The Ohio State University at Marion

ENG 2367.02 Honors: Literature in the U. S. Experience

American Environmental Writing

Dr. Sara Crosby

“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
--- Mary Oliver

The environment has become strange. Humanity is facing severe ecological crises—from the sixth mass extinction to radical climate change to our current global pandemic—which threaten our livelihoods, our identities, and even our survival. How did we get in this situation, and how do we get ourselves out of it? Environmental writing is crucial to answering these questions. It helps bring the nonhuman world into focus so that we can pay attention to the life around us and understand both its importance and how it shapes and affects us. American literature engages in a long tradition of environmental writing—as a means of exploring identity and perception, activating social justice, or imagining new biological and human possibilities. This class will walk you through that American tradition and help you to add to it with your own environmental writing.

Psych 1100H: Honors Introduction to Psychology

Dr. Nikole Patson, Psychology
https://u.osu.edu/patson.3/

How can we be happier? How can we improve our study skills? Are men and women fundamentally different? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, learning, memory, decision-making, positive psychology, implicit bias, development, and many others.

Monday-Wednesday 1:30‑2:50P

Anthropology 2202H: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Dr. Anna Willow

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-2:50pm (MY 130)

introduces key concepts and methodologies in cultural anthropology and encourages students to develop a richer understanding and appreciation of human difference and diversity. Lectures and readings are designed to offer a broad overview of cultural anthropology’s central themes. In addition, students will encounter in-depth ethnographic case studies and engage with current debates in the field.
This course takes a holistic approach to learning. Students will be encouraged to apply the critical conceptual and analytical skills they learn here to inform other aspects of their studies. Students will also be exposed to an “anthropological” way of thinking about the world that is likely to serve them well in their college majors and future careers. In this course, students will learn to embrace complexity and to recognize theirs as one of many valid ways of imagining and interpreting the world. By undertaking individual fieldwork projects, students will come to see cultural anthropology as an exciting process of discovery.

Geography 2750H – Honors World Regional Geography

Dr. Dave Schul

Tues/Thurs 1:30-2:50

(by Hannah Fuller ('18) )
I chose GEOG 2750H in the Spring of 2016 for a variety of reasons. I wanted something that would teach me more about the world than what I saw on television and social media but I also had some General Education courses to fulfill. This class was the best of both worlds, combining my desire to learn more and fulfilling many of OSU’s GE
requirements.
When I took this class Spring 2016 I thoroughly enjoyed it. This isn’t your grandma’s Geography class. This class is not centered on memorizing countries and land features on a map but instead focused on countries’ political situations, cultural facets, and the characteristics of their physical layout. The format of this class is a nice combination of lecture by a relatable an approachable professor, open-minded class discussion in the wake of current events and complicated issues, and fun collaborative projects.
One of my favorite parts of the class was actually the textbook, which is uncommon for most college classes. The Plaid Avenger’s World: Masks and Mayhem in the Middle East is filled with comic-book style illustrations and, believe it or not, jokes. The author, The Plaid Avenger, doesn’t use
complicated language that students have to decode, but instead gives it to you straight. The readings are essential for this class but they’re enjoyable.
This class encourages curiosity and discussion when with other students. This class serves as a place to work with others about learning more about these countries but also taking a step back to ask how it relates to the United States and yourself.
The foundations of class discussion are based on the reading done before class, but current events often find their way into the conversation. What’s great about this class is that it’s not a teacher talking at his students but encouraging them to find out more for themselves.

Psychology 2202E: Language and the Mind

Dr. Nikole Patson
Monday and Wednesday 11:00-12:20

Perhaps the most sophisticated tool humans have at their disposal is language. Due to its flexibility, human language allows us to communicate a much wider range of information that any other form of animal communication. Given its centrality to human communication, understanding the mental representations involved in producing and understanding language is key to understanding what it means to be human.

Psych 1100H: Introduction to Psychology (Honors Section)

Dr. Nikole Patson, Psychology

https://u.osu.edu/patson.3/

How can we be happier? How can we improve our study skills? Are men and women fundamentally different? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, learning, memory, decision-making, positive psychology, implicit bias, development, and many others.

Monday-Wednesday 1:30‑2:50P

Students in Psych 1100H present their research on common misconceptions in psychology in the OSU-Marion library.

Anthropology 2202H

An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Dr. Anna Willow, Anthropology

This course introduces key concepts and methodologies in cultural anthropology and encourages students to develop a richer understanding and appreciation of human difference and diversity. Lectures, readings, and critical discussions are designed to offer a broad overview of cultural anthropology’s central themes. In addition, students will encounter in-depth ethnographic case studies and engage with current debates in the field.

Most class periods will consist of lecture, discussion, and occasional ethnographic films, but we will also work together throughout the semester to develop independent but complementary ethnographic fieldwork projects. By undertaking fieldwork projects, students will come to see cultural anthropology as an exciting process of discovery.

Photo from Dr. Willow's fieldwork in northeastern British Columbia overlooking the Site C Dam construction site

EDUTL 3356H:

Literature for Adolescents
Dr. Linda Parsons, Teaching and Learning
Autumn 2021, TH 4:45-7:30 (in-person and synchronous online)

Did you grow up reading the Harry Potter series? Do you remember reading The Outsiders in middle
or high school? Have you read one of John Green’s many acclaimed novels? What about The Hunger Games?

If any of these ring a bell, you know about young adult literature!

In this survey course, we’ll explore young adult literature from its beginnings in the 1960’s to contemporary titles as we focus on reading for pleasure as well as critical scholarship. We’ll engage in thoughtful conversations in which your opinions matter. Since young adults want stories that force them to consider their own beliefs, identify
their own meanings, and develop personal understandings, good literature raises more questions than it answers.

To that end, we will be guided by the question:
How does young adult literature explore the human condition, enabling us to consider our own lives as well as the diverse and complex world in which we live?

As an honors student, you’ll have the opportunity to meet with me several times throughout the semester for discussions that go beyond the standard course content.
Please join us as we consider the world in which we live through the lens of young adult literature.

This course is not only honors embedded but is also a GE Literature course.

Singing, Dancing, and Debating: Exploring Contested Visions of the Family in the Modern American Musical

Dr. Katie Braun (English)

Dr. Margaret Sumner (History)

In many ways, the history of the musical and the history of America are intertwined. As the Civil War ended and America began to reconstruct itself both physically and spiritually, new forms of entertainment (such as the Minstrel show) developed that would eventually influence the development of the musical genre, both on stage and on screen. After World War II, many Americans viewed their nation as the leader of the “free world,” winning the war against fascism, helping to rebuild the economies of its former enemies and allies, and leading the resistance against the influence of the new Soviet Union and its communist world view.

Post-war Americans were determined to enjoy the prosperity of their nation’s freedom, eager to settle down to peaceful family life in the new suburbs. The post-war period was also the heyday of the American film musical, the period we now recall as the “classical” stage of the genre’s development, during which new technologies for film, sound, and color were developed and exploited. Americans flocked to movie theaters to watch the widescreen, technicolor, happy images of America set to music. Yet, as this seminar will explore, the joyful images of singing and dancing in these musicals also hints that the idea of the perfect family — and the perfection of America itself — were not so settled. Underneath the glossy images lurked the specter of deep problems that the nation was grappling with. In this seminar, we will engage in ways of interpreting films through historical, narrative, and filmic lenses that explore and expose this duality of the American musical.

The Art and Science of Remembering

Dr. McCorkle (English)

Dr. Patson (Psychology)

Have you ever really stopped and wondered about all the the factors that go into the process of remembering something? This seminar adopts an interdisciplinary approach to exploring and studying the fascinating phenomenon of memory. Throughout the term, we will approach our study of memory as a synthesis of perspectives ranging from cognitive science, rhetorical theory and literature, and media/technology ecologies--in other words, the science, art, and techne of memory. The course will consist largely of readings on and discussions about the topic of memory from a variety of academic disciplines and other popular sources. Assignments will include short writing activities, as well as a larger final project.

Anthropology 2202H

An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Dr. Anna Willow

Introduction to anthropological perspectives on cross-cultural variation in human behavior and societies.

Biology 1114E
(Embedded Honors Course)

Biological Sciences: Form, Function, Diversity, and Ecology

Dr. Susan Gershman

Exploration of biology and biological principles; evolution and speciation, diversity in structure, function, behavior, and ecology among prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Geography 2750H

World Regional Geography

Dr. David Schul

Understand your world

See how history and culture and environment and human nature clash and harmonize.

Develops students' knowledge of world geography through the twin concepts of region and globalization; focuses on culture, society, politics, economy, and interplay between people and environments.

History 2800H

Introduction to the Discipline of History

Hmmmmm. Agree or Disagree?

Dr. Margaret Sumner

Register for HI2800 this spring to join the debate!

In this course, we will explore the history of history – from classical roots in Ancient Greece to recent cultural wars over the content of textbooks in Texas!

During the first week, you will be asked to choose a historical subject you would love to research. Pick a subject you love – or want to know more about. . .
Past student subjects have included the everyday life of Vikings, World War II aviation, Caribbean pirates of the 18th century, the history of the
American Kindergarten movement, the battle experiences of Civil war soldiers,and the cultural impact of “muscle cars” of the 1970s!

As you research your subject during the semester, you will learn how historians use specific methods to pursue research, create
historical arguments, cite evidence, and present their findings to their peers.
Assignments: Intense class participation/discussion. Two book purchases + Carmen readings. Five
short essays and a presentation - all related to researching your subject.

Psychology 4554E

Language Development

Dr. Nikole Patson

A survey of children's language acquisition, including phonemes, words, morphology, and syntax. Roles for universal grammar, linguistic input, social interaction, and statistical learning are considered.

English 1110.02H: Honors First-Year English Composition

Dr. Stuart Lishan

Monday - Wednesday 3:15-4:35

English 1110.02H is set up as a writers’ workshop, an “Honors” community of fellow voyagers into the waters of the sweet words, in which you will all receive intensive practice in the fundamentals of expository writing (well, mostly expository writing anyway), as illustrated in your own writing and in the works of more experienced “professional” writers.

You will develop your capacity for undertaking academic research and analysis through an original research project, and you will find materials to analyze, develop research questions, explore secondary texts, and make claims that are connected to the evidence you have discovered.

Psych 1100H: Introduction to Psychology

Dr. Nikole Patson

Monday-Wednesday 11:00-12:20

How can we be happier? How can we improve our study skills? Are men and women psychologically different? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, learning, memory, decision-making, positive psychology, implicit bias, development, and many others.

Anthropology 2202H: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Dr. Anna Willow

Tuesday-Thursday 11:00-12:20

Do you ever wonder why people think and act so differently? Would you like to learn about other ways of life? Anthropology 2202H will introduce key concepts and methodologies in cultural anthropology and encourage students to develop a deep understanding and appreciation of human diversity. Course lectures, readings, and critical discussions are designed to offer a broad overview of cultural anthropology’s central themes. Throughout the semester, we will work together to develop independent but complementary ethnographic fieldwork projects. By undertaking fieldwork projects, students will learn what it's like to be an anthropologist and will come to see cultural anthropology as an exciting process of discovery.

EDUTL 3356 Literature for Adolescents

Dr. Linda Parsons

Did you grow up reading the Harry Potter series? Do you remember reading The Outsiders in middle school? Have you seen The Hate you Give? If so, then you’re already familiar with young adult literature. In EDUTL 3356, a GE and honors embedded course, we’ll read a selection of young adult literature and delve into some professional readings. As an honors student, I’ll meet with you several times throughout the semester, and we’ll explore theories of response and discuss how you see them playing out in the course. This is a hybrid course with some sessions meeting Thursdays, 4:45-7:30 and other sessions meeting online.

English 1110H First Year Writing: The Apocalypse in American Culture

Dr. Pete Dully

Tuesday-Thursday 1:30-2:50

English 1110H is a composition class focused on different ways that American culture conceptualizes the apocalypse. To be sure, there is a certain irony that the most secure, prosperous and healthy society in the history of humanity continues to churn out representations of the end of the world at a breakneck pace. We'll be looking at literature, film, art and music to determine why we're so fascinated with the end of it all.

Any 4000-5000 level course not in your major will also count as an Honors course.

English 2260H (Introduction to Poetry -- Honors)

--T.S. Eliot

English 2260H (Introduction to Poetry -- Honors)
M, W 9:30-10:50 / Stuart Lishan/ 3 credit hours
One of the things that poetry does is shake up the way we perceive the world and our experience in it. Sometimes it asks us uncomfortable questions. Do you dare disturb the universe? Sometimes it holds up a mirror that shows us our true selves, sometimes a lamp, and sometimes it holds up a gun. So, how does poetry do all that? And just what is that thing called…poetry, anyway? In English 2260H you’ll find out.
English 2260H is primarily a reading course. That is to say, it’s a literature course. We’ll read and talk about a number of poems, and hopefully extend your idea of what poetry is and what significance it has in our fair corner of the universe. Besides reading, much of which you will be assigning, our assignments will include both the traditional sorts of writing assignments that you might expect to have in a lit class, and some creative-not-so-traditional assignments, too, all designed to instruct and delight you, and to help you get a feel and understanding of this lovely art form. You don’t have to necessarily be an honor’s student to take the course, but you should be willing to be challenged, not just in your course work, but in your assumptions, too. Welcome aboard.
(Note: English 2260H is a GEC course that meets the Category 5.B.1. Arts and Humanities in Literature requirement)

Geog 2750H (World Regional Geography – Honors)

CLASS NUMBER 33657
MW 11:00-12:20
3 credits (fulfills GE Social Science/Human, Natural & Economic AND GE Diversity/Global Studies requirements)
If you pay any attention to the news, you’ve probably noticed that the world is pretty messed up. People are brutally murdering their own countrymen, governments are going bankrupt, and corrupt leaders are incapable of doing anything about it. And that’s just Detroit: it’s even worse in Syria, or North Korea, or…well, lots of places, unfortunately.
Nevertheless, these messed up places have produced some pretty amazing stuff. Academics call itculture, but we experience it daily in the form of music, food, sports, film, art, architecture, and so on. And people are fiercely proud and protective of their culture’s “stuff”. Sometimes those protective, nativist instincts lead to genocides; other times they lead to a righteous drubbing by hooligans outside the soccer stadium.
This class is all about what makes the world so messed up, but still so fascinating to watch from a distance (or close-up, if you’re lucky enough). It’s a combination of slide shows, discussions, and student-led presentations that will familiarize you with your surroundings and the rest of the world, so that you can intelligently discuss what’s in the news. Or on Buzzfeed.
There’s a textbook, which has the distinction of being the only textbook ever that students have enjoyed reading. Many don’t even sell it back! Look at some examples of the content and style here:
http://www.plaidavenger.com/
Review on Amazon (in case you don't believe that students could like a textbook)
Grading will be based on five exams (with one grade dropped), discussion, and interactive culture presentations. The class is listed as an Honors class, which means that I won’t waste your time with videos and map quizzes and boring lectures.

English 4591.02H Special Topics in the Study of Rhetoric with Dr. Braun

Psychology 5832: Lifespan Sociomoral Development

Dr. Chris Daddis
Spring 2019
3 Credits
Course is available to undergraduate and graduate students
In this course, we will examine the major approaches to moral development including psychoanalytic theories, cognitive-developmental, and socialization theories. Through discussion of primary source material, we will examine, compare, and contrast major theories and consider the research methods and findings associated with each approach. The primary focus will be on psychological approaches, but we will also consider philosophical issues and educational applications.
This course will be taught as a seminar-type course with student discussions guided by the professor. Student evaluation will be based on class participation and take-home exams.

Arts&Sciences 1102H Regional Honors Seminar

Game Theory: Competition and Cooperation

Dr. Daddis (Psychology) and Dr. Maharry (Mathematics)

In this weekly seminar, we will discuss Game Theory from both a mathematical and a psychological perspective. We will consider many variations on classical strategy questions, including Prisoner's Dilemma, the Tragedy of the Commons and others.

Other honors courses offered include

:Anthropology 2202H Peoples and Cultures: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology with Dr. Willow

Biology 1114E Biological Sciences: Form, Function, Diversity, and Ecology with Dr.Gershman

Communication 2367H Persuasive Communication with Dr. Armstrong