Instructor: Catherine Masud

This is a special opportunity to learn from an internationally award-winning filmmaker. 

This course aims to open students’ eyes to the tremendous power and possibility of the documentary form as a vehicle of social discourse and change. The first half of this course will examine the documentary from a historical, ethical, and aesthetic perspective, providing a theoretical grounding for students with a special interest in documentaries that address social and political themes. Some of the topics to be addressed include the evolution of the documentary genre, the modes and models of documentary, the rhetorical, narrative, and poetic documentary ‘voice’, and the question of ‘social impact’. Major milestones of the non-fiction genre will be studied along with lesser-known short form documentaries that illustrate specific aspects of technique, style, and content. The second half of the course will provide students with a practical framework for discovering their own documentary voice. Students will be guided through the process of pre-production, shooting and editing as they create their own short form documentaries on a social issue of their choice.

University Honors Laureate: This Variable Topics course will count toward the Arts & Humanities category.

As of 10/18/19, Honors MATH courses were not correctly listed in Student Admin. These are the courses you can expect for Spring 2020:

Campus	Course number	Title	Section	Times
Storrs	1132Q	Calculus II	059D	MoWe 3:35PM – 4:25PM; TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
	1132Q	Calculus II	060D	MoWe 4:40PM – 5:30PM; TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
	2110Q	Multivariable Calculus	149D	TuTh 9:30AM – 10:20AM; MoWeFr 1:25PM – 2:15PM
	2142Q	Advanced Calculus II	001	MoWeFr 2:30PM – 3:40PM
	2144Q	Advanced Calculus IV	001	MoWeFr 10:10AM – 11:20AM
	2210Q	Applied Linear Algebra	013	TuTh 11:00AM – 12:15PM
	2410Q	Elem Differential Equations	020	TuTh 12:30PM – 1:45PM
	3094	Undergraduate Seminar: Fourier Analysis and Applications	001	TuTh 11:00AM – 12:15PM
	3160	Probability	008	TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
Stamford	1132Q	Calculus II	Z84	MoWe 9:20AM – 11:00AM

Instructor: Jean Marsden

Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 2011

The course will begin with a quick grounding in Greek drama (Oedipus Rex, Lysistrata) and from there focus on English and American drama from the Renaissance to the present, sampling a variety of authors and genres, from comedies such as Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Behn’s The Rover to tragedies such as Webster’s Duchess of Malfi and Miller’s Death of a Salesman to contemporary dramas such as Kushner’s Angels in America and Stoppard’s Arcadia. Assignments will include two short papers and a longer paper on a drama-related topic of the
student’s choice.

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Instructor: Stuart Miller

This course addresses the major political, historical and religious currents in Graeco-Roman Palestine, or what the Jews have called since antiquity “The Land of Israel”. Among the central concerns will be the relationship of the Jews to the ruling powers (Ptolemies, Seleucids, Romans, Herodians etc.) and the emergence of sects and other groups such as the Pharisees, Sadducees, Dead Sea Sect, Samaritans, and early (Jewish) Christians. Relations between the Jews, Christians and Romans will also be examined. Special emphasis will be placed on life within the major urban centers, for example, Jerusalem, Caesarea, Sepphoris, Tiberias, and Bet Shean. The literary legacy of the rabbis and the emergence of Christian schools will be given special attention. Relevant archeological evidence will be introduced via slide presentations.