Courses Required for Core Honors First-Years:
CORE 1929H Core Honors Methods of Inquiry
A 3 credit course taken either in fall or spring of the first year. Satisfies MCC Foundations in Methods of Inquiry requirement.
CORE 1929H 901 MWF 11:00-11:50am
Amelia Zurcher & Noelle Brigden
Civic Conversation and Education for Democracy
This class focuses on the practice of productive public conversation about complex topics, a necessity not only for university education but for a functional democracy. We will build skills for three distinct kinds of conversation â dialogue, deliberation, and debate â through engaging with three âcases,â social inequality, artificial intelligence, and freedom of expression. The class will include biweekly mentored, small-group meetings.
CORE 1929H 902 TTh 11am-11:50am
CORE 1929H 962 Th 4:00 - 4:50pm
Richard Arndt & Leslie McAbee
HOPR 1955H Core Honors First-Year Seminar
Taken either fall or spring of the first year. Satisfies the MCC Foundations in Rhetoric requirement.
HOPR 1955H 901 TTh 9:30-10:45am Sam Majhor, English
HOPR 1955H 902 TTh 11am-12:15pm Sam Majhor, English
HOPR 1955H 903 TTh 12:30-1:45pm Danielle Koepke, English
Digital Activism in Dystopic Times
Stories about the walking dead, climatic apocalypses, and world-ending disasters are in no way new. Yet they prevail in films, novels, and other media today. Our society continues to seek out stories that present dismal settings of dystopic futures and, within them, moments of hope for humanity. Why?
In this course, we will explore how and why digital activists utilize stories to drive movements and inspire hope for humanity amid a world that feels more and more like a dystopic film. We will investigate how language, digital platforms, and other communicative resources support recent and current activist endeavors and will rhetorically analyze complications with using stories â both fictional and lived â for activist endeavors in public digital spaces. This course is set up for students to dig into what social media and other daily digital expressive deliverables can teach them about effective and meaningful writing and communication, whether in the classroom, in their communities, or in the digital spaces they inhabit in our increasingly socioecological, dystopic world.
HOPR 1955H 904 TTh 3:30-4:45pm Danielle Koepke, English
Digital Activism in Dystopic Times
Stories about the walking dead, climatic apocalypses, and world-ending disasters are in no way new. Yet they prevail in films, novels, and other media today. Our society continues to seek out stories that present dismal settings of dystopic futures and, within them, moments of hope for humanity. Why?
In this course, we will explore how and why digital activists utilize stories to drive movements and inspire hope for humanity amid a world that feels more and more like a dystopic film. We will investigate how language, digital platforms, and other communicative resources support recent and current activist endeavors and will rhetorically analyze complications with using stories â both fictional and lived â for activist endeavors in public digital spaces. This course is set up for students to dig into what social media and other daily digital expressive deliverables can teach them about effective and meaningful writing and communication, whether in the classroom, in their communities, or in the digital spaces they inhabit in our increasingly socioecological, dystopic world.
HOPR 1955H 905 MWF 10-10:50am Grant Goszick, English
At the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, Greta Thunberg noted that âWe are in the beginning of a mass extinctionâ. She attributed this to a long history of misguided environmental policies that were driven by âmoney and fairy tales of eternal economic growthâ. Thunbergâs speech rightly points out that our understanding of the environment is routinely informed by adjacent cultural values, like, as Thunberg suggests, economy. Though, the opposite relationship between culture and environment is also true: attitudes toward the environment often implicitly justify other kinds of political action, like the colonization of particular lands and people. As Karen J Warren suggests, âthere are important connections between how one treats women, people of color, and the underclass on one hand and how one treats the nonhuman natural environment on the other.â This course will investigate the ways in which thinking and re-thinking environment has influenced various political and aesthetic movements, including feminism, Black Power and Black Arts, capitalism, Marxism, indigenous belief systems, and queer activism. Weâll do this primarily by examining how authors from myriad cultural experiences have represented the environment. Attention will also be devoted to film, fine art, and political cultures.
HOPR 1955H 906 MWF 12-12:50pm Gitte Frandsen, English
Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology
In this course, we will examine how communicators use technology to meet their various communicative goals across different contexts (creativity, academics, activism, professional life). We start by examining the affordances of multimodal communication across media, and how these affordances can be leveraged to create and share different types of information with different audiences.
We advance our digital and information literacies by understanding the role of technologies and media in how information is accessed, distributed, and communicated. We look at how selected technologies work and impact they have on learning and society. As an example, we learn about algorithms and become aware of how algorithms shape the outputs we get when we search for information as well as how we can disrupt algorithms and take charge of the output.
We look at generative aspects of technology such as how technology can support writers who struggle with writing (e.g. planning or revising), or how digital platforms can be utilized for the public good (e.g. advocacy or activism) in creating and maintaining communities who work towards common goals.
With the rapidly changing communication landscape due to the introduction of AI and machine learning, we learn about these two phenomena and how they function. We look at when and how AI might help students learn and writers meet their communicative goals, but we also inquire into the limitations and problems AI and machine learning present for creativity, learning, and social justice.
We look at other social justice issues such as access to information and technology, and implications of the digital divide between those populations who have and donât have access to technology across regions and demographics. We look at how this digital divide has implications for a variety of issues such as education, healthcare, or voting.
HOPR 1955H 907 MWF 1-1:50pm Gitte Frandsen, English
Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology
In this course, we will examine how communicators use technology to meet their various communicative goals across different contexts (creativity, academics, activism, professional life). We start by examining the affordances of multimodal communication across media, and how these affordances can be leveraged to create and share different types of information with different audiences.
We advance our digital and information literacies by understanding the role of technologies and media in how information is accessed, distributed, and communicated. We look at how selected technologies work and impact they have on learning and society. As an example, we learn about algorithms and become aware of how algorithms shape the outputs we get when we search for information as well as how we can disrupt algorithms and take charge of the output.
We look at generative aspects of technology such as how technology can support writers who struggle with writing (e.g. planning or revising), or how digital platforms can be utilized for the public good (e.g. advocacy or activism) in creating and maintaining communities who work towards common goals.
With the rapidly changing communication landscape due to the introduction of AI and machine learning, we learn about these two phenomena and how they function. We look at when and how AI might help students learn and writers meet their communicative goals, but we also inquire into the limitations and problems AI and machine learning present for creativity, learning, and social justice.
We look at other social justice issues such as access to information and technology, and implications of the digital divide between those populations who have and donât have access to technology across regions and demographics. We look at how this digital divide has implications for a variety of issues such as education, healthcare, or voting.
HOPR 1955H 908 MWF 2-2:50pm Grant Goszick, English
At the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, Greta Thunberg noted that âWe are in the beginning of a mass extinctionâ. She attributed this to a long history of misguided environmental policies that were driven by âmoney and fairy tales of eternal economic growthâ. Thunbergâs speech rightly points out that our understanding of the environment is routinely informed by adjacent cultural values, like, as Thunberg suggests, economy. Though, the opposite relationship between culture and environment is also true: attitudes toward the environment often implicitly justify other kinds of political action, like the colonization of particular lands and people. As Karen J Warren suggests, âthere are important connections between how one treats women, people of color, and the underclass on one hand and how one treats the nonhuman natural environment on the other.â This course will investigate the ways in which thinking and re-thinking environment has influenced various political and aesthetic movements, including feminism, Black Power and Black Arts, capitalism, Marxism, indigenous belief systems, and queer activism. Weâll do this primarily by examining how authors from myriad cultural experiences have represented the environment. Attention will also be devoted to film, fine art, and political cultures.
THEO 1001H - Honors Foundations in Theology: Finding God in All Things
Taken either fall or spring of the first year. Satisfies the MCC Foundations in Theology requirement.
THEO 1001H 901 LEC TTh 9:30-10:45am Danielle Nussberger
THEO 1001H 902 LEC TTh 11:00-12:15pm Danielle Nussberger
THEO 1001H 903 LEC MW 3:30-4:45pm David Stosur
THEO 1001H 904 LEC MW 2-3:15pm David Stosur
THEO 1001H 905 LEC MWF 10-10:50am Deirdre Dempsey
THEO 1001H 906 LEC MWF 11am-11:50am Deirdre Dempsey
THEO 1001H 907 LEC TTh 11am-12:15pm Jennifer Henery
THEO 1001H 908 LEC TTh 9:30-10:45am Jennifer Henery
THEO 1001H 904 LEC TTh 12:30-1:45pm David Stosur
Courses Required for Core Honors Sophomores:
HOPR 2956H - Honors Engaging Social Systems and Values 1: Engaging the City
HOPR 2956H, mandatory for all Core Honors students (other ESSV1 classes do not satisfy the Core Honors ESSV1 requirement), focuses on the challenges and the opportunities of American cities, particularly our home city of Milwaukee. All sections emphasize community-engaged learning.
HOPR 2956H 901 MWF 9-9:50am Sergio Gonzalez
Engaging the World: U.S. Cities and the Narratives of Crisis
The last few years have brought a number of radical disruptions to the daily lives of people living in the United States. Political and civic leaders, pundits, and academics speak of a three-part crisis wrought by a global health pandemic, an economic recession, and a reckoning with a centuries-long national history of white supremacy. For urban residents across the country, however, many of whom have taken the streets in protest after facing public health disparities, a ballooning wealth and income gap, and racism for decades, this concept of âcrisisâ is not a new one. To better understand the history of these âurban crisesâ narratives in the United States, this class will interrogate a number of questions, including: what are the origins of these âcrises,â and how have communities living in urban centers grappled with them across the twentieth century? How and why have urban populations changed, and how have residents understood the communities that develop in urban spaces? Who holds economic and social power in urban areas, and who has the ârightâ to live in an urban space? And, how do urban residents organize to mitigate or reverse the effects of these economic, public health, and racial âcrisesâ on their communities? With these questions in mind, this course offers an introduction to the twentieth-century history of cities in the United States, focusing specifically on the development of a crisis narrative in urban space. Throughout the course weâll pay special attention to the complicated and conflicting ideas about cities that have emerged in relation to adjoining rural and suburban areas, examine the rise of the modern metropolis, interrogate the role of public health in urban development, and analyze the political, social, and environmental dimensions of citiesâ growth. We will examine the relationships between cities and migration, while also studying the ways in which the distinctions of city and country have been continually drawn and redrawn over time. Weâll seek to understand what caused these massive fluctuations in urban life, with a special focus on cities in the Midwest, as well as how these shifts connect to larger national and transnational trends. Focusing on economic, social, environmental, demographic, and cultural change, this course offers an introductory overview of what it has meant to be an urban denizen across the twentieth and early twenty-first century.
HOPR 2956H 902 MWF 11-11:50am Sam Harshner
This class looks at contemporary social issues through the lens of the economic, ideological, and institutional structures that frame them. We will look at the historical context of these structures and attempt to venture some ideas on how to overcome the tensions and injustices that face us here in Milwaukee.
HOPR 2956H 903 MWF 1-1:50pm Sam Harshner
This class looks at contemporary social issues through the lens of the economic, ideological, and institutional structures that frame them. We will look at the historical context of these structures and attempt to venture some ideas on how to overcome the tensions and injustices that face us here in Milwaukee.
HOPR 2956H 904 TTh 2-3:15pm Patrick Mullins
Preserving the City as Art and History
This course will introduce students to the history of architecture, parks, monuments, and urban design in America as well as the theory and practice of historic preservation. Through object analysis, historic research, and extensive fieldwork, students will learn how to âreadâ a building, monument, or cultural landscape as form of public art and as a source of historic evidence, think critically about their built environment, and discover the role which citizens can play in preserving art, history, and community. Using Milwaukee and Chicago as case-studies for these themes, students will come to understand âthe power of placeâ to shape their livesâand their own power to shape civic life.
HOPR 2956H 905 TTh 3:30-4:45pm Erin Hastings
Placemaking and Memory in Urban Landscapes
This course draws on theories about landscape from archaeology, anthropology, geography, and philosophy to explore how places are made, remembered, erased, and forgotten in urban environments. Landscapes will be considered as mnemonics and chronotopes rather than passive vistas, symbolically materializing history and cultural identity. Students will conduct research and fieldwork on a chosen topic that demonstrates the connections between place, memory, history, and cultural identity, situating themselves ethnographically by dwelling within the ongoing and dynamic process of placemaking.
Courses Required for Core Honors Seniors:
CORE 4929H - Honors Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice
CORE 4929H 901 TTh 12:30-1:45pm Daniel Collette
CORE 4929H 902 TTh 3:30-4:45pm Daniel Collette
CORE 4929H 903 TTh 2-3:15pm Daniel Collette
CORE 4929H 904 MWF 9-9:50am Jon Metz
CORE 4929H 905 MWF 10-10:50am Jon Metz
CORE 4929H 906 MWF 11-11:50am Jon Metz
Honors Peer Mentorship Course
This course is a 1-credit, 1-semester, S/U (pass/fail) component of our Honors Peer Mentorship Program. This optional program may be a great fit for students looking to get to know campus resources and explore Milwaukee with a small group of Honors students while building connections with each other. Students will be grouped with an older Honors student (mentor) and around four other incoming first-year students (mentees). Students will meet in their mentor groups once per week at the designated class time. The location of group meetings will be determined by your assigned mentor and the overall group's preference and availability. This course is only open to incoming new first-year Honors students.
HOPR 1964H 901 M 4-4:50pm
HOPR 1964H 902 T 3:30-4:20pm
HOPR 1964H 903 F 3-3:50pm
Honors Electives for all Core Honors Students:
BIOL 1001H - Honors General Biology 1
BIOL 1001H 901 LEC
MWF 9:00-9:50am; Th 6:00-6:50pm Stephanie Abramovich
BIOL 1001H 902 LEC
MWF 11:00-11:50am; Th 6:00-6:50pm Stephanie Abramovich
BIOL 1001H 903 LEC
MWF 1:00-1:50pm; Th 6:00-6:50pm Stephanie Abramovich
DIS 961 M 2:00-2:50pm
DIS 962 T 9:30-10:20am
DIS 963 T 3:30-4:20pm
DIS 964 T 2-2:50pm
CHEM 1001H - Honors General Chemistry 1
CHEM 1001H 901 LEC TTh 9:30-10:45am
941 LAB W 9-11:50am
942 LAB W 2-4:50pm
943 LAB Th 11-1:50pm
944 LAB W 2-4:50pm
961 DIS W 1-1:50pm
962 DIS W 1-1:50pm
963 DIS T 3-3:50pm
964 DIS T 3-3:50pm
CHEM 1013H - Honors General Chemistry 1 for Majors
CHEM 1013H 901 LEC MF 9:00-10:15am Adam Fielder
941 LAB W 9:00-11:50am
COSC 1820 - Data, Ethics, Society
COSC 1820 901 TTh 11am-12:15pm Michael Zimmer
*This is an Honors for All course, a course that is open to all students at Marquette and gives Honors elective credit to students completing the Core Honors curriculum.
Educational Preparedness Program (EPP) Courses*
Held at Racine Correctional Institution:
CRLS 3150: Reentry and Life After Incarceration
Th 5:30-8pm, Darren Wheelock
SOWJ 3170: Policy and Practice for Children Impacted by Incarceration
Tu, 6-8:30pm, Wendy Volz Daniels
BIOL 1420: Introduction to Environmental Biology
Wed, 5:30-8pm, Chelsea Cook
Held on MU Campus:
PHIL 4320: Contemporary Ethical Problems
Th, 6-8:30pm, Theresa Tobin
*These coursese are not officially honors sections, but honors student who enroll will receive honors elective credit.*
ENGL 4755 - Law and Literature*
ENGL 4755 101 TTh 12:30-1:45pm Melissa Ganz
* This is not officially an honors section, but honors student who enroll will receive honors elective credit.
** This course requires a permission number to enroll and spots are limited, contact honorsprog@marquette.edu for a number.
ENGL 4615 - Text in Context: Angels in America*
ENGL 4615 101 MWF 9-9:50am Amy Blair
*This is not officially an honors section, but honors student who enroll will receive honors elective credit.
** This course requires a permission number to enroll and spots are limited, contact honorsprog@marquette.edu for a number.
HEAL 1025H - Honors Culture and Health
HEAL 1025H 901 W 10-12:45am Theresa Schnable
HEAL 1025H does not require a permission number. If you have trouble enrolling, please contact the Nursing department.
HIST 4271H - Honors Russian Revolution & The Soviet Union
HIST 4271H 901 MWF 12-12:50pm Alan Ball
MUSI 1120H - Honors Liturgical Choir
MUSI 1120H 901 W, Sun 5:00-7:00pm Andrew Mountin
^please note MUSI 1120H is 1 credit. To receive one full honors elective credit, students will need to complete three semesters of MUSI 1120H.
PHIL 1001H - Honors Foundations in Philosophy
PHIL 1001H 901 LEC MWF 12:00-12:50pm Michael Olson
PHIL 1001H 902 LEC TTh 3:30-4:45pm Abram Capone
PHIL 1001H 903 LEC TTh 9:30-10:45am Claire Lockard
PHIL 1001H 904 LEC TTh 11am-12:15pm Yoon Choi
PHIL 1001H 905 LEC TTh 12:30-1:45pm Yoon Choi
PHIL 1001H 906 LEC TTh 2-3:15pm Abram Capone
PHIL 1001H 907 LEC TTh 12:30-1:45pm Daniel Swaim
PHIL 1001H 908 LEC TTh 5-6:15pm Daniel Collette
PHIL 1001H 909 LEC MW 5-6:15pm Claire Lockard
PHYS 1003H â Honors General Physics with Introductory Calculus 1
PHYS 1003H 901 MWF 9-9:50am; M 6-8pm Jax Sanders
PHYS 1003H 902 MWF 10-10:50am; M 6-8pm Dave Haas
PHYS 1003H 903 MWF 12-12:50pm; M 6-8pm Dave Haas
PHYS 1003H 904 MWF 1-1:50pm; M 6-8pm Dave Haas
941 Lab W 6-7:50pm Melissa Vigil
942 Lab Th 4-5:50pm Melissa Vigil
961 Disc W 5-5:50pm Melissa Vigil
PHYS 1013H â Honors Classical and Modern Physics with Calculus 1
PHYS 1013H 901 MWF 1:00-2:50pm Christopher Stockdale
POSC 2201H â Honors American Politics
POSC 2201H 901 MWF 10:00-10:50am Karen Hoffman
POSC 2801H â Honors Justice and Power
POSC 2801H 901 TTh 12:30-1:45pm Darrell Dobbs
PSYC 2050H - Honors Research Methods & Designs in Psychology
PSYC 2050H 901 LEC TTh 12:30-1:45pm Astrida Kaugars
941 LAB W 12:00-12:50pm
PSYC 4956H - Honors Advanced Undergraduate Research
PSYC 4956H 918 Ed de St. Aubin
Contact Professor de St. Aubin for additional information.
THEO 3020 - Economic Justice in the Biblical Tradition *
THEO 3020 101 MW 2-3:15pm Matt Neujahr
*This is an Honors for All course, a course that is open to all students at Marquette and gives Honors elective credit to students completing the Core Honors curriculum.
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