**JUST ADDED** HNR 340: Making & The Made

Tu/Th 9:30 am – 10:50 am Bowne 306A: We live our lives surrounded by made objects, spaces and experiences. Historically, humans had a direct hand in the making process that was engaged to produce them. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution and moving forward through the Information Age, we find many Americans moving away from what…

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**JUST ADDED** HNR 340: Making & The Made

Tu/Th 9:30 am – 10:50 am Bowne 306A: We live our lives surrounded by made objects, spaces and experiences. Historically, humans had a direct hand in the making process that was engaged to produce them. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution and moving forward through the Information Age, we find many Americans moving away from what…

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HNR 360: Africa & Global Warming: Lessons from Lake Chad

When Greta Thunberg stood before the General assembly of the United Nations in September of 2019  to make her passionate plea for a drastic change to reverse Global Warming, she was speaking for a generation that wanted the world to act before it was too late. The major institutions have not met the passion of…

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HNR 360: Africa & Global Warming: Lessons from Lake Chad

When Greta Thunberg stood before the General assembly of the United Nations in September of 2019  to make her passionate plea for a drastic change to reverse Global Warming, she was speaking for a generation that wanted the world to act before it was too late. The major institutions have not met the passion of…

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HNR 340: Living with Others

How do we live with others? (And who are “we”?) How might we live with others differently? In our course, we’ll explore these and related questions. We’ll explore our responses to them and our responses’ ethical and political implications. We’ll do so across disciplines, reading and discussing works from anthropology, philosophy, and science studies. That…

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HNR 350: Precision: History, Science, & Technology

Most of us take precision for granted. A replacement battery you bought online fits in place perfectly with a click, bringing your laptop back to life… An inexpensive calculator gives results in 10 digits… A smartphone displays the exact time anywhere in the world at the touch of a button… What is precision anyway? Why…

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HNR 350: Precision: History, Science, & Technology

Most of us take precision for granted. A replacement battery you bought online fits in place perfectly with a click, bringing your laptop back to life… An inexpensive calculator gives results in 10 digits… A smartphone displays the exact time anywhere in the world at the touch of a button… What is precision anyway? Why…

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HNR 230: MCAT Preparation

This is a 1-credit seminar designed to help students gain a comprehensive understanding of the MCAT and develop proficiency in their individual preparation process. Faculty and guest speakers will deliver presentations related to their disciplines and outline relationships to the conceptual knowledge and skills examined by the MCAT. Students will engage in assignments designed to…

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HNR 340: Cine-Meta

Cine-Meta is a course both about the philosophy of film and creatively experiencing philosophy through the art of film. Students will explore the self-reflexivity of cinema (one meaning of “meta”, a second-order awareness) while engaging with perennial philosophic puzzles (“metaphysics” being another connotation of meta) through film (that’s the “cine” part) via collaborative cinematic storytelling (which is just a…

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HNR 220: Honors Leadership Seminar

In this course juniors and seniors will examine their own ideas, ethical thinking and values about leadership, and how these ideas and values can influence their attitudes and behaviors. Students will explore how they, as emerging professionals, can develop innovative leadership strategies that promote creativity, innovation and professional success for everyone in their professional work…

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