HONORS HUMANITIES 1301
PRAGUE MAYMESTER
Instructors:
Class: Honors Humanities 1301.XPR
Office: Spring Creek
Telephone: 972-881-5810
E-Mail: jkennedy@ccccd.edu
Classroom: Prague, Czech Republic
Class Time: Feb. 15 enroll, Maymester
Honors Website: http://ftp.ccccd.edu/honors/index.htm
Honors: The underpinnings of Honors Humanities
will be the concepts that:
1. a seminar format produces an effective learning environment
2. a professor as mentor and as co-learner offers excellent learning experiences for both
instructor and the student as well as student/faculty interaction
3. student response and multiple methods of feedback encourage learning
4. formulating clear, precise questions provides an excellent beginning for critical thinking
and research
5. an interdisciplinary approach to learning suggests connection in knowledge
6. an international perspective broadens one’s horizons
7. the pursuit of excellence mandates working at one’s potential and slightly above
8. active learning can occur in a variety of situations
9. intellectual stimulation results from critical reading, discussing, and writing
10. being gifted implies added responsibility in evaluating and leading
11. determining or assigning value accompanies learning and meaning
Honors Students Will:
Read additional works and report on them at the site of the most effective impact in Prague
The Small Fortress Terezin, 1940-1945
Discuss Rossum’s Universal Robots
Assume responsibility during field-based research as cooperative learning leader on daily
excursions
Attend Honors lectures, forums, and events, schedule permitting
Design and present cross-cultural, creative/critical thinking project
Lead groups in synthesizing themes of “They Looked the Other Way,” “The Written Word,”
“Lest We Forget,” “Invincible Journey,” “Traces of Legacy,” “The Past Unearthed”
Make contributions that reflect creative and critical thinking to the class on a regular basis
Evaluate your contribution to the class at the end of the semester
Course Competencies: Students will:
A. Be introduced to a selection of various genres of literature and to a variety of
Influences affecting the culture, arts, and history of the Czech people
B. Be able to interpret literary and other artistic works in terms of dominate social,
Political, and religious overtones of each period
C. Be able to demonstrate critical thinking skills in written and oral discussion
D. Develop rhetorical strategies for presenting an analysis of the literature and the
correct documentation procedure
E. Be encouraged to relate literature and the arts to their experiences
F. Use traditional and non-traditional resources to enhance their study with
particular emphasis on the use of a city as text
Instructional Setting:
Emphasis is upon close reading of the literature, discussion, reading of critical analysis, and written responses to the works in relation to the other disciplines of music, architecture, film, economics, politics, and history. Other course requirements: five response papers, a research paper and presentation, a collaborative presentation, and an evaluative synthesis of the course. Keeping a journal is encouraged.
Method of Presentation:
Class discussion, lecture, audio-visual presentation, oral perspective, research, observation of cultural patterns, people, and events
1. Course Textbooks and Supplies:
Readings in packet and on reserve in LRC; a notebook/journal
2. Policies:
a. Attendance: Students are required to attend all scheduled activities because of state
requirements for the hours in the course
b. Late papers and make-up work: Papers will be turned in at times scheduled.
c. It is a policy of CCCCD to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals
who are students with disabilities. This college will adhere to all applicable Federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable
accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s
responsibility to contact the faculty member and/or the Services for Students with Disabilities at 972-881-5950 in a timely manner to arrange for appropriate accommodations.
d. Evaluation: A relationship between competency completion and grades emerges from
scores on essays and exams. The following grading will be used:
Cumulative Point System
Research Paper 300 900-1000 = A
Presentation 50 800-899 = B
Seminar Participation 250 700-799 = C
Final Collaborative Exam 100 600-699 = D
Response Papers 5 X 60 0-599 = F
1_____2_____3_____4_____5_____
Instructors:
Class: Honors English 2341.XPH
Office: Spring Creek
Telephone: 972-881-5810
E-Mail:
Classroom: Prague, Czech Republic
Class Time: Feb. 15 enroll, Maymester
Honors Website: http://iws.ccccd.edu/mizell/honors/honorswebsite/html
Honors: The underpinnings of Honors English will be the concepts that:
1. a seminar format produces an effective learning environment
2. a professor as mentor and a co-learner offers excellent learning experiences for both
instructor and the student as well as student/faculty interaction
3. student response and multiple methods of feedback encourage learning
4. formulating clear, precise questions provides an excellent beginning for critical thinking
and research
5. an interdisciplinary approach to learning suggests connection in knowledge
6. an international perspective broadens one’s horizons
7. the pursuit of excellence mandates working at one’s potential and slightly above
8. intellectual stimulation results from critical reading, discussing, and writing
9. active learning can occur in a variety of situations
10. being gifted implies added responsibility in evaluating and leading
11. determining or assigning value accompanies learning and meaning
Honors Students Will:
Read additional works and report on them a the site of the most effective impact in Prague:
Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal, 1940-1945
Man Is Not A Number by Czech children at Pamaynk Terezen
Assume responsibility during field-based research as cooperative learning leader on daily
excursions
Attend Honors lectures, forums, and events, schedule permitting
Design and present a cross-cultural, creative/critical thinking project
Lead groups in synthesizing themes of “Etched in Stone,” “The Gathering,”
“Brother’s Keeper,” “Erased But Not Forgotten,” “Invincible Journey”
Make contributions that reflect creative and critical thinking to the class on a regular basis
Evaluate your contribution to the class at the end of the semester
Course Competencies: Students will:
A. Be introduced to a selection of various genres of literature and to a variety of influences
affecting the culture, arts, and history of the Czech people
B. Be able to interpret literary and other artistic works in terms of dominate social, political,
and religious overtones of each period
C. Be able to demonstrate critical thinking skills in written and oral discussion
D. Develop rhetorical strategies for presenting an analysis of the literature and the correct
documentation procedure
E. Be encouraged to relate literature and the arts to their experiences
F. Use traditional and non-traditional resources to enhance their study with particular
emphasis on the use of a city as text
Instructional Setting:
Emphasis is upon close reading of the literature, discussion, reading of critical analysis, and written responses to the works in relation to the other disciplines of music, architecture, film, economics, politics, and history.
Other Course Requirements:
Five response papers, a research paper and presentation, a collaborative presentation, and an evaluative synthesis of the course. Keeping a journal is encouraged
Method of Presentation:
Class discussion, lecture, audio-visual presentation, oral perspective, research, observation of cultural patterns, people and events
1. Course Textbooks and Supplies
Readings in packet and on reserve in LRC; a notebook/journal
2. Policies:
a. Attendance: Students are required to attend all scheduled activities because of
state requirements for the hours in the course
b. Late papers and make-up work: Papers will be turned in at times scheduled.
c. It is a policy of CCCCD to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified
individuals who are students with disabilities. This college will adhere to all
applicable Federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect
to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational
opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the faculty member and/or
the Services for Students with Disabilities at 972-881-5950 in a timely manner
to arrange for appropriate accommodations.
d. Evaluation: A relationship between competency completion and grades emerges from
scores on essays and exams. The following grading will be used:
Cumulative Point System
Research Paper 300 900-1000 = A
Presentation 50 800-899 = B
Seminar Participation 250 700-799 = C
Final Collaborative Exam 100 600-699 = D
Response Papers 5 X 60 pts. each 0-599 = F
1_____2_____3_____4_____5_____