NSU 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

382 Nova Southeastern University • Undergraduate Student Catalog • 2014–2015 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS era and film from the “woman’s film” of the 1940s. Satisfies general education requirements in Humanities. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 2000K Honors Seminar: Inappropriate Relationships (3 credits) This course will focus on various types of relationships that have been deemed “inappropriate”. A social science perspective will be used to examine the societal context in which these relationships develop, are maintained, and terminate. The course will also focus on the impact that these relationships have on society and society’s impact on the individuals in the relationship. Satisfies general education requirements in Social & Behavioral Sciences. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 2000L Honrs Seminar: Ideologies of the Twentieth Century (3 credits) This course will examine the competing great ideologies of the twentieth century--Communism, Fascism, Liberalism and Socialism. After an examination of Liberalism and the ideas of the Enlightenment, students will discuss why Communists, Fascists and Socialists rejected classical Liberalism, with its emphasis upon limited government, the rights of the individual, and free market economics. Students will then consider the characteristics of the societies that anti-liberal thinkers created. Satisfies general education requirements in Humanities. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 2000M Honors Seminar: The U.S. at War (3 credits) This course offers an examination of the social, cultural and political implications of the many wars fought in the history of the United States from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror. Students will be asked to explore the extent to which warfare has influenced the course of American history and has contributed to the shaping of American culture. Satisfies general education requirements in Humanities. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 2000N Honors Seminar: The “F” Word: Feminism and Culture (3 credits) This course will examine the role of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd wave feminisms in women’s cultural history. By exploring the social and political contexts of the struggle for equal rights for women, students will learn to separate the myths (images of feminism) from the reality (contributions of feminism) in the lived experience of women. Although it will focus primarily on American feminist history, the course will consider its European roots. Satisfies general education requirements in Humanities. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 2000P America at the Dawn of the Atomic Age (3 credits) Drawing from the resources of the social sciences, this course presents an overview of those factors which led to the creation of atomic weapons as well as an examination of the social and political forces which contributed to their use and continued deployment. The course provides portraits of the relevant key personalities involved in weapons development and investigates the causal factors which led to the decision to use atomic weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The social, political, psychological, and economic impact of atomic weapons on the national consciousness is examined through a detailed study of the Cold War economy, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the continued threat posed by such weapons. Prerequisite: Honors students only. HONR 2000Q Interpersonal Perception (3 credits) This course examines the psychological processes involved in our perception of other’s behavior, personality, and affective states. The goal of the course is to provide students with a broad survey of the factors that influence the way in which we perceive people, and to give students experience with the methods with which experimental psychology investigates these issues. Readings are from such diverse fields an nonverbal communication, social cognition, empathy, gender studies, cognitive development, and personality psychology. Satisfies general education requirements in Social & Behavioral Sciences. Perquisite: Honors students only. HONR 2000R Honors Seminar: The Misbehaving Brain (3 credits) Students will develop an understanding of the neural correlates and behavioral impairments seen in different neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders. The aim of this course is to provide an overview of abnormal brain functioning in the context of specific neurological diseases and disorders, such as schizophrenia and stroke. This course satisfies general education requirements in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Honors students only. HONR 2000S Honors Seminar: Motorcycle Myth and Culture (3 credits) As a modern object, the motorbike’s cultural significance is tied up with complex issues of history, technology, engineering, consumerism, psychology, design, aesthetics, gender and sexuality. As such, this course will consider the motorbike as a purpose-driven design object, a nexus of social and cultural relations, an instrument of individuation and community, a pop culture icon, and an aesthetic object in its own right. Satisfies general education requirement in humanities. Prerequisite: Honors students only.