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University of Connecticut
Center for Continuing Studies
One Bishop Circle, Unit 4056
Storrs, CT 06269-4056
860-486-5941
 
HARTFORD CAMPUS
 

Schedule 1 classes meet: Alternating Saturdays, Aug. 23; Sept. 6, 20; Oct. 4, 18; Nov. 1, 15; Dec. 6 (No class Nov. 29); Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Anthropology (ANTH)
3401-H95: World Religions
(Formerly 269) A survey of religious belief systems, both polytheistic and monotheistic, from around the world.
3 credits
Instructor: Denise Letendre; Registration code: 11555

Communication (COMM)
4220W-H95: Small Group Communication
(Formerly 225W) Approaches, methods, and findings of research in small group communication and development of an ability to engage effectively in small group situations.
Prerequisite: COMM 3200 or instructor consent; ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: COMM 3100.
3 credits
Instructor: Branislav Kovacic; Registration code: 10598


Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS)
3431-H95: Family and Work
(Formerly 272) Interaction of the world of work with family structure; social psychological dynamics that enhance or impede working families’ lives.
Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher.
3 credits
Instructor: Jennifer Van Buren Trachtenberg; Registration code: 11436

Human Resource Management (HRM)
3220-H95: Work in the United States: Hollywood vs.
History

(Formerly 220) Explores how Hollywood has portrayed work in
America over the last seventy years with an emphasis
on the context within which it was produced.
3 credits
Instructor: James Howell; Registration code: 11470

Political Science (POLS)
3827-H95: Politics of Crime and Justice
(Formerly 255) Criminal justice in the United States, with emphasis on the links between law, politics, and administration.
Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher.
3 credits
Instructor: Steven Strom; Registration code: 10502

Psychology (PSYC)
2700. Social Psychology
(Formerly 240) Attitudes, social cognition, social influence,
interpersonal relations, group dynamics.
Prerequisite: PSYC 1100 and 1101 or 1103.
3 credits
Instructor: Staff; Registration code: 10497

Schedule 2 classes meet: Alternating Saturdays, Aug. 30; Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8, 22; Dec. 13 (No class Nov. 29);Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

History (HIST)
3205. Personality and Power in the Twentieth Century
(Formerly 291) Dynamic leadership in historical crises, including,
for example, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Hitler, DeGaulle, Kennedy, and Mao.
3 credits
Instructor: Louis Cretella; Registration code: 11405

Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS)
3340-H95: Introduction to Counseling
(Formerly 266) Principles of professional counseling including
therapeutic processes, roles, and skills. How counselors help people solve problems is explored. Student’s psychological growth and development is facilitated through psychological education.
Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher.
3 credits
Instructor: Julie Liefeld; Registration code: 10564

Human Resource Management (HRM)
3265-H95: Labor and American Politics
(Formerly 265) Chronological study using the high points of our
country’s political history and labor’s attempts to influence
the political process.
3 credits
Instructor: James Howell; Registration code: 11406

Philosophy (PHIL)
2215. Ethics
(Formerly 215) Judgments of good and evil, right and justice,
the moral ‘ought’ and freedom; what do such judgments mean, is there any evidence for them, and can they be true?
Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107.
3 credits
Instructor: Gordon Stevenson; Registration code:10572

Political Science (POLS)
3802-H95: Constitutional Law
(Formerly 252) The role of the Supreme court in expounding and
developing the United States Constitution. Topics include judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, and due process.
Prerequisite: Open to juniors or higher.
3 credits
Instructor: Julia E. Thomson; Registration code: 11420

Sociology (SOCI)
3459W-H95: Aging in American Society
(Formerly 248W) (Also offered as HDFS 3240W) Social gerontology: the role and status of older people in a changing society.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher.
3 credits
Instructor: Melissa J. Butler; Registration code: 10627

Women’s Studies (WS)
1105H-95: Gender in Everyday Life
(Formerly 105) Explores how the biological fact of sex is
transformed into a system of gender stratification in our everyday lives. Examines the social position of women in the family, work, and politics while maintaining sensitivity to the diversity of women’s experiences across class, racial-ethnic groups, cultures,
and regions. Experience in introductory research methods to analyze the social construction and structural organization of gender.
3 credits
Instructor: Jeanne Humphrey; Registration code: 10539

Schedule 3 classes meet: EVERY Saturday, Aug. 30 to Dec. 6 (No class Nov. 29); Time: as indicated

English (ENGL)
3218W-H95: Ethnic Literatures of the United States
(Formerly 278W) The literatures of ethnic American authors. Writers may include Natachee Scott Momaday, Maxine Hong
Kingston, Zora Neale Hurston, Rolando Hinojosa, Bernard Malumud, Nicholasa Mohr, John Fante, among others.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 3800; open to juniors or higher.
3 credits
Meets 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Krystyna Zamorska; Registration code: 11398

Geology (GEOL)
1050-H95: Earth and Life through Time with Laboratory
(Formerly 105) History of planet Earth, emphasizing how rock,
air, water, and life interact at different scales to produce
the earth’s crust, landforms, life systems, natural resources, catastrophes, and climatic regimes. Provides a scientific context for human-induced global change. Includes laboratory component.
Not open to students enrolled in or having passed GEOL 1051 or
SCI 1051.

4 credits
Meets 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Instructor: Jonathon Drasdis; Registration code: 10561

Statistics (STAT)
1100QC-H95: Elementary Concepts of Statistics
(Formerly 110QC) Standard and nonparametric approaches to
statistical analysis; exploratory data analysis, elementary probability, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing, one- and two-sample procedures, regression and correlation. Learning to do statistical analysis on a personal computer is an integral part of the course.
Recommended Preparation: MATH 1010 or the equivalent. Credit restrictions: 1000-level statistics courses are not open for credit to students who have passed a 2000-level or above statistics course or who are taking such a course concurrently. Students can receive no more than four credits from STAT 1000QC and 1100QC.
4 credits
Meets 8:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Instructor: John Massaro; Registration code: 10381

Attention BGS students - Most of these classes can be used to satisfy various General Education and Focus requirements. Please check with your BGS Advisor.