HONR 39200 - Honors Social Science Topics

Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigation of a particular problem or question in the social sciences. May be applied to social sciences general education requirement with departmental permission.
Course Learning Outcomes
In addition to topic-specific learning outcomes, this course will meet the objectives for honors courses, as defined by the National Collegiate Honors Council: 1. To help students develop effective written communication skills (including the ability to make effective use of the information and ideas they learn); 2. To help students develop effective oral communication skills (while recognizing that not all students are comfortable talking a lot in class); 3. To help students develop their ability to analyze and synthesize a broad range of material; 4. To help students understand how scholars think about problems, formulate hypotheses, research those problems, and draw conclusions about them; and to help students understand how creative artists approach the creative process and produce an original work; 5. To help students become more independent and critical thinkers, demonstrating the ability to use knowledge and logic when discussing an issue or an idea, while considering the consequences of their ideas, for themselves, for others, and for society.

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