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If I am abroad, do I still apply for the Honors Program during the fall of my junior year?  

Applications are due during the fall of Junior year for all William and Mary students, here and abroad.  Exceptions are for transfer students who began at William and Mary during their third years and who were therefore unable to apply to Honors in the fall; others with truly extenuating circumstances that prevented fall applications may also apply on April 1. The Honors Committee will accept honors proposals from these few students on April 1.  All who are considering the spring submission date are urged to consult with the Director of Honors and prospective project advisors at least five to six weeks in advance of the deadline.  Many advisors may have committed to other students, so some flexibility in the conception of a project may be necessary.

If I am abroad for the fall semester of my junior year, do I still take the Thesis Proposal Writing Workshop ? 

Yes.  The class is conducted via email for all students; the Honors Director, who teaches the class, is also available via skype or for in-person consultations.  The registrar has ways of enrolling you in “here credit” even while you are also enrolled in “away credit.” There is no fee for the course.

  Is the Thesis Proposal Writing Workshop required?

Yes.  Proposal guidelines are exacting. The proposals require careful preparation, and the workshop helps you refine your materials.     

If I write a thesis, do I still need to take an English senior seminar, or an ENGL 475?

Yes.  You need  English 475 to graduate, for the COLL curriculum requires all students to take a 400-level capstone.

Who reviews my Honors Application?

The Honors Committee, which is composed of English faculty members.  The same committee will also review the Thesis Proposals that will be submitted to the Charles Center for funding and the more developed Thesis Proposals at the end of your junior year.  Often the committee provides feedback, which helps you revise the proposal as you progress.

Is there a GPA requirement for admittance to the Honors Program?

Basic requirements for admittance into the Honors Program include a GPA of 3.0 or higher; most successful applicants have considerably higher GPAs.  Admitted students are usually considered to be particularly strong, accomplished writers and researchers.

Do I need a letter of recommendation when I apply to the Honors Program?

No letters of recommendation are needed, but you will be asked about classes that were particularly meaningful to you at William and Mary, and about contact information for those courses' instructors. The Honors Director will ask those professors for a sentence or two about your work as part of the review of applications.  

Do I need to know what I will write about when I apply to the Honors Program in the fall of my junior year?

Not entirely, but we think it useful for you to have identified potential areas of focus, including particular eras, authors, fields of study, types of criticism, or genres. It is also useful to know which course or courses served as the anchor for your thesis formulation. We also ask you to consider several possible areas of interest, for in some cases, your ideal advisor may be on leave or may have agreed to advise another project.  Or there may be unexpected obstacles with a particular topic, so we encourage you to maintain several viable options as you apply to the program. 

How do I find out about the outcome of my application?

You will be notified via email about the outcome of your application to the Honors Program.   Admitted students will be invited to sign up for ENGL 494, the Thesis Proposal Writing Workshop in late October of junior year. 

If I am a transfer student, can I apply to the Honors Program?  

Yes.  Many transfer students begin their studies at William and Mary in their junior year, so there will be a special deadline for transfer students in the late spring; this deadline will also extend to other students who experienced extenuating circumstances in the fall.  When you apply to Honors, the Honors Committee will want to review copies of your academic transcript from all the colleges you attended.  It is best to begin consulting with the Honors Director very soon after spring break if you are interested in the April 1 application for Honors; it usually takes 5-6 weeks to put together a proposal.

Can I apply to write a thesis in English Honors  if I am not an English major?

We expect that all Honors students in English be majors or minors in English; students whose transcripts show the number of credit hours equivalent to those in the minor will also be considered.   

How do I find a thesis director for my project?

Ideally, you want to consider professors with whom you have worked successfully and in whose classes you encountered the works that are the basis of your project.  Reaching out to several professors by mid-fall semester of your junior year will allow you to discuss your ideas for a possible thesis and determine if and how you should move forward with them.   You should settle on an advisor during the first week of the workshop.  Your advisor will then help you as you develop your proposal.  No proposals will be accepted unless they have been vetted thoroughly by your faculty advisor, so regular coordination with your advisor and the Director of Honors is expected during your junior year.

Are there options if my project doesn’t work in the English Department’s program?

Some students consider Interdisciplinary Honors, especially if their central focus is not detailed textual analysis.

How do I register for either the Thesis Proposal Writing Workshop?

We will take care of this for you.  During your senior year, all registrations for Honors work are controlled by the Charles Center (for ENGL 495-6), and they usually occur in the summer, after the rest of fall registration.

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Am I required to submit my thesis or dissertation?

Yes. Based on W&M University Archives policy and the r ecords retention schedule  for state agencies, honors theses produced in partial fulfillment of a degree from W&M are part of the permanent university record. Barring an established term-limited embargo upon submission to the W&M Libraries ETD Repository, they are considered permanent public record.

What are embargoes?

Embargoes are set periods through which the full-text for a publication is not open access (freely available online).

What about copyright?

You own the copyright for your work but should ensure that you obtained permission to reprint if you don't think your use of others' work constitutes fair use . Consult Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis  for more information. 

How do I license my work, and what is a Creative Commons license?

Learn more about copyright and licensing your work through a creative commons license in our  l icensing guide .

How do I get a print copy of my thesis or dissertation?

Graduate students have the option to order a printed, bound copy when you submit your thesis or dissertation to W&M ETD Administrator (ProQuest ETD portal.) You can also use online vendors like  Lulu  or local companies like  Long's Roullet Bookbinders, Inc  for printing and binding.

Departments interested in bound copies may also purchase titles directly from  ProQuest .

What if I have already published some of my dissertation chapters as articles?

Best practice is to tell the publisher(s) of your articles that your submission to them will appear in your dissertation before you sign the contract with the journal publisher. If you have already published the article, it's not entirely black and white but speaking conservatively, the permission will depend on the publisher. Read more on MIT's guide on this topic .

Is it harder to publish elsewhere if your dissertation or thesis is open access?

Scholarly research indicates that not only are publishers offering more open access content from their own platforms, but they are increasingly receptive to publishing content which originally was posted open access elsewhere. Generally, this is because scholarship goes under extensive editing between initial publication as a thesis or dissertation and acceptance into a peer-review publication. The articles below speak to this effect.

• Open access and the graduate author: A dissertation anxiety manual Cirasella, J., & Thistlethwaite, P. (2017). Open access and the graduate author: A dissertation anxiety manual. In K. L. Smith & K. A. Dickson (Eds.), Open access and the future of scholarly communication: Implementation (pp. 203-224). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences? Ramírez, Marisa L., et al. "Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences?" College & Research Libraries 75.6 (2014): 808-821.
• Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities? Ramirez, Marisa, et al. "Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities?" College & Research Libraries 74.4 (2013): 368-380.
• Sherpa/ROMEO statistics Sherpa/ROMEO statistics indicate that nearly 80% of the the nearly 2500 publishers they track allow for posting of pre-prints and/or post-prints. www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/statistics.php?la=en&fIDnum=|&mode=simple Truschke, Audrey. Open Access and Dissertation Embargoes. Dissertation Reviews (April 6, 2015)
• Publishing a Revised Dissertation Truschke, Audrey. Publishing a Revised Dissertation. Dissertation Reviews (April 13, 2015)
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Honors theses completed at Western Michigan University are entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors or we have been unable to reach the authors, so the theses may be only available from on-campus computers. If you are an author of an honors thesis and would like to make it available off campus or if you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Theses from 2023 2023

"The ‘Driving’ Role of Cars in Midwestern Female Adolescence: Young Women’s Transitions in John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down" , Ava Dziadzio

COVID-19 as an Industry Accelerant , Betty Huang

The Laureate Journal , Isabella Loe Proulx

Could Musical Theatre Be Worthy of Literary Analysis? (Or, An Attempt at Dismantling the Cultural Hierarchy) , Sarah Meierdirks

Theses from 2022 2022

Accepting the Monster Within: Addressing Mental Illness Through Young Adult Literature , Jenna Ellis

“A Short History of an Overlooked Genre: How and Why Horror can be an Effective Tool in a Classroom and for Creating Social Change” , Hunter King

Empower! A Poetry Curriculum for the 21st Century Learner , Misty Maina

D-042503 , Elizabeth Miller

Teaching Language Variation in K-12 Schools , Samantha Phillips

Impact of DACA on education & employment and the need for a permanent solution , Autumn Roemer

Theses from 2021 2021

The Exploration of Various Literary Genres through Short Story Writing , Abigail Cowan

Mythos , Hana Holmgren

Increasing Diverse Literature in Classrooms: How Representation in Pedagogy Matters , Heather Price

"Woodburn, Texas: A Study in Southern Gothic" , Katherine Stone

Theses from 2020 2020

Periscopes: A Play Exploring Neurodiversity and Family , Noa Dahan

Future Teachers of Color: A Documentary , Sarah Giramia

Worldwide Wonder: The Positive Impact of Academic Travel on the Education Major A Scholarly Personal Narrative , Katherine Rutherford

Theses from 2019 2019

Reshaping the United States' Anti-Trafficking Legislation: The Need for Uniform Reporting and Victim Rehabilitation , Bryant Cross

Found Family , Julianna Drachman

The Laureate , Hannah Ryder

Theses from 2018 2018

The Rhetoric of Landscape: Through Oil and Water , Alexandrea Davis

Crafting Fear: The Horror Film Trailer , Courtney Dreyer

17th Edition of The Laureate , Jessie Fales

Wishing I Was an English Major: A Collection of Creative Writing , Abrahan Garcia

We The People , Anna Kietzerow

Waxing, Waning, Waking: A collection of poetry and prose , Brook VanBruggen

Perennial: An Undergraduate Thesis in Poetry , Austin Wines

Theses from 2017 2017

The Laureate; 16th Edition , Nicholas Alti

Precarious Positions of Femininity in Contemporary Literature: A College Course Creation , Ireland Atkinson

Amayra Short; Touch of Shadow (Creative Writing, Fictional Short Story) , Jessica Blandford

A Collection of Short Fiction by Andew J. Draper , Andrew Draper

Delving into Multicultural Literature with Inquiry , Juan Gonzalez

Inference and Representation: A Look at Umberto Eco’s Notion of the Sign , James Martin

Tales from the "Bad RAs" , Narisse Martin

A Scholarly Fictional Narrative Portraying the Stigma that Surrounds Mental Illness and Its Place in Literature , Adrianna Robinson

The Reader and the Web: Web Companions to Literature , Heather Sanford

City of Lost and Found: Reflections of an Adult Third-Culture Kid , Jeddie Sophronius

Cross-Curricular Writing in Mathematics for Comprehension , Kirsten Stowell

Theses from 2016 2016

“May the odds be never in your favor” – An economic representation of the Hunger Games trilogy , Kaitlin Marshall

Stories from a Millinery , Allie Maynard

Can a student write a novel in a month? , Julia Tanner

Theses from 2015 2015

Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Laureate , DJ Delong

Gender inclusive and gender specific language in English and Spanish , Elyse Hogan

The Laureate Collection , Samantha McVeigh

The Trickster and Queen , Jagjit Sidhu

WIDR FM's Constitution: Restatement, Revision, and Analysis of Genre , Joseph Silver

Theses from 2014 2014

One Man's Fakelore is Another Man's Treasure: A Case Study of Paul Bunyan and the Legend of the Sleeping Bear, and the Value of Fakelore in an Interconnected World. , Kalani Bates

The Laureate , Nicole Burchette

Like Sun on a Wet Cobblestone , Renate Childs

Each Moment a Poem , Sarah Kidd

The Relevance of Fraternity New Member Education Programs , Christopher Miller

Contesting Erasure = Progressive Representations of Queer Identities in Adolescent Literature , Andrew Trevarrow

A Postmortem on NaNoWriMo: Analyzing the Creative Process of Writing Under Time Constraints , Mary Westveer

Alexander Hamilton: Slavery, Politics, and Class Status , Sara Weyenberg

Theses from 2013 2013

The Role of el Cid in Medieval Spanish Culture and Epic Literature , Emily Chaney

Closing the Book on Libraries? Challenging the Idea That Libraries are Obsolete and Discovering Why They are More Important Now than Ever Before , Kayla Hampton

Glottopoeia: A Case Study in Language Change , Ian Hollenbaugh

Variations in the Wake: Essays , Kenneth Jakubas

A Woman's Place is On the Stage: Outspoken Women in Jacobean Theater , Kaitlyn Mitchell

"'More Safe I Sing with Mortal Voice': The Bard, the Reader, and the Problematics of Creation in Paradise Lost" , Benjamin Moran

Teaching Grammar in Context , Katie Pingle

With Eye-Light and Love and Other Stories , Michelle Repke

God Only Knows: Family in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson , Jordan Rossio

Identity and Gender Constructs in "Written on the Body" , Paige Van De Winkle

Editor-in-Chief of the Laureate , Andrea Walker

Theses from 2012 2012

Labyrinthesis: the Exploration and Construction of a labyrinth at Western Michigan University , Nathan D. Boyt

The Laureate Eleventh Edition , Bridget Dooley

W.W.A.D.D.? What Would Andy Dufresne Do? The Idea of Life After Death in the Shawshank Redemption , Nathan Andrew Edwards

Chester's Place , Kendra Flournoy

Teaching, Writing, Writing Teaching: Reflective Journal Responses from Teaching ENGL 1000 , Christine Hamman

In the Garage , Christopher James Hart

Where We Shall Make Our Home: the Dutch and English Languages in West Michigan , Cody J. Mejeur

Witness for the Prosecution: Erasure Poetics , Samantha M. Schaefer

Theses from 2011 2011

Language, Race, and Culture in Porgy and Bess , Madeline J. Baker

One , Ayla Batton

Queering the Blog: Authorship and Postfeminism in Blogs and Blooks , Staci L. Stutsman

Theses from 2010 2010

Permanent Souvenirs: Bilingual Creative Writing Across the Atlantic , Laura Citino

[re]Counting my Blessings , Daniel Ebenhoeh

Stopping for Death: Plays, Poetry, and Prose , Sally Johnson

The Elementals of Magic; A Short History of FAERIE; A Tale of FAERIE , Patricia Schultz

Theses from 2009 2009

If I Had to Describe to You where Fremont is... , William Derks

Never Say Die , Marcy Molengraff

Almost Dying , Rebecca Murtha

Reflections from Teaching English 1000: An Undergraduate's Experience Teaching a Remedial College English Class , Kristin Tunier

Organized Open Reading of Prague Summer Program Participants , Julia Valentine and Rebecca Murtha

Theses from 2008 2008

Facing the River , Conor Burke

The Medallion Program: Moving Beyond Mere Competition , Maximilian Avery Clark

Dimensions of Blue , Jennifer Dempsey

Archipelago: Three Short Stories , Gregory A. Flynn

Word Weavers: Encore , Gabriel Giron

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Strength, As I Have Come to Know It: A Memoir , Sarah Anderson

Individual Autonomy and the Work of Resistance: How Authors of the 1950s Reject State Absorption Through Imagination and Reaffirmation of the Body , Benjamin L. Boroughf

Marginalized Literature in the English Classroom Working with Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed , Noelle Carpenter

Writing Workshop: The Basics to Get Started , Molly Gauthier

The Quest for Identity: Exploring Female Role Models in Modern Children's Texts , Meghann Meeusen

Welcome to Prison , Jamie Titus

The Boss of the Plains: A Short Story , Langdon Tower

Working Through the Basics of Writing , Lacey J. Wylie

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What Makes an Effective Middle School? , Candace Lynn Blankenship

Comic Books as Art and Literature , Dylan Crossman

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Undergraduate Honors Theses

Biblical literacy and the creative mind.

Michael Farrell , University of San Diego Follow

Date of Award

Spring 5-21-2024

Document Type

Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts in English

Dr. Malachi Black

Biblical Literacy and the Creative Mind will explore interpretation tracing the history of English literature back to biblical aspirations and its continued profound influence on Western human perspectives. It will examine the decline in adults reading literary texts and the diminishing number of English majors among prospective students. I am arguing for poetic interpretations over hermeneutic ones, which analyze what is structurally in a sentence to make a reader feel a certain way. I will use the theory of intertextuality, meaning a text comprises the consumption of past texts, to aid my argument. This theory underscores the importance of celebrated and historic texts that form the basis of the Western Canon and why they should be required for readers and writers. I will explore the notion of literary authority, the Bible, and elucidate its profound significance in literature and education. Drawing on specific literary examples, I will explore interpretative engagement with texts, like the concept of close reading, symbolism, and metaphors. Many contemporary undergraduate educations have sidelined these aspects of English literary history. Ultimately, this essay will argue for grounding English literature in a common-sense poetic approach and examine how some theories can rupture the major’s prestige.

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Farrell, Michael, "Biblical Literacy and the Creative Mind" (2024). Undergraduate Honors Theses . 117. https://digital.sandiego.edu/honors_theses/117

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https://doi.org/10.22371/02.2024.003

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University Honors Program

Physical Address: Idaho Student Union Building Room 315 875 Perimeter Dr. MS 2533 83844-2533

Email: [email protected]

Honors Program Courses Fall 2024

Chem 111: general chemistry.

Course description: Full credit may be earned in only one of the following: CHEM 101, or CHEM 111. Note that grades in CHEM 111 will supersede any grades earned in CHEM 101. Intensive treatment of principles and applications of chemistry. Recommended Preparation: A grade of 'B' or better in a high school chemistry course. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.  *Please note there is no Honors section of CHEM 111L (lab)*

Course Details

• CRN – 10726; Section No.30
• Faculty: Jeffrey Cross
• Schedule: MWF 9:30-10:20 a.m.
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

COMM 101: Fundamentals of Oral Communication

Course description: Skills and techniques of effective speaking. 

• CRN – 20981; Section No. 13
• Faculty: Diane Carter
• Schedule: MW 1:30-2:20 p.m.

CS 120: Computer Science I

Course description: Fundamental programming constructs, algorithms and problem-solving, fundamental data structures, overview of programming languages, virtual machines, introduction to language translation, declarations and types, abstraction mechanisms, object-oriented programming. This course includes a lab.

• CRN – 27736; Section No. 1
• Faculty: Michael Wilder
• Schedule: MWF 10:30-11:20 a.m., T 10:30-12:20 p.m.

ENGL 102: Writing and Rhetoric II

Course description: Applied principles of expository and argumentative essay writing, including summaries, critiques, and syntheses of texts, and the research essay; emphasis on clear, concise, and vigorous prose. Graded A/B/C/N (repeat)/F.

• CRN – 15913; Section No. 3
• Faculty:TBD
• Schedule: MWF 10:30-11:20 a.m.

ENGL 208: Personal & Exploratory Writing

Course description: Intermediate course in the practices of personal and exploratory writing; may include personal narrative and observation, autobiography, or extended reflection; special attention to prose style and voice; includes research-based writing.

• CRN – 15853; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Jennifer Ladino
• Schedule: TR 2:00 – 3:15 p.m.

ENGL 257: Literature of Western Civilization

Course description: Major texts reflecting development of Western thought and culture, Classical Greece to the Renaissance.

• CRN – 46058; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Tom Drake
• Schedule: TR 2:00-3:15 p.m.

ENGL 317: Technical Writing

Course description: Further study of principles and practice of effective technical communication. Projects teach conventions of tone and style appropriate to the specific discourse situation in a variety of formats, including oral, written, visual, and multimedia genres.

• CRN – 15840; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Oscar Oswald
• Schedule:Online
• Delivery Method: Online

ENGR 210: Engineering Statics

Course description: Principles of statics with engineering applications; addition and resolution of forces, vector algebra, moments and couples, resultants and static equilibrium, equivalent force systems, centroids, center of gravity, free body method of analysis, two- and three-dimensional equilibrium, trusses, frames, and friction. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.

• CRN – 44555; Section No. 4
• Faculty: JJ Petersen

ENGR 335: Engineering Fluid Mechanics

Course description: Physical properties of fluids; fluid statics; continuity, energy, momentum relationships; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layer effects; flow in pipes, open channels, and around objects. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.

• CRN – 45095; Section No. 3
• Faculty: Wudneh Admassu
• Schedule: MWF 8:30-9:20 a.m.

HIST 101: World History I

Course description: Contributions to the modern world, to 1650.

• CRN – 45140; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Ellen Kittell
• Schedule: TR 9:30-10:45 a.m.

HIST 271: Myth in the Ancient World

Course description: From Marvel to Hollywood to fantasy to literature, ancient myth weaves its way through modern life. But what were these myths like in their original form? What role did they play in the ancient world? How can we use them to understand ancient cultures? What lessons and themes can we still apply today? This class is intended to introduce students broadly to ancient mythology. We will dive into all the messy weirdness of ancient mythology, from heroic quests to resurrection stories, to gods behaving very badly. We will explore themes such as human-divine relationships, gods getting angry and punishing people, origin stories, sexuality and myth, and quests and adventure stories through five mytho-cultural groups: the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Celts. You will then complete group research projects and presentations focused on a different mytho-cultural group: Norse/Germanic, Persian, culture of choice within African or African Diaspora groups, Chinese, Japanese, Indian (Hindu), culture of choice within the Indigenous Americas, Polynesian (Hawaiian, Samoan, Māori, Tongan), and Indigenous Australian.

• CRN – 46218; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Alyson Roy

HIST 442: The Medieval Church: Europe in the Early and High Middle Ages

Course description:  Evolution of medieval Christian society from reign of Constantine (c. 300) to pontificate of Innocent III (1215), as expressed in monastic and mendicant orders, crusades, 12th-century Renaissance, and heresy. 

• CRN – 46217; Section No. 2
• Schedule: MWF 3:30-4:45 p.m.

INTR 140: Academic Engagement

Course description: This course is required for new first-year and transfer honors students. It introduces students to the Honors Program community and prepares them for the academic expectations of the program. It also provides new students with an opportunity to think about their expectations and goals surrounding their college education and introduces them to academic and co-curricular resources available at the university.

• CRN – 45118; Section No. 1
• Faculty: Aubrey Shaw
• Schedule: W 4:00-5:50 p.m.
• Credits: 1 credit

INTR 440: Honors Presentations

Course description: This University Honors Program course is designed for honors students who are actively working towards completing an honors thesis or honors portfolio by the time they graduate from the university and the honors program with an undergraduate degree. The course is intended to assist students with the final assignment of their honors thesis or honors portfolio, i. e., the public presentation of their thesis or portfolio work at the bi-annual Honors Forum in either December or May each year.

• CRN – 44307; Section No. 1
• Faculty: Sandra Reineke
• Schedule: M 3:30-4:20 p.m.

INTR 454: Honors Thesis or Portfolio

Course description: This University Honors Program course is designed for honors students who are actively working towards completing an honors thesis or an honors portfolio by the time they graduate from the university and complete the honors program. After researching and writing their honors thesis or completing their honors professional portfolio, students are expected to enroll in INTR 440 Honors Presentations, usually during their last semester at the University of Idaho, when they present their findings at the public Honors Forum in either December or May each year.

• CRN – 42277; Section No. 1
• Schedule: MW 3:30-5:20 p.m.

INTR 492: College of Science Ambassador

Course description: Student ambassadors are selected through an application and interview process. Students will learn skills in leadership, communication, networking, and public speaking. Students will be responsible for representing the College of Science in various recruiting activities and events.

• CRN – 44547; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Roopal Jani
• Schedule: M 4:00-4:50 p.m.

IS 310: The United Nations

Course description: Overview of principal UN agencies and current UN activities; emphasis on written and oral presentations through resolution and position paper writing, negotiations, and small group discussions.

• CRN – 39998; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Bill Smith

ME 322: Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics

Course description: Thermodynamic properties of substances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic analysis of mechanical engineering thermal components and cycles, psychrometric process, and introduction to combustion systems. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.

• CRN – 43622; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Dan Cordon
• Schedule: MWF 12:30-1:20 p.m.

ME 341: Intermediate Mechanics of Materials

Course description: Mechanics of materials approach to three-dimensional stress and strain, unsymmetrical bending, shear centers, curved beams, thick-walled pressure vessels, non-circular torsion, energy methods, and advanced strength theories. Introduction to elementary kinematics. Significant use of solid modeling and use of equation solvers.

• CRN – 44567; Section No. 2
• Faculty: Robert Stephens

ME 345: Heat Transfer

Course description: Transmission by conduction of heat in steady and unsteady states, by free and forced convection, and by radiation; combined effects of conduction, convection, and radiation. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.

• CRN – 43712; Section No. 2
• Schedule: MWF 1:30-2:20 p.m.

PHIL 103: Introduction to Ethics

Course description: Introduction to philosophical reasoning through historical study of moral thought.

• CRN – 15554; Section No. 8
• Faculty: Casey Johnson

POLS 237: Introduction to International Politics

Course description: Survey of approaches used to describe and explain conflict and cooperation among states in the international system; special emphasis on games of strategic interaction.

• CRN – 44552; Section No. 3
• Faculty: Florian Justwan

STAT 251: Statistical Methods

Course description: Credit will not awarded for STAT 251 after STAT 301 or STAT 416, or for STAT 416 after STAT 251 or STAT 301. Intro to statistical methods, including design of statistical studies, basic sampling methods, descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions, inference in surveys and experiments, regression, and analysis of variance.

• CRN – 38408; Section No. 5
• Faculty: Renae Shrum
• Schedule: MWF 8:30-9:20 a.m., W 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. (recitation - every other week, dates TBD)