Happy Dog Days of August, Honors Students!
I hope you are all enjoying your summer and looking forward to fall. Many of you are finalizing your schedules, and here are a few suggestions (please go to www.classschedule.wayne.edu for class times and days). Unless noted, each class will require a request to be sent to honors@wayne.edu for the Honors block to be lifted.
Enjoy the last few weeks of summer vacation - another Honors Digest will be out soon!
Liza, Honors Advisor
PS - The Honors Digests will soon be appearing on our weblog and there are many, many pictures on our Flickr site - look for the links on the lower left corner of www.honors.wayne.edu!
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HON 4990: Detroit Fellows Tutoring Project
CRN 15063 - no block lift required!
Earn 2 to 4 Honors credit hours while teaching reading skills to children in kindergarten through fourth grade who need additional help in Detroit Public Schools. This is a special opportunity for Honors Program students and is open to all majors.
Requirements:
Attend a training workshop on teaching basic reading skills;
Tutor in schools between 3 and 7 hours a week for one semester;
Attend seminars with fellow tutors and the project coordinator;
Complete several writing assignments about your experience
Detroit Fellows work three (earns 2 credits), five (earns 3 credits) or seven (earns 4 credits) hours per week at the school. The schedule is established by you based on your availability and the number of credits for which you sign up. Tutors work during regularly scheduled school hours: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
You will work one-on-one and see two to three children in each one-hour time block. You will be asked to participate in an end-of term evaluation.
HIS 1300 (HS): Europe 1500 - 1945
Instructor: Eric Ash
All Honors sections now open to all Honors students or students with a 3.30 or better GPA; see www.classschedule.wayne.edu for CRNs
HIS 1300 will explore the rise and development of modern Europe, as well as European interactions with the rest of the world, from the end of the Middle Ages through the twentieth century. The emphasis will be broadly cultural—in addition to learning about some of the main political and military events that shaped Europe over the centuries, we will also consider some major themes in religion, philosophy, art, science, and technology. Europe’s history as a colonial power ensured that European culture has had a very strong global impact; the principal goal of this course, therefore, will be to gain a better understanding of how modern European culture came to be, and how it has affected cultural developments around the world.
ENG 3010 (IC): Intermediate Composition
CRN 16156 Section 501 Instructor: Cara Kozma
CRN 16157 Section 502 Instructor: Justin Vidovic
In this Intermediate Writing course, students will participate in a literacy project working as writing tutors for 3rd and 4th grade students at Maybury Elementary School in Detroit. Initial reading assignments will help prepare students to tutor writing effectively and ethically. Students will be expected to complete weekly reading and writing assignments and actively participate in course discussions, write 3 academic essays, and give oral presentations. Students are responsible for their own transportation to the tutoring site.
CLA 1010 (PL)(CD): Classical Civilizations
CRN 15450 Section 501 Instructor: Kenneth Walters
Survey of the culture and civilization of Ancient Greece and Rome, in particular those aspects that laid the political, social, and cultural framework of the modern world.
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As much as possible we will do our best to keep these broadcasts to a minimum for announcements that are not directly through Honors, but that we feel are excellent opportunities for our students. If you have any ideas, questions, or items for the weekly Honors Digest, please e-mail us at honors@wayne.edu
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Wayne State University Honors
2100 Adamany Undergraduate Library
(313) 577-3030
honors@wayne.edu
honors.wayne.edu
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
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