Northwestern University
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
WCAS NU

Freshman Seminars - Spring 2009-2010
Listed by Department



African-American Studies
101-6-20   John Marquez   RACIAL POLITICS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA
TTH 5:00-6:20



African & Asian Languages
110-6-20   Kagan Arik   ETHNOMUSICOLOGY OF CENTRAL ASIA
TTH 4:30-5:20


Anthropology
101-6-21   Elizabeth Brumfiel   ANTHROPOLOGY & THE ENVIRONMENT
TTH 11:00-12:20

101-6-22   Karen Tranberg Hansen   CLOTHING AND CULTURE
TTH 2:00-3:20


Biological Sciences
107-6-20   Christina Russin   PLANTS THAT CHANGED HISTORY
MWF 9:00-9:50

110-6-20   Daniel Linzer   THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY AND THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
TTH 2:00-3:20


111-6-20   Kevin Bonney and
Dreanna Arble   CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION: FROM TRUE SCIENCE TO TV SHOWS
TTH 4:00-5:20

112-6-20   Ryan Hurtado and Aparna Ramachandran  CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE SCIENCES IN THE MEDIA
MWF 1:00-1:50


Earth & Planetary Science
102-6-33   Yarrow Axford   GLOBAL WARMING: THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
TTH 2:00-3:20


Economics
101-6-20   Burton Weisbrod    HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: AN ECONOMIST'S PERSPECTIVE
TTH 12:30-1:50


English
101-6-20   Martin Mueller   HAMLET OF “HAMLET”
MWF 10:00-10:50

101-6-21   Carissa Harris   MEDIEVAL AND MODERN OBSCENITIES
MWF 11:00-11:50

101-6-22   Jacquelyn Murdock   HARRY POTTER’S MEDIEVAL ORIGINS
MWF 1:00-1:50

101-6-23   Brian Sheerin   NARRATIVES OF REVENGE
TTH 9:30-10:50

101-6-24   Laura Passin   STORIES FULL OF STORIES: NESTED NARRATIVES IN THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL
TTH 12:30-1:50

101-6-25   Michael Slater   MAGIC AND MONSTERS: LITERATURE AND THE SUPERNATURAL
TTH 11:00-12:20

101-6-26   Greg Laski   SLAVERY AND FREEDOM, PAST AND PRESENT
TTH 2:00-3:20

101-6-27   Peter Jaros   AMERICA FROM OUTSIDE
TTH 3:30-4:50


English - Writing Program
105-6-20   Edie Skom   MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS
TTH 12:30-1:50

105-6-21   Jim O’Laughlin    STORYTELLING & NATION-MAKING IN AMERICAN INDIAN & IRISH LITERATURE
TTH 2:00-3:20


French
105-6-20   Melissa Wittmeier   EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FICTION: WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
MWF 10:00-10:50

105-6-21   Elizabeth McManus   FRENCH FANTASIES: WORLD-BUILDING IN FRENCH SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, & FANTASTIC LITERATURE
MWF 2:00-2:50 


General Music
101-6-20   Tom Bauman   FILM, FICTION AND THE HOLOCAUST
TTH 2:00-3:20


German
104-6-20   Gregory Flanders   ON TRUTH AND PAIN:REPRESENTATIONS OF TORTURE IN LITERATURE,FILM & THE LAW
MWF 10:00-10:50


History 
101-6-20   Erin-Marie Legacey   HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
TTH 2:00-3:20

101-6-21   Richard Lutjens   HITLER’S RISE TO POWER, 1928-1933
TTH 2:00-3:20

101-6-22   Darcy Heuring   JAMAICA,RACE AND THE VICTORIANS
TTH 9:30-10:50

102-6-20   Ronnie Grinberg   SUBURBIA AND THE  AMERICAN DREAM, 1945-1963
TTH 2:00-3:20

102-6-21   James Coltrain   CONTROVERSY IN AMERICAN PUBLIC HISTORY
TTH  4:00-5:20


Linguistics
101-6-20   Robert Gundlach   THE HUMAN VOICE, SPOKEN AND WRITTEN
TTH 11:00-12:20


Mathematics
105-6-20   Angela Grant   LONG RUNS AND LONG SHOTS: THE MATHEMATICS OF SPORTS
MW 2:00-3:20


Philosophy
109-6-20   Richard Kraut   EVIL
TTH 11:00-12:20

109-6-21   Penny Deutscher   NIETZSCHE: TRUTH, JUSTICE & OTHER LIES
TTH 6:00-7:20

109-6-22   David Ebrey   DOING PHILOSOPHY WITH SOCRATES
MW 2:00-3:20

Physics
110-6, Sec. 20   Fred Rasio   THE PHYSICS OF ARMAGEDDON
TTH 2:00-3:20

Political Science
101-6-20   Risa Brooks   UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM
F 9:00-11:50


Psychology
101-6-20   Marcia Grabowecky   BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY
TTH 10:00-11:20


Religion
101-6-20   Richard Kieckhefer   STORIES OF GOD
TTH 3:30-4:50


Sociology
101-6-20   Mary Beth Finch   LANGUAGE AND POWER
MW 3:00-4:20

101-6-21   Christine Wood    CONTENTIOUS KNOWLEDGE: SCIENTISTS, EXPERTS, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
MW 3:30-4:50

101-6-22   Kieran Bezila   WHY DO WE CARE? THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF INDIVIDUALISM, ALTRUISM & COOPERATION
TTH 12:30-1:50


Spanish
105-6-20   Emily A. Maguire   EXILE & DIASPORA IN CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
MWF  9:00-9:50


Statistics
101-6-20   Tom Severini   SABERMETRICS
MWF 12:00-12:50