Tour Guide: Liberal Arts Route - UConn

History

required to take courses from all history groups

History Groups

Ancient, Medieval, and early Modern History

Modern European History

US History

African, Asian, Latin America, and Middle Eastern History

Human Rights Major

required to double major if you are majoring in Human Rights such as political science, environmental science, sociology, psychology

Political Science

Fifth Year MA in PoliSci: UConn undergraduates can begin graduate-level study during their senior year and continue for a fifth year after completing their undergraduate requirements

PoliSci Research Subfields

American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, Public Law

Public Policy

2 different MA programs offered in Public Policy and Public Administration

Psychological Sciences

One of the most popular (8%)

BS (science and math, for med school or research) or BA (more flexible and allows easier double majoring or minors)

Psych Research Programs:

I/O

Social

Perception, Action, and Cognition

Ecological

Psych Services Clinic

open to public and students free of use and provides services across eastern CT

Acts as a training clinic for grad students in the clinical psychology Ph. D concentration

Neuroscience Minor

Grants students access to drugs and behavioral science lab

Communications

heavily values experiential learning and offers over 5 different immersion courses which allows students to apply the concepts learned in class

Comm. Credential-Specific Courses

Multimedia Production

Professional Communication

Personal Relations and Social Engagement

Strategic Comm

Public Relations

Sociology

Accelerated MA program where you complete application in junior year and being taking graduate classes senior year then reapply through the grad school in senior year

Sociology Research Areas

Culture, politics, and human rights

health, policy, and inequality

Family, education, and social mobility

population, environment, and community

gender and sexuality

race, ethnicity, and racism

Philosophy

Over 25 Research Areas

covers wide philosophical questions

Mostly discussioned based vs. lecture based

HDFS

early childhood specialization offers specialized coursework for students that want to work with young children and their families in diverse contexts

SLHS

several professional careers require clinical observation hours and UConn's department helps students find locations and times to complete these hours

Allows undergrads to complete several courses required for certification in CT

Anthropology Minor Options

anthropology, anthro of global health, and native american and indigenous studies

Anthro Outrearch Programs

pandemic journaling project, transforming K-12 cirricula, casa communidad

Anthro internship

can complete for credit such as stable isotope prep lab, experimental anthro lab, and summer research experience in environmental health

English Major

Core + 4 program where you take 6 core courses and 4 ellective courses which lead to 8 optional tracks such as creative writing, cultural media studies, english teaching, irish lit, writing and comp, and so on

English Writing Internship Program

applications open to all english students with a 3.0 average and in major GPA

Opportunity for students to be involved in improtant projects both on and off campus

Placement locations: new britain museum of american art, world poetry books, and more

English W Center

Partner with Library where students are hired that have shown high level of writing and work in the W center and help tutor peers

Degrees in languages, cultures, and literatures

include chinese, german studies, spanish studies, classics and mediterranean studies

Foreign Language

if unable to obtain language credits in high school or want to study a new language without majoring, uconn offers several 4 course programs: modern greek, irish, hindi, korean, and ASL

LCL Dual Degree

German/Spanish/French and Engineering

Spanish and Business

Spanish and Pre Med

Several edu opportunities

Journalism

only nationally accredited journalism program in New England

Required to get on the job experience before graduation through internships in 3 regionsL CT/Northeast, NY/DC, Southeast/Midwest/West

Linguistics

2 difereng joint majors:

Ling and Psych: language as a cognitive system in the human mind

Ling and Phil: language as a logical system that gives rise to meaning

Linguistic Research Areas

Syntax, lang acquistion, sematics, phonology, morphology

Library

2 Basements (quiet)

Plaza (bookworms, checkout)

1 (printers, scanners, computers)

2 (W, quiet)

3 (Q)

4 (quiet)

Dodds

archives housed with online source as well

Different events such as VR about genocide and world events

Psych Building

psych discussions, research labs, study space, professors and advisors

Manchester Hall

they have meeting rooms but houses philosophy and sociology

Family Studies Building

HDFS many classes

Beach Hall

Center for Integrative GeoSciences, Beach Hall (BCH) also houses classrooms, molecular and cell biology laboratories, and faculty offices. It is named for Charles Lewis Beach, the University's fifth President

I had a discussion last semester for stats so you might have a discussion or random lecture here

Herbst/Oak

home to many of the University's social sciences and humanities departments. This LEED Gold Certified facility comprises two wings interconnected by a copper façade courtyard area with both classroom and academic office space.