NSU 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

378 Nova Southeastern University • Undergraduate Student Catalog • 2014–2015 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Satisfies general education requirements in Humanities. Prerequisite: Honors Students only. HONR 1000P The Human Mind (3 credits) An introduction to some of the main theoretical and research perspectives in the field of cognitive psychology. Topics include: perception, memory, conscious and unconscious process, forms of intelligence, language, emotions, and self. Satisfies general education requirements in Social & Behavioral Sciences. Perquisite: Honors students only. HONR 1000Q Hormones and Behavior (3 credits) Students in Hormones and Behavior will develop and understanding of many topics related to behavioral neuroendocricology. This course will review the interrelationships among hormones, brain and behavior. One of the main topics covered in this class will be the effect of stress hormones on physiology and behavior. In addition to steroid hormones, the effects of other major classes of hormones on behavior including peptide and protein hormones as well as the monoaminergic hormones will be discussed. Satisfies general education requirements in Social & Behavioral Sciences. Perquisite: Honors students only. HONR 1000R Honors Seminar: Who’s the Man? (3 credits) This course explores how the dominant sources of power have worked to maintain their power in the United States by exploiting peoples of low economic status, minorities, and women. The effect of this subjugation has been both explicit (e.g. laws put into place that openly discriminate) and implicit (e.g. via the use of psychologically damaging language). The purpose of this course is to understand (a) how the historical practices of those in power have influenced the cultural, social and political environment that exists today, (b) how this environment has shaped both the psychology of Americans and the field of psychology in America, and (c) how power can be reasserted by the repressed. This course is based on a seminar format which will include a great deal of student involvement involving work in groups and class discussion. This course satisfies general education requirements in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 1000S Honors Seminar: The Nature of Truth (3 credits) This seminar will examine the nature of the concept of truth as it appears in the human culture and civilization. Special attention will be paid to truth as disposition or virtue of character and the notion of truth as it has appeared in various religious contexts, as well as the impact these notions have had on philosophy, history, psychology, literature and the arts, and science. Satisfies general education requirements in Humanities. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 1000T Honors Seminar: Science in the News (3 credits) This general education honors seminar is designed to give students the ability to see or hear news stories about the latest scientific discoveries and current events in science and assess the importance of these issues in our daily lives. Scientific topics may include but are not limited to: medicine, natural sciences, meteorology, climatology, and physics. This course satisfies general education requirement in science. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 1000U Honors Seminar: You: A Critical Analysis (3 credits) This course is designed for students to be able to take an introspective view of who they are, including their history, their belief systems, and their future. Students will explore, through a social science lens, various areas of how they choose to live life and will think critically about how they view themselves. The course will focus on aspects of personal growth and a scientific understanding of choice making. Course activities or assignments require students to disclose some personal information about themselves. Honors students only. HONR 1000V Changes of Our Chemical World (3 credits) The course is designed to explore how the chemistry of the land, air, and water has changed over time. Areas of investigation will include energy, climate change, farming, land, air, and water pollution. Students will understand how Earth’s chemical changes impact the world. This course will prepare the student for an immersive experience in the summer-based field course HONR 1100A. Prerequisite: honors students only. HONR 1100A Changes of Our Chemical World Field Study (1 credits) This field course will provide direct experience with principles of chemistry that were introduced in HONR 1000V in unique national and international settings. Prerequisites: HONR 1000V and Honors Students Only. HONR 1100B The US Supreme Court and the Cultural Revolution: Studying the Legacy of the Warren Court (3 credits) The purpose of this course is to explore societal and cultural issues in various areas of the law and the legal implications that result. Students will evaluate case law and literature that probe the centerpiece cases heard by the Warren Court. Students will evaluate how an era so affected American history and answered questions on segregation, a person’s right to counsel, freedom of religion, right to privacy, criminal procedure, and free speech. This course satisfies general education requirement in social and behavioral sciences. Prerequisite: Honor Students Only.