A SAMPLE OF HONORS SEMINARS, 1984-2007
ARCHITECTURE& THE ART
W. Becker, A & D Designing the Future
(3 times)
D. Buntrock, ARCH The Traditional Japanese House
R. Edman, AH Understanding Asian Art
" History of Costume (2)
P. Hales, AH Learning the Contemporary Landscape
R.V. Harnack, THTR Political Uses of Music & Theater
D. Sokol, AH Art and Passion: Collecting and Patronage
R. Wang, MUS Jazz: Chicago Style
APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
D. Hellison, KINE Sport and Exercise in American Society (2)
K. McCormick, KINE Muscle Fiber Types: Lessons in Diversity
C. Walter, KINE The Psychology of Design and Disaster
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
G. Bassett, FIN Knowledge and Paradox (18)
J. Ho, IDS Prosperity in the Information Age
O. Miller, ECON Economic Advice for the Next President
" Myths and Realities in Economic Policy
" Selected Topics in Economic Policy
J. Persky, ECON Economic Themes in Movies (3)
EDUCATION
L. Anderson, ED Social Science Theory, Modern Society, & Moral Responsibility
“ Reading Affirmative Action in Higher Education
W. Ayers, ED The Children of Juvenile Court
“ The Question of Freedom: Problems and Possibilities
“ Writing Your Life: Autobiography, Memoir and Personal Essay
W. Ayers & S. Edgerton, ED Composing One's Life: Autobiography and Pedagogy (2)
W. Ayers & W. Schubert, ED Education: Personal and Public Meaning (3)
L. Nucci, ED Development of Moral and Social Values (4)
T. Shanahan, ED Student Literacy Corps (14)
“ Student Literacy Corps II (4)
K. Thiede, ED Metacognition and Self-Regulated Study
M. Varelas, ED Homeless Youth and Science: Possibilities and Challenges
E. Wynne, ED What’s Character got to do with Education?
ENGINEERING
W. Boerner, ECE Wide-Band Electromagnetic Sensing & Imaging (2)
D. Boyce, CME Urban Travel and Air Quality
T. Desai, BIOE Tissue Engineering: From Cells to Systems
Y. Gogotsi, ME Materials for the 21st Century (2)
J. Hetling, BIOE Prosthetics for Vision
M. Issa, CME Performance of Materials
J. Liang, BIOE Basics of Bioinformatics
R. Magin, BIOE Introduction to Medical Imaging (4)
G. Mansoori, ChE Fossil Fuels and Environmental Pollution
K. Reddy, CME Environmental Engineering Laboratory (2)
“ Environmental Pollution Control and Waste Management (2)
J. Regalbuto, CHE A Structured Approach to Professional Ethics (5)
P. Rousche, BIOE Bioethics of the Brain
P.L.E. Uslenghi, ECE Introduction to Fiber Optics
LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES
HUMANITIES
R. Ayerbe-Chaux, SPAN Don Quixote (3)
J. Gardiner, WS & ENGL Sexuality and Gender (2)
P. Griffiths, RELS Augustine’s Confessions
N. Grossman. PHIL The Near-Death Experience (10)
S. Hoisington, SLAV Soviet Experience...in Five Major Films (2)
J. Huntington, ENGL Aspects of Literature and Technology
" Writing, Memory, Power, & Censorship (3)
“ Samuel Beckett (2)
“ War Music: A Look at Homer’s Iliad – Old & New
R. Jensen, HIST Social Science Research with Microcomputers
L. Kaba, AAST/HON Knowledge and Spirituality (2)
“ Faith, Knowledge, and Spirituality
H. Kerr, ENGL/HON The Occult and Pseudoscience in the U.S.
A. Kurczaba, SLAV Empires, Colonies, Cultures: Novels of Joseph Conrad
“ And the Wall Came Tumbling Down: The Clash of Culture in Post Cold War Era
“ The Ten Commandments (3)
S. Manning, ENGL Fictions of the Female Self
D. Marshall, ENGL Homer and Derek Wolcott's Omeros;
“ The Chicago Humanities Festival (2)
A. Mastrobuono, ITAL Dante and His Adventures in the World Beyond
C. Messenger, ENGL Spirit of Play in Contemporary Fiction (2)
M. Miller, HIST Europe 1988: A 40-year Retrospective
" Europe Since 1945 (2)
M. Perman, HIST Philosophy of History
J. Rohsenow, LING Perceptions of China
L. Schelbert, HIST American Indian Religion: The Lakota Black Elk
V. Wexman, ENGL How Movies Tell Stories (2)
R. Williams, GER Existentialism (3)
What is Enlightenment?
NATURAL SCIENCES
R. Baumgarten, CHEM Science, Technology, Ethics
S. Forman, EaES Climate Change, Science and Society
R. Grossman, MATH Limits of Computing (2)
S. Jordan, MATH Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics & Astronomy
L. Kauffman, MATH Knots and Natural Science
“ Virtual Logic (2)
L. Kaufman, BIOS/HON Diets
S. Kelso, BIOS Neurobiological Models of Consciousness
J. Lewis, MATH/HON An Introduction to Complex Analysis (2)
P. Malchow, BIOS The Promise of the Human Genome
C. Matthews, CHEM Travels Through the Cosmos
L. Miller, BIOS Breast Development and Cancer
" Cloning Frogs, Livestock, and Humans
" Human Reproduction
“ Sex Determination During Mammalian Development
D. Morrison, BIOS They’re Back!: Infectious Diseases
V. Pless, MATH Fair Game
R. Plotnick, EAES Evolution in the Computer
E. Pollack, BIOS Ideas on Human Development (2)
T. Poulson, BIOS Ecology of the Great Lakes
G.V. Ramanathan, MATH Mathematics and the Arts/Social Sciences
TES Raghavan, MATH Game Theory in Social Science
W.A. Schroeder, PHYS Quantum Physics: The Cornerstone of Evolution?
S. Simpson, BIOS History of Evolutionary Theory: Plato to Dawkins
“ Human Reproduction and Development (2)
M. Tangora, MATH Problem Solving Techniques and Practice (2)
J. Teitelbaum, MATH Cryptography (5)
“ Behind the Scenes at the World Wide Web (2)
SOCIAL SCIENCES
R. Barahona, LAST Issues, Policies and Conflicts in Central America
A. Conway. PSCH Individual Differences in Intelligence
J. Danowski, COMM Communication Processes and Effects
" Computer-Supported Human Communication
R. Johnson, POLS Power (3)
M. Lippman, CRJ Civil Liberties
" Contemporary Issues in Jurisprudence
M. Lippman, CRJ & M. Alexander, CL Topics in Criminal Law: Roman, Arabic & Modern
S. Soot, GEOG Diffusion of American Economic Culture (4)
F. Tachau, POLS The Middle East Conflict (4)
“ Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in the Post Cold-War World
" Nuclear Weapons (3)
R.S. Warner, SOC Religion in the Popular Novel
MEDICINE
A. Bartholomew, SURG On the Cutting Edge: Transplantation in Medicine
D. Chambers, BCHE Future of Medicine (3)
“ New Biology: Biological Basis of Disease (2)
" Roots of Biological Revolutions (3)
N. Elster, MHPE Genetics, Ethics, and the Law
J. Espat. SURG Highlight s in the History of Surgery
M. Garg, MHPE Practice of Medicine in the 21st Century: Managed Care & Medical Education (2)
D. Giacomoni, MIM Critical Moments in the History of Biology (7)
" Rise and Fall of the Eugenic Movement (5)
R. Haque, MIM Scientific Solution to Social & Economic Problems (4)
Y.K. Ho, BCHE Magnificent Protein Machinery
R. Mrtek, MHPE Assessing Feelings and Attitudes: The Science of Subjectivity (3)
T. Murphy, MHPE Medical Ethics (2)
“ Research Ethics (2)
R. Nelson, SURG The Truth in Medicine: Where do you find it?
S. Poirier, MHPE Illness and Medicine: Whose Story is it Anyway? (3)
B. Russell, PHYB The Science behind Medical News (4)
L. Sandlow & W. Hammett, MED Quality Improvement in Health Care
S. Silver, MIM From Microbe Hunters to Biotechnology
E. Sloan, MED Conducting Clinical Medical Research
M. Viana, OPHTH The Study of Symmetry in Application (2)
A. Yonke. MHPE Becoming a Health Professional (2)
NURSING
J. Engstrom, MCN Contraception: A Modern Approach (4)
W. Young, NUAS Health Care Reform for the 21st Century (3)
PHARMACY
C. Woodbury, PMMP Best Laid Schemes (5)
“ Living with Water
PUBLIC HEALTH
B. Boulos, EOHS Biochemical Basis of Public Health (5)
J. Brody, EPID Descriptive Epidemiology: Epidemics and Strange Populations (4)
“ Current Epidemiology
L. Conroy , EOHS Global Occupational Health
J. Munson, HPA Public Health in Literature
P. Scheff & R. Wadden, EOHS Air Pollution in Chicago
D. Tessier, EOHS Current Controversies in Environmental Toxicology
SOCIAL WORK
D. Brieland, SOCW Hunger and Homelessness in the U.S
“ Law and the Life Cycle
" Legal Developments in Family Formation and Dissolution
" Reagan Revolution in Social Welfare
“ Welfare Reform: The Bill and Newt Drama
D. Brieland & W. Korr, SOCW Jane Addams' Hull House over the Century
" Rights of Institutionalized Persons
" Social Policy--Children's Rights (2)
URBAN PLANNING AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
D. Perry, UPP Great Cities: UIC’s Metropolitan Commitment (4)
W. Wiewel, UPP Great Cities: UIC’s Metropolitan Commitment (4)
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
B. Bergan, PUB Publishing a Literacy Journal
R. Godard & A. Lerner, Int.Affairs International Affairs: A Diplomatic Perspective
W. Jones, LIB Contemporary Research Libraries (9)
“ Computerized Information Seeking (2)
Knowledge Online: Information Seeking in the Digital Age (2)
J. Kosco, HON Service Learning Through Alternative Spring Break Programs (5)
A. Natcone, Adj. Anatomy of a Court Case (3)
B. Powers, SSP Scholarship and Fellowship Forum (5)
J. Shuler & M. Kelly, LIB The Nerves of Government: Accessing & Using Public Information (3)
R. Zillmer, HON Writing Workshop (5)
ALUMNI OFFERINGS
C. Caporusso (’92, POLS) Women and the Law (12)
“ The Supreme Court
A. Goel (’92, FIN) Hate Crimes