Honors Program Courses Spring 2025

Course description: Continuation of CHEM 111. Some work in inorganic chemistry, kinetics, equilibrium, liquids, solids, acid-base, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, thermodynamics, and qualitative inorganic analysis

******Please note that there is no Honors section of CHEM 112L (Lab)******

Course Details

• CRN – 45458; Section No.21
• Faculty: Jeffrey A. Cros
• Schedule: MWF 9:30am-10:20am, T 1:00pm-1:50pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 4 credits

Course description: General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Survey of current theories and research on intercultural communication; development of critical thinking skills regarding intercultural interaction and communication styles.

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• CRN – 74146, Section No.02
• Faculty: Diane L. Carter
• Schedule: MWF 11:30am-12:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: An interdisciplinary, thematically based course intended to provide the student with the skills to analyze and evaluate scientific claims and to make intelligent scientific and social decisions; among the topics addressed are the impact of science on society and the ethical dilemmas and moral consequences of scientific research; all themes/sections emphasize discussion, collaborative work, and the conduct of science, though not necessarily in a formal lab setting.

General Education: Natural/Integrated Science

Course Details

• CRN – 75470; Section No.02
• Faculty: James J. Bull
• Schedule: MWF 10:30am-11:20am
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3credits

Course description: Fundamental programming constructs, algorithms and problem- solving, fundamental data structures, overview of programming languages, virtual machines, introduction to language translation, declarations and types, abstraction mechanisms, object-oriented programming.

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• CRN – 58825; Section No.01
• Faculty: Michael D. Wilder
• Schedule: MWF 9:30am-10:20am
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 4 credits

Course description: Principles and practice of effective technical communication. Projects teach conventions of tone and style appropriate to the specific discourse situation in a variety of formats, including oral, written, visual and multimedia genres.

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• CRN – 45807; Section No.06
• Faculty: Tyler J. Easterbrook
• Schedule: MWF 2:30pm-3:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

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• CRN – 77831; Section No.02
• Faculty: Tom A. Drake
• Schedule: MWF 10:30am-11:20am
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Further study of principles and practice of effective technical communication. Projects teach conventions of tone and style appropriate to the specific discourse situation in a variety of formats, including oral, written, visual, and multimedia genres.

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• CRN – 45880; Section No.02
• Faculty: Oscar W. Oswald
• Schedule: Online
• Delivery Method: Online
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Principles of statics with engineering applications; addition and resolution of forces, vector algebra, moments and couples, resultants and static equilibrium, equivalent force systems, centroids, center of gravity, free body method of analysis, two- and three-dimensional equilibrium, trusses, frames, and friction. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.

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• CRN – 67524; Section No.04
• Faculty: JJ J. Peterson
• Schedule: MWF 11:30am-12:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Particle and rigid body kinematics and kinetics; rectilinear, curvilinear, and relative motion, equations of motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum, systems of particles, rotation, rotating axes, rigid body analysis, angular momentum, vibration, and time response. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.

Course Details

• CRN – 69094; Section No.04
• Faculty: Dan A Cordon
• Schedule: MWF 8:30am-9:20am
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 4 credits

Course description: Elasticity, strength, and modes of failure of engineering materials; theory of stresses and strains for ties, shafts, beams, and columns. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.

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• CRN – 49391; Section No.2
• Faculty: Robert R. Stephens
• Schedule: MWF 12:30pm-1:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Focuses on an issue related to international cultures, societies, geopolitics, history, economics, or other questions with a global dimension. In addition to common reading, viewing, and course assignments, students develop research projects over the course of the semester, focusing on the culture(s) of their specialization.

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• CRN – 78039; Section No.2
• Faculty: Erin E. Damman
• Schedule: TR 11am-12:15pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: This University Honors Program course is designed for honors students who are actively working towards completing an honors thesis or honors portfolio by the time they graduate from the university and the honors program with an undergraduate degree. The course is intended to assist students with the final assignment of their honors thesis or honors portfolio, i. e. the public presentation of their thesis or portfolio work at the bi-annual Honors Forum in either December or May each year.

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• CRN – 76063; Section No.01
• Faculty: Sandra Reineke
• Schedule: R 3:30pm-4:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 1 credits

Course description: This University Honors Program course is designed for honors students who are actively working towards completing an honors thesis or an honors portfolio by the time they graduate from the university and complete the honors program. After researching and writing their honors thesis or completing their honors professional portfolio, students are expected to enroll in INTR 440 Honors Presentations, usually during their last semester at the University of Idaho when they present their findings at the public Honors Forum in either December or May each year.

Course Details

• CRN – 74385; Section No. 01
• Faculty: Sandra Reineke
• Schedule: MW 3:30pm-5:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Thermodynamic properties of substances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic analysis of mechanical engineering thermal components and cycles, psychrometric process, and introduction to combustion systems.

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• CRN – 73537; Section No.03
• Faculty: Dan A. Cordon
• Schedule: MWF 11:30am-12:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Study of stress, deflection and stiffness, material properties, static and fatigue failure theory in the context of the analysis and design of machine components such as fasteners, welds, spring design and bearings. Significant use of solid modeling and use of equation solvers.

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• CRN – 76860; Section No.02
• Faculty: Matthew Swenson
• Schedule: MWF 12:30pm-1:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Mechanics of materials approach to: three-dimensional stress and strain, unsymmetrical bending, shear centers, curved beams, thick-walled pressure vessels, non-circular torsion; energy methods and advanced strength theories. Introduction to elementary kinematics. Significant use of solid modeling and use of equation solvers.

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• CRN – 76864; Section No.02
• Faculty: Robert R. Stephens
• Schedule: MWF 9:30am-10:20am
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course descripton: A study of the history and culture of rock music. May not be counted as a required music history elective for music majors.

General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing

Course Details

• CRN – 58523; Section No. 02
• Faculty: STAFF
• Schedule: MWF 12:30pm-1:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Introduction to philosophical reasoning through historical study of moral thought. 

General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing

Course Details

• CRN – 70811; Section No.08
• Faculty: Casey R. Johnson
• Schedule: MWF 9:30am-10:20am
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Basic structures, patterns, and sociocultural environment of foreign political systems; includes case studies of the government and politics in selected countries.

General Education: International

Course Details

• CRN – 75728; Section No.02
• Faculty: Charles A. Dainoff
• Schedule: MWF 10:30am-11:20am
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits

Course description: Credit will not be awarded for STAT 251 after STAT 301 or STAT 416, or for STAT 416 after STAT 251 or STAT 301. Intro to statistical methods including design of statistical studies, basic sampling methods, descriptive statistics, probability and sampling distributions; inference in surveys and experiments, regression and analysis of variance. 

General Education: Mathematical Ways of Knowing

Course Details

• CRN – 70169; Section No.05
• Faculty: Renae L. Shrum
• Schedule: MWF 10:30am-11:20am, W 12:30pm-1:20pm
• Delivery Method: Classroom Meeting
• Credits: 3 credits