Undergraduate Bulletin
Fall 2024
HON: Honors College
HON 101: Introduction to Honors College and Stony Brook
A seminar intended to integrate students into the Honors College and the University community by providing information about Stony Brook and a forum for discussion of values, intellectual and social development, and personal and institutional expectations. Students will have opportunities to reflect on the meaning and purpose of honors education. This course is a graduation requirement for all first-year students in the Honors College Program (students in their first year of study). Not for credit in addition to ADV 101, GLS 101, ACH 101, LDS 101, HDV 101, ITS 101, SSO 101, SBU 101, SCH 101, LSE 101, or WSE 101.
Prerequisite: first-year Honors College student
1 credit, S/U grading
HON 105: Modes of Knowledge
An examination of the structure and content of knowledge, as well as the ways in which various kinds of knowledge are constituted. The course examines some classical epistemological and ethical texts and also considers the ways in which modern epistemological theories, as well as knowledge forms characteristic of the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, have altered and/or affected our understanding of the nature of knowledge.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
3 credits
HON 106: Modes of Being
Examination of the many different modes of being - aspects of the ways in which people think of themselves and behave in the world - through analysis of literary works and through texts that derive from the various social sciences, including psychology.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
3 credits
HON 110: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 111: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 112: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 113: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 114: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 115: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 116: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 117: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 118: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 119: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 120: Honors Topics
These courses, which use alternative learning modes, are intended to enrich the Honors College experience by introducing students to specific aspects of community, academic, and creative life at the University, on Long Island, and in the New York metropolitan region. Past topics have included: the lives of scientists; current events; Long Island ecology; contemporary art; musical performance at Stony Brook; the language of dance; immigration; cultural diversity; entrepreneurship. Each course culminates in the writing of a short, substantive paper. May be repeated as the topic changes.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
1 credit
HON 201: The Arts and Society
An exploration of the interconnections between art and society, using the biographies and autobiographies of notable visual artists, performers, and composers when appropriate, but also using other texts that focus on art works by anonymous creators such as the architects and sculptors who designed and created medieval cathedrals or the anonymous lyricists and composers who created the songs and dances of traditional cultures. Close examination of the works themselves is an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College
SBC: ARTS3 credits
HON 275: University Honors Fellows Seminar
University Honors Fellows enroll in HON 275 in the spring semester of their freshman year and HON 276 in the fall semester of their sophomore year. This seminar prepares students for supervised learning and teaching experiences that will occur primarily in the fall 276 course. Main content areas include student development theory; mentorship; leadership development; best practices in teaching and learning; and honors education. This course is offered as HON 275, SCH 275, and WSE 275.
Prerequisite: A grade of "S" in HON/SCHWSE 101; Member of a University Honors Program; permission of the instructor
1 credit, S/U grading
HON 276: University Honors Fellows Practicum
The second-semester course in the sequence following HON 275. Fellows assume higher responsibility and are given opportunities to apply teaching theories and concepts as learned in 275. Fellows serve as teaching assistants for HON 101. This course is offered as HON 276, SCH276, and WSE 276.
Prerequisite: A grade of "S" in HON/SCH/WSE 275; member of a University Honors Program (HON/SCH/WSE); permission of the instructor
SBC: EXP+1 credit, S/U grading
HON 301: Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Society
An examination of the mutual relations among science, technology, medicine, and society: how the sciences and various technologies affect society and, at the same time, are affected by it. This examination is conducted through the perspectives of disciplines outside the sciences -- such as history, philosophy, sociology, and economics--in combination with the natural sciences, applied sciences, clinical medicine, and engineering.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College; U3 or higher standing
SBC: CER, STAS3 credits
HON 401: Global Issues
Using historical, geographical, sociological, political, and economic perspectives, students examine global issues. This examination may be either topical or regional and may be oriented either toward the past, the present, or the future.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College; U3 or higher standing
SBC: DIV, GLO3 credits
HON 475: Honors College Teaching Practicum
The purpose of this course is to allow upper-division students the opportunity to work with a faculty member as an assistant in one of the faculty member's scheduled HON seminars. The student must attend all classes and carry out tasks assigned by the faculty member to assist in teaching the course. The student will meet with the instructor on a regular basis to discuss intellectual and pedagogical matters relating to the course. May be repeated up to a limit of 6 credits.
Prerequisite: Member of Honors College; permission of the instructor and department
SBC: EXP+1 credit, S/U grading
HON 495: Honors College Senior Project/Thesis I
First course of a two-semester, six-credit, research or creative project to be arranged with and approved by the Honors College and a faculty supervisor. Both the Honors College and the selected faculty member provide ongoing project supervision. With the approval of the Honors College, students may substitute an appropriate credit-bearing departmental honors project or they may, with the approval of the department, submit their Honors College Senior Project for departmental honors. Students may not submit the same project for academic credit under two different sets of course numbers and/or designators. At the end of the first term, a progress report is expected; at the end of the second term, the student must make an oral presentation at the University Honors Program Senior Symposium and must submit an appropriate thesis. Students receive only one grade upon completion of the sequence.
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing in the Honors College
3 credits
HON 496: Honors College Senior Project/Thesis II
Second course of a two-semester, six-credit, research or creative project to be arranged with and approved by the Honors College and a faculty supervisor. Both the Honors College and the selected faculty member provide ongoing project supervision. With the approval of the Honors College, students may substitute an appropriate credit-bearing departmental honors project or they may, with the approval of the department, submit their Honors College Senior Project for departmental honors. In no case, however, may they submit the same project for academic credit under two different sets of course numbers and/or designators. At the end of the first term, a progress report is expected; at the end of the second term, the student must make an oral presentation at the University Honors Program Senior Symposium and must submit an appropriate thesis. Students receive only one grade upon completion of the sequence.
Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing in the Honors College
3 credits
