Please Note: Courses with W S in the Major Are Noted in Red

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Please Note: Courses with“W’s” in the major are noted in red.

General Education

Course Titles / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery Point
The City in the Western Tradition / URBN/GEOG 1200 / M/W
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Ross-Reynolds / T/TH
12:30pm – 1:45pm
Atkison-Palombo / M/W
11:15am - 12:30pm
Birge-Liberman / T
5:35pm – 8:05pm
Annino
Exploring Your Community / URBN 1300W / M
6:30pm-9:00pm
Agliano / T/TH
9:30am – 10:45am
Glasser
Exploring Your Community / URBN 1300 / T
6:00pm – 8:30pm
Hall / W
9:30am – 12:00pm
Moulder
Additional general education courses
Introduction to Sociology / SOCI 1001 / M/W
11:00am – 12:15pm
Levine / M/W/F
2:30pm-3:20pm
Hikel / T/TH
11:15am - 12:30pm
Eisenhandler / T
8:30am – 9:45am
Bunyan

Group I –Required Core Course

All UCS majors must take either URBN 2000 or URBN 2000W to graduate.

Student who declare UCS as their major effective academic year 2014/2015 must take URBN 2000(with or without a W) and URBN 4000 in order to graduate.

Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery Point
Introduction to Urban Studies / URBN 2000 / TH
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Allen / T/TH
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Rojas / M/W
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Birge-Liberman / W
2:35pm – 5:15pm
Williams
Understanding Your Community
***This course is open to UCS majors
in their Senior year*** / URBN 4000 / Online
Birge-Liberman / Online
Birge-Liberman / Online
Birge-Liberman

Group II - Cores

Three of the following with no more than one per department:

(Cross-listed courses count towards the non-URBN department)

Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery Point
Economics of Poverty / ECON 2456 / TH
6:00pm – 8:40pm
Glazer
Urban and Regional Planning / GEOG 4210 / T
4:00pm – 6:30pm
Poland / TH
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Sequin
Immigrants & the Shaping of American History / HIST 3554 / W
2:35pm – 5:15pm
Cygan
African American History Since 1865 / HIST 3564 / T/TH
9:30am – 10:45am
Goodheart / M
4:00pm – 6:30pm
Cobb / T/TH
11:15am – 12:30pm
Lambe
Urban Politics / POLS/URBN 3632 / M/W
9:30am – 10:45am
Waddell
Social Policy / PP 4034 / W
4:00pm – 6:30pm
Barrett
Social Welfare & Social Work / SOCI 3425 / M
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Driscoll
Urban Sociology / SOCI3901/URBN 3275 / M/W/F
9:05am – 9:55am
Pals
Urban Anthropology / URBN 3000 / TH
4:00pm – 6:30pm
McDonnell
Urban Geography / URBN 3200 / TBA
Staff

Group III – Methods

One of the following:

Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery Point
Information Technology for Economics / ECON 2327 / M
2:35pm – 5:15pm
Harmon
Geographic Data Analysis / GEOG 3500Q / T/TH
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Cromley
Quantitive Analysis in Political Science / POLS 2071Q / M*
4:40pm – 7:10pm
Kashwan / M/W
5:00pm – 6:15pm
Rasmussen
T/TH*
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Tafoya
Methods of Social Research / SOCI 3201 / M/W/F***
10:10am – 11:00am
Hikel
(Open to Sociology majors but also maintains a WL)
Intro to Statistics II / STAT 2215Q / M/W
5:00pm – 6:15pm
Larose
T/TH
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Deshpande
M/W/F
2:30pm – 3:20pm
Wang
Qualitative Analysis of Urban and Community Studies / URBN 3998:
Variable Topic
(Methods Substitution) / T/TH
11:00am – 12:15pm
Rojas
Please Note: UCS is planning on offering an online Methods course URBN 3210Q – Quantitative Analysis of Urban and Commmunity Studies during the summer. Once we have the Course Number we will pass it along.
The course will be avalibe to students on all campuses.
This course fulfills a university Q requirement as well as a UCS Methods requirement.

* This course section is only open to a specific major. (Please note: academic departments may remove seating restrictions this summer, actual date to be announced). You may try to enroll in the course at that time, if slots are avalible.)

** This course has a limited amount of slots available.

*** A short waiting list is maintained by the academic department that offers this course. If you are not able to enroll in this course via the Student Admin. System, please contact the department directly to see if they will placeyou on their waiting list.

Group IV – Supporting

Three additional courses selected from group II, group III or the following list:

For students who declare the UCS major effective academic year 14/15 – Select two additional courses from either group II, III or the following list:

Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery Point
Public Finance / ECON 3431 / T/TH
9:30am – 10:45am
Fisher
Introduction to Sport Based Youth Development / EDRL 3547/W / T/TH
11:00am – 12:15pm
Evanovich
T/TH
11:00am – 12:15pm
Evanovich
(W course)
Diversity Issues in Human Dev. & Family Studies / HDFS 2001 / T
4:00pm- 6:30pm
Brenick / F
10:10am – 11:00am
Brown / T/TH
11:15am – 12:30pm
Halgunseth / T/TH
9:55am – 11:10am
Csizmadia
F
11:15am – 12:05pm
Brown
F
12:20pm – 1:10pm
Brown
M/W/F
2:30pm – 3:20pm
Saxena
Aging in American Society / HDFS 3240 or SOCI 3459W / M
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Chapman / M
3:45pm – 6:15pm
Eisenhandler
Planning and Managing Human Service Programs / HDFS 3510 / TH
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Desmarais
Public Policy & the Family / HDFS 3530 / M
3:45pm – 6:15pm
Donofio
Child Welfare, Law & Social Policy / HDFS 3540 / T
4:00pm – 6:30pm
Comer
Topics in Public History / HIST 3102 / T
2:30pm – 5:00pm
Rozwadowski
Social and Cultural History of Connecticut and New England / HIST 3520 / M/W
5:35pm – 6:50pm
Steenburg
Group IV – Supporting (Continued)
Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery point
Semester in Urban Problems
(Urban Semester) / INTD 3584 / Contact the Urban Semester Program at or additional information.
Students also enroll concurrently in INTD 3590: Urban Field Studies.
Available to students on all campuses.
Urban Semester Field Work Seminar / INTD 3594
State and Local Government / POLS 2622 / W
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Brennan
American Political Economy / POLS 3617 / M/W
11:00am – 12:15pm
Waddell / M/W/F
11:15am – 12:05pm
Ladewig
African America Politics / POLS 3642 / M
2:35pm – 5:15pm
Ginsberg
Crimonology / SOCI 2301 / M/W/F
11:15am – 12:05
McNeal Jr / M/W
5:35pm – 6:50pm
Breslin
M/W/F
1:25pm – 2:15pm
Hikel
Sociological Perspectives on Poverty / SOCI 3429W / M/W
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Cazenave
Ethnicity and Race / SOCI 3501/AFRA 3501 / T/TH
11:00am – 12:15pm
Hughey
Sociology of Religion / SOCI 3521W / M/W/F
2:30pm – 3:20pm
Godfrey
Sociology of Gender / SOCI 3601 / T/TH
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Katuna / T/TH
1:10pm – 2:25pm
Bunyan
African Americans and Social Protest / SOCI 3825
City Life / SOCI 3907W / M/W/F
12:20pm – 1:10pm
Hikel

Group IV – Supporting Continued
Group IV – Supporting (Continued)
Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery Point
Internship in UCS / URBN 3981 & 3991 / Barrett
(With approval) / Rojas / Glasser
(With approval)
Staff / Barrett
Atkinson-Palombo
Variable Topics: Human Trafficking URBN Tragedy / URBN 3998 / T
6:00pm – 8:30pm
Agliano
Variable Topics: Qualitative Analysis Urban and Community Studies ( See Group III, Methods Substitution) / URBN 3998 / T/TH
11:00am – 12:15pm
Rojas
Variable Topics: The City in Film / URBN 3998 / TH
3:45pm – 6:15pm
Glasser
Independent Study / URBN 4999 / Available by arrangement with consent of UCS instructor

** This course has a limited amount of slots available.

Related Courses

All Liberal Arts majors must take a minimum of 12 credits related to their major.

Please note: UCS majors may take a course(s)listed above as a “Related” as long as the course(s) is not designated as URBN or is not cross-listed with URBN. Related courses must be approved by you UCS faculty advisor.

Below are just a few examples of courses UCS majors may want to consider as “Related” or “Electives”.

Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery
Medical Anthropology / ANTH 3300 / T/TH
12:30pm – 1:45pm
Willen
Real Estate / FNCE 3230 / Online*
Pancak
*For Sch of Business majors / M/W*
11:00am – 12:15pm
Cohen / Online*
Pancak
*For Sch of Business majors / Online**
Pancak
** A few slots available for any major
W*
5:00pm – 7:20pm
Cover
*For Sch of Business majors
Applications of Geographic Information Systems / GEOG 4510 / M
2:30pm – 4:30pm
Mrozinski
Legal Aspects of Family Life / HDFS 3520 / T
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Garver
Related Courses (Continued)
Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery
The Presidency and Congres / POLS 3602 / T/TH
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Hayes / M
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Staff
Constitutional Law / POLS 3802 / M
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Santiago
Constitutional Rights and Liberties / POLS 3807 / M/W/F
1:25pm – 2:15pm
Bergendahl
Law and Society / POLS 3817 / TH
4:00pm – 6:30pm
Bowden / T/TH
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Cole
Politics of Crime and Justice / POLS 3827 / M/W/F*
9:05am – 9:55am
Bergendahl
M/W/F**
10:10am – 11:00am
Bergendahl
** A few slots available for non-POLS majors
Public Opinion / PP 3030 / M/W/F
11:15am – 12:05pm
Best
Public Policy Issues: Public Finance & Budgeting / PP 3098 / TH
5:00pm – 7:30pm
Simonsen
Public Policy Issues: Human Resource Management / PP 3098 / M
5:00pm – 7:30pm
Hatmaker
Financial Management for Public & Nonprofit Organizations / PP 4031 / T
5:00pm – 7:30pm
Raissian
Abnormal Psychology / PSYC 2300 / M/W
9:30am – 10:45am
Burnham / T/TH
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Milan / T/TH
11:15am – 12:30pm
Treadwell / T/TH
7:00pm – 8:15pm
Bellas
T/TH
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Milan
T/TH
12:30pm – 1:45pm
Hinnebusch
T/TH
9:30am – 10:45am
Chen
Related Courses (Continued)
Course Title / New 4 Digit # / Hartford / Storrs / Torrington / Waterbury / Stamford / Avery
Introduction to Epidemiology / PUBH 3001 / T/TH
11:00am – 12:15pm
Gregorio
Social Theory / SOCI 3251 / T/TH
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Eisenhandler
Deviant Behavior / SOCI 3311 / M
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Butler / T/TH
11:00am – 12:15pm
Horowitz / W
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Staff
Sociology of Health / SOCI 3451 / T/TH
12:30pm – 1:45pm
Ratcliff
White Racism / SOCI 3505 / M/W
12:30pm – 1:45pm
Cazenave
Sociology of Sexualities / SOCI 3621 / T/TH
9:30am – 10:45am
Price-Glynn
Sociology of the Family / SOCI 3651W / T/TH
8:00am – 9:15am
Price-Glynn
Human Rights in the United States / SOCI 3831 / T/TH
8:00am – 9:15am
Glasberg
Refugees and Humanitarianism / SOCI 3835 / M/W/F
9:05am – 9:55am
Warren

** This course has a limited amount of slots available.

Course Highlights

(Please note, a course may be offered on multiple campuses, however, the descriptions maybe specific to a certain campus location.)

GEOG/URBN 1200 (AVP, HTFD, STORRS, WTBY): The City in the Western Tradition

A broad discussion of the role and structure of the city in the western tradition from the Classical period to contemporary America. Special emphasis will be placed on the mechanisms by which cities and ideas about them have been diffused from one place to another and on the changing forces that have shaped the western city. CA 1.

Course Highlights Continued

(Please note, a course may be offered on multiple campuses, however, the descriptions maybe specific to a certain campus location only.)

Geography 4095: Spatial Mobilities(Storrs)

Description: Spatial mobility is central to the human experience. Daily activity -- like shopping, dropping the kids off at school, and commuting to work -- changing place of residence, and migrating from one place to another have profound effects on individuals and places. The widespread use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are altering these behaviors and in many cases giving rise to new forms of mobility. This course explores these dimensions of movement with a particular emphasis on their relationships to inequality.

GEOG 4210 (WTBY): Urban and Regional Planning

This course is designed to provide an overview of urban planning as practiced in the United States with an emphasis on Connecticut. Topics will include the historic development of the discipline, the legal basis for planning and land use control techniques, the interrelationships among engineering, law and politics, as well as discussions of current trends and techniques. This course seeks to provide an insight into planning as a profession and to help students evaluate whether planning or a related field may be a potential career option. Three practical exercises will allow students to perform some basic professional tasks, explore post graduate educational resources and be exposed to urban planning in the “real world”.

PP 4034 (HTFD): Social Policy

Examination of the concepts and principles of public policy analysis, with applications to important social issues.

SOCI 3251(WTBY): Social Theory—Visualize This

Theories are abstract thoughts and images about the way things work. Sociological theory focuses on group interaction and social structure to imagine and study how social relations emerge, are maintained, and change. With the benefit of insights from classical and contemporary sociological thinkers, we will consider how technology opens new ways to visualize social worlds. An important component of academic work will be an original project combining theory and research in visual sociology.

SOCI 3651W (HTFD): Sociology of the Family

Families are potent symbols in the United States. To distinguish insiders and outsiders Americans may say, "blood is thicker than water.”Suchsentimentsmay seem to convey enduring cultural truths, but family meanings change over time. This course explores how we define and construct families as well as the relationship between our families and larger social forces. Using lecture, readings, films, and discussions we will first shatter common myths about families by confronting prevailing definitions and assumptions. Having explored examples from our past, we will move toward issues facing contemporary families. We will conclude by looking at families and social change through political activism.

Course Highlights Continued

(Please note, a course may be offered on multiple campuses, however, the descriptions maybe specific to a certain campus location only.)

SOCI 3621 (HTFD): Sociology of Sexualities

Messages about sex and sexuality surround us. Though many experts argue that the U.S. is a sex-saturated society, our culture remains deeply ambivalent about how to interpret and understand these references – both past and present. On the one hand, sex and sexuality are represented natural and eternal (read: unchanging). On the other, sex and sexuality are, particularly within youth culture, seen as increasingly problematic (read: changing). How can both statements be true? Using asociological lens we will look at sexual identities and practices among social actors, social groups, and institutions.In particular we will focus on the social construction and social control of sexuality.

URBN 1300 (TORR): Exploring Your Community

Through mini-internships in the community and dialogue with guest speakers, students will learn about current initiatives to improve our region's communities, and reflect on topics of citizenship, justice, human rights, diversity, and individual and social well being. Topics explored include revitalizing neighborhoods and downtowns, ending homelessness, growth of regional government, improving recreational opportunities, developing local food systems, alternatives to mass imprisonment, the arts and community. Because 2015 is the 50th anniversary of the UCONN/Torrington campus, the class will also examine the part played by UCONN in the region.

URBN 3000 (HTFD): Urban Anthropology

We begin with the origin of cities in antiquity and end with the contemporary urban landscape. Analysis is sensitive to both various theoretical and methodological approaches to examine urban life, and focuses particularly on interpreting, understanding and seeking alternatives to common "urban problems" such as crime, violence, poverty, sanitation, urban renewal projects, and racial & economic segregation. The city has been characterized by some as the "greatest cultural achievement of humankind: but is also viewed as "seats of tyranny and corruption". This course examines these opposing characterizations of the city and a range of views in between-from an anthropological and archaeological perspective.

URBN 3998 (STORRS): Special Topics “Human Trafficking as an Urban Tragedy”

According to the U.S. State Department, human trafficking is one of the greatest human rights challenges of this century, both in the United States and around the world, damaging both children and adults. Also known as modern day slavery, human trafficking is a crime involving exploitation of a person for the purpose of involuntary servitude or debt bondage and can include forced labor and sex trafficking. Human trafficking cases occur throughout the United States from small rural towns to large urban cities. While there is no one victim profile, there are several factors the increase victim vulnerabilities. This course will explore current issues of trafficking in the United States, federal and state response, factors that increase the risk for victimization, the role of traffickers, and those who create the demand for human commodification.

URBN 3998 (WTBY):The City in Film: Small Town Version

How have small towns and their communities been portrayed in feature films of the distant and recent past? How do these portrayals measure up against both the commonly held images and realities of American small town life? Emphasis in this course will be given to movies that foreground the small town as protagonist. Students will have an opportunity to compare small town films with depictions of small towns from historical, sociological, and architectural perspectives. Students will also collectively and individually research and write about a body of small town films from the 1990s and 2000s.

URBN 4000 (Online) – Understanding Your Community (Open to UCS majors in their senior year at all UConn campus locations)

In this course, students will conduct an in-depth examination of an urban area or local community. Students will produce a detailed report that includes a historical perspective, an analysis of issues and stakeholders, and an evaluation of internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external threats and opportunities. Additionally, this report will propose strategies for addressing urban and community problems, while at the same time advancing equity, growth and development. Please note, if you are a Senior and are having problems registering for this class, please contact .

OCTOBER 27, 2014