Fall 2024 Seminars Course Title Description Time Hours Room Instructor HON 301 - H1 Bhagavad Gita and Yoga This seminar combines philosophical discussion with the practice of yoga. Students analyze sections of The Bhagavad-Gita to answer questions such as “Is there such thing as a just war?” and “How do I find my dharma, or purpose, in life?” Class discussion (approximately 30 minutes) is followed by a 50 minute yoga class taught by Dr. Friedman. F 1:00-2:20 1st 7 Week Course 1.0 FFH 138 S. Friedman HON 301 - H2 Matlab For Science T 2:40-3:35 1.0 MOR 101 T. Chronis HON 301 - H3 Diversity in Food This seminar engages Honors students in qualitative researchthrough service-learning and reflective practice. It provides students with the opportunityto demonstrate their understanding of diversity in the context of multicultural foods,cultural holidays, and heritage celebrations. Students will explore why these foods can beidentity markers and representative of the cultures and countries they originate from. W 1:00-1:55 1.0 FFH 138 H. Mahafza HON 301 - H4 Space Weather This seminar engages Honors students in qualitative researchthrough service-learning and reflective practice. It provides students with the opportunityto demonstrate their understanding of diversity in the context of multicultural foods,cultural holidays, and heritage celebrations. Students will explore why these foods can beidentity markers and representative of the cultures and countries they originate from. F 9:40-10:35 1.0 FFH 138 Q. Hu HON 301 - H5 Batman and Philosophy The comic book character Batman captivates audiences with his thrilling pursuit of justice; a job that is never ‘fully’ done! Why doesn’t Batman just kill the Joker and rid Gotham once and for all of his terror? In this course, we will analyze and confront the philosophical issues that are raised by Batman’s life of fighting crime as they are encountered by the caped crusader! M 11:20-12:35 1.0 ONLN D. Layton HON 301 - H6 The 2024 Election A 2022 Pew Research Center report identifies that while voter turnout is up in the U.S., it still lags behind other countries. With 2024 being an Presidential Election year, this course will discuss efforts to increase voter turnout as well as the role of money, media, and politics in the campaign process. It will compare how U.S. Elections differ from those in other countries. In addition, students will examine efforts to increase voter turnout, the Electoral College, regulation of the media, and campaign finance laws. R 11:20-12:15 1.0 FFH 118 E. Peck HON 321-H01 Honors ISE 321 Supplement Discuss aspects of engineering economy. This course also "honorizes" ISE 321 for a total of 4 Honors hours. (Pre/Co-requisite: ISE 321) T 9:40-10:35 1.0 ENG 135 A. Davis HON 201 - H1 Scholarships and Graduate School Prep Learn about graduate school and graduate fellowship application processes. Develop a plan and create drafts of personal essays for getting into graduate programs. Open to freshmen. GPA of 3.75 required. (First 7-week session) MW 1:00-1:55 1st 7 Week Course 1.0 MOR 108 J. Staton