First Year Seminar Sections
(see also Spring 2010 Semester sections)
FYS Sections for Fall 2009
Section A01
In Search of the Muse: Why Do We Make Music?
Professor Tim Harbold (MW)
Section A02
The Economics of Sports
Professor James Freeman (TTh)
Section A03
Energy and Civilization
Professor Jason Goodman (MW)
Section A04
Television
Professor Talitha Espiritu (MW)
Section A05
American Cities/American Suburbs
Professor Scott Gelber (TTh)
Section A06
Plagues, Pandemics and Pestilence
Professor Shari Ackerman-Morris (TTh)
Section A07
On the Nature of Friendship
Professor Nancy Kendrick (TTh)
Section A08
The Art of Observation-Perception in Practice
Professor Jake Mahaffy (TTh)
Section A09
Storytelling Through Computer Animation
Professor Marc LeBlanc (MW)
Section A10
The Inner Lives of Animals
Professor David Wulff (MW)
Section A11
Psychology and Horror
Professor Jason Reiss (MW)
Section A12
Border Crossers: Immigrants, Nations and a Multicultural World
Professor Michael Mezzano (MW)
Section A13
Social Empowerment through the Performing Arts
Professor Julie Searles (MW)
Section A14
Rituals of Dinner
Professor Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus (TTh)
Section A15
The Dreams We See: Film in Society
Professor John Grady (MW)
Section A17
la dolce vita
Professor David Vogler (TTh)
Section A18
Fear in the Making of the Americas
Professor M. Gabriela Torres (MW)
Section A19
Truth, Reconciliation and Forgiveness
Professor Dolita Cathcart (TTh)
Section A20
The Complete Amateur Naturalist
Professor Betsy Dyer (MW)
Section A21
Russia in Crisis
Professor David E. Powell (TTh)
Section A22
Class Matters
Professor Hyun Kim (TTh)
Section A23
Water, Water Everywhere: The Legacy of the 1927 Flood of the Mississippi River and Hurricane Katrina
Professor Thomas Ratliff (MW)
Section A24
Children's Literature in a Multicultural Society
Professor Bev Clark (MW)
Section A25
Too Much Information? Knowledge and Cultural Citizenship on the Internet
Professor Josh Stenger (TTh)
Section A26
Asian American Visual Culture
Professor Sean McPherson (TTh)
Section A27
On Democracy
Professor Alireza Shomali (WM)
Section A28
Sports, Schools and Society
Professor Paula Krebs (WM)
FYS Sections for Spring 2010
Section B01
"Trouble is My Business:" Mystery and Detective Fiction
Dean James Mancall (TTh)
Section B02
WATER
Professor Matthew Evans (MW)