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UCS Fall 2020 Schedule

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Below is the UCS Fall 2020 course schedule. Please remember that course information may periodically change. We will update the schedule on the website and/or send out emails or weekly newsletter announcements when significant changes occur. If you have not already made an appointment to meet with your UCS advisor, please do so as soon as possible since some classes may will limited seats.

 

Please note. we have added a new course offering on the Hartford campus URBN 3998 – Human Services in Policing. This course provides critical examination of the study of crime, policing and justice in urban settings. Course materials examine contemporary policing-related issues that affect urban communities within a historical and sociological context. The course provides a deeper dive into the intersections of deviant behavior, oppression and the criminal justice system within the structures of class, race, gender, structural and institutional racism with law enforcement bodies, and power inequalities. Moving beyond issues within the current law enforcement structure, the helping and human services aspect of policing will be covered. Topics explored may include racial profiling, juvenile delinquency, media representations of crime and perpetrators, policing and implicit bias, the war on drugs and the impact to marginalized communities, sentencing and bias, and prisoner re-entry.

(New) Hartford – Wednesdays, 4:00pm to 6:30pm.

This course is also available in Storrs on Tuesday’s from 3:35pm to 6:05pm.

 

Fall 2020

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Fall 2020 Course Schedule 3.27.20 with summer courses

 

If you are interested in taking a course in Hartford or Storrs, please be aware that CT Transit has an express bus route no. 913 available to students. Below are links to UConn’s Transit Pass and CT Transit’s Route 913 Schedule:

UConn U-Pass

Route 913 CT Transit Express – Downtown Hartford to Storrs Schedule (8/2018)

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Frontiers in Historical GIS Symposium

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UCS Spring 2020 Course Flyer

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If you have not yet meet with your UCS faculty advisor for Spring 2020 registration, please be sure to reach out to them via email or via their to make nexus site.

We have updated the course flyer for Spring 2020. Courses highlighted in yellow have limited seating. Courses highlighted in blue were full as of November 6th. Please check Student Admin to see if the course has a waiting list.

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Interested in Soc Justice? Try Alternative Break!

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Want to engage in meaningful service? Interested in social issues such as homelessness, urban poverty, cultural preservation, environmental conservation, and more?

Apply to an Alternative Break! During these week-long and weekend-long alternative break trips, students will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful service surrounding the trip topics. Students will have pre-trip educational meetings, on-trip reflection, and post-trip reflection meetings.

For more information, please go to: https://communityoutreach.uconn.edu/alternativebreaks/

Applications opened on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 9am and close on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at noon.

Apply here: https://communityoutreach.uconn.edu/alternative-break-application/

For more information, contact: Grace Lemire at uconn.co.boston@gmail.com.

RE-Center F/T Program Director – Youth Development

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The Program Director-Youth Development (PDYD) oversees two major initiatives and serves as a lead facilitator and collaborator across the Programs department supporting outreach and adult education programming. In addition to their programmatic and facilitation work, the PDYD is also responsible for providing critical thought partnership to RE·Center’s Leadership Team as the organization journeys to becoming a more equitable multicultural organization.

This position will work primarily with young people of color in a process of identity development, critical consciousness raising, and strategizing for racial equity. Please visit RE-Center’s website for additional information regarding this position.

Please note: Job postings are being provided for informational purposes only. Anyone interested in applying for one of the listed positions is responsible for verifying all related information. The Urban and Community Studies Program, nor the University is recommending these employers nor guaranteeing the accuracy of the information furnished in the job posting.

City Planner position in the City of Waterbury

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The City of Waterbury has a full time City Planner position available. They will take applications until they have received sufficient applications for the position.

They are seeking an individual with a Master’s degree in planning or related field from an accredited college or university with major course work in urban planning, regional planning, urban design, public administration, business management or a closely
related field, plus five years of increasingly responsible experience in comprehensive urban planning, preferably
with a mid to large-sized municipality, plus two years of administrative and supervisory responsibility; 6
additional years of responsible planning experience is acceptable in lieu of the Master’s degree; AICP
certification preferred.

Please visit City of Waterbury’s site for additional information regarding this position.

Please note: Job postings are being provided for informational purposes only. Anyone interested in applying for one of these positions is responsible for verifying all related information. The Urban and Community Studies Program, nor the University is recommending these employers nor guaranteeing the accuracy of the information furnished in the job posting.

FoodCorps Position Norwalk Schools

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FoodCorps is a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders that connects kids to real food and helps them grow up healthy.
They do that by placing motivated leaders in limited-resource communities for a year of public service. Serving under the
direction of local partner organizations, our service members focus on three areas of service:

As a FoodCorps Position Summer 2019 Posting with Norwalk Public Schools you will work with schools and community partners to build
healthy school food environments.

To learn more about this position please visit FoodCorps website.https://foodcorps.org/apply/where-youll-serve/connecticut. This position does provide a living stipend.

Please note: Job postings are being provided for informational purposes only. Anyone interested in applying for one of these positions is responsible for verifying all related information. The Urban and Community Studies Program, nor the University is recommending these employers nor guaranteeing the accuracy of the information furnished in the job posting