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CHEM 2443: Organic Chemistry (Storrs)

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Instructor: Nicholas Leadbeater

Prerequisite: CHEM 1128Q, 1138Q, 1148Q, or 1126Q (1126 may be concurrent). Only two credits after passing CHEM 2241.

The material in Honors CHEM 2443 is much like that in the non-Honors sections of CHEM 2443, but it will go into more detail on various topics. It is also taught differently, with class periods dedicated to discussion and practice problems. Additional support is available from a graduate teaching assistant and undergraduate peer mentors.

CHEM 1148Q: Honors General Chemistry II (Storrs)

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Instructor: Douglas Adamson

Prerequisite: CHEM 1147Q. If you took CHEM 1127Q or 1137Q and would like to enroll in CHEM 1148Q, email Prof. Adamson for permission.

This Honors version of CHEM 1128Q will complete the general chemistry sequence for any science major and for pre-med/pre-dent requirements.

CHEM 1148Q has a smaller lecture section than CHEM 1128Q. and it requires more personal initiative in the laboratory assignments. It also uses some calculus, compared to the algebra used in CHEM 1128Q.

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CHEM 1147Q: Honors General Chemistry I (Storrs)

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Instructor: Thomas Seery

CHEM 1147Q is the Honors version of CHEM 1127Q, and it may be used in place of CHEM 1127Q for any pre-requisite or other requirement. CHEM 1147Q has a smaller lecture section than CHEM 1127Q, and it requires more personal initiative in the laboratory assignments. It also uses some calculus, compared to the algebra used in CHEM 1127Q.

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AAAS 2020: Introduction to Critical Muslim Studies

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What does it mean to “see” Muslims in the world today? What happens when we study Islam and Muslims not from a Western-centric lens, but from the perspectives of diaspora, lived experience, and decolonial critique? How do we recognize and challenge anti-Muslim racism and Islamophobia? How do gender, sexuality, and youth culture shape Muslim identities? How do colonial histories, global power structures, and contemporary politics shape how Muslims are represented and how they represent themselves? Let’s find out together!

This course introduces Critical Muslim Studies as an interdisciplinary field that explores Muslim lives in local and global contexts – with emphasis on local Connecticut communities. Students will examine orientalism, anti-Muslim racism, Islamophobia, and the politics of identity through lenses of gender, sexuality, and youth culture. Through readings, discussion, and creative assignments—including an op-ed, short presentation, and zine—students will gain tools to analyze power, representation, and resistance in the making of Muslim futures.

Note: Honors students will be able to enroll directly. Students not in Honors* can request a permission number by emailing honors@uconn.edu and including (1) your name; (2) your 7-digit Student Admin number; (3) your registration “pick time”; (4) the course number and section; (5) the class number from Student Admin; and (6) confirmation that there are seats available in the course.

*All students taking this course will follow the Honors Core syllabus and will receive Honors credit if they earn a B- or above in the course, regardless of whether or not they are in the Honors Program. Questions about the course content or structure should be directed to Professor Rahman via email:  qazi_arka.rahman@uconn.edu

AAAS 2010: Introduction to Critical Refugee Studies (Conversion opportunity; Hartford)

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Instructor: Qazi Arka Rahman

While this is not an Honors course, Prof. Rahman welcomes Honors students of all majors and would be happy to offer Honors conversions for interested students.

Critical refugee studies is a multidisciplinary field of inquiry that intersects the humanities and the social sciences. It interrogates the multifaceted politics of refugees, refugee events, and refugees’ impacts. Departing from dominant understandings of refugees as simply victims, objects of rescue, problems, and crises, this course reconfigures refugees and refugeeness as fluid political subjects and important sites of knowledge production. It also centers refugees as complex historical actors, whose emergences and trajectories make visible not only processes and legacies of colonization, imperialism, war, militarism, displacement, state violence, and globalization, but also local and transnational attempts at belonging and social, political, and cultural transformations. Focusing on selected events since the second half of the twentieth century and attending to the intersections of ethnicity, race, class, gender, and sexuality this course is comparative and relational in scope.

AAAS 3212: Asian American Literature (On Superhero) (Conversion Opportunity; Hartford)

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Instructor: Qazi Arka Rahman

While this is not an Honors course, Prof. Rahman welcomes Honors students of all majors and would be happy to offer Honors conversions for interested students.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011; open to juniors or higher.

This course examines the intersection of Asian American literature and pop culture, focusing on the representation and evolution of the superhero figure. Superheroes feature prominently in popular culture. Although superheroes have always been popular in the realm of comic books and graphic novels, the superhero feature film as a distinct genre did not always exist with the popularity that it has now. The popularity of the Marvel and DC cinematic universe has made superheroes a staple for the American cultural palate. Through the superhero trope, we shall consider several larger questions: why is it necessary to consider popular culture? How does popular culture shape the values of society? Who controls the meaning of popular culture? How can superheroes be divisive? These are some of the questions that this course will try to ponder as it investigates representation of superheroes in graphic novels, films, and American popular culture. Using a wide range of primary sources and scholarly writings, this course will try to look between the lines of the superhero narrative and comprehend the latent meanings of popular stories. We will explore how Asian American creators and characters have influenced and been influenced by the superhero genre, analyzing works across various media including literature, comics, and film. The course will critically engage with themes of identity, race, citizenship, power, and belonging, while considering the broader cultural and political contexts that shape these narratives.

HDFS graduate courses (Storrs)

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Graduate courses act as Honors credit, as long as you earn a grade of B- or higher

HDFS 5031: Culture, Health, & Human Development Graduate Project Seminar

Instructor: Sara Harkness and guest mentors

A unique opportunity to develop your very own “not-too-large” research project. This interdisciplinary seminar features peer learning and expert guidance for the entire project.

Past CHHD projects have included:

  • The role of religion in Egyptian parenting
  • Working with diverse families in early interventions
  • Black parents’ experiences with the Positive Parenting Program
  • Working mothers’ perceptions of attachment in Botswana
  • Sleep and activity patterns of American and Dutch infants

HDFS 5101: Infant and Toddler Development

Instructor: Charles Super

What is going on with infants and toddlers? This seminar provides a tour through classic and contemporary theories and reserch on what’s going on and why it matters. Local and global perspectives on normal development and helpful interventions will be included.

HDFS 5248: Adaptation and Development in Adulthood

Instructor: Candidus Nwakasi

Young adulthood through middle-age with particular attention to transition episodes; stability and change in adult personality with attention to familial and other social relationships.

HDFS 5310: Patterns & Dynamics of Family Interaction

Instructor: Kari Adamsons

Readings and research about the family, emphasizing interpersonal processes and communication.

 

BADM/MENT 2240: Mastering Creativity and Innovation (Storrs)

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Instructor: Nora Madjar

If you are currently a business student, register for MENT 2240. If you are not, register for BADM 2240.

Students improve their creative problem-solving and leadership skills in a way that fosters creativity and innovation in others – integral skills for the constantly changing business world. Engagement in a variety of experiential activities designed to help understand first-hand the situations which are most likely to add creative value when working on complex and/or loosely defined open-ended problems. Topics include the basic features of creativity and innovation processes and practical applications for how to facilitate, manage, and evaluate creative ideas and innovations in a work setting.

Students enrolled in the Honors sections will have an opportunity to work with real business creatives (individuals from creative industries or entrepreneurs) and explore what stimulates and what stifles their creativity and what supports their innovations in real life.

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POLS 2803W: Legal Reasoning and Writing

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Requires ENGL 1007, 1010, or 1011.

This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the federal appellate process through a Moot Court simulation. Moot Court is an experiential learning tool that teaches students to craft and present legal arguments both orally and in writing at the appellate court level. While the course prepares students for participation in tournaments hosted by the American Moot Court Association (AMCA), participation in these tournaments is not required for enrollment in the course. It is also important to note that team participation is subject to the availability of spots allocated to each educational institution at the regional level. All students in this course have the option to submit their written appellate briefs to the AMCA Brief Writing Competition.

As a writing-intensive (“W”) course, students will draft, revise, and resubmit several writing assignments throughout the semester. The final projects for this course include drafting appellate briefs for both the petitioner and respondent in the assigned hypothetical case, as well as delivering oral arguments on their behalf. By the end of the course, students will have strengthened their legal reasoning and writing skills, developed their persuasive abilities, and gained experience collaborating as teams for resolving critical legal issues in today’s society. Previous hypothetical cases include prisoners’ rights, the rights of undocumented citizens, and religious freedoms.

POLS 2073Q: Advanced Quantitative Methods in Political Science (Storrs)

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Instructor:  Lyle Scruggs

Prerequisites: POLS 2072Q or STAT 1000Q or SOCI 3211Q or equivalent.

Want to understand what really drives policy outcomes and political behavior? Want to hone software skills that will help to work in the world of policy analysis and public administration, and prepare yourself for graduate school? This advanced statistics course moves beyond basic polling to uncover the hidden patterns in politics. Using Stata and Excel, you’ll master the quantitative tools that leading social scientists and campaign analysts use to evaluate the outcomes of policies, measure political messaging effects, and analyze voting and social behavior. You’ll work with real research data and collect some of your own to develop valuable skills for careers in politics, policy, journalism, and data science. Learn how numbers truly shape our democracy. Enroll today in POLS 2073Q. To learn more, contact Professor Scruggs in the Department of Political Science (lyle.scruggs@uconn.edu).

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