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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
HON 224 Crucible Steel: Creative Expression and Human Rights (1)
A course in artistic responses to human rights events. The focus may be one of any topic
of inquiry into issues of human rights and related creative responses, such as
“Birmingham 1963 and Now” and creative writing. Harrison Scholars may enroll in the
course a second time if the subject matter and creative discipline are different.
Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 225 Creativity: Person, Process, Place (1)
A seminar that reviews and critiques current psychological theory and research on the
creative process in all fields and related questions about the assessment and interpretation
of creative products. Students will reflect on their own creative process, comparing their
experiences to specific scientists and artists. Topics include creative problem solving,
origins of cognitive and behavioral traits of creative individuals, and social, historical,
and physical contexts conducive to creativity. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 230 Plural America I (1)
An introduction to the plurality of the American culture from within the liberal arts
traditions of history and literature. The intent is to recognize the aspects of our cultures
appropriated into the Western tradition but often either unacknowledged or glossed over.
The end should be an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of our Western
heritage, and a heightened sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the world-at-large. Plural
America I focuses on Native-American and Chicano history and literature and on the
European context of American society. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 231 Plural America II (1)
An introduction to the plurality of the American culture from within the liberal arts
traditions of history and literature. The intent is to recognize the aspects of our cultures
appropriated into the Western tradition but often either unacknowledged or glossed over.
The end should be an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of our Western
heritage, and a heightened sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the world-at-large. Plural
America II focuses on African-American and Asian-American history and literature and
on the 1960s as a catalyst for multi-culturalism. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 233 W.E.B. Du Bois and American History (1)
An introduction to the life and thought of one of America’s foremost public intellectuals,
W.E.B. Du Bois. Students will cover essential facts about Du Bois’ life and work and be
able to situate his arguments and their significance in the broader currents of American
history. Prerequisite: Harrison Honors Program.
HON 241 Flappers, Philosophers, and All that Jazz: The Fiction and Culture of
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1)
A seminar focusing on the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald with emphasis on a rigorous close
reading of each text, the cultural issues of the era, and appropriate biographical material.
The course examines a selection of Fitzgerald’s novels and his major short fiction.
Cultural issues that Fitzgerald’s texts investigate include class conflict, material culture,
female idealization/female resistance, immigration, race and ethnicity, The Great War,