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Honors Seminars
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HON 201: Multicultural Perspectives
Time: Tuesday/Thursday 8:30-9:45 a.m.
Professors: Ben Judkins and Mary Ann Massogila
Description: This course introduces students to the dynamics and consequences of cultural diversity and multiculturalism. The first part of the course will look at the history of diversity in American society and some of the main culturally diverse groups in the nation. In the second part of the course, we will analyze how race, class, and gender shape different group experiences in the context of power, privilege, and equity. This means more than just knowing the culture of an array of groups. It means recognizing and analyzing the hierarchies and systems of domination that permeate society that systematically exploit and control people.
HON 201: The Culture and Music of New Orleans as a Post-Modern Expression
Time: TBA
Professors: Neill Clegg and Paul Leslie
Description: The culture of New Orleans is unique, derived from strong French, Spanish, German, Italian, and, in the language of the early French Creoles, “American” influences. Through the past 350 years, the term “Creole” (meaning “native-born” in Portuguese) has taken on different meanings as various sub-cultures have used it in their search for identity. This simultaneous blending of cultures and search for identity has resulted in food, dress, language, and, most important for our purposes, music that has influenced the rest of the United States. Its well documented history, and the extent to which New Orleans prides itself on this social and cultural tradition, make it ideal for examining the non-homogenized New Orleans culture from a post-modern perspective: a bizarre panorama of social and musical unions, each waiting to be proclaimed the next Neville Brothers.
HON 201: Mental Illness in Literature and Film
Time: TBA
Professors: Judy Cheatham and Lisa Gunther-Lavergne
Description: In this course, students will examine the portrayal of the mentally ill in classic and contemporary literary texts and in film. Students will learn how these portrayals influence our perception of the mentally ill in society. Illnesses/issues to be covered may include (but are not limited to): schizophrenia, mood disorders, substance abuse disorders, institutionalization, and treatment. Activities will include the following: reviews, essays, film critiques, debates, and group discussion. Students will be expected to meet outside of class to attend "film nights."
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