Want to be an INTD 198 Facilitator?

If you're interested in being an INTD 198 Facilitator and couldn't make the workshop, then you’re in luck.
All the information you need is right here!

Just remember the deadline for applications is 5 p.m., Friday, December 3, 2007, so don't delay!

Take a look at the following classes, being offered to Honors students in Spring 2008...

INTD 298-001: Controversial Social Issues, Wednesdays 2-4 p.m. with Instructor Richard Langlois

Are You Thinking of Applying for National Scholarships, Graduate School, Internships, or Other Competitive Endeavors? Sophomores Are Especially Encouraged to Enroll

Students in this course will confront a number of topical and controversial social 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. Participants will choose one or two issues to explore deeply. 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 be to become acquainted with some major issues and to give them practice in discussing those issues intelligently. Students who are thinking of applying for competitive endeavors would benefit from this course.  Last year’s course website is available here. Please contact Marlene Coughlin by stopping by the Honors Office or emailing her at marlene.coughlin@uconn.edu to get an application form for permission to enroll. Registration is limited to 12 spots.

SOCI 242W: American Jewry, Thursdays 4:00 – 6:45 p.m. with Instructor Arnold Dashefsky

Historical, demographic, organizational, and sociopsychological perspectives.   This course may be useful to students interested in such topics as religion, ethnicity, inter-group relations, intermarriage, prejudice, and discrimination. This course fulfills a “W” requirement.  It meets with graduate course, SOCI 343, and includes small group discussions.

ENGL 250-003 Honors I: Approaches to Literature
Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:00 -- 9:15 with Instructor Stephanie L. Orringer

(PS# 12926)This course is conducted as a seminar in Western Literature to determine how various authors have defined and represented the SELF in their works. In addition to the study of the historical and cultural background of the texts and their authors, the close textural analysis of various genres should hone the students’ critical skills. There will be an emphasis on rigorous writing to complement informal and interpretative discussion. Class participation and oral presentations, quizzes, short essays (often comparing a contemporary video production with the literary work that inspired it), a final term paper will complete the course requirements.
May be used to satisfy the ENGL 110 or 111requirement.

ECON 107-002–Honors Core: Economics, Nature, and the Environment
Mondays and Wednesdays 12:00 -1:15 p.m. with Instructor Olivier Morand

(PS# 12927) This course will study of the interaction between people and their natural environment from a global and historical perspective. The course is multidisciplinary and synthesizes valuable insights from various disciplines, including economics and the social sciences, geography, archaeology, history, ecology, while emphasizing a scientific approach. Topics of study will include the impact of nature on societies; effects of geography and climate on economic development and income inequality. The impact of humans on their environment; environmental problems; collapse of societies; and sustainable development will also be discussed.

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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘What are you doing for others?’ ”

—Martin Luther King, Jr

Unsure of what you want to do after graduation? Committed to public service? Interested in travelling around the United States??

Consider participating in an Americorps program.. "AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment." Americorps could get you involved in
*improving health services * fighting illiteracy * rebuilding communities affected by disaster and more
in communities across the nation that need it most!

AmeriCorps*NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) is a full-time, team-based residential program for men and women age 18–24. Members live on one of three campuses, located in Denver, Colorado; Sacramento, California; and Perry Point, Maryland.
Visit AmeriCorps*NCCC online to learn more!!