UHP Honors Degree and Honors Degree with Distinction Approved Capstone/Seminar Courses

Fall 2009 Course Offerings

[Complete Capstone/Seminar Course List]

An Honors capstone course approved for the Honors Degree is meant to summarize and synthesize the previous three to three and one-half years of a student’s undergraduate career. Capstone courses may be either discipline-specific or interdisciplinary courses. These courses may take the form of traditional senior seminars but may also involve research and group projects, or any such activity that successfully integrates and synthesizes what the student has learned, and requires reflection on the experience. Though "reflection" can mean both oral and written presentations, we typically see an emphasis in these courses on written work. Independent study courses are not considered Honors capstone experiences because an important part of the reflection incorporates interaction with other students in the course. Capstone courses must be at least 3-credit courses. They may be at the 300 level, but preferably are at the 400 level, and to count as an Honors Degree capstone course, must be taken in one of the last two semesters before graduation.

CAUTION: In order to count as Honors Degree capstone/seminar courses, these courses must be taken for Honors credit.

Department	Course No.	Course Title
Accounting	ACCT 425-080	Strategic Information Systems & Accounting
Art History	ARTH 413-080 ARTH 435-080	Renaissance Art & Architecture American Art
Business Administration	BUAD 441-080*	Strategic Management
Civil & Environmental Engineering	CIEG 461-080*	Senior Design Project
Computer & Information Science	CISC 475-080	Object Oriented Software Engineering
Computer Engineering	CPEG 422-080	Introduction to VLSI Systems
Economics	ECON 426-080	Mathematical Economic Analysis
English	ENGL 480-080* ENGL 480-081*	Seminar: Plays into Movies Seminar: What is an American
Health, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences	HESC 400-080	Research Methods
History	HIST 411-083 HIST 471-080	Seminar in American History: Presidential Character Seminar in Medieval History: Europe in 11th Century
Human Development & Family Studies	HDFS 422-080 HDFS 481-080*	Family Relationships Student Teaching Seminar
Mathematical Sciences	MATH 380-080 MATH 512-080 MATH 530-080	Approaches to Teaching Mathematics Contemporary Applications of Mathematics Application of Mathematics in Economics
Health, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences	NTDT 460-080	Community Nutrition
Philosophy	PHIL 465-080	Senior Seminar: Puzzles and Paradoxes
Psychology	PSYC 415-080	History and Systems of Psychology
Honors Program	UNIV 490-080/081 UNIV 490-082/083	Honors Tutorial: Humanities Honors Tutorial: What We're Made of: Our Toxic Body Burden and How We Got This Way

NOTES (indicated by asterisks):

BUAD 441: is normally offered as an Honors course in Fall semester.
CIEG 461: To count as a capstone, both semesters (4 cr.) must be taken for Honors credit.
ENGL 480: Open to ENGL majors only.
HDFS 481: Open to ECED majors only.