Honors Course Descriptions
HONOR 320
Honors Seminars in Business
1 Unit
Same As: BUS 480
Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC
Honors Seminars in Business are special one-unit intensive courses for academically accomplished students or those with the potential for high academic achievement. In these seminars, students will study topics in the movements, trends and philosophies found in the business. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as BUS 480. This course, under either name, may be taken a total of four times for credit on different topics. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 340
Honors Seminar: Political Campaign Communication
3 Units
Same As: COMM 480
Prerequisite: None
General Education: AA/AS Area V (b); CSU Area D2; IGETC Area 4
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
What do pundits, politicians and the public have in common? The ability to impact political campaign communication. This seminar-style course will introduce students to the effects of political campaign communication on public opinion and election results. Using timely data, students will evaluate news media, debate presidential debates, and analyze campaign messages using qualitative and quantitative approaches. This course is intended for the honors student interested in learning about political communication, rhetorical criticism, and techniques for writing for academic audiences. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as COMM 480, and only one may be taken for credit. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 350
Honors Seminar: Introduction to Critical Theory
3 Units
Same As: FMS 488
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course investigates questions of interpretation and representation in film, literature, media, and culture. Students examine contemporary critical and cultural theory, then apply these theories in analyzing a variety of texts from the Shakespearean play to the science-fiction horror film. Theories introduced include, but are not limited to, semiotics, psychoanalysis, rhetorical criticism, gender theory, and postmodernism. Students intending to transfer into arts, film, literature, humanities, and cultural studies programs will find this course particularly useful in understanding the critical language of the university. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as FMS 488, and only one may be taken for credit. See Cross-listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 352
Honors Seminar: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
3 Units
Same As: FMS 489
Prerequisite: None
General Education: AA/AS Area I
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This seminar studies the work of Alfred Hitchcock from the perspective of the key concepts in film theory. Students will investigate the films and criticism of one of the greatest and strangest directors, the self-styled master of suspense. This seminar takes a close reading of Hitchcock's most important films and the most significant writing on the director's work. For students interested in film, media, art, literature, and the humanities, the course examines Hitchcock's visual style, thematic concerns, and directorial techniques, and introduces the major critical approaches to cinema studies. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as FMS 489, and only one may be taken for credit. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 360
Honors Seminars in Humanities
1 Unit
Same As: HUM 486
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C2
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
See UC Limitations & Counselor
Hours: 18 hours LEC
Honors Seminars in Humanities are special one-unit intensive courses for academically accomplished students or those with the potential for high academic achievement. In these seminars, students will study topics in the movements, trends and philosophies found in the humanities. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as HUM 486. This course, under either name, may be taken a total of four times for credit on different topics. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 364
Honors Seminar: Philosophy of the Martial Arts
3 Units
Prerequisite: None.
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This course provides an introduction to the philosophical views that have traditionally been associated with the practice of martial arts and explores the interplay between those views and that practice. It also provides an introduction to those contemporary philosophical issues that arise in the context of present day analytic philosophical reflection on the nature and practice of martial arts. The course thus provides both the opportunity to appreciate the eastern philosophical underpinnings of an activity that has become part of mainstream American Culture and the opportunity to experience the rigorous application of contemporary analytic academic philosophical methodology.
HONOR 370
Honors Seminars in Social Science
1 Unit
Same As: SOCSC 480
Prerequisite: None
General Education: AA/AS Area V (b); CSU Area D2
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 18 hours LEC
Honors Seminars in Social Science are special one-unit intensive courses for academically accomplished students or those with the potential for high academic achievement. In these seminars, students will study topics in the movements, trends and philosophies found in the Social Sciences. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as SOCSC 480. This course, under either name, may be taken a total of four times for credit on different topics. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 382
Honors Seminar: Nature and Culture
3 Units
Same As: GEOG 481 and HUM 484
Prerequisite: None.
General Education: AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C2; CSU Area D2; IGETC Area 3B; IGETC Area 4
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
This seminar examines multicultural interpretations and use of the environment from the Native American era to modern day using various geographic regions as case studies. Interdisciplinary in approach, this course draws upon the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences to explain how the physical environment has been interpreted, utilized, and impacted differently by various cultures through time. Two field trips are required as part of this seminar. This course is intended for academically-accomplished students, regardless of major. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as GEOG 481 and HUM 484, and only one may be taken for credit. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 383
Honors Seminar in Biology
1 Unit
Same As: BIOL 481
Prerequisite: None
General Education: AA/AS Area IV
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 12 hours LEC; 18 hours LAB
Honors Seminars in Biology are special one-unit intensive courses for academically accomplished students or those with the potential for high academic achievement. In these seminars, students will study advanced topics from the area of biology. Enrollment limited to Honors students. This course is the same as BIOL 481. This course, under either name, may be taken a total of four times for credit on different topics. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 384
Honors Seminar in Geography
1 Unit
Same As: GEOG 482
Prerequisite: None
General Education: AA/AS Area IV
Course Transferable to CSU
Hours: 9 hours LEC; 27 hours LAB
Honors Seminars in Geography are special one-unit intensive courses for academically accomplished students or those with the potential for high academic achievement. In these seminars, students will study advanced topics from the area of Geography. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as GEOG 482. This course under either name, may be taken up to four times for credit on different topics. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 390
Honors Seminars in Mathematics
1 Unit
Same As: MATH 480
Prerequisite: MATH 370 with a grade of "C" or better
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
See UC Limitations & Counselor
Hours: 18 hours LEC
Honors Seminars in Mathematics are special one-unit intensive courses for academically accomplished students or those with the potential for high academic achievement. In these seminars, students will study advanced topics from the area of mathematics and will be expected to do independent problem solving and present their solutions to the class. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as MATH 480. This course, under either name, may be taken a total of four times for credit on different topics. See Cross-Listed Courses in the catalog.
HONOR 499
Experimental Offering in Honors
.5-4 Units
Prerequisite: None
Course Transferable to CSU
See UC Limitations & Counselor
Hours: 18 hours LEC; 54 hours LAB