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Living in Sustainable, Resilient and Smart Cities

Mohamed ElZomor

Tuesdays, 10:00AM-1:20PM (Hybrid - SUMMER A)

This course is suitable for honors students from all disciplines, interested in conducting research and applying interdisciplinary practical solutions to developing, designing, and building sustainable, resilient, smart cities. The course presents a study of the sustainability and resilience concepts as well as techniques to develop smart cities through integrating technologies. An in-depth review of sustainable infrastructure and building certifications will be covered to prepare students to be accredited.

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Save our Parks: Environmental Law, Policy and Politics

Anthony Rionda

Mon., 6:00P-9:20P (Online LIVE - Summer A)

Our National Parks are America’s Crown Jewels. They are worshipped by avid adventurers, campers, road-trippers and the former students of FIU Honor’s Everglades course. The aim of this course (Save our Parks) is to focus on how politics, policy, and law have shaped, saved, and at threatened our most beautiful natural legacy.

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A Thematic Exploration of Horror, Race, and Desire in 'Candy Man'

Trina Sanders

Online (Summer B)

This course will use the folklore horror, and urban legends, in the film “Candyman” to uncover the impact of Black history and Black horror. Going beyond trauma to embrace the resiliency and the power of Black culture.

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Mythopoeia and the Secret Fire

Adam Gorelick

Tues., Thurs., 10:00A-1:20P (Summer A)

This course explores the theory and practice of imagination through the works of philologist and author, J.R.R. Tolkien. Famous for deep fictional world-building and profound intimacy with language, Tolkien transcended the fantasy genre and offered through his works insight into philosophy, history, linguistics, mythology, sociology, mysticism, and ecology—not to mention poetry, astronomy, gardening, and many other subjects.

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Myth and Ritual in Film, Part 1

Adam Gorelick

Tues.,Thurs., 10:00A - 1:20P (SUMMER B)

This course applies theoretical discussions of myth and ritual to the contemporary medium of film.

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Legal Ethics and Professionalism

Andrej Milic

ONLINE (SUMMER B)

This course will explore the ethical issues facing all legal professionals and lawyers in the practice of law. We will focus on the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct as well as ethics opinions, statutes, regulations and relevant case law, with consideration of Florida ethics rules on select issues.

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Exploring Culture Through Music and Dance

Wendy Guess

Online (Summer A)

This course explores the transformative power to create, connect and master the understanding of our world through the lens of movement and music.

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Public Speaking for Lawyers

Andrej Milic

Monday, Wednesday, 11:00AM-2:20PM (SUMMER B)

This course will help students develop the skills relied on by lawyers when engaged in public speaking situations other than in litigation settings such as speaking to lay groups, appearing before legislatures and municipal boards, presenting to colleagues, clients, potential employers and clients, and media. Students will examine communication theories, strategies and techniques needed for effective public speaking.

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The History of Evil

Erika Kern

Tues. Thurs., 1:30P – 4:50P (SUMMER A)

In this course, we will explore the history of evil through history, art, religion, and politics with focus on the development of the Devil as concept in Christianity. The purpose is to understand how the belief in the Devil, and its two aspects Satan and Lucifer, affect how we view the world and how we relate to those who, throughout history, have been deemed as Other.

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Global Environmental Health and You

Brenda Luna

Tues., 10:00A-1:20P (Hybrid - Summer B)

This course examines the relationships between human health and the environment. Students will explore the role of the natural and built environment and their impact on their health, as well as their local and global community’s health.

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Apocalypse How: Crisis And Optimism in The 21st Century

Garrett Pierman

Fully Online (SUMMER B)

Living in this century, it is pretty clear that, as a species, we have some pretty big problems. Some of these problems are so big, in fact, that they may threaten the continued survival and success of homo sapiens. Thinking about problems that may doom our species can be a serious downer. Instead, in this course we will take a careful, analytical look at a series of problems that are massive, and think towards their solutions.

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Exploring Disability Culture: Why it Matters

Amy Paul-Ward

Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00AM-1:20PM (SUMMER A)

This course provides students with an introduction to topics related to Disability Culture. To understand the evolution of disability culture, we will begin by reviewing relevant interdisciplinary theories that highlight foundational concepts, ongoing debates, and critiques of the concept of disability as it relates to representation, access, and inclusion in everyday life.

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The Question of God

Edmund Newborn

Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., 10:00A-11:35A (SUMMER B)

The past several decades have seen a statistical decline in the number of people who claim to believe in God or who choose to participate in a religion. This course will explore the underlying philosophical causes for this shift as well as looking at how people of faith can possibly answer the challenges of modern atheism.

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Visions of Utopia

Ruben Garrote

Online (Summer A)

The course is an examination of some of the ""big questions"" students explore in a liberal arts program about ""life, the universe, and everything."" In particular, we deal with questions of faith and reason, with pain and suffering, and of various ways of expressing deep truths (myth, e.g.). We do this through reading classic passages in religious, philosophical, and literary works.

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One Health: Of the People, By the People, For the People

Alok Deoraj

Online (Summer B)

The course, "One Health: Of the People, By the People, For the People" enables students to examine the historical influence of demographic, epidemiological and socio-cultural transitions at the intersection of environment, health, and wellbeing.

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