Spring 2022 Honors Courses - Stamford 

Info related to Honors general education courses and courses offered to students in all majors on the UConn Stamford campus in spring 2022. Most up to date information is always in StudentAdmin. To search for Honors courses in StudentAdmin, in Stamford or on any campus, follow the instructions listed under Finding Honors Courses. More info on Honors courses beyond Stamford can also be found on the Current Honors Courses page.

This interdisciplinary Honors Core course examines the social, economic, and cultural influences on youths’ interactions with, and use of technology for formal and informal learning. Examples include media literacy, digital divide, technology in education, and cyberbullying. Through discussion, lectures, and application of relevant research and social science theories, students will think critically and creatively about issues that have emerged since the rise of the World Wide Web during the 1990s and the growth of social media during the early part of the 21st century. The impact of these issues on youth and their families will also be explored.

Tu/Th, 2-3:15pm

Fulfills: General Education Content Area(s): CA 2 and CA4; University Honors Laureate: Honors Core, SS, and D&M

Notes: this class has a catalog-level prerequisite of First-Year Writing. If you are an Honors student who will be taking First-Year Writing as a co-requisite (by taking at the same time as DMD 2620), you may register 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.

Review of literature on college student development, gifted student development, leadership, mentoring, and pedagogy with the goal of preparing students to become Honors First Year Experience (UNIV 1784) Seminar Facilitators.*

W 2:30-5pm, application required

Fulfills: University Honors Laureate: SS

Notes: This course requires an application and is by permission number only for those selected. Students who would like to be facilitators in UNIV 1784 in fall 2022 must apply, be accepted, and then enroll in EGEN 3200 (3 Honors credits) in spring 2022 and would then enroll in EGEN 3092 (3 Honors credits) in the fall 2022 while facilitating. If you are applying, please plan to hold the day/time on your schedule or schedule a class that can be swapped if you are accepted. You should still plan to enroll in at least 12 credits (full time) since EGEN 3200 permission numbers won't be distributed until winter break after application review. 

British Literature II examines a broad variety of genres (poetry, non-fiction prose, and novel/short story) in three historical periods, from 1800 to roughly 1950: Romanticism, Victorianism, and Modernism. We will pay particular attention to works and movements on the margins of these categorical terms. This era was one of tremendous change with respect to definitions of identity: race, class, gender, sexual orientation, national and ethnic self-understanding, and religion -- just to name a few. Honors students will select to focus on clusters of historical documents concerning some of these themes and will develop their formal course writing around those texts.  Professor Roden will mentor these projects individually, and we will meet as an Honors group to workshop this independent study.   Collectively as a full class, we will analyze the literature in the context of the politics of identity and the idea of "subjectivity": the speaking self.

M, 3:35-6:05pm

Fulfills: General Education Content Area: CA 1 (for CLAS CA1-Area B); University Honors Laureate: A&H.

Notes: Prerequisite of First-year writing. Also counts for 2021 English major Literary Histories and Legacies track, in earlier plans of study, the B1 requirement; elective credit; the English minor. 

Developmental, social-ecological, and social psychological theories of the fundamental processes involved in intergroup relations; cognitive, affective, and social underpinnings of intergroup dynamics; critical issues of diversity and social justice in the lives of children and families; experiences of intergroup discrimination and victimization such as bullying and exclusion; theoretical approaches to improving intergroup relations and tolerance. CA 2. CA 4.*

Tu/Th, 9:30 - 10:45am

Fulfills: General Education Content Area: CA 2 and CA4; University Honors Laureate: SS and D&M.

Notes: Open to sophomores or higher. Recommended preparation: HDFS 2001 (but not required). 

Transcendental functions, formal integration, polar coordinates, infinite sequences and series, vector algebra and geometry, with applications to the physical sciences and engineering. Substitutes for MATH 1122 as a requirement.*

M/W, 9:20-11am

Fulfills: General Education: Q competency; University Honors Laureate: STEM. Recommended for students who will have further coursework in STEM fields and are looking for an environment that fosters growth.

Prerequisites: A qualifying score on the math placement assessment; one of MATH 1121Q, 1126Q, 1131Q, or 1151Q, or AP credit for calculus.

Psychology as a social science. Research methodology, developmental, personality, clinical, abnormal and social psychology. Applications of theory, writing, and demonstrations during discussion periods.*

Tu/Th, 11-12:15pm, with an additional discussion time weekly on Thursdays from 12:30-1:20pm for the 1103 Honors section.

Fulfills: General Education Content Area: CA 2; University Honors Laureate: SS; Suggested at some point before graduation for pre-medical/dental students.

Notes: Catalog level prerequisite of PSYC 1100, but interested students who haven't yet taken 1100 or will be taking it concurrently (at the same time), can email Professor Gresham for a permission number (lori.gresham@uconn.edu). 

 

*Course descriptions from the 2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog.

Other helpful links:
University Honors Laureate distribution requirement(what category a course goes in for UHL)

General Education requirements (including Content Areas and Competencies)

Important Notes: 

Future Honors courses will be announced prior to course registration for the semester offered.

This course list does not include upper-division Honors major-based courses that will be advertised directly to Honors students in those majors. Honors conversions are options for courses that are not offered as Honors.