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