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Description: This course explores the science of nutrition, including healthy diet fundamentals and the roles of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals in health and fitness. Topics such as dietary guidelines, risk factors for illnesses linked to nutrition, and how the media influences personal diet choices will be covered. Hunger and the global environment as it relates to nutrition will also be covered. This course includes hands-on, lab-like activities related to nutrition and health. Traditional and online sections are available. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of “C” or better or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goal 3) 3C/3/0/0

Instructor: Mary Stueve
Meets: Mondays 1:00 to 2:25 pm 
Delivery: Blended/Hybrid Course 

This course emphasizes the process of writing expository and persuasive essays using effective writing skills and a variety of research techniques. The course includes an analysis of primary and/or secondary sources with a focus on critical reading, logical reasoning and academic research writing. (Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better in READ 0722 or READ 0724 and ENGL 0922 or EAPP 0900 with a grade of “C” or better, or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goal 1) 4C/4/0/0

Instructor: Carla-Elaine Johnson 
Meets: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00 to 2:50 pm
Delivery: Traditional on campus meetings 

This course emphasizes critical reading and analytical writing using literature as the basis for composition. The course includes an analysis of primary and/or secondary sources with a focus on academic writing. (Prerequisite(s): Grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1711) (MnTC: Goal 1) 2C/2/0/0 

Instructor: Kelly Kendall 
Meets: Wednesdays 2:00 to 3:50 pm
Delivery: Traditional On Campus Meetings 

This course surveys the political and social history of America from before European arrival to the end of the Reconstruction Period. Course topics investigate westward expansion, immigration, gender roles, the expansion of democracy, social reform movements, foreign policy, and early industrialization. The course also covers significant events and eras including the American Revolution, the Early Republic era, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Throughout, the course examines the interactions between racialized groups (including Indigenous Americans, Europeans, White Americans, Africans, and African Americans) and the power dynamics and social structures created through such interactions, including the establishment and maintenance of race-based slavery and the quest for its abolition. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0721 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0860 with a grade of “C” or better or concurrent enrollment or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 5 & 7A/7B) 4C/4/0/0

Instructor: Kurt Kortenhof
Meets: Thursdays 10:00 to 11:50 am 
Delivery: Blended/Hybrid Course

This course covers concepts and applications of descriptive and inferential statistics. Measures of central tendency and variance, confidence intervals, normal distributions and central limit theorem are explored. The student learns about probability distributions and random variables. Techniques of estimation, hypothesis testing, z-scores, t-tests, F-tests, Chi-square tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and linear regression are covered in this course. This course can be used to fulfill the general education requirement for math, and transfer to 2 and 4 year institutions. (Prerequisite(s): MATH 0740 or MATH 0910 with a grade of “C” or better or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goal 4) 4C/4/0/0

Instructor: Sarah Cooley 
Meets: No Class Meetings
Delivery: Fully Online Asynchronous

This course equips students with philosophical skills and theoretical frameworks useful for fostering productive reflection about ethical controversies. Topics could include the nature and ground of moral judgments, views about what constitutes a good life, theories of right or wrong conduct, and particular moral issues such as animal welfare, civil disobedience, the morality of truth-telling and promising, extreme poverty, racism and sexism, gun control, and genetic manipulation.(Prerequisite(s): READ 0722 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0900 with a grade of “C” or better or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 6 & 9) 3C/3/0/0

Instructor: Jason Swartwood 
Meets: Mondays 9:00 to 11:45 am
Delivery: Traditional On Campus Meetings 

Honors Program Eligibility
To be eligible to enroll in honors sections, students must show a demonstrated pattern of academic excellence through one of the following:

• completion of at least 12 college-level credits with a Grade Point Average of 3.5 or higher
• entering high school students with a Grade Point Average of 3.5 or higher

Honors Program eligibility is automatically applied once one of the above requirements is met. There is no need to apply to become an active member of the Honors Program.

• Increased opportunities for intellectual challenge and growth
• Opportunity to work with other highly motivated students in small classroom settings (honors sections have smaller class sizes).
• Designation of “honors” after each honors section on college transcript indicates academic rigor to potential employers, transfer institutions, and/or scholarship committees

Students who complete 4 courses or 12 credits of honors coursework over their careers at Saint Paul College become Honors Scholars. The “Honors Scholar” designation is then added to the student’s Saint Paul College transcript to be noted by potential employers, transfer institutions, and/or scholarship committees. Honors Scholars also receive well-deserved recognition at our graduation ceremony.

Honors sections are scheduled three semesters in advance to allow students to plan their coursework so they can work toward becoming Honors Scholars as they complete their degree or program requirements. There is no need for honors students to take additional coursework because honors sections fulfill program and degree requirements in the same way traditional sections do.

Ayesha Shariff
Honors Program Coordinator
ayesha.shariff@saintpaul.edu
651.846.1711