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HON 463 International Currents in Modern Fiction

Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Considers recent global fiction that transcends boundaries of nation and language. Raises questions about race, gender, religion, political allegiance, violence, memory, history, and East/West relations. Authors may include Achebe, Gordimer, Salih, Endo, Nabokov, Ishiguro, Ondaatje, Roy, Lahiri, Rushdie, and Coetzee. (H2, CT)

Credits

3.0

Core

Global Perspectives

Cross Listed Courses

Also offered as ENGL 463

Offered

Fall Semester (Even Years)

HON 470 Honors Seminar

Prerequisite: Open to seniors in the Honors Program. May not be repeated. Advanced interdisciplinary study of a topic of interest to senior Honors students and faculty. Class discussion will be supplemented by independent research, collaborative projects, student presentations and guest speakers.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters

HON 499A Honors Thesis

Prerequisite: Open to seniors in the Honors Program. As an alternative to a departmental honors thesis, students in Hood’s Honors Program may elect to complete a 6-credit interdisciplinary Honors paper. The interdisciplinary honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer

HON 499B Honors Thesis

Prerequisite: Open to seniors in the Honors Program. As an alternative to a departmental honors thesis, students in Hood’s Honors Program may elect to complete a 6-credit interdisciplinary Honors paper. The interdisciplinary honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Both Semesters and/or Summer