Symposium Awards, 2017
In 2017, three winners were chosen to be awarded for their Symposium projects for Spring 2017 and one winner was chosen for Fall 2016. Below are the abstracts of this […]
Tag Archives: Spring 2017
Leadership and Volunteer Stoles 2017
Honors Stoles are awarded to graduating Honors students by a committee of faculty and Honors Program staff after reviewing Senior graduation papers. Stoles may be worn at graduation, along with […]
Lunch and Learn: Spring 2017 Honors Contracts
A few Honors students who have completed Honors contracts for the Spring semester will be briefly presenting their projects at a Lunch and Learn on Tuesday, April 25th, entitled “Spring 2017 Honors […]
Spring 2017 New Honors Course Offering: Reacting to the Past
Have you ever restored democracy after a period of tyranny? Have you ever performed a Greek comedy? Or sacrificed a pig? You will. In “Reacting to the Past” classes, students […]
Honors Course List – Spring 2017 – Overview
Honors courses offer enhanced intellectual challenges and opportunities so that students can develop intellectual autonomy. These opportunities allow students to get the maximum out of their Ferris State education by […]
Spring 2017 Course: LITR241 Intro to World Short Fiction
Genre structure, narrative techniques and thematic traditions. Extensive reading and discussion of works by European, British, American, and Third World authors. This course meets General Education requirements: Cultural Enrichment and […]
Spring 2017 Course: LITR233 Science Fiction
Honors section of Literature 233: Science Fiction. Fantasy and science fiction stories, novels, and films as a way of better understanding the myths, values, fears, and attitudes of our scientific/technological […]
Spring 2017 Course: LITR203 Intro to African Literature
The most important voices and talents in post-colonial Africa, both novelists and poets. Includes the works of Armah, Ngugi, Soyinka, Achebe, Bessie Head,Diop, Coetzee, Brutus, Bernard, and Lessing. This course […]
Spring 2017 Course: THTH215 Honors Introduction to Theatre
An appreciation of the theatre arts: the role of the audience; play structure and genres; theatre artists; and the fundamentals of play production. The students will read representative plays; view […]
Honors Course for Spring 2017: FREN 280 Literature of the French World Honors
Honors exploration of Francophone literature in English translation focusing primarily on the colonial era in the African countries colonized by the French, French Acadian literature, and the plantation society of […]