Special Topics

Stamford Campus – May Term

Women’s Studies 3263 – Women and Violence
Cramer, Patricia
Class meets daily 5:30-8:30 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1550

This course offers a theoretical and practical approach to the problem of male violence against women. We examine violence against women as part of a system of controls against women, analyzing the connections between economic and ideological discrimination and violence. This course looks at violence against women as occurring on a continuum ranging from, for example, sexist jokes and telephone harassment to rape, childhood sexual abuse, and sex murder. We examine the intersections of race and class and how these impact on women’s experiences of and resistances to male violence. Throughout the course, we will consider not only how women have been victims but how they have resisted the violence done to them.

Readings will include first-person narratives by women recounting their experiences as well as feminist theoretical work on these issues. Activists and experts in the community who work on rape, battering and childhood sexual abuse will also be invited to speak to us in class. Practical advice on verbal and physical self-defense will be provided by experts in the field.

Storrs Campus – May Term

History 3360 – Early Middle Ages
Olson, Sherri
Class meets daily 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1302

Class format: Lecture, discussion & film. Survey of European history from the later Roman Empire to 1050. Topics include the decline and transformation of paganism, creation of the medieval Church, the invasions and the development of Germanic kingship. Special focus on daily life and religious belief. We will also consider the formation of personal identity, the “sense of self” in the early medieval West, as glimpsed in the few autobiographical texts that have come down to us from this period.

Pathobiology and Veterinary Science 4351 – Diseases of Finfish and Shellfish
Fresca, Salvatore and French, Richard
Class meets daily 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1218

A one-day field trip to a regional aquarium is required. Date to be determined.

Women’s Studies 3998 – Representations of Motherhood
Gurr, Barbara
Class meets daily 1:00-4:00 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1219

This course offers a feminist analysis of motherhood in America, beginning with childbirth. Particular emphasis is placed on the social, political, and economic constructions of motherhood through a variety of mechanisms including media, capitalism, literature, and popular culture. What does it mean to be a mother in Twenty-first century America? Are there different ways of mothering? How do differences in race, ethnicity, sexuality and economic privilege impact women’s experiences of motherhood? How do mothers impact these arenas?

Stamford Campus – Summer Session I

English 3003W – Advanced Composition (Business Writing)
Shaw, Francine
Class meets Tuesday/Thursday 6:00-9:15 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1565

Writing effective letters, memos, proposals, reports, press releases and job descriptions.

Storrs Campus – Summer Session I

Anthropology 3990 Section 10 – Field Work in Archaeology
McBride, Kevin
Class meets daily 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
May 27- July 3, 2008
PeopleSoft class number 1239
6 credits

This 6 week intensive course introduces students to the fundamentals of archaeological excavation and laboratory analysis through the extensive facilities of the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. We meet Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 4:00 pm at the Mashantucket Pequot reservation. In addition to tuition there is a $50.00 lab fee. There is also an opportunity for a limited number of students to participate in a one-week archaeology study abroad program in Portugal. Completing the field school provides students with the basic qualifications for a job as a field technician in contract archaeology.

Anthropology 3990 Section 11- Residential Field School in Historical Archaeology
McBride, Kevin
Class meets daily 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
June 30 – July 25, 2008
PeopleSoft class number 1830
6 credits

This 4 week intensive course introduces students to the fundamentals of historical archaeology, including archeological survey, excavation and historical research. We will be excavating at Hammondville, Crown Point, NY, a 19th century mining “Ghost Town” located in the eastern Adirondack region. The course is scheduled for Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm, so students’ weekends are free. Accommodations at a NYS camp ground will be arranged and food will be provided. Students are responsible for transportation, basic camping equipment, the cost of room and board ($100.00/wk) and a $50.00 lab fee. Completing the field school provides students with the basic qualifications for a job as a field technician in contract archaeology.

Biology 1102 – Foundations of Biology
Taigen, Theodore
Lecture meets Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Labs meet either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday for two hours and fifteen minutes.
PeopleSoft class number is 1050 for 10L, 1051 for 11L and 1052 for 12L

This course will include a required field trip to the Avery Point campus on Project Oceanology. Date to be determined.

Drama 1110 – Introduction to Film
Smith, Robert
Class meets Monday/Wednesday 9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1436

Besides the fundamentals of history and theory, Summer Session Introduction to Film classes include a section on the principles of film/video production. This section begins with the basics of writing a treatment and structuring a story. During this phase, the students will utilize what they have learned during the previous theory section relative to how story and character can be visualized through mise en scene and montage techniques. Hands-on work with video cameras will translate the student’s ideas from theory to practice.

Geology 1010 – The Age of Dinosaurs
Getty, Patrick
Class meets Tuesday/Thursday 1:00-4:15 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1055

A reconstruction of the Mesozoic world of the dinosaurs as interpreted from geological and paleontological evidence. Course includes fundamental concepts of stratigraphy, historical geology, paleoclimatology and paleontology.

Storrs Campus – Intensive Summer Session I

Geography 4710 – Geography of Latin America
Atkinson-Palombo, Carol
Class meets daily 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1246

Students from around UConn are invited to undertake an integrative study of the physical, historical, social, political and economic geography of Latin America. This course emphasizes the interrelationships between flows of people, capital, and goods, and the impact of these processes on the Americas.

Political Science 2998 – Ethic Conflict in Europe
Melo, Daniela
Class meets daily 6:00-9:00 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1109

This course will provide an overview of theoretical perspectives on the causes of ethnic conflict, followed by the application of these perspectives to relevant cases of ethnic conflict in twentieth-century Europe. Some of the conflicts covered will include ex-Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland, Basques, Corsicans, Roma, among others.

Stamford Campus - Summer Session II

Marine Science 1002 – Introduction to Oceanography
Pereira, Rui
Class meets Monday/Wednesday 5:00-8:45 p.m.
Peoplesoft class number 1591

This class will have a Saturday field trip. Date to be determined.

Storrs Campus – Summer Session II

Drama 1110 – Introduction to Film
Smith, Robert
Class meets Monday/Wednesday 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1437

Geology 1010 – The Age of Dinosaurs
Getty, Patrick
Class meets Tuesday/Thursday 1:00-4:30 p.m.
PeopleSoft class number 1056

Courses With Special Dates and Location – UConn Health Center

Nursing 4299 – Acute Care Nursing
Hobson, Mary-Ellen
Class meets by arrangement, May 23 through August 8
PeopleSoft class number 1385

Colangelo, Rosanna
Class meets by arrangement June 2 through August 8
PeopleSoft class number 1387

This Summer Internship in Acute Care Nursing provides the opportunity to gain additional clinical experience during the summer prior to graduation. Student nurse interns become part of an acute care staff, working one-on-one with an experienced RN preceptor in a clinical area of particular interest to them. Areas offered include Intensive Care, Medical, Surgical, Oncologic, Emergency, Maternal-Child and Perloperative settings.