Honors College 391AH - Honors Discovery Seminars

This seminar is a required course for Commonwealth Honors College students where students participate in a topical seminar-style course designed by its instructor. While the subject matter of each section is different, advanced knowledge of the topic is not required. While the subject matter of each section is different, the requirements for each section are the same. Individual titles and descriptions of HONORS 391AH sections can be found on the Commonwealth Honors College website.

Open to Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Commonwealth College students only. Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning

The purpose of this seminar is to develop an understanding of how town planners across New England help to guide the future prosperity of communities, ensure an improved quality of life and protect the environment. It begins with a focus on planning history and theory and then will shift to discussions on how planning functions today and why it has taken on significant importance. The lecture topics include Planning History, Planning Theory, Utopian Planning, The Types of Planning, The Planning Process, the Impacts of Planning and The Future of Planning in a Post-Cov-19 Environment. The course requirements include in-class exercises, the creation of a weekly journal which summarizes the student's thoughts on the readings and in-class discussions, a final presentation and a research paper.