Registration for Spring 2008 begins on Monday, October 22!

Please visit the Honors registration web page to find out more about the Spring 2008 Honors course list, Honors Core Curriculum offerings, meeting with your advisor, and much more. First-year students should remember that completion of one three-credit Honors Core Curriculum course is needed by the end of Spring 2009 as part of the new Sophomore Honors Certificate requirements for students entering in 2007.

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Sociology 125 "Race, Class, Gender, and Health" Wednesdays from 6:00 to 8:45 p.m.
The SOCI 125 Honors section will go beyond the typical sociology class by relating the effects of race, class, and gender on health, health care access, and the quality of health care received. A great general education requirement for any students interested in pursuing a career in public health or human rights! Fulfills content areas 2 and 4 requirements.

ART 166-003 "Basic Studio Photography," Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 – 3:15 PM with Instructor Janet Pritchard
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO TAKE A COURSE IN PHOTOGRAPHY?
This course introduces students to the techniques and aesthetics of photography, emphasizing film-based craft and vision.
Don’t miss this special opportunity--Prerequisites are waived for Honors students! Non-Majors Welcome! Contact the Honors program for a permission number.

The Honors Program is happy to announce that two sections of Honors ENGL 250 will be offered this spring. Students who did not take this course in the fall should consider this offering. Students passing ENGL 250 are considered to have met the ENGL 110 or 111 requirement. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 109 or 110 or 111...

ENGL 250-001, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. with Instructor David Abraham
“The Subversive Muse”: As one approach to literature, this seminar will explore how certain writers, while working within a well-worn tradition (with plenty of examples of those “traditions” provided), changed the course of subsequent literature through their innovations and idiosyncratic styles. Amoung the writers to be discussed will likely be Donne, Blake, Whitman, Hopkins, and Dickinson. Midterm, Final Essay, numerous short “critical insights,” and Final. Class participation expected. Texts to be determined.

ENGL 250-002, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m. with Instructor Jason Berger

GEOG 165-002, Tuesdays from 9:30 to 10:45 and 1:00 to 1:50, Thursdays 9:30 to 10:45 with Instructor Alexander Vias
Linkages between spatial processes and social, cultural, economic, political and environmental change around the world today.  Focus on theory and impacts of globalization through case studies at the local, regional, national and international scales. Fulfills content area 2 and content area 4 (international) requirements.

INTD 291-002 “Introduction to Computer Programming,” Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30-1:45 with Instructor Robert Birge
This one semester course will introduce students to computer programming using Extended Basic with object oriented and structured programming methods.  The course assumes the student has no programming experience, but is interested in exploring the use of programming as a tool in their studies. The textbook and the programming environment will be provided for free.  This course provides you with a programming environment and a single-user license permitting continued use after the course is completed. It will be important that any student signing up for this course have daily access to a computer running one of the following operating systems [best: Windows XP or Macintosh OSX (PowerPC or Universal); adequate: Windows 98 or Macintosh OS9] with a processor speed 600MHz or better and at least 128MB of available RAM.  If in doubt, please contact the instructor, R.R. Birge (rbirge@uconn.edu), so we can test your computer.  It is anticipated that a version for Windows Vista will be available as well.

INTD 298-001 "Controversial Social Issues," Mondays and Wednesdays 2-4 with Instructor Richard Langlois
The course is intended to confront students with a number of topical and controversial social issues with focus on six issues such as Religion in American Life; Islam and the West; the War on Drugs; The Wal-Mart Effect; Poverty and Globalization; and Global Warming. Depending on the number of students enrolled, participants will choose one or two of the issues. Those students will be the discussion leaders for the assigned topic and will ultimately produce an eight-to-ten-page paper on the issue. The objective will not be to persuade students of any particular position but rather to acquaint them with some major issues and to give them practice in discussing those issues intelligently. Last year’s course website is available here. Please contact Kate Korner by stopping by the Honors Office or emailing her at Kate.Korner@uconn.edu to get an application form as registration is limited to 12 spots.

SOCI 299-023 Do you plan to work AND have a family? Mondays 4:30-6:00
with Instructor and Director of the Honors Program Lynne Goodstein
Join Dr. Lynne Goodstein to hear professional women discuss their path to success in both motherhood and their careers in this 1 credit Honors seminar course. The course will cover many issues of interest to those students—women and men—who are trying to imagine their lives in five or ten years and how they will navigate the demands of career, spouse, and children. This course is being offered as an independent study, so students must complete an Independent Study Authorization form, obtain your advisor’s and Dr. Goodstein’s signatures.

The EEB department is looking for 3 qualified undergraduates to conduct field research in South Africa!

This project, funded by an award from the National Science Foundation, will focus on plant biodiversity, ecology, and evolution. Accepted students will work on both independent and group research projects. Students are required to enroll in a 1 credit seminar in Spring 2008 to gain insight on both the cultural and scientific background of the area. Travel expenses and a generous stipend will be provided!

For more information or to apply, visit the South Africa experience website. The deadline for applications is October 30! Contact Carl Schlichting at schlicht@uconn.edu will any additional questions.

POLS 258: Comparative Perspectives on Human Rights
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Monteith 115

Join Professor Shareen Hertel in exploring and challenging several core theories in the study of human rights. Some ideas that will be discussed include the division of different "types" of rights and the different aspects of state responsibility for them. The contrast between human rights experiences across different regions and subject areas will offer insight into the core concepts in the field.

Enroll for intersession today!
This course is a core requirement for both the Human Rights minor and the Comparative Politics topic within the Political Science major.