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Fall 2023

ARTS 624
Monday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
Connecticut State Parks: A Collaborative Photographic Project
Belanger,Marion

PLEASE NOTE: This course begins on Monday September 11, and ends with a mandatory class meeting during finals week, December 11. This class requires students to work at one state park or forest of their choice for the entire semester. While a... more

ARTS 650
Thursday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
Picture Books: The Illustrated Book from Antiquity to Cyberspace
Richards,Christopher T.

Textual scholar D.F. McKenzie famously asserted that "forms effect meaning." What does this mean? That the physical form that a text takes -- whether a stone tablet, scroll, manuscript, printed flyer, or ebook -- contributes to and is in fact an... more

EDHD 632
Tuesday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
The Rise, the Fall, and the Opportunity of Higher Education in America
Knight,Glenn

The Rise, the Fall, and the Opportunity of Higher Education in America is designed for students who are interested in higher education and more importantly interested in how educational institutions respond to challenges and opportunities.... more

EDHD 681
Wednesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
How Learning Happens: Approaches to Teaching Practices
Garrett,Noel R

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do -- with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods -- to help children learn most effectively? Neuroscience... more

HUMS 620
Wednesday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
The Changing Landscape of Creative Nonfiction
Eisenberg,Emma Copley

ONLINE Creative nonfiction (CNF) is a distinctive form of literature and an evolving discipline that is grounded in verifiable truth using the literary techniques often found in fiction. It is a broad and flexible medium which includes forms as... more

HUMS 650
Thursday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
Picture Books: The Illustrated Book from Antiquity to Cyberspace
Richards,Christopher T.

Textual scholar D.F. McKenzie famously asserted that "forms effect meaning." What does this mean? That the physical form that a text takes -- whether a stone tablet, scroll, manuscript, printed flyer, or ebook -- contributes to and is in fact an... more

SCIE 646
Monday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
The Mathematics of Sustainability
Patel,Rehana

The question of sustainability is inherently quantitative: How do we shepherd our resources, natural and human-made -- even intangible ones, such as health -- so as not to deplete them? How can we -- indeed, can we -- allow for economic growth and... more

SCIE 681
Wednesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
How Learning Happens: Approaches to Teaching Practices
Garrett,Noel R

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do -- with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods -- to help children learn most effectively? Neuroscience... more

SOCS 621
Thursday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
Understanding Contemporary American Politics
Stoehr,John

ONLINE In Understanding Contemporary American Politics in 2023, students will learn how to read the political press skeptically and how to write critically about American politics. Along the way, the course will touch on electoral history,... more

SOCS 622
Wednesday
07:00PM - 09:30PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
From the 'Wind of Change' to the New Cold War: Western-Russian relations, 1991-today
Brakel,Alexander

ONLINE The late 1980s and early 1990s not only saw the downfall of communism and the establishment of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. It also rang in a short period of geopolitical optimism. The 40-year long superpower rivalry seemed to... more

SOCS 632
Tuesday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
The Rise, the Fall, and the Opportunity of Higher Education in America
Knight,Glenn

The Rise, the Fall, and the Opportunity of Higher Education in America is designed for students who are interested in higher education and more importantly interested in how educational institutions respond to challenges and opportunities.... more

SOCS 681
Wednesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
04-SEP-23 to
16-DEC-23
How Learning Happens: Approaches to Teaching Practices
Garrett,Noel R

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do -- with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods -- to help children learn most effectively? Neuroscience... more


Spring 2024

ARTS 617
Tuesday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Global Hip Hop
Charry,Eric

Over the past several decades hip hop, in its various facets of rap, deejaying, dance, visual art, fashion, and attitude toward authority, has gradually taken over as a primary medium of expression for youth around the world. Used as mass... more

ARTS 618
Wednesday
06:00PM - 09:00PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking
Shinohara,Keiji

Japanese woodblock printmaking is a traditional art form, more than 1,000 years old, which relies on hand-pressing techniques, watercolors, and rice paste. Quite distinct from Western printmaking traditions, it uses no oil-based inks or presses. In... more

EDHD 624
Thursday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Decolonizing Education
Colvin,Demetrius James

Who determines what is true and worth knowing? How has the construction of knowledge and academic traditions from across the globe been impacted by such phenomena as (post)modernity, (neo)colonialism, and (neo)liberalism? Why do any of the... more

EDHD 686
Tuesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
History of the Brain
Kurtz,Matthew M.

The course will be broken up into five parts: part one will look at Ancient Egyptian, and Classical Greek and Roman conceptions of brain function. Part two will investigate methodological advances in the study of electricity, and cell-staining... more

HUMS 610
TBA
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25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Literature and the Adolescent Experience
Wolfsdorf,Adam

Semi-Immersion, please note Special Schedule Mondays, 7PM - 8:30PM via Zoom Saturdays, 10AM - 4PM in person SCHEDULE: Monday, February 12: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM Saturday, February 24: On Campus, 10AM - 4PM Monday, March 4: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM... more

SCIE 624
Wednesday
06:30PM - 07:30PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Evolution of the Human Animal
Powzyk,Joyce Ann

The 'Human Animal' is a course that examines the concept of human evolution through the lens that we -- the human species -- are also a type of animal, roaming the landscape harvesting food, avoiding predators, and dealing with disease... more

SCIE 686
Tuesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
History of the Brain
Kurtz,Matthew M.

The course will be broken up into five parts: part one will look at Ancient Egyptian, and Classical Greek and Roman conceptions of brain function. Part two will investigate methodological advances in the study of electricity, and cell-staining... more

SOCS 624
Thursday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Decolonizing Education
Colvin,Demetrius James

Who determines what is true and worth knowing? How has the construction of knowledge and academic traditions from across the globe been impacted by such phenomena as (post)modernity, (neo)colonialism, and (neo)liberalism? Why do any of the... more

SOCS 629
Thursday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Environmental Justice and Sustainability
Abrell,Elan Louis

ONLINE The US Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as ""the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation,... more

SOCS 633
Tuesday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Peace versus Power
Gallarotti,Giulio

While globalization and international organizations have currently integrated the world into networks of peace; ethnic, religious and regional conflict have driven nations and groups further apart. This coexistence of conflict and cooperation marks... more

SOCS 638
Monday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
Luxury Commodities and the Emergence of the Modern World
Grimmer-Solem,Erik

ONLINE This course explores the role of luxury consumption in the development of the market economy into a capitalist system with a global division of labor by 1800. It will study how Europeans were exposed to such luxury commodities as spices,... more

SOCS 686
Tuesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
25-JAN-24 to
17-MAY-24
History of the Brain
Kurtz,Matthew M.

The course will be broken up into five parts: part one will look at Ancient Egyptian, and Classical Greek and Roman conceptions of brain function. Part two will investigate methodological advances in the study of electricity, and cell-staining... more


Fall 2023 Course Chart

Spring 2024 Course Chart

All courses subject to change.

Course Options

GLS courses have a
variety of scheduling and
study options. 

The options available for
each course are indicated
within the 
course's description.

Here is the Key:

CERT: This course will
count toward the req-
uirements for the
Graduate Certificate
in Writing.

Crosslisted: Students may
enroll in the concentration
option that best
meets their academic
needs.

FDN-CERT: The
Foundational Writing
Option of this course 
will count toward the
Graduate Certificate
in Writing.

Immersion: This course
will have fewer class
meetings that will meet
for longer periods of
time (e.g., weekends-only,
five-day immersion, etc.).