Summer Honors Courses
Religious Studies 333: Early Christian Literature: Matthew-Revelation
An exploration of Christianity's charter documents in the light of what modern scholarship has discovered about the New Testament's sociohistorical context, composition, theologies, and presentations of Jesus.
LIS 202: Informational Divides and Differences in a Multicultural Society
This course explores the impact of and barriers to access to information on the lives of low-income ethnic/racial minority communities in the United States. The course provides an introduction to contemporary information society from a sociological perspective. In this course we will explore issues relating to information inequalities, differences or "digital divides" in the US with particular attention to underrepresented groups in the Northern Midwest including African-American, Hmong, Latino/a and Native American. Information inequalities include disparities in awareness of, ownership of, access to, and use of various information and communication technologies for the purposes of health, education, economic development and social expression. Through this exploration we will examine traditional and online institutions that create or channel information to communities of interest including community centers, schools, libraries and medical clinics.
Classics 370: Classical Mythology
Classics 370 will acquaint you with the major characters and stories of ancient Greek and Roman mythology: the Olympian gods, Heracles and his labors, Jason and the Argonauts, and the Trojan war, to name a few. You’ll read ancient texts in translation, including Homer’s Odyssey, plays by Sophocles and Euripides, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Lectures and discussion sections will
focus on interpreting myth in a wide variety of forms and contexts. You’ll explore how the Greeks and Romans used myth to grapple with personal and social issues, and discover why reading these ancient stories is still very useful in our modern world.
An exploration of Christianity's charter documents in the light of what modern scholarship has discovered about the New Testament's sociohistorical context, composition, theologies, and presentations of Jesus.
LIS 202: Informational Divides and Differences in a Multicultural Society
This course explores the impact of and barriers to access to information on the lives of low-income ethnic/racial minority communities in the United States. The course provides an introduction to contemporary information society from a sociological perspective. In this course we will explore issues relating to information inequalities, differences or "digital divides" in the US with particular attention to underrepresented groups in the Northern Midwest including African-American, Hmong, Latino/a and Native American. Information inequalities include disparities in awareness of, ownership of, access to, and use of various information and communication technologies for the purposes of health, education, economic development and social expression. Through this exploration we will examine traditional and online institutions that create or channel information to communities of interest including community centers, schools, libraries and medical clinics.
Classics 370: Classical Mythology
Classics 370 will acquaint you with the major characters and stories of ancient Greek and Roman mythology: the Olympian gods, Heracles and his labors, Jason and the Argonauts, and the Trojan war, to name a few. You’ll read ancient texts in translation, including Homer’s Odyssey, plays by Sophocles and Euripides, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Lectures and discussion sections will
focus on interpreting myth in a wide variety of forms and contexts. You’ll explore how the Greeks and Romans used myth to grapple with personal and social issues, and discover why reading these ancient stories is still very useful in our modern world.
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