(UNCS2245) FRESHMAN TOPIC SEMINAR
(1-credit, Pass/Fail, Fall only)
Meet with your faculty advisor once a week for 75 minutes and enjoy small group discussions on a topic of research and
intellectual interest to your advisor. No background knowledge in area is needed - just interest.
ENDS BEFORE THANKSGIVING
No Final Exam - Limited to 14 students per section
Twenty-eight Freshman Topic Seminar sections are offered this Fall, each on a different topic. Topics and Professors
for each section are listed below. More detailed information on each topic and the instructor is given on the following
pages.
UNCS224501 SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Prof. Charles Hoffman (Biology)
UNCS224502 EDUCATION AND CONTEMPLATION
Prof. John McDargh (Theology)
Wednesday, 3:00-4:15 pm
Tuesday, 9:00-10:15 am
UNCS224503 ADVISING THE PRESIDENT: MACROECONOMIC POLICY AND THE
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
Prof. Robert Murphy (Economics and International Studies)
Tuesday, 3:00-4:15 pm
UNCS224504 THINGS YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW: THE NATURE OF
INQUIRY
Prof. Paul Davidovits (Chemistry)
Tuesday, 3:30-4:45 pm
UNCS224505 CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE END OF THE WORLD! HOW
SOCIOLOGY CAN HELP
Prof. Brian Gareau (Sociology and International Studies)
UNCS224506 LEARNING ABOUT THE BRAIN THROUGH ITS DISORDERS
Prof. Elizabeth Kensinger (Psychology)
Monday, 4:00-5:15 pm
Thursday, 12:15-1:30 pm
UNCS224507 GROWING UP ETHNIC IN AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY SHORT
STORIES
Dean Akua Sarr (Academic Advising Center/A&S Dean)
Monday, 4:30-5:45 pm
UNCS224508 HOW TO DO THINGS WITH WORDS: LOADED LANGUAGE AND
THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH
Prof. Robert Stanton (English)
Wednesday, 1:00-2:15 pm
UNCS224509 SPORTS IN OUR LIVES
Prof. Michael Malec (Sociology)
Wednesday, 4:00-5:15 pm
UNCS224510 MUSIC AND . . .
Prof. Jeremiah McGrann (Music)
UNCS224511 SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND THE SEARCH FOR CERTAINTY IN AN
UNCERTAIN WORLD
Prof. Alan Kafka (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
UNCS224512 The Play’s the Thing: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF THE
THEATRE
Prof. Patricia Riggin (Theater)
UNCS224513 EXCHANGE
Prof. Can Erbil (Economics)
UNCS224514 ZOOS
Dr. Rory Browne (Academic Advising Center)
UNCS224515 AM I MY BROTHER’S (OR SISTER’S) KEEPER?
Prof. Joseph Quinn (Economics)
Tuesday, 3:00-4:15 pm
Thursday, 5:00-6:15 pm
Wednesday, 4:00-5:15 pm
Thursday, 1:30-2:45 pm
Monday, 4:00-5:15 pm
Tuesday, 4:30-5:45 pm
UNCS224516 THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER THE ARAB UPRISINGS
Prof. Ali Banuazizi (Political Science)
Thursday, 4:30-5:45 pm
UNCS224517 THE INTERNET TO I, ROBOT: HOW COMPUTER SCIENCE MAKES
IT WORK
Prof. Katherine Lowrie (Computer Science)
Wednesday, 4:00-5:15 pm
UNCS224518 THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THE FIRST PHASE
Prof. Marc Landy (Political Science)
Wednesday, 1:30-2:45 pm
UNCS224519 WAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD
Prof. Devin Pendas (History)
Monday, 1:00-2:15 pm
UNCS224520 A HISTORY OF THE WEST IN 101 OBJECTS
Prof. Jason Cavallari (University Fellowships)
Monday, 3:00-4:15 pm
UNCS224521 WARRING FOR PEACE
Prof. Matthew Mullane (Theology)
Monday, 4:15-5:30 pm
UNCS224522 IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: TELLING STORIES ABOUT THE
BODY
Dean Clare Dunsford (A&S Dean’s Office)
UNCS224523 ROLE OF LAW IN SOCIETY
Dean Joseph Burns (Associate Vice Provost for Undergrad. Programs)
(Taught on the Newton campus and reserved for Newton campus residents)
UNCS224524 THE HISTORY OF RIGHT AND WRONG
Prof. Julian Bourg (History)
UNCS224525 GREAT AMERICAN MOVIES
Prof. Cynthia Lyerly (History)
UNCS224526 EUREKA! WHAT DID ARCHIMEDES ACTUALLY DO?
Prof. William Keane (Mathematics)
Tuesday, 4:00-5:15 pm
Monday, 5:00-6:15 pm
Tuesday, 4:30-5:45 pm
Wednesday, 5:00-6:15 pm
Tuesday, 3:00-4:15 pm
UNCS224527 “THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE (ECONOMIC) THINGS”
Prof. Tracy Regan (Economics)
Wednesday, 3:00-4:15 pm
UNCS224528 TOOLS FOR LEARNING: THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND YOU
Prof. Joseph Nugent (English)
Wednesday, 3:30-4:45 pm