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Honors Seminar (HONR 1001)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
3
Description:
This course provides students with an introduction to how knowledge is produced, disseminated and validated across different social, institutional and cultural systems. You will critically analyze the origins and processes of these systems as well as explanatory theories about the production of knowledge. You will also develop a plan to further investigate and respond to the politics of knowledge through the Honors Program. Must be taken A-F.
Topical Outline:
1. How knowledge is created, validated, and disseminated by people and/or institutions.
2. How the control of the creation of knowledge can shape people and societies.
3. Ways in which knowledge can be made be accessible and equitable.
4. Develop a long-term plan of study for the cohort.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify institutions and systems that produce knowledge.
2. Recognize the political dimension of the production, dissemination and validation of knowledge.
3. Understand theories about the politics of knowledge.
4. Formulate ways to investigate critically these institutions and systems through coursework and research.
Prerequisites:
Admitted to the Honors Program
MnTC:
Goal 5