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Puppetry Student Says Multidisciplinary Talents are Key to Her Success
Joanie Papillon ’24 (SFA), poses with the current progress of her puppetry project, “Taurus” in her workspace in the Puppet Arts Complex at the UConn Depot Campus on July 27, 2023. (Sydney Herdle/UConn Photo)
DMD 3610/HIST 3103: Collaborating with Cultural Organizations I: Methods (Conversion Opportunity)
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Instructor: Clarissa Ceglio
While this is not an Honors course, Prof. Ceglio welcomes Honors students of all majors and would be happy to offer Honors conversions for interested students. Alternatively, Honors students may enroll in the cross-listed graduate section (DMD 5998-010), which will entail additional advanced work.
Museums, archives, and other nonprofit cultural organizations are mission-driven institutions with complex, sometimes fraught, histories. Today, many such organizations seek to explore new ways to communicate ideas, make collections accessible, inspire learning, connect people, and build community. In addition to learning about the histories, structures, and functions of mission-driven cultural organizations, we will explore methods of collaborating meaningfully and effectively with them and their communities. This will include consideration of the ways in which digital media, from apps to virtual reality (VR), are being used to critically engage publics in questions about the past, present, and future. We will explore, too, the histories and responsibilities of cultural organization with regard to social justice, activism, and inclusivity.
This learning will be applied to research and creation of a podcast series for the Benton Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition Seeing Climate Change.
For more information, or to receive a permission number, email Prof. Ceglio.
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EPSY 1450W: Mind, Body, Health (Conversion Opportunity)
Online during Summer I and Summer II
Instructor: Melissa Bray
While this is not an Honors course, Prof. Bray welcomes Honors students of all majors and would be happy to offer Honors conversions for interested students.
The role of the mind and its effects on subjective wellbeing (e.g., happiness, stress, depression, anxiety) and the physical body will be explored during this course. The past history and current literature supporting the mind body connection, assessment, and intervention will be presented. Implications for understanding mind body health relative to quality of life will be emphasized.
Experience treatments that alleviate stress, anxiety, depression, and improve happiness as well as attention! This class will introduce you to and allow you to try out experientials such as video self-modeling, virtual reality, self-monitoring, yoga, diet/nutrition, physical activity/exercise, nature/eco health, standard muscle relaxation, relaxation and guided imagery, deep breathing, written emotional expression, gratitude writing, mindfulness, meditation, and yoga.
A glimpse into the experiential portion of the course.
More information about the instructor and the Mind-Body Health Research Interest Group.
CA 2, W.
EPSY 1830: Critical and Creative Thinking in the Movies (Conversion Opportunity)
Online during Summer I and Summer II
Instructor: James Kaufman
While this is not an Honors course, Prof. Kaufman welcomes Honors students of all majors and would be happy to offer Honors conversions for interested students.
In this course students will learn about such topics as logical fallacies, memory errors, problem solving, genius, and the creative personality through films, short readings, and discussions. Past featured films include: 12 Angry Men, Get Out, Memento, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Run Lola Run, Lone Star, The Secret in their Eyes (2009), House of Games, Ex Machina, and Pan’s Labyrinth.
CA 2.
Healthcare Innovation graduate courses
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Graduate courses act as Honors credit, as long as you earn a grade of B- or higher
Honors students are invited to take one or more courses in Healthcare Innovation on a space-available basis. Courses must be taken in sequence:
- NURS 5111: Healthcare Innovation Theory and Application (Fall 2023)
- NURS 5112: Healthcare Opportunities for System Level Solutions
- NURS 5113: Developing & Leading a Sustainable Culture of Healthcare Innovation (Fall 2023)
- NURS 5114: Healthcare Innovation Development (Fall 2023)
Contact Dr. Tiffany Kelley to discuss your interest in and fitness for these courses. The sequence is not recommended for first-year students.
ENGL courses, Fall 2023
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Please view the Fall 2023 English Course Descriptions for more details about any of these courses. All require first-year writing (ENGL 1007/1010/1011) as a prerequisite.
Honors courses
ENGL 1101W: Classical and Medieval Western Literature
CA 1, W
ENGL 2408W: Modern Drama
CA 1
ENGL 2701: Creative Writing
Other courses of interest
The following ENGL courses are not Honors courses. However, advisors feel that they may be particularly interesting to Honors students.
ENGL 2001: Introduction to Grant Proposal Writing
ENGL 3267W: Race and the Scientific Imagination
CA 1, CA 4
ENGL 3621: Literature and Other Disciplines
Law and Literature