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+title: Introduction to Neuroscience | NSC 3361.HN1
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+#### Introduction to Neuroscience
+
+#### Instructor: Eva LaDow
+
+#### NSC 3361.HN1
+
+This course serves as an introduction to the field of neuroscience. It is a survey of neurobiology from the cellular building blocks
+of the brain regions and processes that underlie vision, hearing, language, sex, emotion, hunger, thirst, and more. We’ll also discuss psychoactive drugs,
+mental illness, and how we learn and remember.
+
+Students will describe the anatomy and organization of the nervous system as it relates to a number of important physiological processes
+and behaviors. Students will describe the basic cell b Students will describe the basic cell biology and pharmacology of the nervous system, with a focus on
+synaptic transmission. Students will apply this knowledge to analyze how perturbing specific brain regions or neurotransmission may alter behavior.
+Students will also describe central principles of behavioral neuroscience such as homeostasis and plasticity.
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+title: Introduction to Sociology | SOC 1301.HN1
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+
+#### Introduction to Sociology
+
+#### Instructor: Sheryl Skaggs
+
+#### SOC 1301.HN1
+
+This course provides an overview of the discipline of
+sociology, introducing students to major concepts, theories, scholars and
+research. Students will learn how to view and understand the world around them
+by considering connections between behavior, outcomes and social context. In
+other words, students will learn how one’s social environment influences behavior,
+opportunities and outcomes. Topics to be covered in the course include: 1) the
+sociological imagination and the work of C. Wright Mills in examining social
+phenomena; 2) key sociological theoretical perspectives; 3) methodological
+approaches to examining sociological questions; 4) examination of major
+concepts and principles of sociology. The course is designed not only to
+develop knowledge about the field of sociology but also to apply the
+information to issues related to health and health care, race/ethnicity,
+education, culture, work, and families. The class format will be a combination
+of lectures and seminar discussion. Student attendance and participation are
+critical to the learning environment.
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+title: Readings in Foreign Film | HONS 3199.HN2
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+
+#### Readings in Foreign Film
+
+#### Instructor: Douglas Dow
+
+#### HONS 3199.HN2
+
+Film is the newest of the art forms, and the most popular style of entertainment of the
+past century. Movies are one of the most powerful tools for shaping popular
+tastes and beliefs, including perceptions and expectations concerning the
+government, the workplace, religion, and the family. The influence of cinema on
+politics is high; so too is the impact of external political, social and economic
+forces on movies and the film industry. This class is designed as an
+introduction to domestic and world cinema, and an exploration of the complex
+dynamics between films and politics. 
+
+Each week, we will explore a single film from a number of different contexts. We will animate
+the political and social concerns behind the film’s theme and chart the
+histories of government influence upon the fate of each film. We will explore
+how each film exemplifies a particular national film movement, or reflects the
+evolving identity of a specific movie genre. We will also learn how to “read” a
+film, in order to better comprehend how its messages are conveyed through
+style, editing, shot composition, and other techniques of film making. 
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pages/academics/courses/readings-in-medical-humanities.md

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+title: Readings in Medical Humanities | HONS 3199
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+---
+
+#### Readings in Medical Humanities
+
+#### Instructor: Dennis Kratz
+
+#### HONS 3199
+
+
+
+ No single person had more of an impact on modern medicine than Sir William Osler – physician, educator, author, first chief of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University. He was the author of The Principles and Practice of Medicine (1892) the textbook that established him as the world’s foremost authority on teaching medicine. In his writings and speeches he explored many issues that still resonate today, including the relationship of the humanities and science in the practice of medicine. We will examine together his ideas as expressed in his writing, their influence, and in one case a controversy sparked by one of his speeches that was recently reviewed. 

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+title: Readings in Medicine, Politics & Philosophy | HONS 3199.HN1
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+
+#### Readings in Medicine, Politics & Philosophy
+
+#### Instructor: Edward Harpham
+
+#### HONS 3199.HN1
+
+
+
+This honors readings course will involve a close reading of a select group of texts related to medicine,
+politics and philosophy.  Upon completing the class, students will be able to:
+
+Identify a number of different genres of literature related to the field of medicine.
+
+Explain different ways in which historians have conceptualized the history of medicine
+as a profession through the study of disease.
+
+Discuss some of the major philosophical, clinical, and practical problems facing
+medical practitioners in medicine in the 21st century as they attempt to empower
+patients in their own healthcare.
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+title: Readings in Positive Psychology| HONS 3199
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+---
+
+#### Readings in Positive Psychology
+
+#### Instructor: Joanna Gentsch
+
+#### HONS 3199
+
+An often attributed but unsubstantiated quote by Abraham Lincoln famously reads: “Most folks are
+about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
+
+In a field that has traditionally been focused on dysfunction and disorder,
+Lincoln’s (possible) intuitive musing underlines the most important tenet of
+positive psychology; the notion that we can “choose” to be happy. The positive
+psychology movement has captured our collective imaginations. Despite the
+popularity of this growing sub-field, substantive empirical investigations and
+contributions from other disciplines, others deride the positive psychology
+movement as simplistic, unscientific, and, according to some, delusional and
+full of possibly dangerous ideas and messages. This course introduces students
+to the emerging field of positive psychology through an examination of its
+history, contemporary tenets and socio-cultural contexts. Positive psychology
+focuses on optimal human functioning from a strengths perspective and applies
+empirical findings to examine topics such as optimism, happiness, flow,
+mindfulness and resilience.
+
+After completing the course, students should be able to:
+
+Describe and explain the nature of positive psychology as a scientific discipline.
+Describe and analyze major theoretical perspectives and overarching themes in positive psychology.
+Use critical thinking to evaluate popular media and scholarly literature.
+Demonstrate effective writing skills.
+Demonstrate how principles in positive psychology can explain and inform clinical issues.
+social issues, organizational issues, and public policy.
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+title: Readings in Scientific Research | HONS 3199
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+#### Readings in Scientific Research
+
+#### Instructor: Eric Kildebeck
+
+#### HONS 3199
+
+This course is a general introduction to the practice of laboratory research in
+the natural sciences. This course will provide students with an overview of the
+scientific method and process, particularly within the context of
+observation-driven investigations. This course will examine the steps of
+crafting scientific questions and hypotheses, research design, experimentation
+and data collection, data analysis, interpretation, and presentation. 
+Upon completion of this course students will be able to:  1/ define
+research problems; 2/ identify research questions; and 3/ develop a research plan.
+
+

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+title: State and Local Government | GOVT 2306.HN2
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+---
+
+#### State and Local Government
+
+#### Instructor: Edward Harpham
+
+#### GOVT 2306.HN2
+
+This honors readings course will involve an in-depth study of politics and
+government in Texas. It meets one portion of the core state requirement in
+government.  Upon completing the class, students will be able to:
+
+Explain the role that the Texas Constitution plays in shaping
+governmental institutions and politics.
+Explain and assess the place of Texas in the federal system of government
+in the United States.
+Describe the way in which the legislative, executive and judicial
+branches work and affect public policy in Texas
+Identify the demographic and economic challenges that face state and
+local government in Texas today and suggest solutions to these problems
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+title: State and Local Government | GOVT 2306.HN3
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+#### State and Local Government
+
+#### Instructor: Euel Elliott
+
+#### GOVT 2306.HN3
+
+This course is designed to provide students in the Honors program with an introduction to
+Texas’s State government and politics. The course covers topics related to
+state government and the public policy process that are especially relevant of
+students preparing for a career in medicine. The course begins with a
+discussion of Texas political culture and the political economy of Texas within
+the framework of federalism, and the Texas Constitution. The course then
+proceeds to a discussion of political parties, elections, state government
+structures and public policy. Given the relatively small class size, the course
+will be conducted primarily through seminar-type discussions and periodic
+student presentations. There will also be guest presentations scheduled
+strategically during the semester. Also, it is crucial that the student will
+have read the material prior to class and be prepared to discuss.
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+title: State and Local Government | GOVT 2306.HN1
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+#### State and Local Government
+
+#### Instructor: Douglas Dow
+
+#### GOVT 2306.HN1
+
+This honors seminar is designed as an introduction to the constitutional structure, institutional
+processes and political cultures of Texas, within the federal system of the
+United States. Our first goal will be to understand how American sub-national
+politics is contoured by its ever-evolving federal constitutional system. We
+will seek answers to a number of questions: What were the origins of the
+federal design in the American Constitution? How do the historical beginnings
+of government continue to shape contemporary politics? How have powers been
+divided and shared between the national government and the states? What are the
+functions of state government? How does the Texas Constitution resemble and
+differ from the U.S. Constitution? What has been the history of civil rights
+and liberties protection, and its impact on Texas state authority?
+
+The second goal of the course will be to understand those processes and
+institutions through which citizens behave politically. What is political
+culture? How are state and local politics shaped by political pluralism? How do
+people come to articulate political beliefs? What kinds of groups do people
+create and join to promote their ideas and interests? How do these groups
+interact with governmental actors themselves? We shall explore the development
+and evolution of political parties, the growing dominance of interest groups,
+the importance of public opinion and the role of political culture in shaping
+the information Texans have about their government and society.
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