Fall 2011 First-year Seminars Brochure (PDF) - College of Literature ...

Introduction
“I absolutely loved my First-Year Seminar in sociology and black history
and was excited to go every week. I really enjoyed the subject, and I loved how
my professor took time to get to know each of his students and our interests.
He made it a point to tell me when he found material that was pertinent to
my own term paper research, showing that he gave a lot of thought to what we
wrote about and wanted to help us to do well in his class.
First-Year Seminars are courses
limited to 20 students, providing an
excellent chance to engage faculty on a
more personal basis and to fulfill at least
one of your LSA requirements.
Humanities (HU) pg 1
First-Year Writing (FYWR) pg 9
Interdisciplinary (ID) pg 12
Math & Symbolic Analysis (MSA)
Quantitative Reasoning (QR1) pg 13
Natural Science (NS) pg 14
Social Science (SS) pg 16
FYS Quick Reference Guide pg 21

Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish &
Islamic studies
AAPTIS 192.001 Religion & Revolutions: A Comparison
of the French, Russian, Turkish & Iranian Cases
Erdem Cipa
This course raises central questions concerning the struggle
between the perceived dogma of religion, freedom of thought, and
conscience. Is it possible to have a “secular” world? Is it still possible
to have a unified “religious” vision? What is the relationship of
“religion” to a “secular” state or to a “secular” public? At a time
when religious traditions are obliged to relate to each other, how
can they do so in a constructive and creative fashion, without
descending into violence? What is the relationship between religion
and revolution? Is religion on the way out, or is it on the way
in? What contributes to the phenomenal rise in fundamentalist
commitment in so many places? Are there exceptions? Are we
condemned to have a Star Wars like “clash of civilizations” between
Islam and the West? Meets with HISTORY 197.004. MW 2:30-4
Looking to improve your research skills?
Try this mini-course for first-year students...
UC 174 Digital Research: Critical Concepts & Strategies
This 1-credit, hands-on course helps lay a solid foundation for
success in doing current and future academic research in all
disciplines: Humanities, Natural Science, and Social Science.
With an emphasis on the wealth of digital resources now
available, it focuses on information discovery, management
skills, knowledge of scholarly sources, and critical thinking.
Though most incoming students have done online and library
research before, many find it beneficial to learn how to use
other resources, such as ProQuest, Mirlyn, and Ref Works.
Humanities
Afroamerican & African Studies
AAS 104.002 Introduction to the Black Novel 1950–1990
Magdalena Zaborowska
This course explores the development of the novel by African-
American writers in the second half of the 20th century. Authors
include Gwendolyn Brooks, Ann Petry, James Baldwin, Ralph
Ellison, Richard Wright, and Toni Morrison. Close readings will
be combined with hands-on critical approaches to literature as we
discuss issues such as: genre; social constructions of race, gender and
sexuality; class; and social space. TTh 1-2:30
AAS 104.003 The Culture of Jazz
Paul Anderson
“There is more to jazz than music,” a scholar recently wrote, “and
it is there, paradoxically, that its influence is profound.” “Jazz,” he
continued, “is also a loosely connected set of ideas: it has a history
and a tradition of thought, an imagery and a vocabulary that have
given it reality and presence.” This first-year seminar follows up
on those very ideas. We will explore a few elements of the music,
culture, and literature of jazz. We will be especially attentive to jazz’s
relationship to African American cultural and intellectual life in the
20th century and also track the music’s relationship to American
musical culture more broadly. Although the full history of the music
covers more than a century and reaches across the world, our focus
will be on the culture of modern jazz in the 1950s and 1960s and
some of that era’s major figures, such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane,
and Billie Holiday. MW 2:30-4
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American Culture
AMCULT 103.001 Critical Genealogies of American Musics
Amy Stillman
Throughout the 20th century, both scholarship and commerce have
shaped “American music” and “American musical life” in racially
binary terms—namely, white and black. This seminar will examine
music production, marketing, consumption, and journalism in
the United States through the lens of a racial politics of culture.
How can we account for both inclusions and exclusions within
constructions of “American music” and “American musical life”?
This seminar combines readings from multiple disciplines, listening
assignments, and viewing of documentary films. MW 11:30-1
AMCULT 103.002 History through Literature
Penny Von Eschen
We take a broad sweep through the epic transformations in the
United States and its intersection with the broader world over
the past century through reading historical fiction and one work
of science fiction. We’ll identify and talk about the historical
transformations, political and social conflicts, and profound ethical
issues faced by characters in these books. The class is primarily
discussion based, but we will sometimes augment the reading with
film or music, drawing on cultural references within the novels or
film adaptations. Meets with HISTORY 197.003. MW 8:30-10
AMCULT 103.003 Say it Loud: Black Culture in America
Stephen Berrey
The Afro. The zoot suit. Hip Hop. Ma Rainey. Boondocks. Aretha
Franklin. James Brown. Each of these cultural items is tied not only
to personal taste or entertainment value but also to larger political
and social issues around race. In this course, we will analyze Black
expressive culture (such as in music, art, literature, and television)
and Black everyday culture (such as through hair, fashion, and
language), and seek answers to two broad questions: What is the
relationship between Black culture and the Black freedom struggle?
What is the relationship between “Black” culture and “American”
culture? Meets with HISTORY 197.003. TTh 10-11:30
Humanities
AMCULT 103.004 Race in U.S. Popular Culture
Anthony Mora
The United States has always been a racially and culturally diverse
nation, but the meaning of that heterogeneity has been fiercely
debated. This seminar examines how racial representations
intersected with assumptions about gender, sexuality, economic
class, and national belonging over the past 150 years. Rather than
focusing on constructing a time line of events, we explore how
race influenced the representations of particular groups, including
whites, African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Arab
Americans. We read popular media (including novels, films, comic
books, etc.) as a primary historical source. MW 2:30-4
Asian Studies
ASIAN 251.001 The Story of the Stone
David Rolston
In this class we will try together to get a better understanding of
traditional Chinese culture by reading and discussing a novel that
has been praised as a veritable encyclopedia of Chinese life that has
mattered deeply to countless Chinese readers, some of whom reread
it year after year. Because The Story of the Stone focuses on life
within the household and the majority of its major characters are
female, one of the foci is the life of Chinese women during the time
the novel was written. Class meetings feature a number of different
activities that encourage students to gain a wider and richer view of
the novel and the culture that produced it. MWF 9-10

ASIAN 254.001 Popular Culture & Korean Society
Young ju Ryu
Following the Korean War, South Korea underwent an economic
development that transformed the country from one of the
poorest nations in the world to one of the world’s dozen largest
economies. How do we begin to understand what such a change
must have meant for the people living through it? This seminar
examines popular culture as a means of accessing values, desires,
and structures that sustain people’s lives in time of great upheaval.
It focuses on how popular cultural forms construct, represent, or
contest dominant ideas about Korean history, national identity, and
gender norms. TTh 4-5:30
Classical Civilization
CLCIV 120.001 Great Speeches Ancient & Modern
Sara Forsdyke
Have you ever been inspired by a great speech or wondered how
great speakers from Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama perform
their magic? Is the power of persuasive speech a matter of inborn
charisma? Or can people learn techniques of effective public
speaking, as the ancient Greeks and Romans believed? In this
course, we will learn from the ancients by studying one ancient
handbook of public speaking (Aristotle’s Rhetoric) alongside
selected great speeches from the ancient and modern world. In
the final part of the course, we will apply the techniques of public
speaking to write our own speeches. MW 1-2:30
CLCIV 120.002 Clubs in Antiquity
Kweku Garbrah
This seminar is a study of voluntary associations in Greek and
Roman societies. These include religious, secular, professional, and
social clubs. TTh 4-5:30
Comparative Literature
Humanities
COMPLIT 140.001 Welcome to the Twentieth Century
Tatjana Aleksic
Welcome to the ride through the most diverse and wonderful
literary and artistic era! We survey the literary and artistic
movements of the past century and consider them in context with
historical developments at the time. Departing from the wild
experimentations with language and form put forth by the historical
avant-gardes from the beginning of the century, our journey takes us
through the post-WWII disillusionment of Theatre of the Absurd
to postmodern fragmentation of text and image. In addition to some
of the most important names of European and American literature
and art, look for many unexpected texts from the world’s “cultural
peripheries,” intended to give a rounded idea of how Western ideas
were disseminated to other parts of the globe. TTh 11:30-1
Dutch Studies
DUTCH 160.001 Colonialism & its Aftermath
Antonius Broos
The Netherlands has been an active participant in shaping the world
as we know it, through mercantile and political involvement around
the globe: colonizing the islands of Indonesia, founding New
Amsterdam/New York, settling South Africa’s Capetown, and first
trading with the Japanese. The Netherlands held colonial power
over Suriname until 1975; other West Indies islands, i.e., Aruba,
Bonaire, Curaçao are still part of the Dutch Kingdom. By reading
Dutch literary works from as early as the 17th century, we explore
Dutch expansion and how countries were conquered and political
systems established. We focus in particular on mercantile gains in
the spice trade and involvement in the slave trade. (HU/R&E) TTh
2:30-4
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English
ENGLISH 140.001 Shakespeare in Performance
Steven Mullaney
This seminar intensively studies four plays, with a special
emphasis on the ways in which performance embodies meaning.
Reading includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of
Venice, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and/or Othello. How does
performance work as a fundamental mode of signification? Students
develop skills by watching both filmed and live performances
and exploring play-texts as imagined performances. In addition
they bring a theatrical and textual perspective to questions
about individual words, lines, and speeches, verbal and physical
interactions among characters, stage directions, props, audience,
and stage design. The goal is to have a firm grasp of the traditions
of theatrical performance in Shakespeare’s plays and an enhanced
familiarity with some of the basic research tools in literature and
theater. TTh 8:30-10
ENGLISH 140.002 Arthurian Literature
Karla Taylor
Arthurian literature has exerted an enduring fascination for
audiences and readers for nearly 1500 years. This course samples a
variety of versions of Arthurian characters and stories, both serious
and comic: war heroes of early Welsh folktale; the ideal chivalric
society of high medieval romance (where many of our modern ideas
of love originated); Malory’s full cycle (from the Sword in the Stone
through Lancelot and Guinevere; the quest for the Holy Grail; the
downfall of the Round Table and otherworldly end of Arthur, the
“once and future king”); and modern appropriations in works such
as Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and
Monty Python’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail. MW 10-11:30
ENGLISH 140.004 City Lit
Andrea Zemgulys
Humanities
This course studies the emergence and flowering of modernism—a
movement that aimed to revolutionize literature in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries—by tracking its development as a response to
the growth of cities and normalization of urban experience. Many
writers seized upon London, Paris, and Berlin as settings for their
lives and works integral to their formal experiments. What did the
city offer these writers? How did their writings register the novelty
of the “urban” at that time, and how do they capture its experience
today? Readings include short stories, novels, and poetry by writers
from the late 1800s and early 1900s, including Edgar Allan Poe,
Charles Baudelaire, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, James
Joyce, and Katherine Mansfield. TTh 1-2:30

French
FRENCH 244.001 Issues in Race & Cultural Diversity in
the Francophone World
Frieda Ekotto
This seminar concentrates on cultural productions and social issues
related to race, racism and ethnicity in French-speaking societies.
At one level, we discuss how discourses on race function within the
general ideological state apparatuses that reproduce a given social
order. At another level, we analyze how discourses on race, racism,
ethnicity, gender and social class are inscribed in a selection of texts
and films. We also examine the implications of cultural diversity in
different parts of the Francophone world. TTh 10-11:30
German
GERMAN 180.001 The Third Reich & its Legacies
Julia Hell
In this course, we will explore the history, politics, and culture
of the period ranging from 1943 to 1989, which includes the
beginning of the end of the Third Reich and the beginning of the
so-called Berlin Republic, i.e., Germany after the fall of the Berlin
wall. How have politicians, public intellectuals, and artists in the
two postwar Germanies thought about the National Socialist
prehistory of the country? Readings will include a mixture of
literary and non-literary German and English texts. MW 11:30-1
Humanities
Hebrew And Jewish Cultural Studies/
Judaic Studies
HJCS 192.001/JUDAIC 150.001 Old-New Lands: Jewish
Immigration in Literature & Film
Maya Barzilai
What does it mean to become a refugee or immigrant? What
is lost and gained in the process of relocation? To explore these
questions, we look at representations of Jewish immigrants in
modern literature and film. During the 19th and 20th centuries,
millions of Jews either chose to leave Central and Eastern Europe
or were forced to do so because of political, social, and economic
circumstances. They immigrated primarily to the United States,
Palestine, or Western Europe. Reading texts in translation from
Hebrew, German, Polish, and Yiddish, we discuss the significance of
modes of transportation and spaces of transit, such as boats, trains,
airplanes, train stations, hotels, boarding houses, elevators, and even
suitcases. What kinds of encounters take place en route in these
various spaces or upon arrival in the “old-new” lands of America or
Palestine/Israel? MW 2:30-4
History
HISTORY 197.001 Modern British History in Fiction
Kali Israel
This seminar examines contemporary British fiction using history as
a theme, rather than simply a setting. These works are not set simply
in some bygone age, but explore memory, representation, gaps,
contestations, and what counts as knowledge. Students read these
books as serious contributions to historical writing, imaginatively
exploring both the complexity of the past and the ways it may haunt
the present. What kinds of history are represented? How do authors
show relationships between different histories? What are the risks
of historical fiction? How does fiction allow us to think about the
question: What is history? T 10-1
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HISTORY 197.002 The Long Civil Rights Movement
from World War II to Present
Kevin Gaines
Historians have recently used the phrase “the Long Civil Rights
Movement” to emphasize the alliance between civil rights
organizations and the labor movement in struggles against racial
discrimination dating back to the 1930s and 1940s . The phrase
also describes recent scholarship on the evolving nature of battles
for equality in the urban North, as well as the Deep South during
the late 1960s and 1970s. We also explore their relationship to
the Women’s movement, the antiwar movement, and the youth
counterculture. Through a selection of diverse genre (literature,
film, drama, popular music), we will discuss the history and legacy
of this movement. MW 2:30-4
HISTORY 197.003 Say it Loud: Black Culture in America
Stephen Berrey
The Afro. The zoot suit. Hip Hop. Ma Rainey. Boondocks. Aretha
Franklin. James Brown. Each of these cultural items is tied not only
to personal taste or entertainment value but also to larger political
and social issues around race. In this course, we will analyze Black
expressive culture (such as in music, art, literature, and television)
and Black everyday culture (such as through hair, fashion, and
language), and seek answers to two broad questions: What is the
relationship between Black culture and the Black freedom struggle?
What is the relationship between “Black” culture and “American”
culture? Meets with AMCULT 103.003. TTh 10-11:30
Humanities
HISTORY 197.004 Religion & Revolutions: A
Comparison of the French, Russian, Turkish & Iranian
Cases
Erdem Cipa
This course raises the central questions concerning the struggle
between the perceived dogma of religion, freedom of thought, and
conscience. Is it possible to have a “secular” world? Is it still possible
to have a unified “religious” vision? What is the relationship of
“religion” to a “secular” state or to a “secular” public? At a time
when different religious traditions are obliged to relate more
closely, how can they do so in a constructive and creative fashion,
without descending into violence? What is the relationship between
religion and revolution? Is religion on the way out, or is it on the
way in? What contributes to the phenomenal rise in fundamentalist
commitment in so many places? Are we condemned to have a Star
Wars like “clash of civilizations” between Islam and the West? Meets
with AAPTIS 192.001. MW 2:30-4
HISTORY 197.005 Race in U.S. Popular Culture
Anthony Mora
The U.S. has always been a racially and culturally diverse nation,
but the meaning of that heterogeneity has been fiercely debated.
This seminar centers on building critical interpretative skills
in considering racial representations in U.S. popular culture
over the past 150 years. Rather than constructing a time line of
events, we explore how changing ideas about race influenced the
representations of particular groups, including whites, African
Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Arab Americans. We
also learn to read popular media (including novels, films, comic
books, etc.) as another primary historical source. Our focus is how
racial representations intersect with assumptions about gender,
sexuality, economic class, and national belonging. MW 2:30-4

HISTORY 197.006 Inventing the Seaside
Pamela Ballinger
This seminar explores changes in our understanding of the sea
and coastline in different cultures and historical moments. What
cultural meanings have been attached to the sea? What role has the
sea played in the imagination? As a site for social relationships?
Particular attention is given to fashioning the beach as a space of
health, leisure, and tourism, as well as tensions between tourism and
other economic activities centered around the sea. TTh 10-11:30
HISTORY 197.007 Making of the Modern University
Tomoko Masuzawa
Despite the medieval founding of some venerable institutions
in Europe (and the architectural imitation of many American
ones), the university as we know it is a modern institution. Every
research university that exists today was either newly founded or
radically reformed during the 19th century. Why, and how, did this
transformation occur? What has been the university’s relation to
the state and Christian church? This course will examine the history
of the university from the 12th century to the present, focusing
particularly on the crucial period of its re-invention in the 19th. We
will also consider the significance of the founding of the University
of Michigan in the larger context. The students will be introduced
to some of the foundational skills and methods of historical
research, utilizing both physical and digital archives. TTh 11:30-1
HISTORY 197.008 History through Literature
Penny Von Eschen
Through reading historical fiction (and one work of science fiction),
this course takes a broad sweep through the epic transformations
in the United States and its intersection with the broader world
over the past century. We identify and talk about historical
transformations, political and social conflicts, and profound ethical
issues faced by characters in these books. The class is primarily
discussion based, but we sometimes augment the reading with film
or music, drawing on cultural references within the novels or film
adaptations. Meets with AMCULT 103.002. MW 8:30-10
History Of Art
Humanities
HISTART 194.001 The Archbishop’s Bones: Art,
Architecture, & Pilgrimage at Canterbury Cathedral
Achim Timmermann
On 29 December 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury,
was murdered in his own cathedral. Fifty years later, Canterbury
Cathedral had become one of the major centers of pilgrimage in
western Christendom, drawing pilgrims from all over Europe,
like those described in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. We explore
the extraordinary story of Becket’s martyrdom, the posthumous
veneration of his relics, and above all, the magnificent architecture
and stained glass of Canterbury Cathedral. Students are introduced
to the spatial lay-out, structure, function and imagery of a
great Gothic church, thus sharpening their skills of visual and
architectural analysis. You will also learn how to read primary
textual sources (such as contemporary accounts of Becket’s murder),
and secondary literature (such as a scholarly article analyzing
medieval imagery depicting Becket’s murder). T 1-4
Linguistics
LING 102.001 Pronunciation of English
San Duanmu
This seminar explores linguistic theories and techniques in
analyzing pronunciation, using English as the primary example.
Using computer instruments, it also objectively compares English
with other languages and looks at how to evaluate “foreign accents.”
There are no prerequisites for this course. TTh 2:30-4
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LING 102.002 Language & Sexuality
Robin Queen
This course explores the use of language in relation to sexuality,
with particular emphasis on the development of sexual identities.
We consider how speakers point to socially relevant notions of
sexuality using different aspects of language, such as narrative, word
choice, and pronunciation. Discussions include issues such as sexual
orientations and behavioral categories, represented by words such
as slut, stud, or prude. We consider the relationship of language and
sexual identity to expressions of desire and how both language and
sexual identities intertwine with other salient ways of interacting in
the social world in areas of gender, social status and class, ethnicity,
and other kinds of cultural affiliations. MW 10-11:30
Philosophy
PHIL 196.003 Reasoning with Rand
Eric Lormand
In this seminar students can harness an interest in Ayn Rand’s
novels or argumentative works (i.e., “Objectivism”) for a ride into
the world of philosophy (or, vice versa). Rand seeks to support a
wide-ranging set of philosophical conclusions and applies them
systematically to many important practical issues. Among her
conclusions: all human knowledge rests on a few basic certainties
(akin to “foundationalism”); the external world, and even moral
facts, exist independently of any views about them (akin to
“realism”); the meaning of a word or concept depends on vastly
more than its so-called definition (akin to “holism”); one’s own
rational life is the proper fundamental standard of moral value
(akin to “egoism”); and private property and minimal government
regulation form the best social system (akin to “capitalist
libertarianism”). While her conclusions are interesting and may
seem initially attractive, they invite many serious criticisms and
defenses. TTh 4-5:30
Humanities
“Great course, great teacher.
This class really helped me feel
comfortable in college.
“The professor taught me
a great deal about myself, my
relationships, and life in general.

Classical Civilization
CLCIV 121.001 Objects Surviving from Greek & Roman
Antiquity
First-Year Writing Requirement
Lisa Nevett
In the contemporary world we surround ourselves with objects.
The items we select say much about us and about how we wish to
be viewed by others. But at the same time, each object has its own
history and its own place and significance within the complex web
of contemporary culture. In this course we consider some examples
of objects surviving from Greek and Roman antiquity, exploring
their individual histories and what they may have to say about the
cultures of which they were a part. Our starting point will be the
objects themselves, but as we seek to contextualize and understand
them we will be sampling a much wider range of ancient source
materials, including ancient texts in translation. TTh 10-11:30
English
ENGLISH 125.014 Islam in the Indian Ocean through
Different Genres
Daniel Birchok
Our readings will focus on writings on the topic of Islam and
Muslims in the Indian Ocean since the 14th century, works
authored by Muslims and non-Muslims and including the accounts
of travelers, colonial and post-colonial ethnographies, and a novel.
These sources all use different evidence, strategies, and rhetorical
styles to describe the space of the Indian Ocean and make
arguments about it, which helps us reflect on how we do these
things in our own writing. Because many historians argue that the
beginning of this period represents the opening of modern systems
of exchange and politics, this topic helps us think about the ways
in which Islam is represented in writing and other media today.
MW 4-5:30
ENGLISH 125.027 Gossip: Talking Across the Disciplines
Andrea McDonnell
This seminar will investigate the notion of gossip: who does it,
when does it occur, and how do we recognize it? We will draw
upon material from a variety of disciplines, including sociology,
anthropology, women’s studies, and communications, in order to
investigate the ways in which gossip has been studied. Through
this literature, along with popular novels, television programs, and
tabloid magazines, we will investigate the social functions of gossip,
the gendered discourse that surrounds this form of speech, and the
potential political implications that gossip brings to bear in our
contemporary media landscape. MW 2:30-4
ENGLISH 125.033 Tuning In: Finding Meaning in Music
Richard Blim
From a perfect playlist to a national anthem, music matters. We
will examine the various roles music plays in our lives and how
music carries such emotional and personal power. Topics will range
from personal encounters with music to its role in broader social
identities and its practical, political, and ethical applications.
Writing assignments will require students to approach music from
a variety of angles, and may include shorter reactions to readings
and musical examples, first-hand accounts, position papers,
and research-based analysis. Knowledge of music and musical
terminology will be helpful but is not required. MW 10-11:30
ENGLISH 125.035 Perspectives on Consumer Culture
Katherine Brion
What makes us consumers? In what way do our various activities
participate in consumerism? We will attempt to answer these
questions and others as we examine texts, images and other media
that comment on and constitute past and present consumer
cultures. These will include pertinent theoretical texts (by authors
such as Karl Marx and Jean Baudrillard), academic studies, literary
works and artistic movements. The goal of this course is to develop
your academic writing skills, so we will be engaging this topic
through a variety of writing approaches/genres, such as free writes,
formal essays, peer review, and revision. MW 10-11:30
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First-Year Writing Requirement
ENGLISH 125.045 Case Studies in Writing Across
Disciplines
Cameron Gibelyou
This seminar will explore what it means to write well in the context
of several different subjects that you may explore in more detail
during your time at U-M. We will read case studies of good writing
from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, and try
to understand what makes for strong writing in each of these broad
disciplinary areas. TTh 1-2:30
ENGLISH 125.064 Exploring Perception through Writing
David Medeiros
The way in which our beliefs about the world are shaped by human
perception has been a central topic in fields such as philosophy,
fiction, and, more recently, cognitive science. Using this topic as our
intellectual anchor, students will be expected to produce writing
in various genres, such as literary essays and lab reports. Various
strategies such as peer review, revision, and exploration of writing
mechanics will be employed with the ultimate goal of creating
articulate and self-aware writers who are prepared for any discipline.
MW 2:30-4
ENGLISH 125.093 Writing the Visual: Anime, Manga,
and the Place of “Low” Culture in “Higher” Education
Brian Dowdle
What if I told you the Final Fantasy videogame series was one of
the greatest works of world literature in the past twenty years?
Would you agree or disagree? How could you convince a skeptical
reader that Ghost in the Shell is more pertinent to our times than
Shakespeare? While practicing academic writing, we will assert the
value and importance of popular culture as an object of academic
study. We will read essays on cultural theory and address current
trends such as cyberpunk and steampunk, while learning the writing
skills needed to help you succeed in college. Students are invited to
explore their own cultural interests from hip-hop to video games by
creating a writing portfolio. TTh 10-11:30
Slavic Languages And Literatures
SLAVIC 151.001 Prague: The Magic City
Jindrich Toman
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, belongs to those
European cities that fascinate as unique historical amalgams whose
composition defies disciplinary boundaries. The course traces
Prague’s history, culture, architecture, the symbiosis of ethnic
groups within its walls, and its current spirit. Prague is viewed in
various ways: a medieval city; the center of religious reformation;
the center of arts and science, but also alchemy and black magic,
in the early modern times; an architectural project of the baroque
period; a center of the Czech nationalist revival; a center of music;
the city of Jews; and last but not least the showcase of modernism in
the 20th century. Students read literature inspired by Prague, such
as Neruda, Kafka, and Apollinaire, study visual documents, and
watch films such as Paul Wegener’s Golem. MW 4-5:30
SLAVIC 151.002 Yiddish Love Stories
Mikhail Krutikov
What was the place of love in traditional Jewish society? Did young
Jewish men and women fall in love? How did ideas about love,
romance, and marriage change with time? We will address these and
other important questions about Jewish life by looking closely at a
series of stories written in Yiddish in the 19th and 20th centuries
in Russia, Poland, and America. We will explore the ways Yiddish
writers portrayed romantic feelings, study their literary techniques
and devices, and create our own interpretations of their works.
We will read and discuss stories by the classic authors of Yiddish
literature, including Mendele Moykher Sforim, Sholem Aleichem,
and Y.L. Peretz, as well as their younger followers and opponents,
including Dovid Bergelson, Sholem Asch, Y. Singer, Rokhl Korn,
and Kadya Molodowsky. We will also look at visual representations
of love in art and cinema. MW 2:30-4

First-Year Writing Requirement
SLAVIC 151.003 DUI (Discourse Under the Influence):
An Introduction to Narratology
Benjamin Paloff
Narratology, or the study of narrative structure, considers the
devices writers use to manipulate how we perceive the world
as represented in words. Students examine especially striking
instances of this manipulation in novels, poems, and essays in
which a rational, calculating author convinces us that we are seeing
the world through the eyes of an intoxicated speaker. We discuss
how writers use intoxication to heighten the comedy of basically
tragic stories, while also commenting on national habits, social
and cultural shortcomings, and personal dreams. Readings include
dazzling works from Russian, Polish, and Czech. MW 2:30-4
SLAVIC 151.004 The Russian Rogue’s Progress
Omry Ronen
We examine Russian picaresque humor, satire, fantasy, and science
fiction in the 19th and 20th centuries, surveyed against the
background of world literature and folklore. Readings include:
Gogol’s Dead Souls; Ehrenburg’s Julio Jurenitj; A.N. Tolstoy’s
Garin’s Death Ray; Il’f and Petrov’s Twelve Chairs; Bulgakov’s The
Master and Margarita, and Babel’s My First Fee. Classes combine
discussion, student presentations, and brief lectures. No prior
knowledge of Russian or Russian literature required. TTh 4-5:30
SLAVIC 151.005 Short Fiction from the South Slavic
Cultural Space
Tatjana Aleksic
This seminar introduces students to the best in 20th century short
fiction by writers who created in the cultural space of what only
two decades ago what known as Yugoslavia. Readings include short
stories and short novels that deal with a wide variety of themes
with settings spanning over a century. Some explore the legacy of
the Ottoman Empire, Communism, or the 1990s civil wars and the
country’s dissolution. Some present the conflict of love and social
ethics, while others deal with vampires! Through an introduction
to broader and more universal topics, students will develop their
reading and writing skills, as well as learn more about the history,
politics, and literature of the space. TTh 1-2:30
SLAVIC 151.006 Monument & Memory
Andrew Herscher
The monument is a characteristic form of public memory, yet
the relationship between monument and memory is fraught and
complex. Do societies remember the past through monuments, or
do monuments free societies from the burden of memory? What
special challenges characterize the remembrance of traumatic pasts?
Is violence against monuments a violence against memory, or a
form of memory in its own right? Are some events impossible to
monumentalize? This seminar explores the aesthetics, rhetorics,
politics and social practices of the monument, drawing upon case
studies from the rich, vibrant, and contested monument cultures of
the Yugoslav successor states, but also paying attention to questions
emerging in contexts closer to home. TTh 1-2:30
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Program in the Environment
ENVIRON 139.001 Environmental Conflict: Science,
Political, Social
Julia Wondolleck
Environmental problems are a tangled web of science, politics,
history, economics, law, and psychology. This seminar attempts to
unravel the complexity of the challenging world of environmental
problems by examining several conflicts through different
disciplinary lenses. Why did it take 50 years to restore wolves to the
Greater Yellowstone ecosystem and what is happening since their
return? Why are fishermen and scientists at odds over how to save
the world’s fisheries even though they both share a common goal?
Why is the climate change issue so intractable? Why has conflict
over oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
persisted for decades? What key factors could enable the resolution
of some of these environmental conflicts? MW 11:30-1
ENVIRON 139.003 Environmental Literature
Virginia Murphy
This course explores our relationship to the environment and
the evolution of American attitudes toward the natural world
as reflected in environmental literature. We study our collective
understanding of the physical world through the use of language
by reading various works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and
film. In addition to exploring environmental literature and film,
students attend environmental events on campus and write about
their experience. Through fostering a greater appreciation for the
environment and attempting to reconcile our ambivalent attitudes
toward nature, this seminar helps us define our place in the natural
world. TTh 11:30-1
Interdisciplinary
ENVIRON 139.020 Environment, Religions, Spirituality,
& Sustainability
James Crowfoot
Learn about the unprecedented changes taking place in the
natural environment, economy and social relations and different
perspectives on their sustainability. Engage multiple ways
of knowing (objective/science and subjective/spirituality &
religions). Work includes multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
reading; reflections and on your experiences of nature, spirituality
and relationships; and related discussions, dialogs and writing
comparing and contrasting your own understandings about
sustainability, values, and beliefs about reality and meaning,
and visions of the future with those of others with different
backgrounds, beliefs and values. Students with different religious
and/or spiritual beliefs as well as agnostics and atheists are welcome.
TTh 1-2:30
University Courses
UC 154.001 Life & Living: Th inking Inside & Outside the Box
Alphonse Burdi
This is the age of scientific discovery! Information in the life
sciences and health care is increasing exponentially in many areas—
ranging from stem cell biology, cancer drugs cell targeting, DNA
profiling, personal data collection and privacy, to issues of balancing
the quantity of life versus the quality of life. This new information
is generating provocative and often can spawn conflicting issues
between personal values, religious beliefs, societal ethics, cultural
beliefs, and the law. Guided by a daily course “blueprint,” this
seminar uses task-specific learning modules, case studies, critical
readings, interactive class discussions, and independent research
explorations—all designed to challenge and expand our current
thinking on the intersect between scientific discovery and its impact
on human lives and society. TTh 2:30-4

Mathematics
MATH 175.001 An Introduction to Cryptology
Matthew Stover
This seminar introduces students to the science of constructing
and attacking secret codes. An important goal is to present the
mathematical tools—from combinatorics, number theory, and
probability—that underlie cryptologic methods. Restricted to LSA
Honors. (MSA/QR1) MTWTh 10-11
MATH 175.002 An Introduction to Cryptology
Matthew Stover
See MATH 175.001. Restricted to LSA Honors. (MSA/QR1)
MTWTh 11-12
Statistics
STATS 125.001 Games, Gambling & Coincidences
Robert Keener
This seminar emphasizes problem solving and modeling related to
games, gambling and coincidences, touching on many fundamental
ideas in discrete probability, finite Markov chains, dynamic
programming and game theory. (MSA/QR1) MW 8:30-10
Math & Symbolic Analysis /
Quantitative Reasoning
“I enjoyed the fact that
grades and tests were not the
driving force to learn. The
atmosphere was much more
relaxed and thus learning was
done purely for the learning
and because the topics were
interesting.
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Biology
BIOLOGY 120.001. Living by Evidence
Bruce Oakley
A neuroscientist will lead students in a broad survey that critically
explores scientifi c and religious views of life on Earth. Take this course
if you want to explore basic issues of DNA, evolution, and religion.
Avoid this course if you wish to protect a traditional Christian or
Islamic outlook from criticism and scrutiny. T 2-5
BIOLOGY 120.002 Living by Evidence
Bruce Oakley
See BIOLOGY 120.001 Th 2-5
Biophysics
BIOPHYS 115.001 (In)organic Nutrition
James Penner-Hahn
Life, at least as we know it, would be impossible without about
twenty trace elements. Th ese are inorganic as opposed to organic, or
carbon based, chemicals. We will explore what roles these elements
play and what happens if they aren’t present. We will also consider
elements not normally found in biology that can be important both in
causing disease (i.e., environmental toxins) and in curing disease (e.g.,
anticancer drugs). MWF 9-10
Chemistry
CHEM 120.001 (In)organic Nutrition
James Penner-Hahn
See BIOPHYSICS 115.001. MWF 9-10
Natural Science
Geological Sciences
GEOSCI 146.001 Plate Tectonics
Fatim Hankard
Two hundred million years ago the Earth’s continents were joined
together to form one gigantic super-continent, known as Pangea. Plate
tectonic forces broke Pangea apart and caused the continents to drift .
We study the evidence for plate tectonics and the large-scale dynamics
of the Earth’s interior responsible for mountains, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, and changes in Earth’s magnetic fi eld. TTh 11:30-1
GEOSCI 148.001 Environmental Geology
Maria Cruz Da Silva Castro
Th is seminar examines interactions between people and their physical
environment through case histories. We discuss several environmental
problems, including natural hazards, water resources, nuclear waste
disposal, and geologic aspects of environmental health. Emphasis will
be given to current water issues. TTh 2:30-4
GEOSCI 151.001 The Ice Ages: Past & Present
Ingrid Hendy
Th is course explores the characteristics of the Earth’s climate system and
how its various components produce times when extensive ice sheets
cover large parts of the Earth’s surface. We examine each of the major
components of the climate system in detail and also reconstruct past
climatic conditions. Long-term climate change associated with the most
recent ice age is then contrasted with more rapid climate oscillations.
MW 11:30-1
GEOSCI 154.001 Ocean Resources
Jeffrey Alt
Th is seminar focuses on actual and potential resources from the ocean,
including minerals, energy, and food. Students will learn how human
exploitation of resources has broad infl uences on the oceans and life on
Earth. Th e class combines readings, discussions, oral presentations, and
lectures. TTh 1-2:30

GEOSCI 156.001 Coral Reef Dynamics
Michela Arnaboldi
Th is seminar examines the diff erent components of coral reef dynamics.
Th e biology and ecology of modern reefs are a central focus of the class,
together with the evolution of the reef community and its composition
over geologic time. Th e class also investigates the interaction between
the major organisms living in association with coral reefs and the
ways in which our species aff ects the reefs both directly and indirectly
through climate change. Th e course combines student presentations
and discussions with traditional lectures. No background in science is
necessary. TTh 4-5:30
Physics
PHYSICS 112.001 Cosmology: The Science of the
Universe
Katherine Freese
It has been less than a hundred years since we have known much
about our Sun, the Milky Way Galaxy, and the Universe. How big are
they? What do they contain? How did they and the Earth originate
and when? Are we alone in the Universe? What impact did past (and
perhaps future) cosmological events have on life on Earth? Th is course
explores answers to many of these questions, stressing conceptual
understanding and simple calculations. TTh 1-2:30
Natural Science
Psychology
PSYCH 121.001 Evolution of Cognition
David Meyer
Th is seminar explores the nature of conscious and unconscious mental
processes in various types of human cognition and action, including
perception, memory, thinking, and behavior broadly construed. We
take an eclectic approach in our exploration, encompassing points of
view found in disciplines such as psychology, neurophysiology, artifi cial
intelligence, philosophy, and medical practice. Both normal and altered
states of consciousness (e.g., sleep, dreaming, meditation, hypnosis,
and hallucination) will be considered. No special prior academic
background is required, just the ability to think clearly and deeply as
well as competently read, write, and speak English prose. TTh 1-2:30
University Courses
UC 152.001 Biology of Human Disease
Andrew Flint
Th is seminar examines the biological foundations, cellular
manifestations, and clinical expressions of a variety of human diseases.
Th rough a series of interactive lectures, discussions, problem solving,
and student case presentations, students will build a knowledge base
to support future studies in the biological and health sciences. Th e
course is intended for any student interested in human diseases. Basic
knowledge of anatomy and histology is desirable but not required. TTh
8:30-10
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Afroamerican & African Studies
AAS 103.001. Malcolm X, the Civil Rights Movement, &
the Practice of History
Stephen Ward
This course examines the life and legacy of Malcolm X. It considers
him both as a historical figure whose ideas and actions were part of
a specific historical moment and as an iconic, almost mythical figure
whose seemingly timeless image continues to stand as a powerful
symbol. By investigating and analyzing his life and work, we can
better understand his legacy and place within the broader narratives
of African American history. Our goal is to develop an open-ended
and critical approach to the study of history and the production of
historical knowledge. MW 10-11:30
AAS 103.002 Understanding Social Problems through
Memoirs
Karyn Lacy
This course peers into the lives of famous and ordinary African
Americans through intensive analysis of their memoirs. Most people
remember good and bad aspects of their lives well enough to tell
share them with others in everyday conversations. But memoirs
represent individuals’ attempts to chronicle the most meaningful
experiences of their lives. Some of these authors expose their lives
to strangers as a cautionary tale, others or as a model for achieving
economic mobility, still others to document life’s obstacles that
they’ve managed to overcome. This course has three objectives:
apply major theories about race, class, and gender to the “real life”
experiences of individuals; understand the variety of ways in which
individuals construct social identities through their interactions
with others; and deepen students’ understanding of inequality and
its consequences. MW 11:30-1
AAS 103.003 Transnational Human Rights Formations
Omolade Adunbi
We explore international human rights theory and practice by
considering key concepts of trans-nationalism, ethnic nationalism,
and human rights. We also consider how each is linked to the
emerging field of transnational organizing and the growing interest
in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in shaping local and
global practices. TTh 1-2:30
American Culture
AMCULT 102.001 Food & Gender in Asian American
Communities
Emily Lawsin
This first-year seminar introduces students to historical and
contemporary issues of Asians in America through the lens of food
and culture. We will examine how ways with food often shape
gender roles, labor, power dynamics, and Asian American identity.
Focusing on Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, and
Vietnamese American communities, we will explore how “food is
our only common language.” Meets with WOMENSTD 151.001.
TTh 10-11:30
AMCULT 102.002 Sports Culture
Vicente Diaz
Social Science
What is the role of sports culture in the social and political
construction of individual and collective American identities?
Special attention will be given to issues of power, and race, gender,
sexuality, class, and nationalism. Readings and films will cover
contemporary and historical issues in baseball, basketball, football,
boxing, and cheerleading. TTh 1-2:30

History
HISTORY 196.001 World-Wide Witchcraft: Witch-Belief
& Witch-Hunting in Global Perspective
Valerie Kivelson
Deadly attacks on suspected witches proliferate in the 21st century
as they did in early modern Europe, where witch-hunts took the
lives of tens of thousands of people, primarily women. What should
we make of this near-universal fear of what many observers today
consider an “imaginary” crime? TTh 8:30-10
HISTORY 196.002 The Entry of the Jews into European
Society, 1750-1850
Todd Endelman
This seminar offers students the opportunity to take a closer look
at how the Jews of Western and Central Europe made the passage
from tradition to modernity in the 18th and 19th centuries. How
did Jews become citizens of the states in which they lived? How did
they redefine the nature of their Jewishness and the character of
Judaism to fit their new status? How did they enter (or try to enter)
new spheres of activity in state and society? MW 2:30-4
Linguistics
LING 103.001 The Mathematics of Language
Steven Abney
Can language be described mathematically? Is there any
fundamental difference between human languages (English,
Swahili, Anishinaabemowin) and computer languages? Can we
build a machine that genuinely speaks English? How does one
invent a language (like Sindarin or Klingon) that has the ring of
real language? Can there be a science of language? To answer such
questions, students explore mathematical concepts and techniques
that have been developed by linguists, logicians, and computer
scientists to model language. The mathematical toolbox includes
finite-state and context-free grammars, logic, and probability
theory. The focus is on syntax (how sentences are put together)
and semantics (what they mean). No mathematical background is
assumed beyond high school algebra. Restricted to LSA Honors.
TTh 4-5:30
Social Science
Psychology
PSYCH 120.001 Education as Social Justice
Stephanie Rowley
This course examines the connection between education/learning
and issues of social justice. We consider the ways in which the
structure of American education systematically discriminates against
groups such as racial, gender, religious, and social class. What is the
impact of this discrimination on social, academic, and psychological
development? MW 2:30-4
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PSYCH 120.002 Intelligence & Self-Control: Implications
for Success in College & Beyond
Oscar Ybarra
It takes “smarts” to get into college, especially selective institutions
such as UM. But many smart students also engage in stupid
behavior, at times putting their college and life dreams at risk.
This seminar attempts to come to grips with this conundrum. It
aims to develop your knowledge of what intelligence is and isn’t
and predictors of academic achievement in addition to various
life outcomes. It introduces traditional approaches in the study
of intelligence, including theories dealing with how people can
generate foolish behavior even though they may seem to be
“intelligent” in other respects. We then focus on approaches to
strategic self-control as a way of bridging the divide between
intelligence and foolishness. Th 5-8
PSYCH 120.003 What Makes Life Worth Living?
Nansook Park
What makes life worth living? This seminar explores this question
by drawing on psychology as well as allied work in philosophy,
political science, organizational studies, public health, and
education. It entails a discussion format, readings from original
sources, out-of-class exercises, a service learning project, and class
presentations by students at the end of the term on topics of their
own choosing. Restricted to LSA Honors. W 2-5
PSYCH 120.004 Psychological Perspectives on College
Experience
Priti Shah
When people graduate from UM, in what ways are they different
from when they began? How does university life influence areas
such as marriage, income, and, most importantly, the ability to
think critically? In what ways can you improve your chances for
learning and success by changing the way you proceed through
the university, from choosing a major, scheduling courses, and
developing good sleep habits? TTh 10-11:30
Social Science
PSYCH 120.005 Law & Psychology
Robert Pachella
This seminar studies the relationship between law and psychology
within a general framework. With regard to how the law defines the
limits of personal responsibility, we examine a number of real cases
that have been covered by the popular press (e.g., the trial of Lorena
Bobbitt), as well as some fictional accounts such as Grisham’s A
Time to Kill. We also discuss the psychological import of legal
issues, including the insanity defense and battered wife syndrome.
Each student is required to write a weekly commentary as well as a
“closing argument” to be presented to the class for one of the cases
under consideration. Restricted to LSA Honors. MW 1-3
PSYCH 120.006 Psychological Perspectives on Political
Life
Joshua Rabinowitz
What is the psychology of public opinion, voting, leadership, and
media coverage of elections? Do citizens vote in self-interested ways
or take into account more symbolic aspects? To what extent do
environmental characteristics infl uence one’s political behavior? And
does a candidate’s race or gender matter? In seeking answers to such
questions, we will rely upon scholarship in psychology, political science,
sociology, history, and geography through readings, class discussion,
and written assignments. Students also will gain basic experience with
social scientifi c empirical methods as a result of collaborating in an
original survey data collection project. MW 11:30-1
PSYCH 120.007 Psychological Dimensions of Leadership
Elizabeth Wierba
What are the individual characteristics, behavior, or circumstances
that determine a leader’s ability to be effective? This seminar
explores these questions and others by studying several approaches
to leadership in organizational contexts. We will explore
psychological perspectives on leadership with a focus on application
by using real and fictional case studies, experiential exercises, and
discussions. MW 10-11:30

Sociology
SOC 105.001 Globalization, Culture, & Social Change
Arland Thornton
This seminar introduces students to some of the most important
concepts in the social sciences: globalization, culture, and social
change by examining case studies of actual and fictional individuals,
families, and communities. It focuses on the concept of culture,
diversity of cultures, how cultures influence each other through
globalization, and how cultures change across time. How does social
change occur and how do ordinary people think about the causes
and consequences of change? MW 10-11:30
SOC 105.002 Transforming America: Immigrants, Then
& Now
Silvia Pedraza
This seminar surveys a vast range of the American immigrant
experience: Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Blacks, Puerto Ricans,
Mexicans, Cubans, Koreans, and Japanese. We examine four major
waves of immigration to America: 1) Northwest Europeans in the
mid-19th century; 2) Southern and Eastern Europeans at the end of
the 19th century and beginning of the 20th; 3) movement from the
South to the North of Black Americans and Mexicans precipitated
by two World Wars; and 4) immigrants from Latin America and
Asia from 1965 to the present. Restricted to Honors and meets with
HONORS 250.003. (SS/R&E) TTh 2:30-4
Social Science
SOC 105.003 Social Justice, Identity, Diversity, &
Community
David Schoem
This seminar explores a wide range of issues on social justice,
social identity, intergroup relations, and everyday democracy. How
do we lead lives of commitment, make a difference in the world,
and build community across race, gender and class? How can we
have constructive conversations and dialogue about our different
perspectives, beliefs, experiences, and backgrounds? How can we
build vibrant communities in our schools, neighborhoods, and cities
to strengthen democracy? MW 10-11:30
Women’s Studies
WOMENSTD 151.001 Food & Gender in Asian American
Communities
Emily Lawsin
This first-year seminar introduces students to historical and
contemporary issues of Asians in America through the lens of food
and culture. We will examine how ways with food often shape
gender roles, labor, power dynamics, and Asian American identity.
Focusing on Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Indian, and
Vietnamese American communities, we will explore how “food is
our only common language.” Meets with AMCULT 102.001. TTh
10-11:30
WOMENSTD 151.003 Women, Islam, & Modernity
Rinaldo
This class explores the lives of Muslim Women in the Middle East,
Asia, and Africa. We will read contemporary ethnographic case
studies to understand what challenges they pose to theories of
gender, social change and globalization. TTh 10-11:30
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University Courses
UC 151.001 Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
Allen Menlo
This seminar enables students to deepen their understanding of
the personal and situational forces that help and hinder them in
their relationships with each other. Live, interactive experiences
are conducted and discussed in class. We also consider ways to
transform our social-psychological insights into constructive actions
for handling the challenges and difficulties that inevitably arise.
W 2-5
UC 151.002 Human Sexuality, Gender Issues
Frances Mayes
Sex education is more than the anatomy of reproduction. This class
explores many current issues of sexuality and gender from various
perspectives—e.g., age, biology, culture, gender identity, research,
and cybersex—as well as personal, social, and political implications.
Guest speakers share their experience as sexual minorities, gender
explorers, sex educators, sex therapists, HIV positive, etc. No topic
is taboo. TTh 1-2:30
Social Science
UC 151.003 Medicine & the Media from Hippocrates
through Grey’s Anatomy
Raymond Hobbs, M.D.
We study the development of medicine as a science and how the
perception of it has been changed through the media. Students
explore their own beliefs about medicine through a variety of
media: literature such as The House of God, The Intern Blues, The
Double Helix; movies and television series such as The Story of Louis
Pasteur, The Hospital, Medic, Ben Casey, Marcus Welby, M.D., and
Saint Elsewhere; and more recent offerings such as John Q, ER,
House, and Grey’s Anatomy. Much of the course focuses on the
discussion of ethical issues and the crystallization of students’ own
beliefs about medicine in the 21st century. MW 6:30-8
UC 151.005 Science & Practice of Dentistry
Russell Taichman
What has been the evolution of dentistry from its origins to its
present status as a scientifically driven health care discipline?
Students critically evaluate how science has influenced the
development of dentistry for the past century and explore how
emerging scientific disciplines are likely to change the practice of
dentistry in the next millennium. TTh 10-11:30

AAPTIS 192.001. Religion &
Revolutions: A Comparison of the
French, Russian, Turkish & Iranian
Cases (Cipa) (HU) MW 2:30-4
AAS 103.001. Malcolm X, the Civil
Rights Movement, & the Practice of
History (Ward) (SS) MW 10-11:30
AAS 103.002. Understanding Social
Problems through Memoirs (Lacy) (SS)
MW 11:30-1
AAS 103.003. Transnational Human
Rights Formations (Adunbi) (SS) TTh
1-2:30
AAS 104.002. Introduction to the
Black Novel 1950–1990 (Zaborowska)
(HU) TTh 1-2:30
AAS 104.003. Th e Culture of Jazz
(Anderson) (HU) MW 2:30-4
AMCULT 102.001. Food & Gender
in Asian American Communities
(Lawsin) (SS) TTh 10-11:30
AMCULT 102.002. Sports Culture
(Diaz) (SS) TTh 1-2:30
AMCULT 103.001. Critical
Genealogies of American Musics
(Stillman) (HU) MW 11:30-1
AMCULT 103.002. History through
Literature (Von Eschen) (HU) MW
8:30-10
AMCULT 103.003. Say it Loud: Black
Culture in America (Berrey) (HU) TTh
10-11:30
AMCULT 103.004. Race in U.S.
Popular Culture (Mora) (HU) MW
2:30-4
ASIAN 251.001. Th e Story of the Stone
(Rolston) (HU) MWF 9-10
ASIAN 254.001. Popular Culture
& Korean Society (Ryu) (HU) TTh
4-5:30
BIOLOGY 120.001. Living by
Evidence (Oakley) (NS) T 2-5
BIOLOGY 120.002. Living by
Evidence (Oakley) (NS) Th 2-5
BIOPHYS 115.001. (In)organic
Nutrition (Penner-Hahn) (NS) MWF
9-10
CHEM 120.001. (In)organic Nutrition
(Penner-Hahn) (NS) MWF 9-10
CLASSCIV 120.001. Great Speeches
Ancient & Modern (Forsdyke) (HU)
MW 1-2:30
CLASSCIV 120.002. Clubs in
Antiquity (Garbrah ) (HU) TTh
4-5:30
CLCIV 121.001. Objects Surviving
from Greek & Roman Antiquity
(Nevett) (FYWR) TTh 10-11:30
COMPLIT 140.001. Welcome to the
Twentieth Century (Aleksic) (HU)
TTh 11:30-1
FYS Quick Reference Guide
DUTCH 160.001. Colonialism & its
Aft ermath (Broos) (HU/R&E) TTh
2:30-4
ENGLISH 125.014. Islam in the
Indian Ocean through Diff erent Genres
(Birchok) (FYWR) MW 4-5:30
ENGLISH 125.027. Gossip: Talking
Across the Disciplines (McDonnell)
(FYWR) MW 2:30-4
ENGLISH 125.033. Tuning In: Finding
Meaning in Music (Blim) (FYWR) MW
10-11:30
ENGLISH 125.035. Perspectives on
Consumer Culture (Brion) (FYWR) MW
10-11:30
ENGLISH 125.045. Case Studies in
Writing Across Disciplines (Gibelyou)
(FYWR) TTh 1-2:30
ENGLISH 125.064. Exploring Perception
through Writing (Medeiros) (FYWR)
MW 2:30-4
ENGLISH 125.093. Writing the Visual:
Anime, Manga, and the Place of “Low”
Culture in “Higher” Education (Dowdle)
(FYWR) TTh 10-11:30
ENGLISH 140.001. Shakespeare in
Performance (Mullaney) (HU) TTh
8:30-10
ENGLISH 140.002. Arthurian Literature
(Taylor) (HU) MW 10-11:30
ENGLISH 140.004. City Lit (Zemgulys)
(HU) TTh 1-2:30
ENVIRON 139.001. Environmental
Confl ict: Science, Political, Social
(Wondolleck) (ID) MW 11:30-1
ENVIRON 139.003. Environmental
Literature (Murphy) (ID) TTh 11:30-1
ENVIRON 139.020. Environment,
Religions, Spirituality, & Sustainability
(Crowfoot) (ID) TTh 1-2:30
FRENCH 244.001. Issues in Race &
Cultural Diversity in the Francophone
World (Ekotto) (HU) TTh 10-11:30
GEOSCI 146.001. Plate Tectonics
(Hankard) (NS) TTh 11:30-1
GEOSCI 148.001. Environmental
Geology (Cruz Da Silva Castro) (NS)
TTh 2:30-4
GEOSCI 151.001. Th e Ice Ages: Past &
Present (Hendy) (NS) MW 11:30-1
GEOSCI 154.001. Ocean Resources (Alt)
(NS) TTh 1-2:30
GEOSCI 156.001. Coral Reef Dynamics
(Arnaboldi) (NS) TTh 4-5:30
GERMAN 180.001. Th e Th ird Reich &
its Legacies (Hell) (HU) MW 11:30-1
HISTART 194.001. Th e Archbishop’s
Bones: Art, Architecture, & Pilgrimage
at Canterbury Cathedral (Timmermann)
(HU) T 1-4
HISTORY 196.001. World-Wide
Witchcraft : Witch-Belief & Witch-
Hunting in Global Perspective
(Kivelson) (SS) TTh 8:30-10
HISTORY 196.002. Th e Entry of the
Jews into European Society, 1750-1850
(Endelman) (SS ) MW 2:30-4
HISTORY 197.001. Modern British
History in Fiction (Israel) (HU) T
10-1
HISTORY 197.002. Th e Long Civil
Rights Movement from WWII to
Present (Gaines) (HU) MW 2:30-4
HISTORY 197.003. Say it Loud: Black
Culture in America (Berrey) (HU) TTh
10-11:30
HISTORY 197.004. Religion &
Revolutions: A Comparison of the
French, Russian, Turkish & Iranian
Cases (Cipa) (HU) MW 2:30-4
HISTORY 197.005. Race in U.S.
Popular Culture (Mora) (HU) MW
2:30-4
HISTORY 197.006. Inventing the
Seaside (Ballinger) (HU) TTh 10-
11:30
HISTORY 197.007. Making of the
Modern University (Masuzawa) (HU)
TTh 11:30-1
HISTORY 197.008. History through
Literature (Von Eschen) (HU) MW
8:30-10
HJCS 192.001/JUDAIC 150.001.
Old-New Lands: Jewish Immigration
in Literature & Film (Barzilai) (HU)
MW 2:30-4
LING 102.001. Pronunciation of
English (Duanmu) (HU) TTh 2:30-4
LING 102.002. Language & Sexuality
(Queen) (HU) MW 10-11:30
LING 103.001. Th e Mathematics of
Language (Abney) (SS) TTh 4-5:30
MATH 175.001. An Introduction
to Cryptology (Stover) (MSA/QR1)
MTWTh 10-11
MATH 175.002. An Introduction
to Cryptology (Stover) (MSA/QR1)
MTWTh 11-12
PHIL 196.003. Reasoning with Rand
(Lormand) (HU) TTh 4-5:30
PHYSICS 112.001. Cosmology: Th e
Science of the Universe (Freese) (NS)
TTh 1-2:30
PSYCH 120.001. Education as Social
Justice (Rowley) (SS) MW 2:30-4
PSYCH 120.002. Intelligence & Self-
Control: Implications for Success in
College & Beyond (Ybarra) (SS) Th 5-8
PSYCH 120.003. What Makes Life
Worth Living? (Park) (SS) W 2-5
PSYCH 120.004. Psychological
Perspectives on College Experience (Shah)
(SS) TTh 10-11:30
PSYCH 120.005. Law & Psychology
(Pachella) (SS) MW 1-3
PSYCH 120.006. Psychological
Perspectives on Political Life (Rabinowitz)
(SS) MW 11:30-1
PSYCH 120.007. Psychological
Dimensions of Leadership (Wierba) (SS)
MW 10-11:30
PSYCH 121.001. Evolution of Cognition
(Meyer) (NS) TTh 1-2:30
SLAVIC 151.001. Prague: Th e Magic City
(Toman) (FYWR) MW 4-5:30
SLAVIC 151.002. Yiddish Love Stories
(Krutikov) (FYWR) MW 2:30-4
SLAVIC 151.003. DUI (Discourse
Under the Infl uence): An Introduction
to Narratology (Paloff ) (FYWR) MW
2:30-4
SLAVIC 151.004. Th e Russian Rogue’s
Progress (Ronen) (FYWR) TTh 4-5:30
SLAVIC 151.005. Short Fiction from
the South Slavic Cultural Space (Aleksic)
(FYWR) TTh 1-2:30
SLAVIC 151.006. Monument & Memory
(Herscher) (FYWR) TTh 1-2:30
SOC 105.001. Globalization, Culture,
& Social Change (Th ornton) (SS) MW
10-11:30
SOC 105.002. Transforming America:
Immigrants, Th en & Now (Pedraza)
(SS/R&E) TTh 2:30-4
SOC 105.003. Social Justice, Identity,
Diversity, & Community (Schoem) (SS)
MW 10-11:30
STATS 125.001. Games, Gambling &
Coincidences (Keener) (MSA/QR1) MW
8:30-10
WOMENSTD 151.001. Food & Gender
in Asian American Communities (Lawsin)
(SS) TTh 10-11:30
WOMENSTD 151.003. Women, Islam, &
Modernity (Rinaldo) (SS) TTh 10-11:30
UC 151.001. Psychology of Interpersonal
Relationships (Menlo) (SS) W 2-5
UC 151.002. Human Sexuality, Gender
Issues (Mayes) (SS) TTh 1-2:30
UC 151.003. Medicine & the Media from
Hippocrates through Grey’s Anatomy
(Hobbs) (SS) MW 6:30-8
UC 151.005. Science & Practice of
Dentistry (Taichman) (SS) TTh 10-11:30
UC 152.001. Biology of Human Disease
(Flint) (NS) TTh 8:30-10
UC 154.001. Life & Living: Th inking
Inside & Outside the Box (Burdi) (ID)
TTh 2:30-4
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