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Anthós is Portland State University's only undergraduate academic journal. We are affiliated with the University Honors Program and are dedicated to showcasing the best and brightest of Portland State University's undergraduates and to fostering academic discussion within their ranks.

Read the Spring 2009 issue on our website www.anthosjournal.org

Anthós is now accepting submissions for the spring 2010 publication.

Submission Guidelines:

Papers should be at least 2500 words in length with the appropriate citation method as required by your field of study. Papers may be submitted via email to anths@pdx.edu by November 6, 2009. Please include the discipline your paper is working within (Humanities, Social Sciences, or Natural Sciences) in the subject line of the e-mail.
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Studies I-III
Merrow, Wheeler, York, and Jenks

Studies IV-V
Merrow, Wheeler, York, and Jenks

Studies VI: Liberal Arts Track
Merrow and Wheeler

Studies VI: Technical/Professional Track
Jenks and York

Psychoanalysis and Feminism
Merrow

Freud Between the Two Cultures
Merrow

The Idea of the Feminine
Merrow

Reading Zarathustra
Merrow

Self/Life/Writing
Wheeler

Theatron
Wheeler

20th & 21st Century Graphic Novel
Merrow and Wheeler

Imagining the Body in Early Modern Europe
York

Renaissance Science
York

Making History in the Middle Ages
York

Spatial Regimes and Racial Formations
Jenks

PSU online bulletin/schedule of classes

2009-10 Course Planning Guide

(General note: what follows is a careful description of the curriculum, as well as its underlying principles and purposes. While detailed, it is not inappropriate for both applicants to the honors college, and for students fully admitted.)

"As I researched potential undergraduate institutions, I was looking at programs geared toward students interested in graduate and professional school. I was impressed by Portland State University's Honors Program, and felt its curriculum, internship opportunities, and faculty would aid me in developing skills vital for success in a graduate program. PSU's Honors coursework taught me both to construct and to dissect scholarly argument. During my years in the Program, I read a wide variety of scholarly work and from these readings, learned about the world of bioethics, and explored (for example) the bioethics of medical experimentation in the Third Reich. The internship opportunity in Washington, D.C., was life-changing for me (and for my fellow Honors students.) I had the opportunity to work at the National Institutes of Health and pursue cutting-edge research. That internship allowed me to work with renowned scientists, and it brought me into contact with my current research mentor. (I'm presently continuing my research at NIH, investigating the etiology of congenital heart disease.) The Honors faculty is one of the strongest aspects of the Program; I was deeply impressed by their knowledge--not only in their fields of expertise, but in an array of other subjects. They are also great mentors, going beyond just teaching. In fact, even after graduating, I still turn to them for advice. I have always felt that they really care for the success of all their students, and I have always deeply appreciated their support. I am extremely happy with my undergraduate education and strongly recommend PSU's Honors Program to anyone interested in pursuing graduate work." - Michael Tee, UHP Alumnus BS in Biology, BS in Science, 2008 Michael Tee is now a medical student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University (CCLCM)

Core Course, "Studies"

As the final part of their general education requirements in the honors college, students in the Program compose an undergraduate thesis, generally within the departmental major. This project includes two parts: first, the composition of a thesis prospectus, during the Honors Program Thesis Seminar (HON 407, offered Fall, Winter, Spring quarters), in which the student concisely outlines the topic and its significance to the field of study, showing how the anticipated project falls in relation to significant other work in the domain or field. To that prospectus should be appended a working bibliography of substantial merit and scope. (The student will give copies of this prospectus to you, to the department's designated adviser for honors college students, and to the Honors Program office; it is due to the Program office by the eighth week of the quarter.) The remainder of the project is carried out under the HON 403 (Thesis) heading; that component generally carries six hours' credit, so that the student receives eight hours' credit for the entirety of the thesis project.

The last part of a student's work in the honors college is the baccalaureate thesis; it bears emphasizing that this is a serious project, representing a valuable opportunity for the student to work closely with senior faculty, and it should not be undertaken frivolously. It should also be emphasized that the project is one for which you will have received substantial preparation, in both the general education curriculum of the honors college and in work done in the departmental major. Consequently, your final thesis will be expected to represent your best effort at demonstrating skilled application of the writing and research skills in which you have been trained.

Leshu Torchin graduated from the honors college in 1995, majoring in General Studies, Arts and Letters, and wrote her baccalaureate thesis on Euripides' Bacchae. She says of her experience in Honors that it "benefited me greatly. My internship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provided me with opportunities that have extended beyond my undergraduate experience. I also found that the seminar format of the classes worked well as preparation for graduate school and academe." She is currently Lecturer in Film Studies at St. Andrews Scotland.

The internship experience in Washington, D.C. is one of the unique aspects of the Honors Program at Portland State University. Generally, participating students spend one academic quarter of their junior year living in the group-housing accommodation provided by the Program and working at an internship appropriate to their academic major.

Participation in the internship experience is by Honors Faculty nomination and based on superior performance in core course work.

Entrance requirements

The Program seeks students who will strive for academic excellence and who are aware that they intend to go on to graduate or professional school. Potential candidates should have: