Here is a list of Honors courses currently being offered during the Fall 2009 semester:
Broad overview of psychological disorders of children and adults including history of abnormal human behavior, research methods, theories and causes, and contemporary treatment. Typical topics include adjustment, mood, anxiety, somatoform, factitious, dissociative, substance-related, personality, and psychotic disorders (including schizophrenia).
Survey of major themes and recent findings in the area of human development across the life span. Emphasis will be on the major transitions from fetal development through death in the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional domains. The impact of ethnic, gender, and cultural factors on development will be examined.
Introduction to economics with emphasis on the study of aggregate economic activity, national income, price level determination, and economic growth and development.
The Honors section of Academic Foundations is designed to be the “gateway” to both the Honors Program and the General Studies curriculum you will complete during your first two years at UWF. Specifically, the course will assist you to develop the personal and academic skills to help you navigate through Honors at UWF and to be successful in your college experience and beyond. In addition, members of the class will develop a community service project and manage it through completion during the semester. Permission is required.
Reading/discussion of major literary texts that have shaped Western culture and civilization.
Differential and Integral Calculus of Algebraic, Trigonometric, and Transcendental functions of single variables. Related applications.
Principles, issues, organizations and functions of film, radio, television, print and other media of mass communication. Consideration of current practices and recent developments and their implications for the future direction of mass media.
First of two courses designed to increase student's understanding of history and literature of music. Music in Western Civilization from and of ancient world through 17th century. Three hours per week. Listening assignments in Music Listening Library.
Deals with the constitutional principles on which the republic was founded, the evolution of institutions which emerged after 1789, and the development of processes and policies in response to 20th Century challenges and changes in the political culture.
A survey of methods, theories, and body of knowledge of contemporary psychology, including such topics as learning, motivation, sensation and perception, development, thinking, personality, social behavior, psychological adjustment, and methods of therapy.
Broad understanding of the field of religious studies. Special attention is given to the contributions of Eliade, Otto, Keen, Tillich, Freud and others.
Fundamental statistical concepts. Probability, inference, estimation, hypothesis testing.