Richard Frohock

Professor

Honors College

TEACHING

  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Bad Arguments: How to Recognize Them and Respond with Critical Thinking (Honors)
    12 Jan 2026 - 1 May 2026
    Introduction to topics in arts and humanities disciplines.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation.
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    Bad Arguments: How to Recognize Them and Respond with Critical Thinking (Honors)
    18 Aug 2025 - 5 Dec 2025
    Introduction to topics in arts and humanities disciplines.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation.
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    Advanced Honors Topics in Berlin (HI)
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Topical study in various disciplines taught by faculty from the undergraduate colleges for junior and senior students in the University Honors Program.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Honors Program participation, junior standing.
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    Contemporary Cultures of the Western World in Berlin: Honors (HI)
    13 Jan 2025 - 2 May 2025
    Interdisciplinary examination of one or more cultures of Europe and/or the western hemisphere. The course will explore characteristics of 'Western' cultures and their manifestations in modern societies. Topics of study include diversity in social and cultural practices.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation.
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    Sem in Hum Bad Arguments: How to Recognize Them and Respond with Critical Thinking (Honors)
    19 Aug 2024 - 6 Dec 2024
    Introduction to topics in various disciplines by faculty from the undergraduate colleges for freshman and sophomore students in the University Honors College.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Introductory Honors Topics.
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    OSLEP - Making Fun: Insults and Humor in History and Contemporary Culture (Honors)
    4 Nov 2023 - 8 Nov 2023
    Independent study, research, field work or internship. Some sections will be graded on a pass-fail basis.Offered for variable credit, 1-18 credit hours, maximum of 18 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Written application approved by instructor, the department head, and the dean of the student's college.
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    OSLEP - Perspectives in Genetics: Individuals and Populations (Honors)
    7 Oct 2023 - 11 Oct 2023
    Independent study, research, field work or internship. Some sections will be graded on a pass-fail basis.Offered for variable credit, 1-18 credit hours, maximum of 18 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Written application approved by instructor, the department head, and the dean of the student's college.
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    Bad Arguments: How to Recognize Them and Respond with Critical Thinking Honors
    21 Aug 2023 - 8 Dec 2023
    A supplemental Honors experience in English to partner concurrently with designated English course(s). This course adds a different intellectual dimension to the designated course(s).Offered for fixed credit, 1 credit hour, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Honors Program participation and concurrent enrollment in a designated ENGL course.
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    Contemporary Cultures of the Western World: Honors in Berlin, Germany (HI)
    17 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Interdisciplinary examination of one or more cultures of Europe and/or the western hemisphere. The course will explore characteristics of 'Western' cultures and their manifestations in modern societies. Topics of study include diversity in social and cultural practices.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation.
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    Inventing Your Future: Honors
    17 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023
    Introduction to topics in various disciplines by faculty from the undergraduate colleges for freshman and sophomore students in the University Honors College.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Introductory Honors Topics.
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    Contemporary Cultures of the Western World: Honors (HI)
    22 Aug 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    Interdisciplinary examination of one or more cultures of Europe and/or the western hemisphere. The course will explore characteristics of 'Western' cultures and their manifestations in modern societies. Topics of study include diversity in social and cultural practices.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation.
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    Windows to the World: Honors
    10 Jan 2022 - 29 Apr 2022
    Introduction to topics in various disciplines by faculty from the undergraduate colleges for freshman and sophomore students in the University Honors College.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Introductory Honors Topics.
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    Witches, Murderers, Pirates, and Thieves: Early American Crime Narratives (H)
    10 Jan 2022 - 29 Apr 2022
    Tales of crimes – real, alleged and fictional – were very popular with readers in the 17th, 18th and 19th century Atlantic world, as they are today. As we work our way through tales of sensational crime, we will think about the cultural work that crime stories do; that is, we will consider how they explore ideas about human nature, civil society, authority, transgression, and the origins of evil.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation.
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    Place-As-Text Seminar (H)
    16 Aug 2021 - 3 Dec 2021
    Place-as-Text™ is a curriculum developed and taught by honors colleges and programs around the country. These courses focus on a place, often a city, and explore life and culture there through immersive, experience-based activities. Students will learn to observe closely, 'read' what they encounter and experience, and independently analyze how cultural ideas create real living conditions.Prerequisite(s): Honors College Participation.
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    Witches, Murderers, Pirates, and Thieves: Early American Crime Narratives (H)
    19 Jan 2021 - 30 Apr 2021
    Tales of crimes – real, alleged and fictional – were very popular with readers in the 17th, 18th and 19th century Atlantic world, as they are today. As we work our way through tales of sensational crime, we will think about the cultural work that crime stories do; that is, we will consider how they explore ideas about human nature, civil society, authority, transgression, and the origins of evil.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation.
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    City as Text: Stillwater, Oklahoma! (H)
    17 Aug 2020 - 4 Dec 2020
    Introduction to topics in various disciplines by faculty from the undergraduate colleges for freshman and sophomore students in the University Honors College.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Introductory Honors Topics.
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    City as Text in Berlin, Germany
    13 Jan 2020 - 1 May 2020
    Participation in a formal or informal educational experience outside of the USA.Offered for variable credit, 1-18 credit hours, maximum of 36 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of the associate dean of the college.
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    Contemporary Cultures of the Western World: Honors: Germany (HI)
    13 Jan 2020 - 1 May 2020
    Interdisciplinary examination of one or more cultures of Europe and/or the western hemisphere. The course will explore characteristics of 'Western' cultures and their manifestations in modern societies. Topics of study include diversity in social and cultural practices.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation.
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    City as Text: Stillwater, Oklahoma! (H)
    19 Aug 2019 - 6 Dec 2019
    Introduction to topics in various disciplines by faculty from the undergraduate colleges for freshman and sophomore students in the University Honors College.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Introductory Honors Topics.
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    Master's Thesis
    19 Aug 2019 - 6 Dec 2019
    MA thesis.Offered for variable credit, 1-9 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.
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    Exploring Islands as Texts: Grenada (HI)
    8 Jul 2019 - 2 Aug 2019
    Participation in a formal or informal educational experience outside of the USA.Offered for variable credit, 1-18 credit hours, maximum of 36 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of the associate dean of the college.
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    Exploring Islands as Texts: Grenada (HI)
    8 Jul 2019 - 2 Aug 2019
    Topical study in various disciplines taught by faculty from the undergraduate colleges for junior and senior students in the University Honors Program.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Honors Program participation, junior standing.
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    Witches, Murderers, Pirates, and Thieves: Tales of Criminals in the Early Atlantic World (H)
    14 Jan 2019 - 3 May 2019
    Introduction to topics in various disciplines by faculty from the undergraduate colleges for freshman and sophomore students in the University Honors College.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Introductory Honors Topics.
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    Crime in Early Atlantic World
    20 Aug 2018 - 7 Dec 2018
    Selected writers and their works, themes and literary developments of the 17th and 18th centuries.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.