Elmhurst College Honors Program Welcomes You
HON-404 Senior Honors Seminar
Fall, 2001 - William Hirstein (Philosophy) & Earl C. Swallow (Physics)
Basic Course Materials and Resources
EC Library
Elmhurst College Writing Center Home Page
Web Teacher Tutorial - learning to use the web
General Course Description
HON 404-01 Senior Honors Seminar
Theme: Science and Pseudoscience: In Search of Reliable Knowledge
Students write a capstone paper incorporating research on a special topic. Each student is encouraged to invite a faculty member with expertise in their area to serve as an outside advisor on the paper. Progress on the papers is shared and discussed with other seminar members in relationship to the seminar theme and to some assigned readings.
TENTATIVE Date & Time: Tuesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Instructors: William Hirstein (Philosophy)
Earl C. Swallow (Physics)
Some "Pseudoscience" Links
Free Energy
NW Rage
Pseudoscience and Quackery in Central Texas
Guru's Web Links to Pseudoscience Sites
Cult Archaeology
Alternative Science
Climate Change Issues
Science and Politics of Climate (Freeman Dyson in APS News)
Greening Earth Society (sponsored by Western Fuels Assn.)
US Global Change Research Project
EPA Global Warming Site
National Geographic Global Climate
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Scientific & Professional Societies:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Physical Society (APS)
Institute of Physics (IOP)
National Academy of Sciences
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
More to come!
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Rev. 09/03/2001. - - Comments and suggestions to Earl C. Swallow .