课程
The 荣誉项目 at esball国际平台客户端 offers a unique curriculum focused on creative problem-solving at the interface between science, 科技与社会.
荣誉课程, a separate track of courses that you take throughout your time at Clarkson, allows you to learn alongside fellow Honors students. In the first two years, we explore multiple perspectives, ethics, and community engagement. 在这个基础上, you pursue deep learning in research and in hands-on experiences, culminating in a capstone of your own making.
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大一
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Big Ideas
Because learning happens in a variety of ways, and we employ diverse tools when we solve problems, it is crucial for us to acquire skills and gain knowledge beyond our chosen majors. In this first-semester writing course, Honors students approach a big idea or significant issue through a variety of disciplinary perspectives and practices. The course is designed to strengthen students’ writing and critical thinking skills and build Honors’ students interdisciplinary vocabulary. This is a writing-based course that replaces UNIV 190 in the Clarkson Common Experience.
Introduction to Professional and 研究 Ethics
This course aims to introduce 荣誉项目 students to various ways of thinking about the ethical issues and moral dilemmas that they will encounter in their future careers and to organize their thinking about what they should value and what principles they should act upon in order to act ethically. The first section of the course will focus on foundational issues in philosophical ethics, and the second section will focus on applications of these ethical theories to real-world professional and research settings.
大学二年级
社区参与简介
Honors Students will be offered a foundation in cultural contexts of community engagement and service. 我们研究人格同一性, interpersonal conflict and consensus, 权力结构, 特权的概念, and the meaning of equitable community partnerships and outreach. 在整个课程中, students will partner with local community organizations to complete 20 hours of service.
A Matter of Perspective: Reframing, Retelling, and Revision
In this course, we'll first explore how narratives represent points of view. We will situate the narratives we've received within their particular social and historical contexts. 然后, we'll examine the ways in which writers, 董事, 历史学家, 或者政治学家重新配置, 修改, and reimagine narratives in order to shift dominant ways of knowing.
大三
Philosophy and Epistemology of Science and Technology
We will explore the theory and practice of "doing science" through theoretical summaries and discussions and practical and technical workshops. Topics will include how scientific knowledge is created, what is the nature of scientific knowledge, how bias affects our access to scientific knowledge, 科学知识是有限的吗. We will explore practical aspects of doing science through readings, 案例研究讨论, and role-playing on responsible conduct of research.
凯普斯通提案研讨会荣誉
You will develop a proposal for your project and choose a faculty mentor who will guide you from problem definition through the completion of your Capstone during your senior year. Your Capstone can take many forms, depending on your interests. 在课堂上, students will participate in workshops on the elements of the capstone proposal introduction, 文献综述, 方法/途径, 预期结果, 后勤部门. 学生起草, 修订, and review by their capstone project advisors peer-review by their classmates, and review by the Associate Director of Honors. A final draft of the capstone project proposal is sent out for independent evaluation, and the finished proposal becomes the basis of the Capstone report.
大四
荣誉顶点报告研讨会
This course will guide honors program students through the first draft of their capstone project final report. Students will organize a capstone project final report through a variety of workshops and will update their introduction, 文献综述, 以及方法论/方法部分. Students then will write up results/outcomes and implications and conclusions (or equivalent sections depending on the type of project they are pursuing). Students will receive input from the student's capstone project advisor, 同行, and the Associate Director of Honors.
解决系统故障
This course explores failures in order to demonstrate your analytical and practical skills in systems thinking. Our first unit will explore how we define failure. Our second unit will explore what we can learn from examining major system failures. We'll use transdisciplinary case studies to investigate how and why notable contemporary or historical failures occurred. Our final unit will use a design approach and employ our own disciplinary and transdisciplinary expertise to propose possible solutions.