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Frederik Meijer Honors College
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Phone: 616-331-3219 Frederik Meijer Honors College honors@gvsu.edu Glenn A. Niemeyer Learning and Living Center 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 |
Arts and Humanities: Fall 2009 - Winter 2010 The following sequence options are considered to be the foundation of the Frederik Meijer Honors College curriculum. They are team-taught courses covering history, the arts, philosophy and literature, culture, supplemental writing skills, and if the sequence is passed with a B or better, WRT 150 (the university foundational composition course). Students are encouraged to complete their sequence in their freshmen year and may choose from eight options. Select the course for more information.
The following courses are taken over two semesters, with six credits each semester: 1. Islamic Middle East 2. Classical World
3. American Civilization 4. European Civilization 5. East Asian Civilization 6. African Civilization 7. Latin American Civilization The following course is taken over four semesters, with three credits each semester:
9. Making of Europe __________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: The course syllabi are representative syllabi based upon prior iterations of the courses. Courses vary in design from year to year and from instructor to instructor. The syllabi for the sections in which students enroll may differ in significant respects from the syllabi posted here. Fall Semester: HNR 209 and 210, section 01: Islamic Middle East I Professor Coeli Fitzpatrick, Ph. D., Professor of Philosophy
Professor Majd Al-Mallah, Ph. D., Professor of Modern Languages
This course examines the historical and literary context from the pre-Islamic period through the Ottoman era. It begins with a background of history, religions, and literature before the birth of Muhammad, then focuses on the impact of Islam in Arabia and, later, on the Middle East and beyond. HNR 219/220 covers the history, literature, philosophy and art of the Islamic Middle East from the decline of the Ottoman period to the present. This time period is one of growth and uncertainty, with such major historical events as the fall of the Ottoman Empire, World Wars I and II and the colonization of the Middle East. The course looks at how these historical events left their mark in philosophy, literature (including poetry and the birth of the Arabic novel and postcolonial theory/criticism) and art.
Fall Semester: HNR 211 and 212, section 01: Classical World I
Winter Semester: HNR 221 and 222, section 01: Classical World II
NOTE: You must take section 01 for both semesters Schedule: MWF 1:00-2:50 Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
Fall semester: Diane Rayor, Ph. D., Professor of Classics Kelli Rudolph, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Classics Winter semester: Kelli Rudolph, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Classics TBA
This course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the history, literature, intellectual history, philosophy, and arts of the Classical period with emphasis on Greeks and Romans. This approach includes close and extensive reading of primary sources (such as literary texts and artifacts) and secondary sources (including history and art history textbooks).
Click here for 221/222 sample syllabus Classical World, section 02
Fall Semester: HNR 211 and 212, section 02: Classical World I
Winter Semester: HNR 221 and 222, section 02: Classical World II NOTE: You must take section 02 for both semesters. Schedule: MWF 1:00-2:50
Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
Fall semester: Peter Anderson, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Classics TBA Winter semester: Melissa Morison, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Classics William Morison, Ph. D., Professor of History This course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the history, literature, intellectual history, philosophy, and arts of the Classical period with emphasis on Greeks and Romans. This approach includes close and extensive reading of primary sources (such as literary texts and artifacts) and secondary sources (including history and art history textbooks). American Civilization, section 01
Winter Semester: HNR 223 and 224, section 01: American Civilization II NOTE: You must take section 01 for both semesters. Schedule: MW 4:30-7:15
Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
Professor Rob Franciosi, Ph. D., Professor of English Professor Steve Tripp, Ph. D., Professor of History In this course we will study American history and literature from the earliest North American colonies to recent times. We will be especially interested in the inter-connectedness of literature and history. Hopefully, students will leave the year-long class with not only a good knowledge of the major developments and themes in American history and literature but also have the conceptual tools to advance their own understanding of these topics in the future. The purpose in HNR 223/224 is to survey the shaping forces—the people and events, the values and attitudes—of American life since 1877, which in their literary renderings construct current interpretations of American civilization. Our perusal of these forces will involve reading, discussion, analysis, oral presentation, and written argument. Click here for 213/214 sample syllabus. American Civilization, section 02
Fall Semester: HNR 213 and 214, section 02: American Civilization I
Winter Semester: HNR 223 and 224, section 02: American Civilization II NOTE: You must take section two for both semesters. Schedule: MWF 9:00-10:50
Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
Professor Avis Hewitt, Ph. D., Associate Professor of English Professor Douglas Montagna, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of History This course provides a survey of American history, literature, and intellectual progress from European Colonization through Reconstruction. American Civilization, section 03
Fall Semester: HNR 213 and 214, section 01: American Civilization I
Winter Semester: HNR 223 and 224, section 01: American Civilization II NOTE: You must take section 03 for both semesters. Schedule: MW 12:00-2:45
Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
Professor Rob Franciosi, Ph. D., Professor of English Professor Steve Tripp, Ph. D., Professor of History In this course we will study American history and literature from the earliest North American colonies to recent times. We will be especially interested in the inter-connectedness of literature and history. Hopefully, students will leave the year-long class with not only a good knowledge of the major developments and themes in American history and literature but also have the conceptual tools to advance their own understanding of these topics in the future. The purpose in HNR 223/224 is to survey the shaping forces—the people and events, the values and attitudes—of American life since 1877, which in their literary renderings construct current interpretations of American civilization. Our perusal of these forces will involve reading, discussion, analysis, oral presentation, and written argument.
Fall Semester: HNR 215 and 216, section 01: European Civilization I
Winter Semester: HNR 225 and 226, section 01: European Civilization II NOTE: You must take section one for both semesters. Professor Frances Kelleher, Ph. D., Professor of History Professor Sue Swartzlander, Ph. D., Professor of English
Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
This course examines the sweeping political and cultural changes taking place in Europe from 1650-1900 and the ways in which writers and artists reflect these changes. How does a society move from a belief in magic to one in science? How does this momentous shift to a philosophy characterized by phrases such as “I think therefore I am” and “Dare to know” affect political thought and participation? How do people in the 18th and 19th centuries tackle social problems? How do advances in technology and imperialistic designs affect the 19th century? How can we see the European experience in its global context? What can we learn about our modern society and ourselves by understanding this distant past? This continuation of the fall integrated sequence, HNR 215/216, focuses on key issues in 20th century European history, literature, and the arts. This team-taught interdisciplinary sequence explores a generation embracing a new century with optimism and hope; an idealism that would be shattered by two world wars. As we explore this century, its trials and triumphs, we will look at the factors leading to the wars, the impact of war on society, and the paradigm shift responsible for new literary and artistic forms. We will consider European experience in its global context and consider what we learn about our own society and ourselves by understanding this distant past.
European Civilization, section 02
Fall Semester: HNR 215 and 216, section 02: European Civilization I
Winter Semester: HNR 225 and 226, section 02: European Civilization II NOTE: You must take section two for both semesters. Schedule: MW 3:00-5:45
Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
Professor Edward Alan Cole, Ph. D., Professor of History
Professor Christine A. Rydel, Ph. D., Professor of Russian Studies
This course covers the history, literature, and intellectual climate in Europe from the time of the French Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. The course investigates such topics as the intellectual and political consequences of the French Revolution, the industrial revolutions, liberal and conservative thought, socialism, nationalism, origins of the Great War, Romanticism, Realism, and Decadence. An examination of the theories of the nineteenth century prepares students for HNR 225/226 02, which studies attempts to realize these theories. The course continues HNR 215/216 02 and studies the literary life of Europe in the historical context of the twentieth century from the origins of World War I to the end of Soviet Russia. Students read a variety of historical sources including Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago; they also read representative authors such as Mann, Yeats, Kafka, Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, Proust, Zamiatin, Bulgakov, Huelle, Grass, Shalamov, and Akhmatova. European Civilization, section 03
Fall Semester: HNR 215/216, section 03: European Civilization I Winter Semester: HNR 225/226, section 03 European Civilization II NOTE: You must take section three for both semesters. Schedule: TR 1:00-3:45 Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature Fall Semester: Professor Grace Coolidge, Ph. D., Professor of History Professor Diane Wright, Ph. D., Professor of Modern Languages
Winter Semester: Professor Grace Coolidge, Ph. D., Professor of History
Professor Gabriela Pozzi, Ph. D., Professor of Modern Languages Click here for sample syllabus This course will examine the development of European Civilization from the Medieval period through 1800 through the reading and discussion of representative literary works and historical documents. We will take special consideration of the perspective of the Iberian Peninsula , given its unique historical and geographical position as the cultural crossroad of East and West, where the three “peoples of the book” coexisted in complex patterns of harmony and tension. In addition to becoming familiar with the main literary genres and currents (early lyric poetry, development of narrative fiction, courtly love, picaresque fiction, drama) in their historical contexts (the Black Plague, the Reformation and Counter Reformation, the Inquisition, Scientific Revolution, etc.) we will also listen to the voices of individual Christians, Muslims and Jews in order to address such issues as: the creation of the other, the marginal status (of minorities and women) and the formation of identity (social, cultural, and religious). We will compare and contrast Spain to the rest of Europe, learning about its uniqueness as well as about the common ties that bind it to the mainland. We will begin by examining the forms of interaction among the three groups in Medieval Europe that will then lead us to examine the marginalization and portrayal of Jews and Muslims. The ultimate objective is to gain an understanding of early Europe both historically and culturally as well as confront the often conflictive and complex nature and cultural transformations that were experienced through the Early Modern period. European Civilization, section 04
Fall Semester: HNR 215/216, section 04: European Civilization I Winter Semester: HNR 225/226, section 04: European Civilization II NOTE: You must take section four for both semesters. Schedule: MW 8:00-10:45
Culture Fulfillment: World Perspectives Professor Lisa Feurzeig, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Music
Professor David McGee, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Art
This two-semester/ 4-course sequence explores the cultural development of Europe from roughly the French Revolution to the Second World War. The focus is on the interpretation of the literature, music, and visual arts of the period and their historical and philosophical relationships. The first half or fall semester concentrates on the cultural movements encompassing Classicism to Impressionism, focusing on definitions and theories of Romanticism and Realism as they apply to the arts individually and collectively. The second half concentrates on the comparative, cultural movements from roughly 1880 to 1945, focusing on definitions and theories of modernism. Click here for HNR 215/216 sample syllabus Click here for HNR 225/226 sample syllabus Fall Semester: HNR 280, section 01 and 02: Focus on Asia I
Winter Semester: HNR 280, section 01 and 02: Focus on Asia II NOTE: You must take sections one and two for both semesters. Schedule: MW 3:00-5:45 Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
Fall Semester: Professor Sufen Lai, Associate Professor of English
Professor Curtis Dean Smith, Ph. D., Professor of Modern Languages
Winter Semester: Professor Craig Benjamin, Ph. D., Professor of History
Professor Curtis Dean Smith, Ph. D., Professor of Modern Languages Explore the beautiful and rich life-style of ancient China, and China's influence on Korea, Japan, and Central Asia, through literature and texts in translation, supplemented with art, music, and other cultural activities. In the next two semesters, we will experience how politicians in China of over 2500 years ago thought, learn how the ancient Chinese achieved immortality, eavesdrop in on a love affair between common people living during times of war 1500 years ago, explore how language, culture, and religion brought to Japan and Korea were incorporated into the native cultures, and discover many other fascinating aspects of this culture so far off both in time and distance. This semester we will begin from pre-historic time through approximately the seventh century CE. This will include the foundations of Chinese culture and civilization, the development of the Chinese State, and its interactions with India, Central Asia, Korea and Japan. This course fulfills the General Education Program's Foundations (Philosophy and Literature Emphasis) and World Perspective (Culture Emphasis), and WRT 150 designations. You will also learn how to conduct more rigorous research. In the second semester of the two-semester sequence, we will discover how poet gentry in Tang dynasty China lived and socialized, come to intimately know the trials and tribulations of one of the greatest geniuses of civilization, learn how a student tricked a ghost centuries ago, and many other fascinating aspects of this culture so distant both in time and pace. This semester will cover the period from the sixth century c.e. to the present. Fall Semester: HNR 280, section 03 and 04: Focus on Africa I
Winter Semester: HNR 280, section 03 and 04: Focus on Africa II NOTE: You must take sections three and four for both semesters. Schedule: MW 3:00-5:45
Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy, and Literature
Professor David Alvarez, Ph. D., Professor of English
Professor Steeve Buckridge, Ph. D., Professor of HistoryFall Semester: HNR 280, section 05 and 06: Focus on Latin America I
Winter Semester: HNR 280, section 05 and 06: Focus on Latin America II NOTE: You must take sections five and six for both semesters. Schedule: MW 3:00-5:45 Culture Fulfillment: Arts and World Perspectives, Latin American civilization and culture
Professor Emily Garcia, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English Professor Andrew Schlewitz, Ph. D., Professor of Political Science Explores a regional history, from pre-conquest times to the present, drawing on literature, the fine arts, film, history, and the social sciences. In the second semester we move from the independence period in the early nineteenth century to the present day. These courses are surveys, and necessarily introductory, but our goal is come away from them with a deeper knowledge of the distinctive roots of modern Latin American society and identity, and a more thorough understanding of the diversity within that society and identity. Fall Semester 2009: HNR 280 07 and 08 History of Science I
Winter Semester 2010: HNR 280 07 and 08 History of Science II
NOTE: You must take sections seven and eight for both semesters. Schedule: TR 8:30-11:15 Culture Fulfillment: World Perspectives
Professor Sheldon Kopperl, Ph. D., Professor of Biomedical Sciences Professor Andrew D. Spear, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy
This first semester of a two semester sequence will explore the history, philosophy, literature, and the arts of Europe in an integrated set of two courses that will focus on the history and philosophy of science and technology as its emphasis. However, we shall be looking at other aspects of the history of the period as well. These will include but by no means be limited to: the response to the Black Death of the mid-fourteenth century, the Renaissance, the impact of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, and the impact of the Protestant Reformation and its destabilizing effect on European history for the next 150 years.
Click here for the HNR 280 sections 07/08 fall syllabus. Click here for the HNR 280 sections 07/08 winter syllabus. Making of Europe, Section 01
Fall Semester 2009: HNR 217 01 Making of Europe I
Winter Semester 2010: HNR 218 01 Making of Europe II Schedule: TR 10:00-11:15 Culture Fulfillment: History, Philosophy and Literature Professor Benjamin Lockerd, Ph. D., Professor of English
This is the first course in a 4-course sequence that will address the development of European culture from the end of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the modern era. This first course seeks to give students some knowledge of the Roman Empire and then to enter into a study of the early Middle Ages, from about 450 A.D. to about 1100 A.D. The approach of the course will be interdisciplinary, with professors from all the major disciplines within the Humanities. In this way, we hope to achieve a comprehensive view of the development of European civilization during this period. Each semester of the Making of Europe sequence involves all four disciplines, but each of the four semesters also focuses particularly on one of the four disciplines, as follows: HNR 217: History, HNR 218: Philosophy, HNR 227: Art, HNR 228: Literature. This second course will examine the late Middle Ages (sometimes called the High Middle Ages) in Europe, from approximately 900 to approximately 1300 A.D. We will study and discuss the cultural, artistic, religious, intellectual, and political developments that took place at this time. The course will be interdisciplinary, involving discussion of history, philosophy, art, architecture, music, and literature of the period. The course emphasizes the great philosophical works of the era, especially the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas. Fall Semester 2010: HNR 227 01 Making of Europe III Winter Semester 2011: HNR 228 01 Making of Europe IV
Schedule: TR 11:30-12:45 Culture Fulfillment: World Perspectives, Arts Fall Semester: Professor Benjamin Lockerd, Ph. D., Professor of English Professor Majd Al-Mallah, Ph. D., Professor of Modern Languages Winter Semester: Professor Coeli Fitzpatrick, Ph. D., Professor of Philosophy This course (Making of Europe III) will examine the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early Renaissance period in Europe. The Renaissance begins at different times in different regions: around 1300 in Italy, but not until the late 1400s in England. Historically, we will look at roughly that period, but in literature we will move forward into the late 1500s. We will study the various cultural, artistic, religious, intellectual, and political developments of the period, with an emphasis on the romance epic, the development of polyphony, and Renaissance painting. The course is interdisciplinary, involving history, art, architecture, music, philosophy, and literature. There will be a pronounced emphasis on the great artistic accomplishments of this period. The last course (Making of Europe IV) will examine the late Renaissance (also called the early Modern) period in Europe, from approximately 1500 to approximately 1700. Major topics in the course will be the Protestant Reformation, the consolidation of the modern European nation states, and Humanism. We will study the cultural, artistic, intellectual, and political developments of the era. The course is interdisciplinary, involving history, art, architecture, music, philosophy, and literature. There will be an emphasis on literature.
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