Seminars for Freshmen: Fall 2012

Seminars depend on the regular presence and active participation of every student. Sharing ideas in class is an important academic skill that can be acquired only through practice. The vigorous discussions that characterize the most successful seminars depend on the commitment of each and every member of the class.

Seminar professors often choose to explore unexpected topics that may not directly relate to the focus of their departments. We don't want you to miss a hidden treasure. If you are interested in the past, for instance, don't look only at seminars offered by the History Department. The pop-up menu below lets you search for seminars by topic.

Choose a Topic ... Art/Creativity Business California/Berkeley/Cal Career/Field Exploration Children/Families Civic Engagement/Civil Rights/Human Rights Environment/Nature Environment/Urban Ethics Film Food Foreign Languages/World Affairs Health Higher Education History Language Law Literature Museums Music News/Media/Journalism Philosophy Photography Politics Popular Culture Race/Ethnicity Religion/Spiritual Science Sex/Gender Sports/Games/Gambling Statistics Technology Technology

Not all seminars are included in the topic search. The complete list of seminars for freshmen appears below. Seminars are very popular; we recommend that you choose a couple of alternatives in case the seminar you are most interested in is full. You may enroll in only one seminar during Phase I of TeleBears, so choose wisely!

= Connections@Cal Seminar

= On the Same Page Seminar

= Berkeley Arts Seminar

= Food for Thought Seminar

	African American Studies 24, Sec. 1: Language and Politics in Southern Africa (1 unit, P/NP)
	African American Studies 39F, Sec. 1: Owning Your Seat At Cal: African American Student Identity (4 units, LG)
	Chicano Studies 39A, Sec. 1: Chicano Civil Rights Movement (1.5 units, P/NP)
	Civil and Environmental Engineering 24, Sec. 1: The Design and Construction of Biosand Filters for Developing Countries (1 unit, P/NP)
	Classics 24, Sec. 1: Homer's Odyssey and the Quest for Home, Fulfillment, Happiness and Meaning (1 unit, P/NP)
	Classics 24, Sec. 2: Ancient Greek Tragedy in Modern Performance (1 unit, P/NP)
	Classics 24, Sec. 3: Monsters of the Ancient World (1 unit, P/NP)
	Comparative Literature 24, Sec. 1: Bob Dylan and Arthur Rimbaud: Poetry and the Senses (1 unit, P/NP)
	Comparative Literature 24, Sec. 2: Reading and Reciting Great Poems in English (1 unit, P/NP)
	Computer Science 39P, Sec. 1: Photographing History in the Making (2 units, P/NP)
	Earth and Planetary Science 39A, Sec. 1: Geological Influences in California Society Today (2 units, LG)
	Education 24, Sec. 1: Behind the Scenes at Berkeley: Perspectives on Public Higher Education (1 unit, P/NP)
	Electrical Engineering 24, Sec. 1: Gadgets Electrical Engineers Make (1 unit, P/NP)
	English 24, Sec. 1: Reading Art Spiegelman's Maus (1 unit, P/NP)
	English 24, Sec. 2: Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Fictions (1 unit, P/NP)
	English 24, Sec. 3: The Arts at Berkeley and Beyond (1 unit, P/NP)
	Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 24, Sec. 1: Issues in Natural Resource Conservation (1 unit, P/NP)
	Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 24, Sec. 2: Conservation and Environmental Problem Solving (1 unit, P/NP)
	Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 39E, Sec. 1: Biology's Ideologies (2 units, P/NP)
	German 24, Sec. 1: Post World War II Reflections on the Holocaust: (Auto)Biographical Perspectives (1 unit, P/NP)
	History 24, Sec. 1: The Place of Berkeley in the History of Universities (1 unit, P/NP)
	Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 24, Sec. 1: Overview of IEOR (1 unit, P/NP)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 1: Biology: The Study of Life (1 unit, P/NP)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 2: How and Why Do Birds Sing (1 unit, P/NP)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 3: The Stone Age (1 unit, P/NP)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 5: Ethnobiology, Nutrition, and Global Food Systems (1 unit, P/NP)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 6: Animal and Human Navigation: Which Way Is Home? (1 unit, LG)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 8: Randomness and Heritable Memories in Biology (1 unit, LG)
	Interdisciplinary Studies 39B, Sec. 1: The Evolution of Rights and Laws (2 units, LG)
	Journalism 24, Sec. 1: London Calling: Producing News for the BBC (1 unit, LG)
	Journalism 24, Sec. 2: Writing for The Berkeley Political Review (1 unit, P/NP)
	Legal Studies 39D, Sec. 1: Current Political and Moral Conflicts and the U.S. Constitution (2 units, LG)
	Legal Studies 39E, Sec. 2: Democracy, Equality (2 units, LG)
	Letters and Science 24, Sec. 1: Looking at Berkeley Buildings (1 unit, P/NP)
	Linguistics 24, Sec. 1: Mythbusters! Language Myths That Drag Us Down (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 1: Quantum Mechanics with Matrices (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 2: Using Random Walks in the Physical and Social Sciences (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 3: What is Happening in Math and Science? (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 5: Mathematics in Film and Fiction (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mechanical Engineering 24, Sec. 1: Let There Be Pixels (1 unit, P/NP)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90A, Sec. 1: Evolution–Creatures, Not Creation (1 unit, LG)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90A, Sec. 2: Merging the Two Cultures (1 unit, P/NP)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90B, Sec. 1: Insulin as a Window on Discovery in Biology (1 unit, P/NP)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90E, Sec. 1: Matter, Mind, Consciousness (1 unit, P/NP)
	Music 39M, Sec. 1: Classical Vocal Works of African-American Composers (3 units, LG)
	Native American Studies 90, Sec. 1: Myth, Memory, and History: Understanding Native America (4 units, LG)
	Natural Resources 24, Sec. 1: Global Environment Theme House Freshman Seminar (1 unit, P/NP)
	Near Eastern Studies 24, Sec. 2: Ancient Egypt at Berkeley: Egyptian Archaeology in the Hearst Museum (1 unit, LG)
	Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology 24, Sec. 1: Asian Martial Arts Films and Western Cinema (1 unit, P/NP)
	Philosophy 24, Sec. 1: Death (1 unit, P/NP)
	Philosophy 39M, Sec. 1: Free Will (3 units, LG)
	Physics 24, Sec. 1: Science at UC (1 unit, P/NP)
	Plant and Microbial Biology 24, Sec. 1: Encounters with Plants: First-hand Experiences with the Culture, Lore, and History of Plants (1 unit, P/NP)
	Political Economy 24, Sec. 2: What is Political Economy? Theories from Ancient to Modern Times (1 unit, P/NP)
	Psychology 24, Sec. 1: Social and Personality Psychology in Everyday Life (1 unit, LG)
	Public Health 24, Sec. 1: Critical Perspectives on Normal: Gender, Sexuality and Intersections of Difference (1 unit, P/NP)
	Rhetoric 24, Sec. 1: Bad Books and How to Spot Them (1 unit, LG)
	Slavic Languages and Literatures 39C, Sec. 1: Images of Eastern Europe (3 units, LG)
	Slavic Languages and Literatures 39M, Sec. 1: Linguistic Diversity: The Languages of the Former Soviet Union (3 units, LG)
	South and Southeast Asian Studies 24, Sec. 1: First Person Plural: Voices Across Cultures (1 unit, LG)
	South and Southeast Asian Studies 39G, Sec. 1: “Think Gender” in Indian Short Stories (2 units, LG)
	Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies 24, Sec. 1: Documentary Playmaking: School Integration, Little Rock, 1957-58 (1 unit, P/NP)
	Vision Science 24, Sec. 1: The Human Eye (1 unit, P/NP)
	Vision Science 24, Sec. 2: Oh Say Can You See (1 unit, P/NP)