University Programs

University Honors Program

Carmichael C. Peters, Ph.D., Director

The Chapman University Honors Program is a broad interdisciplinary course of study based on great books and events from cultures around the world. Students and faculty concentrate on mutually critical exchanges between the classics of human cultures and the contemporary world. The goal of these dialogical exchanges is collaborative and intentional learning in which students and faculty together connect enduring and emerging ideas, drawing on shared texts, lectures, seminar discussions, and cultural experiences.

Students in this university-wide program are required to complete a total of eight honors courses, including the Honors Capstone Seminar, for a minimum of 24 credits. Transfer students with 60 credits or more prior to matriculation take five courses, including the capstone seminar. In addition, incoming and transfer students must take the 1-credit Honors Forum their first year at Chapman. A minimum of 9 credits, other than the capstone or Honors Forum, must be at the 300 level or above.

The program satisfies the GE Inter/Multidisciplinary Cluster; select courses may also satisfy major, minor, other GE, and/or elective requirements.

Students must select at least one course from each topic area. Credit for one honors elective can be earned for a full semester course taken abroad. Students who satisfy the program requirements are recognized at graduation, with completion of the University Honors Program noted on their transcript and diploma.

To remain in the University Honors Program, students are expected to hold a 3.3000 GPA by the end of their sophomore year and maintain it through the end of their senior year. If a student's GPA drops below 3.3000, the student is on probation, with the expectation that the GPA will return to the required level by the end of the next semester. The student should also consult with the Honors director during this period.

Entrance into the program requires a separate application, which can be found at www.chapman.edu/honors.

Admission to the Program

A successful candidate for the University Honors Program will exhibit a strong motivation for interdisciplinary studies and an enthusiastic commitment to learning. Its purpose is less to recognize past academic accomplishments than to encourage continued intellectual development, nurture a lifelong love of learning, and prepare each student for a personally fulfilling and socially responsible life during their college years at Chapman and beyond.

Applicants typically have a first-rate GPA and highly competitive SAT and ACT scores. Other criteria may include outstanding leadership and/or creative achievement, community involvement and a range of interests and experiences. The program best serves students who approach their education in a mature and responsible manner. Once accepted, students are expected to be active participants in honors activities.

All students who wish to complete the University Honors Program, which culminates with a capstone seminar, must fulfill the requirements listed below. A minimum of 9 credits, other than the capstone and Honors Forum, must be upper-division.

required core courses

eight or more from the following, including the Honors Capstone Seminar; must include at least one course from the 4 main categories (arts/letters, math/science/technology, religious/philosophical studies, social/historical studies). Transfer students with 60 credits or more prior to matriculation take a minimum of five courses from the following, including the honors capstone; must include at least one course from the 4 main categories. In addition, all incoming and transfer students must take the 1-credit Honors Forum during their first year at Chapman. Nine credits, other than the capstone seminar and Honors Forum, must be at the 300 level or above. Courses under multiple categories can only be assigned to one category.

arts and letters

HON 210

Monsters and Monstrosities

3

HON 215

Art and Anthropology

3

HON 309

American Storytellers

3

HON 310

Imaging Gender in Classical Art

3

HON 317

Visual Literacy in a Generation of Visible Surplus: Its Theory, Practice and Applications

3

HON 322

Political Theory and the Modern Novel

3

HON 333

Creativity and the Human Condition

3

HON 336

New Voices in U.S. Literature

3

HON 338

Thana Tourism: Traveling the "Dark Side"

3

HON 344

Illustrating History/the World: Graphic Memoirs, Novels, and Reportage

3

HON 395a

Kotkin Presidential Fellow Seminar: The History of Cities: From Origins to the Ephemeral City

3

HON 395b

Kotkin Presidential Fellow Seminar: New Media: A Practical Seminar

3

HON 395d

Rethinking Renaissance Visual Culture: 15th and 16th Century Florence, Rome and Venice

3

HON 395e

Kotkin Presidential Fellow Seminar: A History of the Future

3

HON 412

"Seas of Stories": Postcolonial Literature and Theory

3

HON 413

Resurfacing of Individuality in Renaissance Culture: Questioning Meaning and Receptivity

3

math, science and technology

HON 207

Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory: The Science and the Controversy

3

HON 208

Universal Geometry

3

HON 318

Applications and Research in Computational Sciences

3

HON 321

The New Mathematics of the Italian Renaissance

3

HON 331

The Ecology of Sustainable Food

3

HON 332

The Birth of Calculus: History of an Idea

3

religious and philosophical studies

HON 202

On Being Ethical in the World

3

HON 207

Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory: The Science and the Controversy

3

HON 209

Death, Self and Society

3

HON 220

Disney: Gender, Race and Religion

3

HON 313

The God Question

3

HON 321

The New Mathematics of the Italian Renaissance

3

HON 332

The Birth of Calculus: History of an Idea

3

HON 334

Rhetorics of Western Consciousness

3

HON 335

The Enigma of Being Awake: Zen Buddhism

3

HON 407

Themes in Political Theory: An Interdisciplinary Approach

3

HON 409

Hermes Unbound: Divining Hermeneutics

3

social and historical studies

HON 205

African Words, African Women

3

HON 206

Media, Self and Society

3

HON 209

Death, Self and Society

3

HON 210

Monsters and Monstrosities

3

HON 215

Art and Anthropology

3

HON 307

Exploring Mythology

3

HON 311

Ethnicity, Race and Nationalism

3

HON 337

Credit, Growth, and Economic Cycles

3

HON 338

ThanaTourism: Traveling the "Dark Side"

3

HON 339

Body, Flesh, Subject

3

HON 344

Illustrating History/the World: Graphic Memoirs, Novels, and Reportage

3

HON 357

Foundations of Economic Exchange

3

HON 395c

The Global and the Local

3

HON 408

Alternative Approaches to Political Understanding

3

HON 412

"Seas of Stories": Postcolonial Literature and Theory

 

HON 414

Politics of Law

 

other categories

HON 230

Honors Forum

1

HON 329

Experimental Course

3

HON 395

Topics in Honors

3

HON 399

Individual Study

½–6

HON 430

Honors Forum

1

HON 490

Independent Internship

½–3

HON 499

Individual Study

½–6

 

Semester-long Study Abroad

3

senior seminar

HON 498

Honors Capstone Seminar

3

total credits

minimum of 24

Course Descriptions – Honors

HON 202 On Being Ethical in the World

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course surveys the history of ethics, with particular attention to the history of philosophical approaches to ethics as well as to the process of moral decision-making in major religious traditions. These philosophical and religious perspectives are then critically examined in light of some contemporary moral problems. Among the moral problems considered are abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, sexuality and marriage, the moral status of animals, and the environment. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 205 African Words, African Women

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course surveys the historical words of African men and women in search of what they can teach us about gender, power and the lives of women in their worlds. The emphasis of course materials will be on the record regarding the twentieth century, from Pan-African identities through the colonial, revolutionary, and decolonial African experience. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 206 Media, Self and Society

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. An analysis of mass media as a social institution. This course is an interdisciplinary approach to the origins, history, evolution, and social functions of the mass media. It addresses the impact of the media on the social self. Though it addresses the transitions from oral to print to electronic media the emphasis is on the electronic media and its impact on the social construction of reality. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 207 Darwin's Evolutionary Theory: The Science and the Controversy

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course will address the topic Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection and its place in scientific thought, and explore the controversy surrounding it for many in the general public. We will explore the options for finding comfort with both the science of evolution and one’s personal religious beliefs. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 208 Universal Geometry

Prerequisite, MATH 104, or equivalent, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Students will learn elements of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries in the context of axiomatic systems. The main objective of this course is to help students develop quantitative and logical skills of mathematical reasoning. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 209 Death, Self and Society

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Students participate in an interdisciplinary investigation of death, dying, and the grieving process. Topics include: The American way of death as a social institution, dying as a psychological process, how society conditions us to deny death and repress grief, how students relate to their own death, and the death of significant others. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 210 Monsters and Monstrosities

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we will investigate and interpret the stories we construct about ourselves and the Other by exploring works from east/west involving the vampire, the specter, and the witch. We will particularly focus on cultural, literary, and political representations from various periods and locations. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 215 Art and Anthropology

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course will use anthropological approaches to analyze artistic movements and the ideological construction of "art" itself as cultural constructs. It will take both western and non-western art as its subject, situating them within larger issues of taste, class, politics, identity, and economy. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 220 Disney: Gender, Race and Religion

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course examines Disney’s portrayal of gender, sexuality, race, and religion by employing interdisciplinary methods such as cultural criticism, narrative criticism, feminist theory, and deconstruction to animated film and related products. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 230 Honors Forum

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. The Honors Forum meets once a week to familiarize students with the academic and social dimensions of the University Honors Program. Required for all incoming and transfer students during their first year at Chapman, and open to all Honors students. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit.

HON 307 Exploring Mythology

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. The class will examine definitions of folktales, focusing upon those classified as myths. Mythology is linked to cultural perceptions, values,and cosmology. Cross-cultural study of differing mythologies will enhance students appreciation of traditions in literature, oral tradition, and cultural view. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 309 American Storytellers

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course explores U.S. narrative fiction after WWII, examining an increasingly interethnic imagination and hybrid literary heritage of American writers. Those writers may include Vladimir Nabokov, Ralph Ellison, Louise Erdrich, Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Karen Tei Yamashita, and Junot Diaz. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 310 Imaging Gender in Classical Art

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course explores the ideologies behind gender construction in Ancient Greek and Roman art, paying particular attention to the genderized gaze. The ultimate goal is to unravel the encoded messages of the visual world of Ancient Greece and Rome. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 311 Ethnicity, Race and Nationalism

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. All around us we see the rising tide of ethnic, racial, and national conflicts. From terrorist acts in New York City to war in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Rwanda, we see people divided along ethnic, religious, and national identities. Is this inevitable? What are the possible causes and consequences of these conflicts? We will explore what we mean by identity and its various representations such as ethnic, religious, and national identities today. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 313 The God Question

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course examines the history of thought on agnosticism, atheism, and skepticism by studying a selection of classical writings from some of the most celebrated thinkers in the West - from Lucretius to Carl Sagan. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 317 Visual Literacy in a Generation of Visible Surplus: Its Theory, Practice and Applications

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. The generation of online social networking, competitive commerce, instantaneous global and local media, and excessive visual diversion is changing the way we filter, access, and understand the world around us. This course will explore the histories, theories, and strategies of visual literacy and apply them to personal experience as well as professional case studies, including business, social, political, and cultural applications. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 318 Applications and Research in Computational Sciences

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course will provide concepts on scientific computation as a fundamental tool of discovery in the field of science. Different scientific applications in physics, bioinformatics, and earth sciences will be introduced. Topics include different dimension reduction and data fusion techniques with varying computational complexity. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 321 The New Mathematics of the Italian Renaissance

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. The class is designed to explore the birth of new mathematics during the Italian Renaissance. On one hand painters and mathematicians invented perspective and projective geometry, building on the body of Greek geometry. On the other hand merchants, accountants, and mathematicians developed modern algebra, building on the existing body of Islamic algebra. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 322 Political Theory and the Modern Novel

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Novels sometimes explore politics directly (most famously and frighteningly, Orwell's 1984), but all novels may be read politically and culturally. Through the semester, we'll read novels linked with readings by political and cultural philosophers and analysts. We'll learn to read politically, to unearth a novel's political and cultural assumptions, and we'll become familiar with Marxist, feminist, new-historical, and cultural ways of reading. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 329 Experimental Course

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with different topic. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 331 The Ecology of Sustainable Food

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course will address the topic of sustainability of our global food supply. We will explore the concepts of sustainable food production and critically evaluate issues such as the environmental impacts of our food choices, the role or organic food and locally grown food, and controversial food technologies. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 332 The Birth of Calculus: History of an Idea

Prerequisites, MATH 104, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Calculus is the greatest achievement of western civilization, but students study it within the confines of the mathematical curriculum, and thus regard it as a technical tool for the solution of mathematical problems. This course will focus on its intellectual significance and its historical developments. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 333 Creativity and the Human Condition

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course will explore the human creative process as it has developed in various cultures around the globe throughout history. Representative works from many disciplines will be examined with an emphasis placed on how various historical, environmental, philosophical, sociological, and biological factors have helped to shape creative thought and the expression of the human condition. This course is writing intensive. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 334 Rhetorics of Western Consciousness

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course will familiarize students with major themes and epistemologies in the history of Rhetoric. Beginning with the pre-Socratics and ending with post-modernism, students will explore the theoretical shifts and major figures that define a modern study of Rhetoric, one which also includes considerable attention to political theory, philosophy, psychology, and linguistics. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 335 The Enigma of Being Awake: Zen Buddhism

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course will involve a three-part study: 1)we will explore the history of Buddhism in general and Zen Buddhism in particular, 2) we will investigate the central concept of anatta, along with attendant Buddhist concepts and critically examine the Zen claim of immediacy, and 3) we will experimentally engage in dharma practices employed by Zen. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 336 New Voices in U.S. Literature

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course explores new works in U.S. fiction with particular emphasis on forces of globalization, responding to new literary scholarship that recast works of American Literature within a larger transnational framework. Writers: Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Diaz, Rabih Alameddine, Dave Eggers, Lorrie Moore, and Cormac McCarthy. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 337 Credit, Growth, and Economic Cycles

Prerequisite, acceptance into the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course examines the interaction between credit and economic development, the impact of limitations of existing credit systems over the past millennium, responses undertaken to alleviate observed weaknesses of the credit system, and the tendency for the economy to grow and contract with credit cycles. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 338 ThanaTourism: Traveling the “Dark Side”

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we will focus on diverse travel narratives, literary works, and theoretical approaches to investigate the increasing allure of various tourist and historical sites that are associated with collective traumas and that raise questions about memory, commemoration, and exploitation. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 339 Body, Flesh, Subject

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course analyzes emerging political and ethical considerations of the body – how we care for and how we interpret the body – in contemporary visual culture. We consider how technology has intervened on our understanding of the ‘natural’ body and subsequent influences on our construction of self and other. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 344 Illustrating History/the World: Graphic Memoirs, Novels, and Reportage

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this course will explore the ways in which history and culture, the “Other” and the “Self,” are conveyed and/or challenged through visual texts, such as graphic memoirs, novels, and reportage. We will examine the relationship between text and image as well as the efficacy of representing individual and collective histories and experiences in “comic” form. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 357 Foundations of Economic Exchange

(Same as ECON 420.) Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Classical and neoclassical theory of economic exchange. Philosophical critiques and commendations of market exchange. Human nature as self-regarding in market exchange and other-regarding in social exchange. Property rights systems in economic exchange. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 395 Topics in Honors

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This is a special topics course to provide additional opportunities to explore subjects of special interest. Each topic will have a specific syllabi and bibliography. May be repeated for credit provided the course content is different. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 395a Kotkin Presidential Fellow Seminar: The History of Cities: From Origins to the Ephemeral City

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. A study of the evolution of the city across eras and cultures, including a focus on the formation of downtowns and suburbs; topics such as urban poverty, the concept of the "village," and class issues. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON395b Kotkin Presidential Fellow Seminar: New Media

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course, designed to develop expertise in online media as the dominant form of contemporary public discourse, will focus on Internet-based publications, and will include guidance on the use of video, journalistic writing, and graphics to address an array of audiences and communities. Most class sessions will be spent devoted to "hands on" expertise by working on real projects for and at real sites, to gain understanding of the new-media-driven shift in journalism and public exchange and to enhance new-media communication skills. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 395c The Global and the Local

(Same as POSC 336.) Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. An inquiry into whether globalization is simply another name for historical trends of long duration, of interdependence, internationalization, imperialism, or something qualitatively new. Topics include whether globalization advances true democracy or a mere shadow thereof, as well as the impact of global changes upon individuals in the U.S. and abroad. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 395d Rethinking Renaissance Visual Culture: 15th and 16th Century Florence, Rome and Venice

(Same as ART 357.) Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This travel course explores the complexities, innovations, and magnificence of two centuries of Italian Renaissance history through its visual production. The goal is to challenge the established understanding of the Renaissance as a cohesive and homogenous phenomenon, and search for and construct our notion of an aesthetic language and identity. Course will take place in Florence, Venice, and Rome. Fee: TBD (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 395e Kotkin Presidential Fellow Seminar: A History of the Future

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. The purpose of this course is to understand the trajectory of history and how such a model can be applied to the future. The class will include a discussion of historical causation through the years, visions of the future through time, novelistic approaches to the future, and present future discourse. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 399 Individual Study

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. The student initiates and conducts an in-depth study or research in a specific area in conjunction with an individual faculty member. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) ½ - 6 credits.

HON 407 Themes in Political Theory

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Using an interdisciplinary, multimedia, and transcultural approach to elicit and interrogate aspects of political theory essential to understanding this field and the practice of politics. Students will read classical works in combination with works of literature, art, and films with political theory salience. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 408 Alternative Approaches to Political Understanding

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course presents some classic works whose relevance continues in two traditions outside mainstream American intellectual currents -- Indian Vedic, and Iberian -- challenging advanced undergraduate students to re-cast their understandings of political principles in light of these texts and their potential contemporary contributions to global society. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 409 Hermes Unbound: Divining Hermeneutics

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Reflections on Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods, gave rise to hermeneutike, the art of interpretation. This art of interpretation, hermeneutics, is the discipline arising from reflection on the problems involved in the transmission of meaning from text or symbol to reader or hearer. This course will survey reflections on these problems from ancient times to our own. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 412 “Seas of Stories”: Postcolonial Literature and Theory

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Using an interdisciplinary approach, we will explore diverse “seas of stories” (as Salman Rushdie terms it) from various parts of the world. We will focus on key issues involved in postcolonial theory as well as the complexities, possibilities, and challenges of this particular theoretical approach to the study of literature and culture. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 413 The Resurfacing of Individuality in Renaissance Culture - Questioning Meaning and Receptivity

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course traces the rebirth of the concept of individuality in Renaissance visual culture and questions its meaning, evolution, and reception in 15th and 16th century Italy. It will thus examine a variety of conceptual categories: artists’ self-fashioning, gender construction, patronage, etc. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 414 The Politics of Law

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course will explore law as an aspect of the foundations of American and Western thought and as a significant source of debate in contemporary politics and culture. We will examine primary texts and secondary materials as we begin to study law as a source of ideas, culture, and institutions in American society. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits.

HON 430 Honors Forum

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. The Honors Forum meets once a week to familiarize students with the academic and social dimensions of the University Honors Program. Required for all incoming and transfer students during their first year at Chapman, and open to all Honors students. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit.

HON 490 Independent Internship

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Supervised independent experience in an approved setting. P/NP. May be repeated for credit with different topic. (Offered as needed.) ½ - 3 credits.

HON 498 Honors Capstone Seminar

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. Each senior Honors student is required to complete the Honors capstone. For this capstone, students will complete an interdisciplinary version of their departmental senior projects using the methodology (and, if possible, the content) of other relevant disciplines. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits.

HON 499 Individual Study

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. The student initiates and conducts an in-depth study or research in a specific area in conjunction with an individual faculty member. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) ½ - 6 credits.

Course Description – Freshman Foundations

FFC 100 Freshman Foundations

This course explores the foundations of Western thought as a significant source of the American experience. The course's purpose is to provide a rigorous intellectual introduction to university life as well as a foundation for future learning. The lectures and the primary texts selected will elucidate the most profound and enduring questions facing humankind. Must be taken for a letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits.

Course Descriptions – Individualized Experiential Learning Project

IELP 201 Individualized Experiential Learning Project

Prerequisites, sophomore standing or above, consent of sponsoring faculty and Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education. Students enrolled in IELP 201 will pursue an individually designed experiential learning project that has clearly stated academic objectives and outcomes tied to community-based learning. Projects may be in conducted with organizations or individually. While the experiential learning project must be faculty-sponsored, the student assumes primary responsibility for designing, documenting, and completing the project. Credit equivalents: 40 hours = 1 credit; 60 hours = 1.5 credits; 80 hours = 2 credits; 100 hours = 2.5 credits; 120 hours = 3 credits. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits.

IELP 201C Individualized Experiential Learning Project

Prerequisites, sophomore standing or above, consent of sponsoring faculty, GE Committee, and Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education. Students enrolled in IELP 201 CC will pursue an individually designed experiential learning project that meets the academic purposes of the Citizenship, Community, and Service portion of the 2007 GE program. Projects may be conducted with organizations or individually. While the experiential learning project must be faculty-sponsored, the student assumes primary responsibility for designing, documenting, and completing the project. Credit equivalents: 40 hours = 1 credit; 60 hours = 1.5 credits; 80 hours = 2 credits; 100 hours = 2.5 credits; 120 hours = 3 credits. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits.

IELP 201G Individualized Experiential Learning Project

Prerequisites, sophomore standing or above, consent of sponsoring faculty, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education, and GE Committee. Students enrolled in IELP 201 GC will pursue an individually designed experiential learning project that meets the academic purposes of the Global Study portion of the 2007 GE program. Projects may be conducted with organizations or individually. While the experiential learning project must be faculty-sponsored, the student assumes primary responsibility for designing, documenting, and completing the project. Credit equivalents: 40 hours = 1 credit; 60 hours = 1.5 credits; 80 hours = 2 credits; 100 hours = 2.5 credits; 120 hours = 3 credits. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits.

IELP 401 Individualized Experiential Learning Project

Prerequisites, junior standing or above, consent of sponsoring faculty and Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education. Students enrolled in IELP 401 will pursue an individually designed experiential learning project that has clearly stated academic objectives and outcomes tied to community-based learning at an advanced level. Projects may be conducted with organizations or individually. While the experiential learning project must be faculty-sponsored, the student assumes primary responsibility for designing, documenting, and completing the project. Credit equivalents: 40 hours = 1 credit; 60 hours = 1.5 credits; 80 hours = 2 credits; 100 hours = 2.5 credits; 120 hours = 3 credits. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits.

IELP 401C Individualized Experiential Learning Project

Prerequisites, junior standing or above, consent of sponsoring faculty, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education, and GE Committee. Students enrolled in IELP 401 CC will pursue an individually designed experiential learning project that meets the academic purposes of the Citizenship, Community, and Service portion of the 2007 GE program at an advanced level. Projects may be conducted with organizations or individually. While the experiential learning project must be faculty-sponsored, the student assumes primary responsibility for designing, documenting, and completing the project. Credit equivalents: 40 hours = 1 credit; 60 hours = 1.5 credits; 80 hours = 2 credits; 100 hours = 2.5 credits; 120 hours = 3 credits. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits.

IELP 401G Individualized Experiential Learning Project

Prerequisites, junior standing or above, consent of sponsoring faculty, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education, and GE Committee. Students enrolled in IELP 401 CG will pursue an individually designed experiential learning project that meets the academic purposes of the Global Study portion of the 2007 GE program at an advanced level. Projects may be conducted with organizations or individually. While the experiential learning project must be faculty-sponsored, the student assumes primary responsibility for designing, documenting, and completing the project. Credit equivalents: 40 hours = 1 credit; 60 hours = 1.5 credits; 80 hours = 2 credits; 100 hours = 2.5 credits; 120 hours = 3 credits. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits.

Course Descriptions – Physical Activity

PA 101 Volleyball

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 103 Badminton

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 104 Bowling

Fee: $60. (Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 105 Ultimate Frisbee

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 106 Outdoor Soccer

(Offered spring semester.) ½ credit.

PA 107 Aerobics

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 108 Tennis

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 109 Martial Arts (Aikido)

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 110 Self Defense for Women

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 111 Yogalates

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 113 Personalized Fitness

(Offered every semester.) 1 credit.

PA 114 Weight Training

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 120 Swimming Activities

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 121 Sailing

Fee: $75. (Offered spring semester.) ½ credit.

PA 126 Slow-Pitch Softball

This course is designed to introduce students to the recreational and competitive slow-pitch softball and teach basic physical fitness concepts. Students will learn the basic rules, strategies, and techniques in slow-pitch softball for league and tournament play, including fundamental skills of batting, infield, outfield, and base running. (Offered fall semester.) ½ credit.

PA 127 Lacrosse

Offered to help students become more familiar with the game of lacrosse and stick skills that are needed to play the game. This class will consist of aerobic conditioning and stick skill development. This class may be repeated for credit. (Offered fall semester.) ½ credit.

PA 128 Basketball

(Offered every semester.) ½ credit.

PA 129 Experimental Course

(Offered as needed.) ½ -6 credits.

Course Descriptions – Athletic Teams

PA 140 Football

(Offered fall semester.) 1 credit.

PA 141 Men’s Soccer Team

(Offered fall semester.) 1 credit.

PA 142 Men’s Basketball Team

(Offered every semester.) 1 credit.

PA 143 Cross Country Team Men/Women

(Offered fall semester.) 1 credit.

PA 144 Water Polo Team

(Offered fall semester.) 1 credit.

PA 145 Baseball Team

(Offered spring semester.) 1 credit.

PA 146 Golf Team

(Offered spring semester.) 1 credit.

PA 147 Lacrosse Team

(Offered spring semester.) 1 credit.

PA 148 Men’s Tennis Team

(Offered spring semester.) 1 credit.

PA 151 Women’s Volleyball Team

(Offered fall semester.) 1 credit.

PA 152 Women’s Softball Team

(Offered spring semester.) 1 credit.

PA 153 Women’s Basketball Team

(Offered every semester.) 1 credit.

PA 154 Women’s Soccer Team

(Offered fall semester.) 1 credit.

PA 155 Women’s Tennis Team

(Offered spring semester.) 1 credit.

PA 156 Women’s Swim Team

(Offered every semester.) 1 credit.

PA 157 Women’s Track Team

(Offered fall semester.) 1 credit.

PA 158 Crew (Rowing) Men and Women

(Offered every semester.) 1 credit.

PA 159 Women’s Water Polo Team

(Offered spring semester.) 1 credit.