Fall 2019 Registration
Honors Bulletin Special Edition
SEVEN A.M. THURSDAY!
- Priority registration for Honors students in good academic standing starts at 7:00 AM, April 4th
- To take advantage of Honors priority registration, you'll need to enter in the Honors PIN: 999999
- A couple Honors folks are teaching next semester: Amanda (PSY 1901), Brad (EDAD 0955, Gen Ed US Society), Jackie (EDUC 0819, Gen Ed Human Behavior), and Seth (EDUC 0919, Gen Ed Human Behavior)
- Read about our Honors course offerings for fall 2019 in the Honors Course Guide.
- Listen to a few of our professors for the fall talk about their courses on our podcast, "Of Course."
Good luck!
Bulletin Contents
- Course of the Day
- Sophomore Bio/Pre-Med Students Suggestion
- Honors and DARs
Honors Course of the Day
Rise of the Super Brain (Psychology 3920.01)
Professor: Jason Chein
CRN: 33611
*IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE AND DO NOT HAVE THE LISTED PRE-REQUISITES (PSYCH 1001/1901, PSYCH 1003 & PSYCH 1004), EMAIL HONORS@TEMPLE.EDU BY 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY TO BE GRANTED AN OVERRIDE. INCLUDE YOUR NAME, TUID, AND THE SUBJECT LINE "SUPERBRAIN OVERRIDE".
About: In this course we'll evaluate "cognitive enhancement" techniques - the different ways in which people have tried to "strengthen" their cognitive abilities. At the start of the term we'll consider competing ideas about whether the human mind can, or can't, be enhanced, and will discuss these ideas in relation to plasticity in the human brain. We'll then delve into relevant research on the development of "expertise", and on the potential to hone specific cognitive abilities through deliberate practice. This will launch us into the central discourse on cognitive enhancement, in which we'll learn about, and debate, claims regarding the improvement of cognitive capabilities in healthy young adults, through techniques like mental training, video games, meditation, brain stimulation, physical exercise, neuropharmacology ("smart drugs"). Along the way we'll consider what can be learned from individual cases of exceptional cognitive ability, which might represent the outer limits of what the human mind is capable of achieving.
About the Professor: Dr. Chein is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, and the Director of the newly established Temple University Brain Research & Imaging Center. Dr. Chein is himself "Temple Made", being the son of an emeritus professor of Temple's Department of Mathematics, and a graduate of Temple's Honors Program. He obtained his undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Computer Science from Temple in 1997, and rejoined the Temple community as a member of the Psychology faculty in January of 2006. During the interim, he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University. He has been teaching for the Honors Program since 2012, and was a 2014 winner of the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. As a leader in Temple's brain imaging research community, he conducts studies employing a cognitive neuroscientific approach to understand the basic mechanisms of cognition, the relationship among these mechanisms, and the contribution each makes to high-level cognitive functioning.
RISING SOPHOMORE? PRE-MED OR BIO MAJOR?
Sign up for Organic Chemistry and its lab first, then Biology 2112/2912
We also understand that, due to a scheduling issue, students are unable to sign up for Chemistry 2921 and Biology 2112 since both lectures are MWF 9 to 9:50 AM. That means your options are to take either both courses in Honors, both in non-Honors, or take Biology 2912 and Chem 2201 and 2203.
Questions? Come by the Honors office tomorrow (Wednesday) to have an advisor help sort things out with you.
Reading your Honors Requirements on DARS
- While all Honors courses should show up in the Honors section of your DARS audit, only courses worth more than one credit will count towards your Honors Course requirement
- In the section for Upper Level Courses, don't worry about the green check or red "x". Just count the three or four credit classes that show up.
- If you transferred into the Honors Program, don't worry about DARS saying you are done or not--we want to see you reach the total Honors courses we told you to take (10, 8 or 6). No matter the total number, we always want to see at least four upper level (2900+) courses.
Contact Us
Email: honors@temple.edu
Website: honors.temple.edu
Location: 1809 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Twitter: @templehonors