Honors (HONOR) Courses
HONOR 340 Honors Seminar: Political Campaign Communication
- Same As:COMM 480
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the Cosumnes River College Catalog.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area V(b); CSU Area D7; IGETC Area 4G
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
What do pundits, politicians and the public have in common? The ability to impact political campaign communication. This seminar-style course will introduce students to the effects of political campaign communication on public opinion and election results. Using timely data, students will evaluate news media, debate presidential debates,
and analyze campaign messages using qualitative and quantitative approaches. This course is intended for the honors student interested in learning about political communication, rhetorical criticism, and techniques for writing for academic audiences. Enrollment is limited to
Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as COMM 480, and only one may be taken for credit.
HONOR 341 Honors Seminar: Persuasion within Social Issues
- Same As:COMM 482
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ENGWR 300, ENGWR 480, or HONOR 375 with a grade of "C" or better, or placement through the assessment process.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students.
- Transferable:CSU; UC (UC Transfer Credit Limitation: HONOR 341 and COMM 482 combined: maximum credit, 1 course)
- General Education:CSU Area A3; IGETC Area 1B
- C-ID:C-ID COMM 190
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This seminar-style course will introduce students to the fundamental theories and techniques of persuasion as they occur in various communication contexts, including commercial, interpersonal, public and mass media. A series of writing assignments will focus on the skills of critical thinking, persuasion, and the sophistication of argumentative essay skills. Essays of advanced composition shall be evaluated for their quality in both critical thinking and composition. The writing assignments will apply theoretical models of critical thinking and communication studies to rhetoric, examining message production, analyzing messages, and exploring the fields of electronic and print media, advertising (product campaign), political campaign strategy, and ideological campaign techniques for mass communication. Students explore ethical considerations of persuasive communication, learn about types of reasoning, and identify fallacious arguments as they occur in persuasion. Students will focus on the design and organization of persuasive messages within a speech format for an individual or group presentations for a live audience. This course offers honors students the opportunity to study, critique, discuss and present advanced topics to focus on the impact of persuasive attempts within ethical, social and political issues. Access to a computer with online capabilities may be required and computer access is available on campus. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. As COMM 315, Persuasion, has a similar basis as this Honors course, this course is not open to a student that has received credit for COMM 315, Persuasion. This course is the same as COMM 482 and only one may be taken for credit.
HONOR 350 Honors Seminar: Introduction to Critical Theory
- Same As:FMS 488
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the Cosumnes River College Catalog and on the College's website.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course investigates questions of interpretation and representation in film, literature, media, and culture. Students examine historical and contemporary critical and cultural theories, then apply these theories in analyzing a variety of works, which may include films, literary texts, commercials, music videos, and more. Theories introduced include, but are not limited to, semiotics, psychoanalysis, Marxism, critical race theory, gender theory, and postmodernism. Students intending to transfer into arts, film, literature, humanities, and cultural studies programs will find this course particularly useful in understanding the critical language of the university. As an honors course, this is a seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on complex theories, major writing, reading, and research assignments, in-depth film analysis, student class lectures, group discussions and interactions. Distinguishing features include a deep focus on research, analysis, application, strong communication, and critical thinking. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found at the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as FMS 488, and only one may be taken for credit.
HONOR 352 Honors Seminar: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
- Same As:FMS 489
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area I
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This seminar studies the work of Alfred Hitchcock from the perspective of the key concepts in film theory. Students will investigate the films and criticism of one of the greatest and strangest directors, the self-styled master of suspense. This seminar takes a close reading of Hitchcock’s
most important films and the most significant writing on the director’s work. For students interested in film, media, art, literature, and the humanities, the course examines Hitchcock’s visual style, thematic concerns, and directorial techniques, and introduces the major critical
approaches to cinema studies. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as FMS 489, and only one may be taken for credit.
HONOR 363 Honors Seminar in Critical Thinking and Composition: Philosophy of Happiness
- Same As:PHIL 486
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ENGWR 300 (College Composition), ENGWR 480 (Honors College Composition), or HONOR 375 (Honors College Composition) with a grade of "C" or better, or the equivalent.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the CRC Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as PHIL 486, and only one may be taken for credit.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area II(b); CSU Area A3; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 1B; IGETC Area 3B
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This seminar-style course provides instruction in critical thinking and advanced composition while addressing philosophical issues concerning the existence, nature, and attainment of happiness from a diversity of cultural perspectives. This course is designed for students who have successfully completed ENGWR 300 (or its equivalent) and provides further instruction in the techniques of effective critical thinking as expressed in written argument and in the major principles of advanced composition. A sequence of essays totaling a minimum of 8,000 words is required. These essays shall be evaluated for their quality in both critical thinking and composition. This honors course offers rigorous preparation in analytic reading and writing skills for students intending to transfer to a four-year college or university. It provides opportunity to engage philosophical issues about the existence, nature, and attainment of happiness through a structured sequence of papers requiring higher-level thinking tasks and collaborative projects. As an honors course, this is a full hands-on course with advanced teaching methods focusing on extensive research of selected philosophical theory and its analytic application. This is a seminar course requiring students to create sophisticated academic products, complete major writing, reading, and research assignments, make presentations, and engage in extensive group discussions. Distinguishing features include: deep focus on research, analysis, application, strong communication and complex critical thinking. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the CRC Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as PHIL 486, and only one may be taken for credit.
HONOR 364 Honors Seminar: Philosophy of the Martial Arts
- Same As:PHIL 485
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students.
Details about the Honors Program can be found in the Cosumnes River College Catalog and on the CRC website.
- Transferable:CSU; UC (Reaffirmed 08/01/2023.)
- General Education:AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3B
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course provides an introduction to the philosophical views that have traditionally been associated with the practice of martial arts and explores the interplay between those views and that practice. It also provides an introduction to those contemporary philosophical issues that arise in the context of present day analytic philosophical reflection on the nature and practice of martial arts. The course thus provides both the opportunity to appreciate the eastern philosophical underpinnings of an activity that has become part of mainstream American Culture and the opportunity to experience the rigorous application of contemporary analytic academic philosophical methodology. As an honors course, this is a full hands-on course with advanced teaching methods focusing on extensive research of selected philosophical theory and its analytic application to the nature and practice of martial arts. This is a seminar course requiring students to create sophisticated academic products, complete major writing, reading, and research assignments, make presentations, and engage in extensive group discussions. Distinguishing features include: deep focus on research, analysis, application, strong communication and complex critical thinking. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as PHIL 485 and only one may be taken for credit.
HONOR 366 Recent United States History - Honors
- Same As:HIST 485
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to students that are eligible for the Cosumnes River College Honors Program.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area V(a); CSU Area C2; CSU Area D; CSU Area U1; IGETC Area 3B; IGETC Area 4
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course is an introduction to the study of American history from 1945 to the present day. It is an honors course that uses an intensive instructional methodology designed to challenge motivated students and cultivate advanced critical thinking skills. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role played by complex interrelationships of political, economic, social, and cultural forces in United States history after World War II, and the role played by multiple ethnic groups as well. This course is not open to students who have completed HIST 314. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as HIST 485 and only one may be taken for credit.
HONOR 367 Introduction to Government: United States – Honors
- Same As:POLS 481
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area V(a); CSU Area D; CSU Area U2; CSU Area U3; IGETC Area 4
- C-ID:C-ID POLS 110
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course analyzes the U.S. government's historic origins, philosophical and theoretical justification, constitutional structures and how these institutions work. It examines and describes the procedural aspects of the political system including holding elections, campaigning, voting, lobbying, legislating, executing and adjudicating law. It provides an analysis of contemporary problems and issues. It further examines California state and local governments' constitutional base, structures and functions, political process, problems, and issues.
The honors course offers rigorous preparation in critical thinking, and analytic reading and writing skills for students intending to transfer to a four-year college or university. It provides an opportunity to engage contemporary political and social issues through small group discussion, a structured sequence of papers requiring higher-level thinking tasks, and collaborative projects. Research projects require extensive analysis of topics such as American institutions, political processes, and political behavior. Paper requirements are designed to challenge and motivate.
This course is not open to students who have completed POLS 301. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website.
This course is the same as Pols 481. This course, under either name, may be taken only one time for credit.
HONOR 368 International Political Economy - Honors
- Same As:POLS 482
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area V(b); CSU Area D; IGETC Area 4
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course is designed to introduce students to the major theories, institutions, and issues in international political economy. International political economy examines the interaction between politics and economics on a global scale; in particular, how political forces influence markets, and how market forces influence politics. In this course of study, students will examine the major theoretical perspectives on political economy, such as mercantilism, liberalism, structuralism, and statism. Students are then introduced to the major components of the international economy: multilateral trade, domestic trade policy, international finance, and currency policy. Last, this course focuses on several major issues in international political economy. Examples might include the gap between the developed and developing world, the globalized economy, the role of transnational corporations, and the political economies of oil, migration, food, or the environment.
The honors course offers rigorous preparation in critical thinking, and analytic reading and writing skills for students intending to transfer to a four-year college or university. It provides an opportunity to engage contemporary political, economic, and social issues through small group discussion, a structured sequence of papers requiring higher-level thinking tasks, and collaborative projects. Research projects require extensive analysis of topics such as economic institutions, economic policy processes, market behavior, and state responses. Paper requirements are designed to challenge and motivate.
This course is not open to students who have completed POLS 311. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as Pols 482. This course, under either name, may be taken only one time for credit.
HONOR 375 Honors College Composition
- Same As:ENGWR 480
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:ENGWR 110 or eligibility for ENGWR 300
- Enrollment Limitation:Eligibility for the Honors Program.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area II(a); CSU Area A2; IGETC Area 1A
- C-ID:C-ID ENGL 100
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course offers the honors student a challenging course that will develop skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing. It asks students to critically analyze, compare, and evaluate various complex works. The course is designed to help students demonstrate, in both argumentative and expository prose, complex critical thinking, effective organization, precise diction, and sophisticated style; at least one of those essays requires research and appropriate MLA documentation. Essays written during the term will total at least 8,000 words. Throughout the course, fluency and correctness are emphasized. This course is not open to students who have successfully passed ENGWR 300 or ESLW 340. This course is the same as ENGWR 480. This course, under either name, may be taken one time for credit.
HONOR 378 Honors - Literature Adapted into Film
- Same As:ENGLT 488
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:Eligibility for ENGWR 300
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the Cosumnes River College Catalog.
- Transferable:CSU; UC (Reaffirmed 08/01/2023.)
- General Education:AA/AS Area II(b); AA/AS Area I; CSU Area C1; CSU Area C2; IGETC Area 3A; IGETC Area 3B
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course analyzes the process, challenges, failures, and successes of adapting literary and stage material into film. It compares faithful and unfaithful adaptations through reading the original texts and viewing the adapted films with an awareness of their historical and cultural contexts. The course examines intention, creative distinctions, as well as limits and strengths of each medium. This course requires at least one research essay proposing and justifying details for an adaptation and including appropriate MLA documentation. The honors course is a full hands-on course with advanced teaching methods focusing on analytical reading, film analysis, and writing skills; it provides opportunity to engage with contemporary social and ethical issues through small group discussion, collaborative projects requiring higher-level thinking tasks as well as independent and collaborative research. Students are tasked to not only analyze and critique but also create an adaptation. Distinguishing features include: deep focus on research, analysis, application, strong communication and critical thinking. Enrollment in this course is limited to Honors Program students. This course is the same as ENGLT 488. This course, under either name, may be taken one time for credit.
HONOR 385 Honors Seminar in Genetics
- Same As:BIOL 485
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area IV; CSU Area B2; IGETC Area 5B
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course offers honors students the opportunity to study, critique, and discuss advanced topics in genetics such as genetically modified foods, whole-genome rapid sequencing, gene therapies for human disease, and a variety of reproductive technologies. Furthermore, this course includes the study of Mendelian inheritance, the roles of chromosomes and genes in human disease, how genes direct development, the relationship between genes, environment and behavior, and the contribution of genes to human diversity. Students will engage with each other to discuss ethical, legal and social issues during class discussions, and analyze scientific literature in written reports. Enrollment is limited to Honors students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as BIOL 485. This course, under either name, may be taken a total of one time for credit.
HONOR 386 Biological Anthropology-Honors
- Units:3
- Hours:54 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:None.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website.
- General Education:AA/AS Area IV; CSU Area B2
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course is an introduction to the science of biological anthropology, and analyzes the human place in nature. Applying principles of genetics and evolution, this course will explore modern human variation and how we evolved, including the unique role of culture. The course also covers the classification and distribution of living and extinct human populations, how we determine the geological age of our ancestors, and our relationship to non-human primates such as monkeys and apes. Topics covered in this course include: the scientific method, principles and mechanisms of genetics and heredity, geological dating methods, classification of humans and our near relatives, social organization and behavior of living primates, comparative skeletal anatomy of humans and non-human primates. Local field trips may be required.
This honors course offers rigorous preparation in critical thinking, and analytic reading and writing skills for students intending to transfer to a four-year college or university. It provides an opportunity to engage contemporary biological and anthropological issues through small group discussion, a structured sequence of papers and reading analysis requiring higher-level thinking tasks, and collaborative projects. Research projects require extensive analysis of topics such as ethics in biological anthropology, fossil hominin taxonomy placement and primate conservation. Paper requirements are designed to challenge and motivate. This course is not open to students who have completed ANTH 300. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as ANTH 480. This course, under either name (ANTH 480 or HONOR 386), may be taken only one time for credit.
HONOR 387 Biological Anthropology Laboratory-Honors
- Units:1
- Hours:54 hours LAB
- Prerequisite:None.
- Corequisite:ANTH 300, ANTH 480, or HONOR 386
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website.
- Transferable:CSU
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course is an introductory laboratory course designed to provide students with an opportunity to become familiar with the methods of the science of biological anthropology while investigating topics in laboratory and field situations. Topics covered in the course are: the scientific method, sources of biological variation and forces of evolution, human osteology (bone identification), human variation, taxonomy and comparative osteology of the primates, comparative behavior, and the fossil evidence for human evolution. A field trip to the local zoo may be included. This course is designed as a companion course to Anthropology 300 - Biological Anthropology, Anthropology 480-Honors Biological Anthropology or Honors 386-Honors Biological Anthropology.
This honors course offers rigorous preparation in critical thinking, and analytic reading and writing skills for students intending to transfer to a four-year college or university. It provides an opportunity to engage contemporary biological and anthropological issues through small group discussion, debates and activities, reading analysis requiring higher-level thinking tasks, and collaborative projects. This course will also provide in depth opportunities for students to complete extensive hands-on study of pertinent fossil material. This course is not open to students who have already completed ANTH 301 or ANTH 482. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as ANTH 482. This course, under either name (ANTH 482 or HONOR 387), may be taken only one time for credit.
HONOR 391 Honors Seminar in Mathematics - Introduction to Mathematical Proof
- Same As:MATH 483
- Units:1
- Hours:18 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:MATH 370 with a grade of "C" or better
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
Honors Seminars in Mathematics are special one-unit intensive courses for academically accomplished students or those with the potential for high academic achievement. This particular course will study various methods of mathematical proof in a seminar setting, and will be particularly useful to students planning to study calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra. Topics include: deductive reasoning, proof by axioms, proofs of conditional and biconditional statements, proofs by contrapositive and contradiction, and proof by mathematical induction. Studies will include homework, discussions, oral presentations and lectures. Students will be expected to do independent problem solving and present their solutions to the class. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students (see catalog). This course is the same as MATH 483. This course, under either name, may be taken one time for credit. This course will be offered in spring semester only.
HONOR 392 Honors Seminar in Mathematics - Topics in Number Theory
- Same As:MATH 484
- Units:1
- Hours:18 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:MATH 370 with a grade of "C" or better
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
Honors Seminars in Mathematics are special one-unit intensive courses for academically accomplished students or those with the potential for high academic achievement. This particular course will study various topics in the field of number theory in a seminar setting. Topics include: the integers and their properties; finding integer solutions to Diophantine equations (equations with more variables than equations); and cryptography (the study of how secret codes are created and broken). Studies will include homework, discussions, oral presentations and lectures. Students will be expected to do independent problem solving and present their solutions to the class. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students (see catalog). This course is the same as HONOR 392. This course, under either name, may be taken one time for credit. This course will be offered in spring semester only.
HONOR 393 Introduction to Probability and Statistics - Honors
- Same As:STAT 480
- Units:4
- Hours:72 hours LEC
- Prerequisite:Intermediate Algebra or the high school equivalent (such as Math 3 or Integrated Math 3) or higher with a C or better, or eligibility for transfer-level mathematics.
- Enrollment Limitation:Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the Cosumnes River College Catalog.
- Transferable:CSU; UC
- General Education:AA/AS Area II(b); CSU Area B4; IGETC Area 2
- C-ID:C-ID MATH 110
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
This course is an introduction to probability and statistics designed for students in the honors program. Topics include elementary principles and applications of descriptive statistics, counting principles, elementary probability principles, probability distributions, estimation of parameters, hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation, and ANOVA. Scientific calculators with two-variable statistical capabilities may be required for this class. This honors section uses an intensive instructional methodology designed to challenge motivated students. Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the Cosumnes River College Catalog. This course is not open to students who have successfully passed STAT 300. This course is the same as STAT 480 and only one may be taken for credit.
HONOR 499 Experimental Offering in Honors
- Units:0.5 - 4
- Prerequisite:None.
- Catalog Date:January 1, 2025
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