Topic 1: Defense Policy. Articulation of national security strategy through decisions about Department of Defense organization and resources. Overview of military terms and organizing principles with an emphasis on policy, personnel, acquisition, budget, intelligence, and leadership. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 360N (Topic: Defense Policy), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Defense Policy), 350 (Topic 1), Public Affairs 325 (Topic: Defense Policy). Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 2: Our Lives In Fiction. Examines the hypothesis that human beings have and continue to create and recreate themselves through the telling of stories. Explores the concept that stories help define what is significant, what is praiseworthy, and what it is we should value and why.

Topic 3: Technical Change and Financial Crisis. Explores the economics of the business firm, the management of technical change, and the interaction between technology and finance in the writings of major twentieth century economists. Emphasis on attempting to understand the social and income-distributional consequences of technical change, the potential for system instability, and the dilemmas of public policy in this area. Only one of the following may be counted: Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Tech Change/Financ Crisis), (Topic 3), Tutorial Course 358 (Topic: Tech Change/Financ Crisis).

Topic 4: Literature of World War I. Selected readings from autobiographies, poetry, fiction, and memoirs, primarily about the Western Front, by German, British, and American authors; a short history of World War I; readings of a central book of literary analysis; exploration of the nature of war, the experience of combatants, and the legacy of the war itself and its unique literature. Humanities 350 (Topic 10) and Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 4) may not both be counted. Same as: HMN 350.10

Topic 5: Modern Masters of the Novel. An examination of a range of subjects and styles that distinguish the capacity of the novel to reflect private lives and public moments. Focuses on nineteenth and twentieth century British and American novelists such as George Eliot, Philip Roth, Ford Maddox Ford, and Graham Greene.

Topic 6: Documentary Film and Inquiry. Examines how narrative accounts such as documentary film, biography, or other non-fiction work impact the interpretation of significant events. A component of the class includes individual or collaborative research on a chosen topic and presentation of a life history project via a narrative description, video, photography, or other medium.

Topic 7: Power and Belief in Early Modern Europe. The historical and cultural processes that lead people to change the way they look at the world, and also brought some early modern Europeans to argue for religious toleration - first as a practical matter, and eventually as a matter of principle.

Topic 8: The Decolonization of the British Empire. Explores the era of decolonization of the British empire after World War II. History 350L (Topic 69) and Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.

Topic 9: Getting it in Writing. An exploration of nonfiction writing and the process of translating facts, ideas, and experiences into words.

Topic 10: In Search of Meaning. Concepts include monotheism, the nature and personality of this god, the soul, chosen people, linear time, history as divine classroom, original sin, heaven, hell, salvation, etc. Establishes how and when these and a host of other features came into existence and created Judeo-Christian reality, and contrast the reality created therein with other realities--Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam. Humanities 350 (Topic 6) and Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 10) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and a University grade point average of at least 3.50. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.

Topic 11: Rhetoric of Great Speeches. Exploration of the nature and history of rhetoric and analysis of some of the great speeches of the Western tradition.

Topic 12: Technologies of the Book. Examines the technologies that enabled the book and explores its impact on society, with particular attention paid to the printed book that has flourished since the mid-fifteenth century. Explores the technologies of production and manufacture, and those that enabled the creation of texts by authors and their distribution and reception, and considers the future of the book in today's society.

Topic 13: Writing Nonfiction. The craft of writing profiles, narratives, and essays. Concentration on the fundamental components of nonfiction: beginnings, organization, character development, narrative flow, and conclusions. Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 13) and Tutorial Course 325 (Topic: Writing Nonfiction) may not both be counted. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.

Topic 14: Money In American Politics. Explores the nature and consequences of money in American politics. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 370L (Topic 17), Humanities 351D, Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HMN 351D Additional prerequisite: Upper division standing and grade point average of at least 3.50. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.

Topic 15: History at Play. Explores the great religious, political, and cultural debates that occurred around two historic events: England's break with the Catholic Church in 1536 and India gaining independence from Britain in 1947. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.

Topic 16: Psychology and Religion in Modern American Culture. Explores the historical, religious, and psychotherapeutic manifestations of the "search for meaning" in modern American culture. Examines theology, psychological theory, literature, music, politics, and art.

Topic 17: Race and Medicine in American Life. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.

Topic 18: The Johnson Years. Humanities 351C and Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 18) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HMN 351C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and a grade point average of at least 3.50. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.

Topic 19: British History, Literature, and Politics. Reading course in history, literature, and politics, and as a class in professional writing. Examines not only the literature, history, and politics of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, but also the interaction of British and other societies throughout the world. History 366N (Topic 17) and Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 19) may not both be counted. Same as: HIS 366N.17 Additional prerequisite: Grade point average of at least 3.50. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.

Topic 20: Archival Fictions. Explores the value of contemporary fiction, broadly understood to include multi-genre writing, that draws on archival materials as a means of documenting and producing counterhistories. Literary texts address global and transnational histories of colonialism, slavery, diaspora, and gender and sexual politics, as well as more specific events such as the Holocaust, 9/11, and environmental change. Only one of the following may be counted: English 360S (Topic: Historical Fictions), 360S (Topic 7), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Historical Fictions), 350 (Topic 20).

Topic 21: Inequality in the United States Educational System. Examine how inequality has developed and is maintained within the American public education system. Only one of the following may be counted: Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Inqlty in US Edu Sys), 350 (Topic 21), Sociology 321K (Topic: Inqlty in US Edu Sys), 345D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and a grade point average of at least 3.50. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.

Topic 24: The Paper Chase: Law School and the Life of the Law. Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: PAPER CHASE: LAW SCHL, LIFE) and 350 (Topic 24) may not both be counted. Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 27: Sicily: Myth, Reality, and Mafia. Examine the artistic traces left in Sicily by Greek, Roman, Arab, Norman, and Spanish civilizations and how they contributed to create the present Sicilian reality. Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Sicily: Myth/Reality/Mafia) and 350 (Topic: 27) may not both be counted.

Topic 28: Treasure Hunt Archival Research. Discover, explore and identify the boundless treasures that can be found on the University of Texas Austin campus as you hunt through the vast cultural and historical collections at the archives on campus including the Harry Ransom Center, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, and the LLILAS Benson Latin American Collection. Explore essential skills for pursuing original research projects in humanities disciplines and apply these skills to bring public attention to hidden histories and marginalized voices in American culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Humanities 350 (Topic: Treasure Hunt HRC Arch Rsch), 350 (Topic 13), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Treasure Hunt HRC Arch Rsch), 350 (Topic 28). Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 29: David Foster Wallace. English 349S (Topic 14) and Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 29) may not both be counted.

Topic 30: Paradise Lost: Reception History. English 351P and Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 30) may not both be counted.

Topic 31: Immigration Literature. English 343I and Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic 31) may not both be counted.

Topic 32: Literature, Cultural Memory, and the American Civil War. Examines the American Civil War not in terms of its military or political history but in relation to the ways literary and cultural texts have remembered and rewritten it. Only one of the following may be counted: English 350R (Topic 3), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Am Lit/Cul/The Civil War), 350 (Topic 32).