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HON 105 Freshman/Sophomore Honors Colloquium | Unlike many other college classes, where the primary focus is a specific content area (history, criminal justice, etc.), the Honors Colloquium focuses on critical reading, critical thinking and critical writing in a wide range of subject areas, with students questioning what they read, what they think, and how they communicate effectively and logically. This course is designed to challenge the students academically and to foster the value of "learning for learning's sake" that is the benchmark of the Honors Program at Hilbert College as well as one if its liberal learning goals (value the need for lifelong learning). As a way of developing those skills, students will look at a variety of different interdisciplinary issues. Each component of the course is designed to begin to engage the student in the process of self-reflection so important to the development of critical thinking and critical writing skills. These are also the skills that students will be using in completing their honors projects in other courses. This course is reserved for students accepted into the Honors Program. This course fulfills the Humanities General Education requirement. |
HON 305 Junior Honors Colloquium | Unlike many other college classes, where the primary focus is a specific content area (history, criminal justice, etc.), the Honors Colloquium focuses on critical reading, critical thinking and critical writing in a wide range of subject areas, with students questioning what they read, what they think, and how they communicate effectively and logically. This course is designed to challenge the students academically and to foster the value of "learning for learning's sake" that is the benchmark of the Honors Program at Hilbert College as well as one if its liberal learning goals (value the need for lifelong learning). As a way of developing those skills, students will look at a variety of different interdisciplinary issues. Each component of the course is designed to begin to engage the student in the process of self-reflection so important to the development of critical thinking and critical writing skills. These are also the skills that students will be using in completing their honors projects in other courses. This course is reserved for students accepted into the Honors Program. This course fulfills the Humanities General Education requirement. |
HON 330 Reading and Writing Buffalo | Author Wendell Berry once said that if you don’t know where you are, you don’t know who you are. Using this idea as the impetus, this class will focus on exploring the city of Buffalo through various methods. Although students may live, work, or spend time in Buffalo, many may not see it in its various manifestations. Just as a written text or a film can be read, so, too, can environment or place. What, for example, is the significance of the fact that Buffalo is a city in which professional sports play a large role? How does Buffalo, a so-called rust-belt, blue collar city, reconcile that identity with the fact that it has a world famous art gallery and numerous architectural treasures, including the Darwin Martin House? How and why is Buffalo divided into different areas, sometimes based on ethnicity, sometimes on economic standing, and sometimes based on other invisible factors? How is Buffalo different today from the way it was in the past, when it was considered a major U.S. city? This course will attempt to answer some of these questions through a physical exploration of the city combined with theoretical readings about place. Following the City as Text model created by the National Collegiate Honors Council, this class will be an examination of the city of Buffalo from a cultural studies perspective. Students will be asked to think critically and carefully about Buffalo as a place, about its history, demographics, future, and identity. They will be asked to read the city and various elements of it. Much of the class will be made up of actual explorations of the city, including visiting art galleries, taking walking tours, attending sporting events and immersing ourselves in the city in other ways. This course is reserved for students accepted into the Honors Program. |
HON 400 Capstone Preparation | This one credit course is designed to prepare students for their Honors Program capstone presentation, which is a requirement in the Program. Through revision, peer review, and practice, students will fine tune their capstone presentations and reflect on their Honors experiences. |