Course Descriptions

HON - Honors
LA 210, (406) 657-2201

In addition to these courses, there will be Honors sections in integrated science, education, law and society, social science, communications, economics, and other topics.  For actual courses being offered at any specific time consult the University Honors Program’s web site at www.msubillings.edu/honors, or contact the Director, Dr. Bryan Duncan, at (406) 657-2903 or bduncan@msubillings.edu.

^ HON 181 The Ancient and Medieval Worlds  3 cr.  Examines in conjunction with HIST 106 the political, economic, social, philosophical, literary, and artistic history of the ancient Near East, classical Greece, the Roman Empire, and medieval Europe.  Focuses on biblical material, Greek drama, and such authors as Homer, Sappho, Thucydides, Plato, Virgil, Augustine, Dante, and Chaucer.

^The course must be taken in conjunction with HIST 106.  HIST 106 and HON 181 satisfy the Academic Foundations requirements in the History and Humanities subcategories, respectively.

^ HON 182 The Renaissance and Modern Worlds 3 cr.  Examines in conjunction with HIST 107 the political, economic, social, philosophical, literary, and artistic history of the European Renaissance and the Modern World (through the 20th Century).  Focuses on such authors as Machiavelli, Luther, Shakespeare, Descartes, Locke, Voltaire, Goethe, Marx, Nietzche, Ibsen, Sartre, Wollstonecraft, and Woolf.

^The course must be taken in conjunction with HIST 107.  HIST 107 and HON 182 satisfy the Academic Foundations requirements in the History and Humanities subcategories, respectively.
 
HON 291 Independent Study V 1-3 cr. Prerequisite: Consent of Director or Associate Director of Honors Program.  Provides an opportunity to receive credit for individualized or special experimental learning opportunities and to count up to 3 credits towards the University Honors Program’s 21-credit requirement for Honors Scholar designation.

HON 292 Seminar 3 cr. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor or the University Honors Program.  Provides an opportunity to investigate and explore, at a lower-division level, basic themes and concepts—especially in a multidisciplinary manner—in the humanities, natural sciences, and/or social sciences.

HON/EVST 351 Law and Society 3 cr.  Studies the role of the American legal system in society; course emphasis varies from year to year, depending on which topics have current, wide-ranging social and philosophical implications; typical topics include environmental and toxic torts, intellectual property, death penalty issues, and invasion of privacy in cyberspace.

HON/EVST 352 Environmental Law (WR) 3 cr. Prerequisites: 6 credits of ENGL 150, ENGL 210, ENGL 226, or ENGL 201.  Provides a broad overview of the major federal and Montana environmental statutes, including attention to how the statutes attempt to balance long-view goals (i.e., needs of future generations) and broad-view goals (i.e., needs of ecological systems).  Course content also examines how the statutes are administratively and judicially enforced, as well as the social benefits and burdens associated with criminal punishments and civil litigations.  Course content will address the complexities inherent to a regulatory system that is generated within federal, state, and local jurisdictions.  Course assignments will include at least one important writing assignment (i.e., term paper assignment).

HON/HIST 420 Archaeology of the Classical World 3 cr.  Examines the material culture (i.e. art, architecture, and artifacts) of Greece and Rome beginning with the Minoans and Myceneans (c. 2000 B.C.E.) and ending with Constantine in the early fourth century C.E.  The course explores the following:  defining classical archaeology, dating systems, archaeological methods, the material culture of the Mediterranean basin, the formation and perpetuation of the “classical tradition” in art and architecture, understanding of chronology and dating, urban planning and construction techniques, architectural orders, artistic styles, and the process of archaeological reconstruction.

HON/HIST 460 The 1960s 3 cr. Prerequisite: HIST 205 or HIST 319 recommended.  Immerses students intensively into the most tumultuous decade of the 20th century through analysis of the social, political, and cultural upheavals that shaped the period and continue to shape post-modern America.

HON 491 Independent Study V 1-3 cr. Prerequisite: Consent of Director or Associate Director of Honors Program.  Provides an opportunity to receive credit for individualized or special experimental learning opportunities (including a senior thesis) at an upper-division level and to count up to 3 credits towards the University Honors Program’s 21-credit requirement for Honors Scholar designation.

HON 492 Seminar 3 cr. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor or the University Honors Program.  Provides an opportunity to investigate and explore, at an upper-division level, basic themes and concepts—especially in a multidisciplinary manner—in the humanities, natural sciences, and/or social sciences.

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