Honors Program Courses Spring 2024
Spring 2024
Course description: Continuation of CHEM 111. Some work in inorganic chemistry, kinetics, equilibrium, liquids, solids, acid-base, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, thermodynamics, and qualitative inorganic analysis. *Please note there is no Honors CHEM 112L (lab) section*
Course Details
- CRN – 45458; Section No. 21
- Faculty: Jeffrey Cross
- Schedule: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Survey of current theories and research on intercultural communication; development of critical thinking skills in regard to intercultural interaction and communication styles.
Course Details
- CRN – 74146; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Diane Carter
- Schedule: TR 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: General Education: Natural/Integrated Science
An interdisciplinary, thematically based course intended to provide
the student with the skills to analyze and evaluate scientific claims
and to make intelligent scientific and social decisions; among the
topics addressed are the impact of science on society and the ethical
dilemmas and moral consequences of scientific research; all
themes/sections emphasize discussion, collaborative work, and the
conduct of science, though not necessarily in a formal lab setting.
Course Details
- CRN – 75470; Section No. 02
- Faculty: James Bull
- Schedule: MWF 10:30-11:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Fundamental programming constructs, algorithms and problem- solving, fundamental data structures, overview of programming languages, virtual machines, introduction to language translation, declarations and types, abstraction mechanisms, object-oriented programming.
Course Details
- CRN – 58825; Section No. 01
- Faculty: Terence Soule
- Schedule: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 4 credits
Course description: Principles and practice of effective technical communication. Projects teach conventions of tone and style appropriate to the specific discourse situation in a variety of formats, including oral, written, visual and multimedia genres.
Course Details
- CRN – 45807; Section No. 06
- Faculty: Neil Davidson
- Schedule: MWF 2:30-3:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Contemporary literature.
Course Details
- CRN – 77831; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Tom Drake
- Schedule: MWF 10:30 - 11:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: General Education: American Diversity, Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Indigenous beginnings to the American Civil War
Course Details
- CRN – 77832; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Zachary Turpin
- Schedule: MWF 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Further study of principles and practice of effective technical communication. Projects teach conventions of tone and style appropriate to the specific discourse situation in a variety of formats, including oral, written, visual, and multimedia genres.
Course Details
- CRN – 45880; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Karen Thompson
- Delivery Method: Online (Web)
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Principles of statics with engineering applications; addition and resolution of forces, vector algebra, moments and couples, resultants and static equilibrium, equivalent force systems, centroids, center of gravity, free body method of analysis, two and three dimensional equilibrium, trusses, frames, and friction. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
Course Details
- CRN – 67524; Section No. 04
- Faculty: JJ Petersen
- Schedule: MWF, 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Particle and rigid body kinematics and kinetics; rectilinear, curvilinear, and relative motion, equations of motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum, systems of particles, rotation, rotating axes, rigid body analysis, angular momentum, vibration, and time response. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
Course Details
- CRN – 69094; Section No. 04
- Faculty: Dan Cordon
- Schedule: MWF, 8:30 - 9:20 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Elasticity, strength, and modes of failure of engineering materials; theory of stresses and strains for ties, shafts, beams, and columns. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
Course Details
- CRN – 49391; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Robert Stephens
- Schedule: MWF 12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credit
Course description: Focuses on an issue related to international cultures, societies, geopolitics, history, economics, or other questions with a global dimension. In addition to common reading, viewing, and course assignments, students develop research projects over the course of the semester, focusing on the culture(s) of their specialization.
Course Details
- CRN – 77981; Section No. 03
- Faculty: Erin Damman
- Schedule: TR 11:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Ancient Greece and Rome have long been the subject of fascination and admiration. From classical Athenian democracy to the Roman army to the intellectual and dramatic creativity of these societies, Greece and Rome, for better or for worse, form an essential backdrop for understanding western civilizations. This is a survey course that examines the histories of ancient Greece and Rome through five thematic units. Each course theme forms one module. The course modules (i. e. thematic units) are intended to introduce you to key events, people, and themes that define not only the history of Greek and Roman civilizations, but also major scholarly approaches to the study of ancient history. The modules may include Greek and Roman society, gender and sexuality, ancient religions, political structures and beliefs, and military history.
Course Details
- CRN – 77744; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Allison Roy
- Schedule: TR 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credit
Course description: This University Honors Program course is designed for honors students who are actively working towards completing an honors thesis or honors portfolio by the time they graduate from the university and the honors program with an undergraduate degree. The course is intended to assist students with the final assignment of their honors thesis or honors portfolio, i. e. the public presentation of their thesis or portfolio work at the bi-annual Honors Forum in either December or May each year.
Course Details
- CRN – 76063; Section No. 01
- Faculty: Sandra Reineke
- Schedule: TBA
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 1 credit
Course description:
This University Honors Program course is designed for honors
students who are actively working towards completing an honors
thesis or an honors portfolio by the time they graduate from the
university and complete the honors program. After researching and
writing their honors thesis or completing their honors professional
portfolio, students are expected to enroll in INTR 440 Honors
Presentations, usually during their last semester at the University of
Idaho when they present their findings at the public Honors Forum
in either December or May each year.
Course Details
- CRN – 74385; Section No. 01
- Faculty: Sandra Reineke
- Schedule: TBA
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Thermodynamic properties of substances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic analysis of mechanical engineering thermal components and cycles, psychrometric process, and introduction to combustion systems.
Course Details
- CRN – 73537; Section No. 03
- Faculty: Dan Cordon
- Schedule: MWF, 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Study of stress, deflection and stiffness, material properties, static and fatigue failure theory in the context of the analysis and design of machine components such as fasteners, welds, spring design and bearings. Significant use of solid modeling and use of equation solvers.
Course Details
- CRN – 76860; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Matthew Swenson
- Schedule: MWF, 12:30 - 1:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: Mechanics of materials approach to: three-dimensional stress and strain, unsymmetrical bending, shear centers, curved beams, thick-walled pressure vessels, non-circular torsion; energy methods and advanced strength theories. Introduction to elementary kinematics. Significant use of solid modeling and use of equation solvers.
Course Details
- CRN – 76864; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Robert Stephens
- Schedule: MWF 9:30 a.m. to 10:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
A study of the history and culture of rock music.
May not be counted as a required music history elective for
music majors.
Course Details
- CRN – 58523; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Daniel Pinilla
- Schedule: MWF 12:30-1:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Introduction to philosophical reasoning through historical study of moral thought.
Course Details
- CRN – 70811; Section No. 08
- Faculty: Casey Johnson
- Schedule: TR 9:30-10:45 a.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways
of Knowing
Basic structures, patterns, and sociocultural environment of foreign political systems; includes case studies of the government and politics in selected countries.
Course Details
- CRN – 75728; Section No. 02
- Faculty: Charles Dainoff
- Schedule: MWF 2:30-3:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits
Course description: General Education: Mathematical Ways of Knowing. Credit will not awarded for STAT 251 after STAT 301 or STAT 416, or for STAT 416 after STAT 251 or STAT 301. Intro to statistical methods including design of statistical studies, basic sampling methods, descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions; inference in surveys and experiments, regression and analysis of variance. Typically Offered: Fall, Spring and Summer.
Course Details
- CRN – 70169; Section No. 05
- Faculty: Renae L. Shrum
- Schedule: MWF 10:30-11:20 a.m.; W 12:30-1:20 p.m.
- Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
- Credits: 3 credits