Faculty
Honors Program Director: Barbara Haas Margolius (Mathematics).
Honors faculty are loaned from their home departments each term. In recent Academic Years, the following faculty have taught general education honors courses or the universal honors experience: Peter Bubenik (Mathematics), Gregory D'Allesio (Music), Lynn Deering (HPERD), Petru Fodor (Physics), Sheldon Gelman (Cleveland Marshall College of Law), Valentin Gogonea (Chemistry), Leah Gold (Mathematics), Elizabeth Lehfeldt (History), Katheryn Maguire (Communication), Lee Makela (History), Mark Rosentraub (Dean, Levin College of Urban Affairs), Robert Scherer (Dean, Nance College College of Business Administration), Brian Scott (Mathematics), Adam Sonstegard (English), Kiril Streletzky (Physics), Cathy Thomas (Art), Robert Wheeler (History), Brian Yusko (Curriculum and Foundations, College of Education and Human Services), Eric Ziolek (Music). Additional faculty are involved in the Honors Experience in the major.
Course Descriptions
HON 101 Introduction to Honors (1-0-1). Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. An orientation course for first-year honors students. Introduces students to campus life including the range of events and services offered on campus and the philosophy, policies and procedures of the university; serves as a forum in which students can ask questions and share experiences with fellow students, faculty, advisers, and mentors; and provides the honors students with a common experience and sense of community. Return to top
HON 200 Universal Honors Experience (0-0-1). Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. The Universal Honors Experience is one of three alternatives required of all students in the Honors Program each semester except first-semester freshman year. The content of the Universal Honors Experience will vary considerably from term to term. Alternatives include: a supper/lunch club to meet twice a month to be coordinated by a faculty member who will invite speakers to each meeting; a performance/seminar club for which students will attend 5 to 10 plays and or seminars with subsequent discussion sessions; students may also propose a topic for a universal honors experience following guidelines in the Honors Student Handbook. Return to top
HON 201 Universal Honors Course (1-0-1). Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. The Universal Honors Course is one of three alternatives required of all students in the Honors Program each semester except first-semester freshman year. The content of the Universal Honors Course will vary considerably from term to term. Each term, students will meet about once per week to attend events on campus or in the larger community including plays, musical performances, lectures and colloquia. About half of the class sessions will be filled by campus and off-campus events that are available also to the larger campus community. The other sessions will be related to a larger interdisciplinary theme. Return to top
HON 301 The Experiences of African-American Students in Urban Educational Settings (2-1-2). Prerequisite: Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. Students in this course will study the African-American experience in urban settings. They will work in small groups in a racially diverse Cleveland public school for one hour per week in addition to several class sessions that will be held at the school to develop enrichment experiences. Through firsthand experience with Cleveland students as well as interdisciplinary readings, students will examine the extent to which schools provide culturally relevant curriculum and instruction for diverse students. Students will learn about possibilities as well as shortcomings and biases of existing assessment strategies, particularly high-stakes standardized state tests. Through personal interactions with CMSD students, CSU students will reflect on their feelings about race and their ability to respond to diverse students in a culturally sensitive manner. Return to top
See also these discipline-specific honors courses: ART 253H, BIO 104H, BIO 105H, CHE 494H, CHE 495H, CHE 496H, CHE 499H, CHM 379H, CHM 479H, CHM 497H, DAN 212H, ECN 230H, EEC 391H, EEC 491H, EEC 495H, EEC 499H, ENG 102H, ENG 207H, HIS 201H, HIS 272H, HSC 438H, HSC 439H, IME 495H, MCE 391H, MCE 491H, MCE 495H, MCE 499H, MTH 181H, MTH 182H, MTH 493H, MTH 496H, MUS 260H, MUS 261H, PHL 213H, PHL 242H, PHL 246H, PHL 489H, PHY 243H, PHY 244H, PSY 495H, PSY 497H, SOC 280H, UST 422H.