Honors courses provide material that extends beyond traditional academic coursework. Material in honors courses are applied beyond the classroom and include a civic engagement component. These classes emphasize critical thinking and debates, rather than regurgitation of information that can happen in some courses.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/emilyrussell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19030\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-07-at-4.02.17-PM.png” title_text=”Screen Shot 2020-11-07 at 4.02.17 PM” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Contact Form Section” _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding=”90px||90px|”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Section Title” _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”||0px|” use_custom_width=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Montserrat|600||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_font_size=”30px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||5px|” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%”]
For Honors Physiological Psychology, I wrote papers which included topics such as the Effects of Variance on the Optic Chiasm, and a debate on whether Rimon Cajal, Charles Sherrington, or Otto Loewi represented the best scientist in Physiological Research.<\/p>\n
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I also applied anatomical understanding to hot glue and created a brain to scale out of hot glue. This brain included cranial nerves, sucli and gyri, bones, lobe seperation, and major sections (such as the pituitary gland, midbrain, pons, spinal chord, etc.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Honors Human Cognition” _builder_version=”4.4.7″]
For Honors Human Cognition I applied my learning to volunteer in Dr. Ivan Ash’s lab. I assisted in graduate research on the efficacy of Aha! Ratings as a measure of impasse and assisted in running experimentation on participants. As the course progressed, I wrote essays on the relation between what I was studying in class and the studied I assisted in the lab.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Honors Literature in Medicine” _builder_version=”4.4.7″]
For Honors Literature in Medicine, I studied the history of medicine and documentation in medical environments. I applied my knowledge to deinstitutionalization movements, narrative therapy, the history of medicine in America dating back to Native American medicine, the concept of “freaks,” and analyzed works like “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” and work by Franz Kafka.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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