Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
University Honors Program
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Director
Vandana Thadani
Associate Director
John David N. Dionisio
Faculty Advisor
David Speak
Senior Program Coordinator
Nubia Valenzuela
Objectives
The University Honors Program at Loyola Marymount University seeks to offer academically outstanding students with intellectually creative, rigorous courses that promote a life-long love of learning and the intellectual habits required to serve others. The sequence of courses culminates in a Senior Thesis project (either HNRS 4100 or a Senior Thesis/Project completed through a course in their major), prepared under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Honors students are strongly encouraged to present their work either at the LMU Undergraduate Research Symposium or at national conferences in their discipline. Selected students will have the opportunity to attend and present work at the annual conferences for the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU).
For more on the program, including how to apply, please consult the description of the University Honors Program in the Academic Programs and Services section of the Bulletin, or look at the program’s website at http://academics.lmu.edu/honors.
Honors Program
HNRS 1000 Honors Colloquium: Introduction to Honors
1 semester hours
An orientation to the pursuit of academic excellence at LMU and to the opportunities and expectations students will encounter in the University Honors Program.
HNRS 1100 Honors Philosophical Inquiry
3 OR 4 semester hours
An introduction to the various modes of philosophical inquiry and to the great philosophical questions that are central to a humanistic education in the Catholic intellectual tradition, taught in small, seminar-style course sections.
HNRS 1110 On Human Dignity
3 OR 4 semester hours
An examination of what it means to be human as reflected in and fashioned by significant philosophical works, both classical and contemporary.
HNRS 1200 Honors Theological Inquiry
3 OR 4 semester hours
A historical, literary, and social exploration of theological images of creation and the divine.
HNRS 1810 On the Sublime
3 OR 4 semester hours
A First-Year Honors seminar that presents students to the “Great Ideas” and the overarching themes of the intellectual tradition.
HNRS 1998 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
HNRS 1999 Independent Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
HNRS 2000 Honors Colloquium: Research and Exhibition
1 semester hours
An orientation to the practice of research (and creative activity), including the formulation by the student of a problem worthy of in-depth study and the public exhibition of the student’s work.
HNRS 2100 Honors Historical Analysis and Perspectives
3 OR 4 semester hours
An exploration of both the unfamiliar past and the processes by which the world of the present was created, taught in smaller, seminar-style course sections.
HNRS 2110 Republic to Prince
3 OR 4 semester hours
A study of history and the construction of civilizations from the ancient to early modern periods.
HNRS 2120 Age of Leviathan
3 OR 4 semester hours
A historical presentation of the major concepts, ideologies, and movements that have dominated the path to contemporary globalization.
HNRS 2200 Honors Nature of Science, Technology, and Mathematics
3 OR 4 semester hours
An exploration of the methods of inquiry used in science, engineering, and/or mathematics, taught in smaller, seminar-style course sections.
HNRS 2210 On Motion and Mechanics
3 OR 4 semester hours
An experiential course employing scientific, mathematical, and engineering methods to study the world around us and solve technical problems.
HNRS 2220 On the Nature of Things
3 OR 4 semester hours
An examination of the history, philosophy, and nature of scientific discovery, theory, and practice.
HNRS 2300 Honors Literary Analysis
3 OR 4 semester hours
An exploration of the study of multiple literary forms such as poetry, plays, fiction, literary non-fiction, and films, introducing students to the formal and technical features of literary texts as well as their connections to historical, social, philosophical, theological, and scientific issues, taught in smaller, seminar-style course sections.
HNRS 2998 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
HNRS 2999 Independent Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
HNRS 3000 Honors Colloquium: Post-Baccalaureate Success
1 semester hours
An orientation to the opportunities that await students beyond LMU (including national and international scholarship, service, and career opportunities) and preparation for pursuing them effectively.
HNRS 3100 Honors Ethics and Justice
3 OR 4 semester hours
An investigation of major philosophical, theological, and spiritual traditions of ethics and their application to concrete contexts of practice and choice, taught in smaller, seminar-style course sections.
HNRS 3110 Beyond Good and Evil
3 OR 4 semester hours
An exploration of moral problems through the study of ethics, considering select issues in social justice, science and technology, business and society, medicine and bioethics, or media and responsibility.
HNRS 3998 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
HNRS 3999 Independent Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
HNRS 4000 Honors Colloquium: Portfolio
0 semester hours
Completion of a portfolio demonstrating satisfactory fulfillment of the requirements for University Honors, including the submission of the final Honors undergraduate thesis or capstone project and documented attempt at disseminating this work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium or an external disciplinary conference.
Credit/No Credit grading.
HNRS 4100 Honors Thesis
3 TO 4 semester hours
The preparation, research, and publication of the Honors Thesis. Required of any Honors student not pursuing a thesis/capstone/senior project in their major.
HNRS 4998 Special Studies
1 TO 4 semester hours
HNRS 4999 Independent Studies
0 TO 4 semester hours
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