactive} [HUM] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3237H - Honors: The Power of Place: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Where We Live [ENVT] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3238H - Honors: In Search of Nietzsche [IP] (4.0 cr)
· IS 3239H {Inactive} [SS] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3240H - Honors: Proud Decade or Dark Age? The American 1950s [HIST] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3241H {Inactive} [SCI] (4.0 cr)
· IS 3242H - Honors: Two Cosmological Poets: Dante and Lucretius [IP] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3243H {Inactive} [HUM] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3244H {Inactive} [IP] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3245H - Honors: Archaeology Mythbusting [SS] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3246H {Inactive} [SCI] (4.0 cr)
· IS 3247H - Honors: Heroes of Ancient Greece and Rome [HUM] (2.0 cr)
· IS 3991H - Honors Co-Curricular Independent Study (1.0-2.0 cr)
 
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IS 2001H - Honors: Traditions in Human Thought (HUM)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
A study of a selection of significant works from history, literature, philosophy, science, and religion across continents from the earliest writings to the present day. Critical reading, writing, and discussion in an interdisciplinary context are emphasized. prereq: participation in the Honors Program or instr consent
IS 4994H - Honors Capstone Project
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
A substantial scholarly or creative interdisciplinary work designed by the student working cooperatively with a project adviser. Upon completion, the project is defended before a panel of faculty from different disciplines. Successful completion of the honors capstone project is one of the requirements for graduating from UMM "with honors."
IS 3206H - Honors: Introduction to Game Theory (M/SR)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: participation in the Honors Program, high school higher algebra or #
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Introduction to the formal theory of strategic interaction and to the intuitions behind the theory. Applications to a selection of problems in the natural and social sciences, such as biological evolution, tacit collusion in pricing, strategic behavior in international relations, and strategy in legislative voting. [Note: credit will not be granted if credit has been received for Econ 3014] prereq: participation in the Honors Program, high school higher algebra or instr consent
IS 3211H - Honors: Republic or Empire? The American 1890s (HIST)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: participation in the Honors Program or #
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The 1890s are often seen as a cultural watershed for the United States. Depression, political movements, and a "splendid little war" against Spain and the Philippines represent only the surface of a decade which altered aspects of race, class, gender, and literary sensibility. prereq: participation in the Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3215H - Honors: Sagas before the Fall: Culture, Climate, and Collapse in Medieval Iceland (ENVT)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Exploration of the literary and physical record of society in Viking-age Iceland from its settlement during the Medieval Warm Period, through centuries of environmental degradation and changing religion, to the onset of the Little Ice Age and the end of the Icelandic free state. prereq: participation in Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3216H - Honors: Perspectives on Disability in Contemporary American Life (HDIV)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of disability studies, which favors a social rather than medical approach to understanding difference. History and struggle for civil rights, identity issues, contemporary controversies, and exploring the frontiers of one's own interest in disability by means of a service learning project. prereq: participation in Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3217H - Honors: The Trial of Galileo (HIST)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: participation in Honors Program or #
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
The dispute between Galileo and the Inquisition produced one of history's most notorious trials, an enduring symbol of the struggle between science and religion. Study of the complicated history behind the myth by re-enacting the trial and learning about the theology, science, and cultural politics of this tumultuous period. prereq: participation in Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3237H - Honors: The Power of Place: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Where We Live (ENVT)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: participation in the Honors Program or #
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Goes beyond the image and myth of Lake Wobegon in examining the past and present of West Central Minnesota. An intensely interdisciplinary focus on environmental, social, political, and economic change and how modern global forces play out in this specific setting. Community leaders and experts play an active role in lecture and discussion. prereq: participation in the Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3238H - Honors: In Search of Nietzsche (IP)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Prerequisites: participation in Honors Program or #
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
In this interdisciplinary course, read some books by and novels about Nietzsche in order to discover who this remarkable man was. Authors to be discussed: Nietzsche, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Wright, Milan Kundera, Nicholas Mosley, and Irvin D. Yalom. prereq: participation in Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3240H - Honors: Proud Decade or Dark Age? The American 1950s (HIST)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: participation in Honors Program or #
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Many old enough to remember the American 1950s look back on them with nostalgia. Some do not. This seminar studies several aspects of the decade: the Cold War at home and abroad, American society, literature, and popular culture. Student presentations focus on biographical research. prereq: participation in Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3242H - Honors: Two Cosmological Poets: Dante and Lucretius (IP)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: participation in the Honors Program or #
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Explore, compare, and contrast the cosmological poems "On the Nature of Things" (De Rerum Natura, DRN) of Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99-55 BCE) and "The Divine Comedy" (Commedia) of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321 CE). The two poets diverge on almost every aspect of cosmological outlook and notion of the moral life and right living. prereq: participation in the Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3245H - Honors: Archaeology Mythbusting (SS)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: participation in the Honors program or #
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
This honors class explores the world of pseudoarchaeology and archaeological fraud, from Atlantis to aliens. Discuss why myths and pseudoscience are so prevalent in popular representations of the past, and whose interests are served by them. Students engage in scientific outreach through the media of their choice to spread the word about archaeological truth and fiction. prereq: participation in the Honors program or instr consent
IS 3247H - Honors: Heroes of Ancient Greece and Rome (HUM)
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Prerequisites: participation in Honors Program or #
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Explore several types of heroes found in ancient Greek and Roman mythology and literature. Discuss such questions as: What makes a character a hero? What kinds of real-world issues did literary heroes help Greeks and Romans think about? Were they meant to be emulated? How might they be relevant to the modern world? prereq: participation in Honors Program or instr consent
IS 3991H - Honors Co-Curricular Independent Study
Credits: 1.0 -2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Co-curricular honors credits may be earned by writing a paper that explores a co-curricular experience such as study abroad, off-campus internship, national student exchange, service-learning, or directed research. Students pursuing this option must seek pre-approval. Projects are directed and assessed by the Honors Director.