Northwestern University
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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Freshman Seminars - Spring 2009-2010
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DEPT COURSE INSTRUCTOR TITLE DAY TIME
MATH 105-6-20 Grant, Angela LONG RUNS AND LONG SHOTS: THE MATEMATICS OF SPORTS MW 2:00-3:20
PHIL 109-6-22 Ebrey, David DOING PHILOSOPHY WITH SOCRATES MW 2:00-3:20
SOCIOL 101-6-20 Finch, Mary Beth LANGUAGE AND POWER MW 3:00-4:20
SOCIOL 101-6-21 Wood, Christine CONTENTIOUS KNOWLEDGE: SCIENTISTS, EXPERTS, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS MW 3:30-4:50
BIO_SCI 107-6-20 Russin, Christina PLANTS THAT CHANGED HISTORY MWF 9:00-9:50
SPANISH 105-6-20 Maguire, Emily A. EXILE AND DIASPORA IN CARIBBEAN LITERATURE MWF 9:00-9:50
BIOL_SCI 112-6-20 Hurtado, Ryan and Ramachandran, Aparna CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE SCIENCES IN THE MEDIA MWF 1:00-1:50
ENGLISH 101-6-22 Murdock, Jacquelyn HARRY POTTER'S MEDIEVAL ORIGINS MWF 1:00-1:50
ENGLISH 101-6-20 Mueller, Martin HAMLET OF "HAMLET" MWF 10:00-10:50
FRENCH 105-6-20 Wittmeier, Melissa EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FICTION:WHY SHOULD WE CARE? MWF 10:00-10:50
GERMAN 104-6-20 Flanders, Gregory ON TRUTH AND PAIN:REPRESENTATIONS OF TORTURE IN LITERATURE, FILM & THE LAW MWF 10:00-10:50
ENGLISH 101-6-21 Harris, Carissa MEDIEVAL AND MODERN OBSCENITIES MWF 11:00-11:50
STAT 101-6-20 Severini, Tom SABERMETRICS MWF 12:00-12:50
FRENCH 105-6-21 McManus, Elizabeth FRENCH FANTASIES:WORLD-BUILDING IN FRENCH SCIENCE FICTION,FANTASY, & FANTASTIC LITERATURE MWF 2:00-2:50
ENGLISH 101-6-23 Sheerin, Brian NARRATIVES OF REVENGE TTH 9:30-10:50
HISTORY 101-6-22 Heuring, Darcy JAMAICA, RACE AND THE VICTORIANS TTH 9:30-10:50
PSYCH 101-6-20 Grabowecky, Marcia BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY TTH 10:00-11:20
ANTHRO 101-6-21 Brumfiel, Elizabeth ANTHROPOLOGY & THE ENVIRONMENT TTH 11:00-12:20
ENGLISH 101-6-25 Slater, Michael MAGIC AND MONSTERS: LITERATURE AND THE SUPERNATURAL TTH 11:00-12:20
LING 101-6-20 Gundlach, Robert THE HUMAN VOICE, SPOKEN AND WRITTEN TTH 11:00-12:20
PHIL 109-6-20 Kraut, Richard EVIL TTH 11:00-12:20
ECON 101-6-20 Weisbrod, Burton HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: AN ECONOMIST'S PERSPECTIVE TTH 12:30-1:50
ENGLISH 101-6-24 Passin, Laura STORIES FULL OF STORIES: NESTED NARRATIVES IN THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL TTH 12:30-1:50
ENGLISH 105-6-20 Skom, Edie MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS TTH 12:30-1:50
SOCIOL 101-6-22 Bezila, Kieran WHY DO WE CARE?THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF INDIVIDUALISM,ALTRUISM AND COOPERATION TTH 12:30-1:50
ANTHRO 101-6-22 Hansen, Karen Tranberg CLOTHING AND CULTURE TTH 2:00-3:20
BIOL_SCI 110-6-20 Cline, Jennifer and Linzer, Daniel THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY AND THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY TTH 2:00-3:20
EARTH 102-6-33 Axford, Yarrow GLOBAL WARMING:THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TTH 2:00-3:20
ENGLISH 101-6-26 Laski, Greg SLAVERY AND FREEDOM, PAST AND PRESENT TTH 2:00-3:20
ENGLISH 105-6-21 O'Laughlin, Jim STORYTELLING & NATION-MAKING IN AMERICAN INDIAN & IRISH LITERATURE TTH 2:00-3:20
GEN_MUS
 101-6-20 Tom Bauman FILM, FICTION AND THE HOLOCAUST TTH
 2:00-3:20
HISTORY 102-6-20 Grinberg, Ronnie SUBURBIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, 1945-1963 TTH 2:00-3:20
HISTORY 101-6-20 Legacey, Erin-Marie HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TTH 2:00-3:20
HISTORY 101-6-21 Lutjens, Richard HITLER'S RISE TO POWER, 1928-1933 TTH 2:00-3:20
PHYSICS
 110-6-20 Fred Rasio THE PHYSICS OF ARMAGEDDON TTH
 2:00-3:20
ENGLISH 101-6-27 Jaros, Peter AMERICA FROM OUTSIDE TTH 3:30-4:50
RELIGION 101-6-20 Kieckhefer, Richard STORIES OF GOD TTH 3:30-4:50
BIOL_SCI 111-6-20 Arble, Dreanna and Bonney, Kevin CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION:FROM TRUE SCIENCE TO TV SHOWS TTH 4:00-5:20
HISTORY 102-6-21 Coltrain, James CONTROVERSY IN AMERICAN PUBLIC HISTORY TTH 4:00-5:20
AAL 110-6-20 Arik, Kagan ETHNOMUSICOLOGY OF CENTRAL ASIA  TTH 4:30-5:20
AFAMST 101-6-20 Marquez, John RACIAL POTITICS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA TTH

5:00-6:20
PHIL 109-6-21 Deutscher, Penny NIETZSCHE:TRUTH,JUSTICE & OTHER LIES TTH 6:00-7:20
POLI_SCI 101-6-20 Brooks, Risa UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM F 9:00-11:50