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MusicLiterature matters -Richard II . - - HONORS PROGRAM Honors Speech 130 Interpersonal Communication Have you ever had a conflict simply be- munication and delve deeper into what cause of miscommunication? Maybe you maintains relationships. You’ll also enjoy used a misinterpreted tone, the unit which focuses on getting or you read a text differently to know ourselves and what role than was intended. This your identity plays. Finally, we’ll Honors Course explores better end with a fascinating project- ways to communicate with studying the emerging subfield of the people around you: fam- inter-generational communica- ily, friends, co-workers and tion. By the end of the semester yes, even romantic partners. you may even have an answer to You’ll learn theories about healthy com- the elusive question: “What is love?” MW 11:30-12:50PM IGETC Area 4G; CSU Area D; Honors:Soc/Beh Sci

Professor Marie Arcidiacono earned her MA is Speech Communication at California State University, East Bay. She is the Co-Director of the LMC Debate Team and will probably try and recruit you. Marie is a runner enthusiast, mainly because she loves to eat donuts. She also loves the movie, “Mean Girls” and will make references to it in class so be ready, otherwise, “You can’t sit with us!” Honors Philosophy 122 Honors Seminar: The Ethics of Life

• Is the good life only for humans? What about animals or machines?

• What does it mean to live authentically?

• Do we have a moral obligation not to waste our lives? “The unexamined life is not worth living.” This course explores the connection be- proclaimed Socrates in the trial which led tween the meaning of life and ethics, how to his death. By this, he meant our actions and choices impact our that questioning the funda- lives. We’ll find answers, from An- mental assumptions of life is cient Greece to the streets of Paris, worth dying for. Could you liberated from the Nazis. Through say the same? If you examined dilemmas, questions and active your life, what do you think debate we will attempt to answer you would see? What would questions like the ones above you be willing to die for?

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Professor Edward Haven Received a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago and his BA from UC Riverside, where he studied Post-modern Hermeneutics and Phenomenology. His current interests range from seriousness,to names and meaning. At heart, he seeks to define the undefinable. In his free time, he enjoys soccer and is convinced he could coach a team from the lower leagues all the way to the top. Honors Courses Fall 2017