Special Topics

Stamford Campus

English 1701-Z10 – Creative Writing I
Class Number 1027

The goal of the course is to help you understand and appreciate writing as a worthy endeavor – in its reading and in your writing.  We will encounter and consider good worthy works of literature.  The course will introduce you to effective writing as a form of expression and a source of pleasure.  You will be asked to consider aspects of good prose and good poetry.  You will be asked to implement style and grace in your own writings.  This course will help you to see that you are capable of reading and writing well and effectively.  You will be asked to express yourself in writing that will improve over the course of the semester.  The ability to communicate with style and intelligence will serve you beyond this semester.

Women’s Studies 3263-Z10 – Women and Violence
Class Number 1034

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.

Business Administration 4895 - Special Topics - Practicum in Professional Selling
Class Number 1051

Provides students with an opportunity for supervised field work in relevant major areas within the Department. Students will work with one or more professionals in the field of professional sales. Student performance will be evaluated on the basis of an appraisal by the field supervisor and a detailed written report submitted by the student.

Storrs Campus

Art 3995 - Investigation of Special Topics – Experimental Drawing 
Class Number 1079

This course explore the concepts and strategies of contemporary drawing as an experimental, mixed media practice. In this class a variety of drawing processes and mateials will be used to investigate observed and invented images that define representation, abstraction and conceptual ideas.

Business Administration 4895 - Special Topics - Practicum in Professional Selling
Class Number 1050, Storrs

Provides students with an opportunity for supervised field work in relevant major areas within the Department. Students will work with one or more professionals in the field of professional sales. Student performance will be evaluated on the basis of an appraisal by the field supervisor and a detailed written report submitted by the student.