This course will provide students with an opportunity to continue or begin their study of primary texts during the summer. Texts will be chosen that supplement those of the first-year Honors sequence but do not assume knowledge of them. The focus will be on analysis and reaction to the readings through discussions and written work. HON 101 or HON 102 or permission. Basic An individually arranged program of readings for independent study during the summer.
Course credit is given the following fall semester.
For students wanting to supplement their work in HON 101 and HON 102 . HON 201 and HON 202 constitute a two-semester chronological sequence exploring the origins and development of science and social science in Western culture. Beginning with Babylonian, Egyptian and early Greek science and technology, and concluding with the effects of Quantum Mechanics and genetic manipulation, the two courses examine selected texts and ideas in science as they grew out of and in turn influenced the cultures of their time. The development of the study of social organisms as a set of sciences parallels the investigation of science and mathematics. Readings include primary texts whenever possible, along with a critical approach which contextualizes the development of Western thought.