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  • $10,000 grant to Explore STEM and Society in Latin America! (Application deadline 10/10)

  • 2016 Summer Course Preview now available!

    UIC Summer Session can be the resource students need to get ahead, catch up, finish in four.

    Check out the 2016 UIC Summer Session preview of courses now. The full course schedule will be available on January 19.

    The 2016 Summer Session dates are:

    4-week session: May 16 - June 10

    8-week session: June 13 - August 5

    Questions? Comments? Contact Natalie Kokorudz at 3-9075 or nkokor1@uic.edu.

  • All Honors Students: Register for HON 222 or HON 322 for Spring 2016

    Remember that all Honors College students should be registered for HON 222: Honors Activity (0 credit hours) each semester, unless you are working on your Honors Capstone project.  If you are working on your Honors Capstone project, you should NOT register for HON 222 and should instead register for HON 322: Honors Capstone Activity (0 credit hours) for Spring 2015.  If you have questions, please contact your Honors Advisor.

    HON 222 - Honors Activity

    0 credit hours. Required for all Honors College students each Fall and Spring. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grade

    CRNs:

    15072 (for students whose last name starts with A through K)        

    15073 (for students whose last name starts with L through Z)

     

    HON 322 - Honors Capstone

    For students conducting work this term to satisfy your Honors Capstone

    0 credit hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grade

    Call number: 28672

  • Beach cleanup: An intro to UIC Freshwater Lab, Wed. 9/16

    A beach cleanup Sept. 16 will not only improve a bit of the Chicago lakefront but serve as an introduction to the new UIC Freshwater Lab course.

    Starting next spring, the course will offer students the opportunity to learn about and do projects on freshwater sources like Lake Michigan.

    For the beach cleanup, volunteers can bike together from Science and Engineering South to 12th Street Beach, leaving at 2:45 p.m., or meet at the beach, near the Red Line and Roosevelt bus stops, at 3:30 p.m.

    A pizza party with live music, sponsored by the Shedd Aquarium, will follow at 4:45 p.m. RSVP by today at uicfreshwaterlab@gmail.com

    The volunteers will hear about the Freshwater Lab course, offered through the English, history and public policy departments.

    It is sponsored by the Humanities Without Walls consortium, based at the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities on the Urbana-Champaign campus and funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

    “At this time of the California drought and other pressing water issues, we want to look at the relationship between Chicago and the Great Lakes and issues of access, conservation and management,” said Rachel Havrelock, assistant professor of English, who will teach the course.

    Class members will visit the aquarium, foundations, the Friends of the Chicago River and other water-related institutions.

    “We’ll go out and see the sites and meet the players,” Havrelock said.

    Students will come up with a project — “build a website, do an art show, invent a filtration system” — to present at a mini-conference at the end of the semester, she said.

    Their work will be judged by professionals, government officials and academics.

  • CC 120 First Year Dialogue Seminar open for 2nd 8-week session (Spring 2015) Registration

    UIC First-Year Dialogue Seminar: Engaging UIC's diverse community through dialogue

    The UIC First-Year Dialogue Seminar (Campus Courses 120/CC120) is an 8-week course worth 1 credit hour that focuses on diversity and social justice issues.

    Topics covered in CC 120 include:

    Each session of the seminar lasts 110 minutes and consists of facilitated dialogue activities in class.  Outside of class, students are expected to complete assigned readings and reflection papers. Course topics include, but are not limited to the following:

    • Practicing Dialogue Skills
    • Exploring Complexities of Identity
    • Privilege and Discrimination
    • Civic Engagement in the Community

    Registration for the First Year Dialogue Seminar (CC120) is open for Spring 2015, and will remain so until March 13th (Term B).  

    Learn more at http://uicdialogues.wordpress.com/. Please contact Steve Whitley with questions swhitl2@uic.edu<mailto:swhitl2@uic.edu>.

  • Change the world through policy! Public Policy Minor

  • Check out these Spring 2020 Portuguese courses!

  • College of Pharmacy: New Elective Course for Pre-Health Majors

  • Community-Engaged Leadership Certificate - Applications due 9/15

    The Staley School of Leadership Studies at Kansas State University, in partnership with Points of Light and AT&T are pleased to announce the launch of a new undergraduate certificate program, offered via distance education. The Certificate in Community-Engaged Leadership program will launch in January 2017. Thanks to the generous support of the AT&T Foundation, partial and full scholarships are now available.

    General Program Information

    Kansas State University, in partnership with Points of Light, has developed a certificate program in Community-Engaged Leadership. This program is first of its kind, offering a network of resources, consisting of academic expertise from a top land-grant university, Points of Light’s national network, and local support through community advisors. The certificate program is designed to develop community-engaged leaders, who will work to mobilize community members and local organizations, within their own communities, to make progress on complex challenges. This program was designed intentionally to keep you in the community you care about so as a student you can work to mobilize community members around environmental, social, political, and economic issues in your neighborhood.

    Theme

    The work of the 2017 inaugural cohort will be themed around education's role in strengthening democracy and developing engaged citizens. Although each participant will bring diverse interests and experiences, the theme will provide an opportunity for participants to evaluate, strategize, and make progress within the context of education. By working within this common theme, participants will contribute to the collective learning of the group while pursuing solutions to their unique challenges and focusing on their personal leadership development. For instance, while one participant in the certificate program could be engaged in environmental issues and another in food justice, both will explore and implement innovative ideas within broader theme of education.

    Click on the post for more information.

  • **colors: peach, orange, green, tan, white, black**

    Course DHD 420: Mental Health, Asian Americans, and Community Engagement - Enroll Today!

  • Drive-Up WiFi Map

  • Engaged Humanities Initiative courses for Fall 2020

  • Enroll in a class through UIC at Newberry Library to conduct research on "Mexico and Peru through Word and Image" with optional short-term study in Peru

    Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar: Mexico and Peru through Word and Image, 1492 – 1820

    Looking for a unique opportunity to take a class with students from other universities and do research about Mexico and Peru this Spring?  Apply for the Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar!

    The Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar is a team-taught interdisciplinary course that is open to undergraduates from four Chicago-area universities (DePaul, Loyola, UIC, and Roosevelt).  Taught at one of America’s foremost research libraries, students take part in an intensive classroom experience that will culminate in the preparation of an independent research project.  The course will take place at the Newberry Library during the Spring 2015 semester but students would register for the course through UIC under an LAS rubric.  The seminar topic for Spring 2015 is “Mexico and Peru through Word and Image, 1492 – 1820.”

    Students who take the course will also be eligible to travel to Peru with a group from Roosevelt University May 8 – 21, 2015.

    More information can be found at http://www.newberry.org/newberry-library-undergraduate-seminar and in the documents attached below. 

    Come to an Info Session to learn more!

    Monday, October 27 at 3:00 pm
    114 Burnham Hall

    RSVP’s requested but not required: http://go.uic.edu/NewberryInfoSession

    We recommend that you bring at least an outline and preferably a draft of your application along to the Info Session so you can apply what you learn directly to perfecting it!

    Apply!

    Applications are due November 3, 2014.  The application is attached below.  

    Questions?

    Contact Dr. Lisa Freeman at lfreeman@uic.edu or 312-355-2530.

  • EPID 594: Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analysis – Including Research Experience

  • Fall 2019 Honors Course List Available

  • Fall 2019 Human Sexuality Course

  • Fall 2020 EPSY 242 "Introduction to Sexuality Development Across the Lifespan" seats available--gen ed credit!

  • Fall 2022 Honors Course - HON 200 - Working Toward Authenticity

  • Fall Art Classes Open to Non-Art Majors

  • Field Course in Computational Ecology (including fieldwork in Kenya), Info Session Mon. 10/20

    Announcing Field Computational Ecology course.
    Information meeting Monday, October 20, 6pm in 1127 SEO

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    Field Course in Computational Population Biology
    Spring 2015 (with preparation starting in November 2014)


    Instructors:
    Tanya Berger-Wolf (UIC),
    Daniel Rubenstein (Princeton),
    Iain Couzin (Max Planck Institute)

    A unique highly integrated field course is offered partially in Kenya (at the Mpala Research Centre) where biology and engineering students will work with faculty in both disciplines to learn how to ask questions, frame hypotheses and understand how and why the disciplines and cultures do this differently. The course will begin with background preparation in November-December where students learn the key concepts and approaches from biology, computer science and engineering. The initial interdisciplinary orientation will be followed by a research project in the field. The on-location course January 5-23 will be followed up throughout the semester culminating in a conference of student presentations.

    Fall lectures will cover a range of topics in computer science and ecology:
    *Introduction to population biology and ecology
    *Behavioral ecology and social interactions
    *Computational thinking
    *Data science
    *Network analysis

    The 2012 course is available at
    http://compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya/teaching/KenyaCourse.html

    The course is appropriate for upper level undergraduate students.
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    Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf
    Department of Computer Science
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya
    tanyabw@uic.edu 

  • Fulbright UK Summer Institutes for 1st and 2nd Year Students

  • Global Asian Studies Seminar with Internship Opportunity

  • Global Health Course Offering in St. Kitts and Nevis in Summer 2020 (Final deadline to Apply: 3/13)

  • Global Health Course Offering in St. Kitts and Nevis in Summer 2020 (info session on 12/9)

  • HON 200 Course - Considering Antiracism: Moving from Ideas to Action - Seats still available!

    This course will explore the various ways in which we can ensure antiracist behaviors become part of our daily actions. Students will take ownership of these ideas and guiding our discussions. Largely dialogic, this course will offer opportunities for students to share insight, suggestions, and experiences. We’ll read articles and discuss how we can intentionally effect concrete change in our communities—on and off campus. We’ll also engage with these communities around us to further expand our reach.

    We look forward to working with you!

  • HON 200 – Honors Internship

  • HON 200 Internship Course

  • HON 201: An Introduction to Faculty Research on Diversity

    HON 201        An Introduction to Faculty Research on Diversity – 1 hour

    13770                    10:00 – 10:50      W                                            L. Baptista

    NOTE: This course will be held in 200 AH (The AACC Library)

    The Honors College embraces the university mission of supporting an understanding of diversity. As such, the College offers “An Introduction to Faculty Research on Diversity.” This seminar introduces students to the range of research conducted by UIC faculty members on topics related to race, ethnicity, prejudice, discrimination, diversity, social identity, cultural understanding and diaspora, etc. Faculty from colleges and disciplines across campus engage students in accessible and informative presentations that explore both the subject and methodology of their research.

    Interested? Register online. Want to see more options? View the full list of Honors courses for Fall 2015! Remember that taking an Honors course can fulfill your Honors Activity requirement. Or if you already have an idea about what to do for your Honors activity, consider taking these exciting courses for your personal growth and enrichment! 

  • HON 201: Biomedical Discovery and the Media

    HON 201 Biomedical Discovery and the Media – 1 hour
    CRN: 13684,  1:00 – 1:50 pm on Fridays, Professor R. Debreuil

    We live in an era in which scientific discovery is happening at breakneck speed. Every day there are news stories that update and extend the material in our textbooks. For the layperson, there is a daunting assortment of new information to absorb. In this course, students will learn about connections between science and society by looking at how new discoveries in biomedical science are communicated to the general public. We will analyze current news stories as a reflection of what scientific advances have the greatest impact on society. At the same time we will have the opportunity to explore routes used to communicate scientific information to the public. In addition, there has been a fundamental change in the way that we access information. We will debate whether the change has made things better or worse, from the point of view of scientists. We will ask: How is scientific communication evolving, and what are the challenges for the future?

    Interested? Register online. Want to see more options? View the full list of Honors courses for Fall 2015! Remember that taking an Honors course can fulfill your Honors Activity requirement. Or if you already have an idea about what to do for your Honors activity, consider taking these exciting courses for your personal growth and enrichment! 

  • HON 201: Climate Change: Acceptance and Denial

    What risks does human-induced climate change bring to civilization and how people talk and conceive such risks? This seminar explores the realities and uncertainties of climate science by reading Mann’s book, and discusses plausible scientific, media, business and political critiques of climate-change research and its implications.

    The class meets Thursdays from 11 - 11:50am and is taught by Professor Howe.  The class is one credit hour, graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.  View more details here: http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf

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    To view a full list of Honors Seminar offerings for Spring 2015, visit http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf.  We encourage Honors students to take Honors Seminars to fulfill your Honors Activity for Spring 2015 (For sophomores, juniors, and seniors not working on Capstones) or just to explore areas of interest and learn about new topics. 

  • HON 201: Foundations for the Future

    HON 201: Foundations for the Future - 1 hour
    13761     3:00 – 3:50 Wednesdays

    This is an important professional development course for juniors and sophomores that will give you tools to succeed at UIC and beyond. It will be required of all Honors students starting with the incoming freshman class, but existing students can now register for it too. Guiding you through the next steps in your academic and professional career, it will cover four major units—research and other forms of creative scholarship, major awards, career/internship/graduate school, and long-term future goals.  You’ll examine scholarly and practical issues to help you to get ready for the Honors Capstone; locate and apply for major awards and fellowships; discover post-baccalaureate, grad school, and career possibilities; polish networking and mentoring skills; and encourage life-long learning and financial literacy.  Class discussions and readings will be supplemented with interactive activities such as creating a resume and online persona, panel discussions with invited speakers, and mock interviews.

    Interested? Register online. Want to see more options? View the full list of Honors courses for Fall 2015! Remember that taking an Honors course can fulfill your Honors Activity requirement. Or if you already have an idea about what to do for your Honors activity, consider taking these exciting courses for your personal growth and enrichment! 

  • HON 201 Global Health Seminar

    HON 201: "Think Global, Act Local: Global Health Service Learning Program" 

         T 1:00 to 1:50; CRN: 15068

    The seminar is taught by Dr. Stacey Chamberlain at the Department of Emergency Medicine. She is also the Director of Humanitarian Service, UIC Center for Global Health. She will take students to local communities such as Lawndale Christian Health Center, Asian Human Services Family Health Center, Illinois Heart Rescue, ChildLink, and Casa Juan Diego, to implement service-learning projects to address identified health-related needs. Students will be working in teams to learn how global health concepts can be realized in local settings!

    There are only a few seats left, so move quickly if you want to seize the opportunity!

    A detailed description of the seminar follows below:

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    Think Global, Act Local: Global Health Service Learning Program

    Dr. Stacey Chamberlain

    The Global Health Service Learning Program spring seminar will engage students in a service learning project in conjunction with a local community organization. Students will apply global health concepts in local settings by working in teams with an organization to plan and implement a service learning project that addresses a health-related need identified by the community.  Students will gain real-life experience to enhance their understanding of global health concepts such as the burden of disease, health disparities, and social determinants of health, while building their competencies in cultural exchange, professionalism, communication, project planning and implementation, and teamwork.  Most importantly, through their projects, students will be actively contributing to improving health in Chicago neighborhoods.

    Students who have not taken the fall seminar classroom-based prerequisite course will be required to participate in a preparatory make-up session during the first two weeks of classes. 

  • HON 201: Introduction to Research and Critical Thinking

    HON 201 Introduction to Research and Critical Thinking – 2 hours

    CRN: 21199,  12:00 - 12:50pm Mondays, Taught by Professor McKirnan
    (Note This course will be a 2-credit hour blended module package with one Honors seminar and one online course.)

    This course introduces research and critical thinking to Honors College students from any major, to prepare them for entering into research with faculty across campus. It covers the basics of research—how to conceive a research question, what are various types of research and their underlying principles, and so on; and also practical matters such as IRB issues, how to find a faculty member to work with, and where to look for undergraduate research funding, among others.

    Interested? Register online. Want to see more options? View the full list of Honors courses for Fall 2015! Remember that taking an Honors course can fulfill your Honors Activity requirement. Or if you already have an idea about what to do for your Honors activity, consider taking these exciting courses for your personal growth and enrichment! 

  • HON 201: Literary Hell: Comparative Narratives of Descent

    HON 201 Literary Hell: Comparative Narratives of Descent - 1 credit hour
    CRN: 13760,  3:00 – 3:50 Wednesdays, Taught by R. Ryder

    Representations of the underworld can be found throughout both Eastern and Western literary traditions, and not all of them conform to the typical notion of a place of torment and damnation, fire and brimstone. This course will focus on “underworld literature,” those texts that do not necessarily depict Hell – although some certainly do – but which are nevertheless deeply concerned with what lies under the surface of the Earth. Beginning with Plato’s cave, we will continue with different textual representations of the underworld, from the Orpheus myth and Dante’s Inferno to the texts of Milton, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Jules Verne, Dostoevsky, H. G. Wells and Sartre, among others. We will also consider the depiction of Hell and the underworld in films such as Scorsese’s Apocalypse Now and comics like Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman series. We will consider not only the ways in which the underworld is determined by the political, historical, and spiritual circumstances of this world, but also what promises and punishments the underworld has to offer beyond the world in which we live.

    Interested? Register online. Want to see more options? View the full list of Honors courses for Fall 2015! Remember that taking an Honors course can fulfill your Honors Activity requirement. Or if you already have an idea about what to do for your Honors activity, consider taking these exciting courses for your personal growth and enrichment! 

  • HON 201: Maximizing Individual and Organizational Effectiveness: The Human Side of Business

    Would you like to gain insight from an industry expert on human capital? This seminar discusses how an organization can maximize its employees—both individual contributors and formal leaders—to create value, including topics such as relationship building, leading diverse teams, human aspects of acquisitions, and geographic expansion and restructuring, among others.

    The class meets Wednesdays from 8:00 - 8:50 am and is taught by Professor Oliver.  The class is one credit hour, graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.  View more details here: http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf

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    To view a full list of Honors Seminar offerings for Spring 2015, visit http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf.  We encourage Honors students to take Honors Seminars to fulfill your Honors Activity for Spring 2015 (for sophomores, juniors, and seniors not working on Capstones) or just to explore areas of interest and learn about new topics. 

  • HON 201: Race and Ethnicity on the American Stage

    How are issues of race and ethnicity represented on select theater performances from the Civil War era to the present? This seminar views theater as public form to examine how it addresses conflicts and cultural division and inspire responses.

    The class meets Tuesdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am and is taught by Professor McDermott.  The class is one credit hour, graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.  View more details here: http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf

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    To view a full list of Honors Seminar offerings for Spring 2015, visit http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf.  We encourage Honors students to take Honors Seminars to fulfill your Honors Activity for Spring 2015 (for sophomores, juniors, and seniors not working on Capstones) or just to explore areas of interest and learn about new topics. 

  • HON 201: Reform in Criminal Law, Police & Justice

    HON 201 Reform in Criminal Law, Police & Justice – 1 hour
    27560    Mondays, 4:00 – 4:50 PM     L. Robles

    The course explores incidents that warrant a change to specific areas of the current criminal justice system. The course will concentrate on specific events in recent history that have lead to the introduction of new policies. The topics are not an exhaustive list of the reasons that policy makers have demanded changes to criminal justice however; they are the events that have been the focus of attention in the media. We will first survey a general introduction to criminal law and the changing role of police in society. The first issue of discussion will concentrate on the increase in “Active Shooter” occurrences across the country such as Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The class will then transition to the second amendment and tackle the issues behind gun purchase restrictions vs. the second amendment right to bear arms. In addition, the class will assess the use of deadly force by police and apply the law to the facts in the Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin cases. Students will then visit the Insanity Defense and apply the recent murder of American Sniper Chris Kyle. Finally, students will study the Boston Marathon Bombing trial.

    Interested? Register online. Want to see more options? View the full list of Honors courses for Fall 2015! Remember that taking an Honors course can fulfill your Honors Activity requirement. Or if you already have an idea about what to do for your Honors activity, consider taking these exciting courses for your personal growth and enrichment! 

  • HON 201: The Anthropocene and the Sixth Extinction: Human Impact on Earth’s Natural Systems

    With the dramatic increase of extinction rates among diverse groups of organisms, it has been suggested that we are now in a new part of the geological time scale, informally designated the Anthropocene. This seminar examines the arguments on Anthropocene with a particular focus on the Sixth Extinction, including a review of and comparison with of the “Big Five” extinctions of the fossil record. The class also examines the ethics and technology of “de-extinction” and efforts to protect endangered species.

    The class meets Wednesdays from 2:00 - 2:50 pm and is taught by Professor Plotnick.  The class is one credit hour, graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.  View more details here: http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf

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    To view a full list of Honors Seminar offerings for Spring 2015, visit http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf.  We encourage Honors students to take Honors Seminars to fulfill your Honors Activity for Spring 2015 (for sophomores, juniors, and seniors not working on Capstones) or just to explore areas of interest and learn about new topics. 

  • HON 201: The Politics of Public Space

    Are all public spaces inclusive—that is, are they equally accessible to people of different race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and ability? This course challenges students’ understanding of their environment by using the UIC Library as a site of analysis. This course will run in tandem with a course at Northwestern University as part of the new Chicago Local Online Collaborative Course project, an iteration of a Distributed Online Collaborative Course (DOCC) which is a feminist response to the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) model. In addition to communicating via online methods, students from both universities will come together at UIC at the end of the term to discuss their findings at each institution’s library. For more information on MOOCs and DOCCs, visit: http://femtechnet.newschool.edu/docc2013/ 

    The class meets Wednesdays from 10 - 10:50am and is taught by Professor Moreno.  The class is one credit hour, graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.  View more details here: http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf

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    All Honors students are encouraged to take Honors Seminars to explore areas of interest and learn about new topics. To view a full list of Honors Seminar offerings for Spring 2015, visit http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf.

  • HON 201: Water: The Matrix of Life

    The properties of water, its fundamental structure, its behavior as a solvent, its importance in biological systems and some interesting physics. We will also examine societal concerns related to water and its chemistry.

    The class meets Thursdays from 2:00 - 3:00 pm and is taught by Professor Woodbury.  The class is one credit hour, graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.  View more details here: http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf

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    To view a full list of Honors Seminar offerings for Spring 2015, visit http://www.uic.edu/honors/learning/documents/20151-CourseListWEB.pdf.  We encourage Honors students to take Honors Seminars to fulfill your Honors Activity for Spring 2015 (for sophomores, juniors, and seniors not working on Capstones) or just to explore areas of interest and learn about new topics. 

  • Honors Activity Option: Discussing Current Events + Hard Topics

  • Honors Activity Option: Network, Lead, Succeed: HON 401

    HON 401 offers a fun and exciting line-up of speakers.  This is an excellent chance to pave a path to a success. The class will meet on Tu/Thursday mornings. Look for HON401 on the schedule of classes and sign up today.

    New speakers are still being added, so stay tuned! 

    The schedule currently includes: 

    • "Gender and Leadership." Emilia DiMenco, former Executive VP BMO Harris Bank, N.A., & current President/CEO Women’s Business Development Center
    • "Emotional Intelligence."  Cecelia Mazanke, Owner, Direct Connect Coaching
    • "Leading in International Contexts."  Donald Bielinski, former Chairman, Asia Pacific, Hudson Global, & current Managing Partner, SMB Interim Management, LLC
    • "Leadership and Creative Risk." Scott Dikkers, Founding Editor and Vice President for Creative Development of The Onion
  • Honors Activity Still Available!

  • Honors Core Courses still available for Fall 2022!

    As of this writing, several Honors Cores have seats remaining, including

    • HON 121: Music as a Tool for Environmentalism and Change (CRN 27313)
    • HON 122: Killing with Kindness: Humanitarianism and the Politics of "Doing Good" (CRN 45171)
    • HON 125: Rwandan Genocide Reinterpreted and Revised in its Historical and Global Context (CRN 37884)
    • HON 128: Musically Imagining America: ONCAM A Cultural History of Folk, Country, and Bluegrass Music (CRN 36639)
    • HON 131: Mathematics through Time (CRN 34822)
    • HON 133: Contemporary Evolution: Natural Selection (CRN 42169)
    • HON 142: The Real Made Magical: Strategies of Speculative Fiction and Poetry (CRN 36683)
    • HON 142: Realism, Satire, and Speculation: Reading Recent African American Cultural Production (CRN 43640)

    Each of these classes may fulfill general education requirements. First-years and new transfers can register immediately; other students are welcome to request permission at https://forms.uofi.uic.edu/sec/435427861. Requests will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

    Visit https://uofi.app.box.com/v/Fa2022HONCourses for full descriptions of Core classes and HON 200, 201, and 301 courses that might also have availability. Don’t forget non-course activity options including internship/professional development, research, service, and course supplements: https://honors.uic.edu/academics/honors-activity-options.

  • Honors Courses still available!

  • Informational Session on the Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar – Wed. 10/25 at 3pm

  • Info Session for HC/Roosevelt Exchange Collaboration (5/13)

  • Juntos: Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Latinx Students, and the Future of Study Abroad Panel (10/2)

  • Kinesiology Intercollege Transfer Information Sessions

  • LAS 289 Fall Internship Proposal Form

    LAS 289 is a variable credit hour course.  For every 60 hours at your internship, you can earn 1 credit, 120 hours earns two credits and 180+ hours earns three credits.  There is also a monthly seminar attached to this course (syllabi attached). Ms. Robin B. Hursey will be offering the monthly seminars on Wednesday's on 9/21, 10/19 and 11/16 at 3-4:30pm OR on Thursday's on 9/22, 10/20 and11/17 at 3:30-5pm. There are only 20 seats available in each seminar, so you should submit your proposal as soon as possible.

    If you have secured a fall internship and would like to earn elective credit for your internship you will need to complete the form on-line (it must be typed), print and then call Ms. Hursey's office to schedule an appointment, 312-996-0425, for approval.