Honors Courses

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Honors Sections of University Core Curriculum Courses

Every semester, the Honors College offers Honors sections of several University Core Curriculum (UCC) courses. Honors sections are more intense than traditional sections, they rely more upon discussion, and they are capped at 20 students. Before priority registration begins in the fall and spring semester, the Honors College Office produces a list of all Honors sections of UCC courses and shares it with students via e-mail. The list can also be found on the Honors College webpage.

Honors courses are available by permit only. To request a permit, email Honors at honors@wpunj.edu.

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Fall 2020 Honors College Courses

Courses are available by permit only.  Email Honors@wpunj.edu for a permit

UCC 3C

ECON 2020-07 – Microeconomic Principles – MW 2 p.m.-3:15 p.m. – A. Staff – CRN # 42999

This course discusses the basic economic principles related to the behavior of individual agents. The main topics include the following: 1) Opportunity Cost, 2) Demand and supply analysis, 3) Consumer theory, 4) Production and costs, 5) Profit maximization, 6) Market structure (perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly), 7) Market failure and the distribution of income and 8) International trade and exchange rates.

Credits: 3.0

PSY 1100-011 – General Psychology – TR 9:30am-10:45am - Dr. Neil Kressel  -- CRN #43991

This course surveys the chief theories, principles, and methodologies of psychology with special emphasis on their relations to human behavior. The biological foundations of behavior, sensory processes, learning, perception, memory, emotion, motivation, personality, and the social bases of behavior and behavior pathology are examined to establish the foundations for advanced study in psychology. Current research findings are included wherever applicable.

Credits:  3.0

UCC 4

ANTH 2020-02 – Diversity and Equity in Schools - T 2 p.m.-4:40 p.m. – Dr. Ronald Verdicchio – CRN # 42257

This course uses the anthropological method to explore the relationship between learning, schooling, teaching, and culture. The course analyzes the connection between educational systems and social contexts, and explores the role that schools play as agents of continuity, conflict and change in situations of cultural contact and conflict. Through field-based projects (school visit), students will apply an anthropological perspective to explore their own interests in education and to gain a first-hand understanding of the challenges and rewards of teaching in the public schools. Although schooling takes place in a community context, much of the course will be directed to a global examination of the comparative nature of schools. Students will leave the course with an understanding of schools and schooling, how global affects what is local, and how all citizens have a voice in educational policy and practices.

Credits: 3.0

COMM 2620-01- Communicating Food- T 9:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. – A. Staff- CRN # 42507

Food is a fundamental dimension of 21st century life, local and global. This class uses food as a lens to examine the structure of our modern world focusing on issues of global health, social justice and environmental justice. Using a variety of approaches, we will examine food as central to social, economic and political life, examining the ways in which social oppression impacts food production, distribution and consumption based on factors of race, gender, and socio-economic class.

Credits: 3.0

UCC 5

PBHL 3820-01 – Structural Determinants of Health – W 11 a.m.-1:40 p.m. – Dr. Zoe Erwin – CRN # 43539

This Honors, Area 5 course explores macro-level societal structures as fundamental determinants of health. Emphasis will be placed on how political and economic institutions as well as systems of power and ideology shape social life, population health, health behaviors, and health disparities. 

Credits: 3.0

Elective Courses

Social Science Electives

PSY 2110-02 - Lifespan Development – TR 8:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. - Dr. Randi Ona - CRN # 42435

This course provides a foundation for understanding human development from conception through late adulthood and death. It reviews the theories and research on the biological, cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of human development. The biological & socio-cultural interactions with human development (e.g. race, class, gender & culture) are examined as well. PREREQUISITES: PSY 1100 General Psychology 
Credits: 3.0 

HONORS TRACK COURSES- Fall 2020