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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 civic movement to preserve them. Through object analysis, historic research, and extensive fieldwork, students will learn how to ‘read’ a building, monument, or cultural landscape as a form of public art and as a source of historic evidence. They will also learn to think critically about their built environment and explore the role which citizens can play in preserving art and history within their communities. Using Milwaukee and Chicago as case-studies for these themes, students will come to understand ‘the power of place’ to shape their lives—and their own power to shape civic life.

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 civic movement to preserve them. Through object analysis, historic research, and extensive fieldwork, students will learn how to ‘read’ a building, monument, or cultural landscape as a form of public art and as a source of historic evidence. They will also learn to think critically about their built environment and explore the role which citizens can play in preserving art and history within their communities. Using Milwaukee and Chicago as case-studies for these themes, students will come to understand ‘the power of place’ to shape their lives—and their own power to shape civic life.

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 ‘crisis’ is not a new one. To better understand the history of these ‘urban crises’ narratives in the United States, this class will interrogate a number of questions, including: what are the origins of these ‘crises,’ 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 ‘right’ 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 ‘crises’ 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 we’ll 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 cities’ 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. We’ll 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.

The City – Indigenous Milwaukee
Description & Objectives: In this class, we will explore the Indigenous peoples, cultures, and communities of Wisconsin and the city of Milwaukee from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. In particular, we will consider the collective experience of Wisconsin’s Native Peoples – “Indians” – while also appreciating the complexities that made, and continue to make, each Indigenous peoples and culture distinct from one another. This class will also focus on the themes of colonization and decolonization, settler colonialism, cultural inclusivity, violence and intimacy, removal and “survivance,” assimilation and allotment, along with sovereignty and self-determination. This class will also grapple with contemporary issues related to Native mascots, treaties, casinos, cultural representation, and more. In addition, this course is an experiential class, meaning that we will engage with the Indigenous peoples and communities of Wisconsin and Milwaukee throughout the course of the semester.

Engaging the City: Reckoning with History in Milwaukee
This class is about Milwaukeeans reckoning with their past. We will explore what it means to reckon with the past, especially in urban contexts, and what happens when we ignore history. You will learn about local historical developments including efforts at Indigenous removal, antislavery activism, a Civil War-era lynching, early physical education, the Great Migration, industrialization, highway construction, and Civil Rights activism. You will also learn inspiring stories of how Milwaukeeans have reckoned—and are reckoning—with the past through art, fiction, protest, commemoration, community organizing, and urban planning. Class trips and outside visitors will give you a new appreciation of the city in which we live. The semester will culminate in a project that applies your historical skills to a contemporary challenge.

BIOL 1001H      901 LEC     Stephanie Abramovich      MWF 9am-9:50am
BIOL 1001H      961 DIS     Stephanie Abramovich        M 2pm-2:50pm
BIOL 1001H      962 DIS     Stephanie Abramovich        T 9:30am-10:20am

BIOL 1001H      902 LEC     Stephanie Abramovich        MWF 11am-11:50am
BIOL 1001H      963  DIS    Stephanie Abramovich       T 2pm-2:50pm
BIOL 1001H      964  DIS    Stephanie Abramovich        T 9:30am-10:20am

CHEM 1001H   901 LEC               Adam Fiedler    TTh 9:30-10:45am

CHEM 1001H   941 LAB               Staff      T 11 am - 1:50pm

CHEM 1001H   942 LAB               Staff      W 11 am-1:50pm

CHEM 1001H   943 LAB               Staff      W 2-4:50pm

CHEM 1001H   961 DIS                Staff      W 1-1:50pm

CHEM 1001H   962 DIS               Staff      W 1-1:50pm

CHEM 1001H   963 DIS               Staff      Th 3-3:50pm

CHEM 1013H 901 LEC    MF       10-11:15am     Scott Reid

CHEM 1013H 941 LAB   W          9-11:50am      Vijay Viyas              

COSC 1820 101    MWF  10-10:50am   Nadiyah Johnson

*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.  

Racine Correctional Institution (off-campus):

SOWJ 3170/CRLS 3170: Policy and Practice for Children Impacted by Incarceration 
Thursdays, 5:30-8pm, Professor Wendy Volz-Daniels

EDUC 4200/5200: Restorative Justice in Education: History, Research, and Implementation
Friday, 9:30-12pm, Dr. Gabe Velez

COMM 4931: Communication and Conflict Transformation
Tuesdays, 5:30-8pm, Dr. Jonathan Shailor

On Campus:

PHIL 1001H*
Mondays, 5:30-8pm, Dr. Theresa Tobin 
*This course requires an application. Please complete and submit this form.

**These coursese are not officially honors sections, but honors student who enroll will receive honors elective credit.*

ENGL 4442 101 TTh 3:30-4:45pm Sara Wadsworth, English

The first decades of the nineteenth century marked a period of innovation and abundance in the literary history of the United States. Students explore the landmark developments of the early national and antebellum periods within the broader contexts of American cultural history, paying particular attention to the influence of Romanticism and such North American variants as New England Transcendentalism and the American Gothic. They may also explore the intersections between literature and a variety of social reform movements, such as those involving abolitionism, women’s rights and Native American rights. Authors assigned may include a selection of the following: Apess (Pequot), Brockden Brown, Cooper, Irving, Poe, Sedgwick, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Wells Brown, Whitman and Stowe. 

ENGL 4747 101 MWF 10-10:50am Heather Hathaway, English

What prompts book challenges? What fears, anxieties and social concerns cause certain types of ideas to seem dangerous, especially in schools and public libraries? Are there legitimate limits to what can be thought and said, even in a country with free speech laws and norms as robust as in the United States? Informed citizenship calls on us to understand the complex interrelationship of obscenity, censorship, childhood education and the right to freedom of expression.*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. Please use this form to request a permission number.* 

HEAL 1025H 901     W     10-12:45am                  Staff

HEAL 1025H does not require a permission number. If you have trouble enrolling, please contact the Nursing department.

HIST 4271H      901       Alan Ball            MWF 12-12:50pm

HIST 4271H      902       Alan Ball            MWF 2-2:50pm  

Pre-revolutionary Russia from 1861, the Revolution of 1917, Soviet economic growth and totalitarianism, and the emergence of the USSR as a world power and its subsequent collapse. As an Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.

HOPR 3953H 901               Kris McLain         T/Th 12:30-1:45pm    

What makes intelligence artificial? What is the relationship between imitation and creation? Is AI speaking for you?  Does AI enhance our creativity or is it killing it? Does it matter if this blurb was written by AI? We will go searching for the answers to these questions in unexpected places, including ancient Greek thought, movies, video games, reality tv, literature, science fiction, and our own communities. This class takes an interdisciplinary approach to thinking about artificial intelligence through concepts such as authenticity, productivity, knowledge, perception, and relationships. You will think imaginatively about AI and its past, present, and future. This is a good fit for any sentient human being regardless of major but especially for humanities, business, communications, and health sciences students.

MUSI 1120H 901   W, Sun  5-7pm     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 901       Theresa Tobin               M 5:30-8pm

PHIL 1001H 902       Yoon Choi                      MWF 11-11:50am

PHIL 1001H 903       Yoon Choi                      MWF 12-12:50pm

PHIL 1001H 904       Claire Lockard               MW 2-3:15pm

PHIL 1001H 905       C. Bloch-Mullins            TTh 9:30-10:45am

PHIL 1001H 906      C. Bloch-Mullins             TTh 12:30-1:45pm

PHIL 1001H 907       Claire Lockard               TTh 3:30-4:45pm

PHIL 1001H 908       Claire Lockard               TTh 5-6:15pm

PHIL 2955H 901     Daniel Swaim               Wed 1-1:40pm   1 credit^
Variable title: AI, Capital, and Labor

^please note PHIL 2955H is 1 credit. To receive one full honors elective credit, students will need to complete three semesters of one-credit courses.

PHYS 1003H 901 LEC       Jax Sanders      MWF 10-10:50 am M 6-8 pm  

PHYS 1003H 902 LEC      Staff                    MWF 11-11:50am M 6-8 pm  

PHYS 1003H 903 LEC      Timothy Tharp  MWF 1-1:50pm M 6-8 pm  

PHYS 1003H 904 LEC      Staff                    MWF 2-2:50pm M 6-8 pm 

PHYS 1003H 941 Lab      Melissa Vigil       W 5- 6:50pm

PHYS 1003H 942 Lab      Melissa Vigil       Th 5 -6:50pm

PHYS 1003H 961 Dis       Melissa Vigil        M 6-8 pm, T 5-5:50 pm

PHYS 1013H 901  MWF 1-2:50pm Andrew Kunz, Physics

POSC 2801H 901 MWF 10-10:50am Richard Arndt, Political Science

Explores the difference between justice and power with special reference to the authority of a higher law or principle of right; selections from the works of Thucydides, Plato, Machiavelli and others are read. As a Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.

PSYC 2050H 901 LEC        TTh 12:30-1:45pm  Astrida Kaugars, Psychology

PSYC 2050H 941 LAB        W 12-12:50pm        Astrida Kaugars, Psychology

PSYC 4956H 901  W 11-12:30pm  Nakia Gordon, Psychology

Contact Professor Gordon for additional information.

THEO 3130H 101 MWF 11-11:50am  Michael Cover, Theology

An exploration of the reasons for the suppression of the miraculous in Western culture. Biblical representations of miracles with a special emphasis on the miracles of Jesus as a first step toward recovering a theology of wonder and healing. An examination of the viability of belief in miracles today and the use and misuse of miracles in contemporary theology, literature and film. As a Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.

THEO 3430H -  901 TTh 12:30-1:45pm John Thiede, Theology

Introduction to Latin American theology through a study of theological themes such as Christology, the problem of suffering, Christian ecology, martyrdom etc. from the particular perspective of Latin America and the writings of various Latin American theologians chosen to present a particular focus within Latin American theology: Gutiérrez and the problem of suffering, Sobrino and the principle of mercy, Boff and The Good of Creation, Martyrdom in Latin America, etc. As a Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.