Offered Annually in the Spring Semester
Taught by Dr. Bill Simmons, the ACES Honors Dean, this one-hour course presents an exciting opportunity for ACES James Scholars with junior or senior standing to earn honors credit in the spring semester. The course features presentations by outstanding ACES faculty members on various topics of current interest. Students respond to these presentations through classroom activities, stimulating debates, and lively discussions. The writing of a seminar paper rounds out the course, which carries one hour of honors credit if it is completed successfully (i.e., with a grade of at least B-). This means that students who enroll in ACES 199 JS can substitute their honors credit in this course for an HCLA!
ACES 199 JS will be offered again in spring 2010 on Monday afternoons from 3:00-3:50 PM (location TBA). Students who have taken the course in previous years are permitted to reenroll in it if desired, as the topics covered are completely different each year. However, enrollment in ACES 199 JS is limited to the first 25 junior and senior ACES James Scholars who sign up for it on UI-Integrate Self-Service.
Please feel free to contact Dean Simmons and/or Rob Chappell for more information.
ACES 199 JS: Online Resources
- Dr. Bill Simmons: Deanly Profile
- Spring 2009 Class Schedule Listing
- Course Syllabus from Spring 2006 (PDF)
Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time. His research interests included astronomy, mathematics, and optics. He also made original contributions to the fields of alchemy, historiography, and philosophy. (Image Credit: Sarah K. Bolton's Famous Men of Science [New York: 1889] -- Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
