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REL 3363H REL 3364H REL 3343H REL 4302H REL 4344H REL 4345H REL 4346H REL 4360H
These are regular departmental courses given a special “H” designation. Honors students will do the regular course assignments, plus writing a research paper of 5-10 pages on a topic agreed upon by the students and their instructors or undertaking some other comparable project approved by the instructor. The three courses chosen should include one which involves overseas or cross-cultural study.
Sociology
Sociology Honors courses consist of both stand-alone seminar courses and upper division courses with a contractual Honors component. In the course of completing their program of study, it is expected that Sociology students will complete at least 6 hours of Honors credit.
Courses that have an Honors component will be Departmental electives taught by a full-time Wesleyan faculty member. The honors component in these courses will generally consist of extra reading and an extra, full- length term paper. Content of the reading would be determined in one of two ways. 1) The Honors student submits a list of readings which is then approved by the Instructor. 2) The Instructor selects relevant readings that would be appropriate to the course. In general, the amount of reading is likely to be equivalent to an extra book (less if it is very dense, more if it is easier reading). The Instructor will be available for discussion on the subject during office hours or before and after class time, as the student arranges.
Alternative Honors content will consist of doing professional sociological research, either supervised by the instructor, or in conjunction with an instructor, in which case the student could collect original data, conduct interviews, observe behavior or do content analysis of text and images. Or the student may perform secondary data analysis, and develop theoretical or conceptual analyses of a sociological issue.
Each student will complete a written copy of their extended term paper, and will also present their project at a Departmental meeting at the end of the semester, at which faculty and students attend. Students will be encouraged to invite parents and/or friends to attend as well.
Sociology courses with Honors component could be taken by a non- Sociology major (in particular, Liberal Studies).
Sociology courses that could include an Honor component are as follows:
The Hindu Religious Tradition The Buddha and His Teachings Islam
Introduction to the Christian Faith Classical Judaism
Special Academic Programs 131
Jesus' Life and Teachings
Religious Problems and Solutions:
Race and Gender in Religion
Religion in America
The Meaningful Life
Great Religious Minds
United Methodist Doctrine
Global Religion and Film
Religion and Popular Culture Contemporary Theological Issues
The Long View of Christianity in History