First-Year Seminars
Fall 2007
First Year Seminars are small, one credit hour, elective courses. They offer distinct ways for freshmen to complement their studies. Faculty Seminars are taught by some of the finest scholars in the college and represent the full range of the Liberal Arts and Sciences disciplines. What’s it all About? These seminars expose students to a variety of opportunities within the college and may include introductions to the majors, career development, current research and special topics. They may be taught by faculty or staff.
African & African-American Studies
AFR 191: Mapping African Diaspora
SLN 72993
Instructor: Stanlie James; Monday 11:40a-12:30p
American Indian Studies
AIS 191: Tribal/State Relationships: Impact on the Political, Economic and Environmental Development of the Southwest
SLN 73158
Instructor: Carol Lujan; Wednesday 9:00a-10:00a
Asian Pacific American Studies
APA 191: Cartoon Commentaries on Race, Class and Gender
SLN 87011
Instructor: Karen Leong; Wednesday 1:40p-2:55p
Chemistry & Biochemistry
CHM 191: Perspectives in Chemistry
SLN 74696
Instructor: George Wolf, William Petuskey; Wednesday 3:40p-4:30p
BCH 191: Biochemistry: The Chemistry of Life
SLN 73903
Instructor: Wilson A. Francisco; Wednesday 3:40p-4:30p
School of Earth and Space Exploration
GLG 191: Alternative Earths: Past, Present and Beyond
SLN 77921
Instructor: Ariel Anbar; Tuesday 3:40p-4:30p
English
ENG 191: Once Upon a Time in a Different World: Conflicts and Controversies in African American Children's Literature
SLN 76962
Instructor: Neal Lester; Monday 1:40p-2:30p
Film and Media Studies
FMS 191: Film: Mythmakers
SLN 77592
Instructor: Daniel Cutrara; Monday 1:40-2:30p
School of Geographical Sciences
GPH 191: Disaster Weather
SLN 78054
Instructor: Randall Cerveny; Friday 11:40a-12:30p
School of Global Studies
SGS 191: Global Think Tank
SLN 87135
Instructor: Faculty; Monday 4:40p-5:30p
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
ASB 191 : Civilizations of Antiquity
SLN 86905
Instructor: Barbara Stark, Monday 11:40a-12:30p
School of Justice and Social Inquiry
JUS 191: Water Wars! Conflict Over Blue Gold
SLN 79091
Instructor: LaDawn Haglund; Monday 4:40p-5:30p
Languages & Literatures
FLA 191: Russian Terrorists Kill the Tsar
SLN 77529
Instructor: Lee Croft; Friday 11:40a-12:30p
School of Life Sciences
BIO 191: Species, Systematic Biology and Society
SLN 87255
Instructor: Dean Quentin Wheeler; Thursday 4:30p-5:40p
BIO 191: The Evolution of Social Behavior: A Story with Twists and Turns
SLN 73944
Instructor: Robert Page, Katherine O'Clair; Wednesday 11:40a-12:30p
MIC 191: Intimate Strangers
SLN 80641; Tuesday 12:00p-1:00p (Section 1)
SLN 87121; Thursday 12:00p-1:00p (Section 2)
Instructor: Roy Curtiss III
Philosophy
PHI 191: Justice, Fairness and the Foundation of Political Authority
SLN 81990
Instructor: Jack Nelson; Wednesday 10:40a-11:30a
Physics
PHY 191: The Big World of Nano
SLN 82126
Instructor: David Smith; Monday 4:40p-5:30p
Political Science
POS 191: The Eagle and the Maple Leaf: Canadian Perspectives on the U.S.
SLN 82343
Instructor: Alan Artibise; Thursday 3:15p-4:05p
POS 191: The Politics of Globalization
SLN 82344
Instructor: Michael Mitchell; Monday 1:40p-2:30p
POS 191: Political Scandals
SLN 85523
Instructor: Ruth Jones; Tuesday 1:40p-2:30p
Psychology
PGS 191: Decision-Making in Everyday Life
SLN 81898
Instructor: Barry Leshowitz; Wednesday 10:40a-11:15a
Religious Studies
REL 191: Indigenous Religions of the Americas and the Environment
SLN 87062
Instructor: Tod Swanson; Thursday 3:15p-4:05p
School of Social and Family Dynamics
FAS 191: Love and Sex: Where is the Instruction Manual?
SLN 77383
Instructor: Scott Christopher; Monday 12:40p-1:30p
SOC 191: Drugs and Society
SLN 83390
Instructor: Ben Lewin; Tuesday 3:15p-4:05p
Speech and Hearing Science
SHS 191: Languages of the World
SLN 83284
Instructor: David Ingram; Wednesday 3:40p-4:30p
Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies
TCL 191: Transborder Society and Culture:Local Expressions of Global Processes
SLN 74408
Instructor: Carlos Velez-Ibanez; Monday 9:15a-10:05a
Women and Gender Studies
WST 191: All about Feminism
SLN 70759
Instructor: Jill Fisher; Wednesday 11:40a-12:30p
What's it all about?
Family and Human Development
FAS 191: Understanding the Family Dynamic Through Literature and Films
SLN 77382
Instructor: Denise Bodman; Monday 3:40p-4:30p
Languages and Literatures
ARB 191: Introduction to Arabic and Islamic Culture
SLN 73365
Instructor: Oraib Mango; Thursday 11:40a-12:30p
Liberal Arts and Sciences
LIA 191: CLASWorks
SLN 79503; Thursday 10:40a-11:30a (Section 1)
SLN 79500; Thursday 12:40p-1:30p (Section 2)
Instructor: Jan Pagoria
School of Life Sciences
BIO 191: Introduction to Medicine
SLN 73945
Instructor: Maxine Proctor; Tuesday 10:40a-11:30p
CLS 191: Solving Medical Mysteries in Medical Science
SLN 74927
Instructor: Diana Mass; Wednesday 11:40a-12:30p
Political Science
POS 191: Current Issues in American Politics
SLN 87100
Instructor: Miranda Carlton-Carew; Tuesday 2:40p-3:30p