Freshman Seminars - Spring 2011-2012

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Department Course Instructor Title Day Time
PSYCH 101-6-20 Rosenthal, Allen Defining Crazy: The Controversial Science of Mental Disorders M 9:00-11:50
ANTHRO 101-6-22 Robin Rivera, Cynthia Ancient Women and Men
MW 11:00-12:20
ART_HIST 101-6-20 Feldman, Hannah Looking at War
MW 11:00-12:20
SOCIO 101-6-20 Demetry, Daphne Born to Buy: The Sociology of Consumption MW 11:00-12:20
BIOL_SCI 105-6-20 Russin, Christina Genetically Modified Foods: Safe or Sorry? MW 2:00-3:20
HISTORY 103-6-21 Yosmaoglu, Ipek History and Politics of the Armenian Genocide MW 2:00-3:20
GEN_MUS* 101-6-20 Dobroski, Bernie Anatomy of a Concert MW 2:00-3:20
*(Not open to Music Students nor Double Degree WCAS/Music Students)
CLASSICS 101-6-20 Zatta, Claudia From Love-Gifts to Beasts:Animals in Antiquity MW 3:30-4:50
ENGLISH 101-6-20 Sheerin, Brian Fantasizing the Urban MWF 10:00-10:50
GERMAN 104-6-20 Wilberg, Henrik Against Life, Against the World: Origins of Scandinavian Noir MWF 10:00-10:50
SPANISH 105-6-20 Diakow, Anna Spanish Flamenco Culture MWF 10:00-10:50
ENGLISH 101-6-21 Gregersen, Chanelle Forms of Grief:Exploring the Literature of Loss MWF 11:00-11:50
SLAVIC 105-6-20 Doak, Connor Confronting Stalin:The Dictator in History,Literature & Political Theory MWF 11:00-11:50
COMP_LIT 104-6-20 Oruc, Firat World Literature & Human Rights MWF 12:00-12:50
ENGLISH 101-6-22 Jafri, Maha Literature, Gossip and Scandal MWF 12:00-12:50
ENGLISH 101-6-23 Mwangi, Evan Humanity of Animals in Global Literature Cultures MWF 1:00-1:50
ENGLISH 101-6-24 Leahy, Nathan Utopian & Dystopian Visions of America MWF 2:00-2:50
POLI_SCI 101-6-21 Toender, Lars Politics of Comedy W 9:00-11:50
POLI_SCI 101-6-20 Chong, Dennis Participation and Protest in Democratic Politics W 3:30-6:20
CHEM 105-6-32 Hatch, Shelby Green Chicago TTH 9:30-10:50
ENGLISH 101-6-25 Lampert, Bahareh There IS No Place Like Home: The Literature of Dislocation TTH 9:30-10:50
HISTORY 103-6-20 Rice, Jeffrey Clash of Civilizations TTH 9:30-10:50
PHIL 109-6-21 Ludlow, Peter New Models Of (H)Ac(K)Tivism:  From Anonymous And Wikileaks To The Arab Spring And Occupy Wall Street TTH 9:30-10:50
PSYCH 101-6-21 Smith, David Music and the Mind TTH 9:30-10:50
SOCIO 101-6-21 Lara-Millan, Armando What to Do With all These Poor People? Incarceration and Welfare in the Age of American Decline TTH 9:30-10:50
CHEM 105-6-30 Harel, Elad Time Travel and Other Strange Paradoxes from Physics, Math, and Philosophy TTH 11:00-12:20
CHEM 105-6-31 Trzupek, Larry Drug Development & the Pharmaceutical Industry TTH 11:00-12:20
ECON 101-6-20 Zelder, Martin Economics of (Almost) Everything TTH 11:00-12:20
ENGLISH 101-6-26 Lahey, Sarah The Civil War South TTH 11:00-12:20
ENV_SCI 101-6-20 Wilson, Thea Biofuels: Production and Ethics TTH 11:00-12:20
FRENCH 105-6-20 Hiley, Scott Fictive Seductions and Literary Traps TTH 11:00-12:20
LING 101-6-21 Gundlach, Robert Human Voice, Spoken and Written TTH 11:00-12:20
AAL 110-6-20 Nair, Rami Art of Language Through the South Asian Lens TTH 12:30-1:50
PHIL 109-6-20 Lafont, Cristina Future of Democracy after Globalization TTH 1:00-2:20
ANTHRO 101-6-21 Hansen, Karen Clothing and Culture TTH 2:00-3:20
EARTH 102-6-01 McInerney, Francesca Global Warming: The Scientific Evidence TTH 2:00-3:20
ENGLISH 101-6-27 Romero, Wanalee Pochos,Coconuts, & Passers: Assimilation in Early 20th Century American Literature TTH 2:00-3:20
HISTORY 101-6-20 Sowerby, Scott Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn TTH 2:00-3:20
RELIGION 101-6-20 Helmer, Cristine Olympics and Religion TTH 2:00-3:20
SOCIO 101-6-22 Zaloznaya, Marina Sociology of the Informal Sphere: Corruption, Shadow Economy and White Collar Crime TTH 2:00-3:20
AF-AM 101-6-20 Iton, John Richard  Diaspora Studies TTH 3:30-4:50
HISTORY 102-6-20 Sherry, Michael Sex Crime Panics in Modern America TTH 3:30-4:50
PHYSICS
110-6-20 Odom, Brian The Science Of Time: History, Science And Science Fiction TTH
3:30-4:50

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