Seminars for Freshmen: Spring 2010

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.

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!

= Food for Thought Seminar

= Beyond the Classroom Seminar

	African American Studies 24, Sec. 1: Researching "Mixed-Race" Identity and History in the United States (1 unit, LG)
	Anthropology 24, Sec. 1: Chocolate: History, Culture, and Science (1 unit, P/NP)
	Anthropology 24, Sec. 2: Food Culture and Behavior through Film (1 unit, P/NP)
	Architecture 24, Sec. 1: Exploring the Architectural Profession (1 unit, P/NP)
	Astronomy 24, Sec. 1: Cosmology and the Early Universe (1 unit, P/NP)
	Chemical Engineering 24, Sec. 1: Foundations of our Empire: Energy and Water (1 unit, P/NP)
	Chemical Engineering 24, Sec. 2: Chemical Engineering: What Is It and Where Is It Going? (1 unit, P/NP)
	Civil and Environmental Engineering 24, Sec. 1: Two Field Trips in Environmental Engineering (1 unit, P/NP)
	Classics 24, Sec. 1: Apuleius and Augustine (1 unit, P/NP)
	Classics 24, Sec. 2: Cleopatras (1 unit, P/NP)
	Classics 24, Sec. 3: Helens (1 unit, P/NP)
	Computer Science 39J, Sec. 1: The Art and Science of Photography: Drawing with Light (2 units, P/NP)
	Computer Science 39K, Sec. 1: Information Technology Goes to War! (2 units, P/NP)
	Earth and Planetary Science 24, Sec. 2: Oceans in the News (1 unit, P/NP)
	Energy and Resources Group 24, Sec. 1: The Science, Technology, Policy, and Politics of California Air Pollution (1 unit, P/NP)
	Engineering 39B, Sec. 1: Introduction to Computational Engineering Science (1.5 units, P/NP)
	English 24, Sec. 1: Reading Walden Carefully (1 unit, P/NP) NEW
	Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 24, Sec. 1: Issues in Natural Resource Conservation (1 unit, P/NP)
	French 24, Sec. 1: Incest and Tragedy: the Case of Racine’s Phèdre (1 unit, P/NP)
	French 24, Sec. 2: Films of the French New Wave (1 unit, P/NP)
	German 24, Sec. 1: The Good Life (1 unit, P/NP)
	German 39H, Sec. 1: The World of Yesterday: Vienna 1900 (3 units, LG)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 1: The Darwinian Revolution (1 unit, LG)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 2: Plants of the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden (1 unit, P/NP)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 4: The Age of Dinosaurs: What Do We Know? (1 unit, LG)
	Interdisciplinary Studies 39A, Sec. 1: Karl Marx and his Concept of Human Rights (2 units, LG)
	Legal Studies 39D, Sec. 1: Current Political and Moral Conflicts and the U.S. Constitution (2 units, LG)
	Linguistics 24, Sec. 1: Language Myths (1 unit, P/NP)
	Linguistics 24, Sec. 2: Language and Politics in Southern Africa (1 unit, P/NP)
	Materials Science and Engineering 24, Sec. 2: Physics and Materials Science of Skateboarding (1 unit, P/NP)
	Materials Science and Engineering 24, Sec. 3: Materials and Weapons of War through History (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 2: What is Happening in Math and Science? (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 3: Quantum Mechanics with Matrices (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 39A, Sec. 1: Seminar for Teaching Math in Schools (2 units, LG)
	Mechanical Engineering 24, Sec. 1: Art and Science on Wheels (1 unit, P/NP)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90A, Sec. 1: Evolution–Creatures, Not Creation (1 unit, LG)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90B, Sec. 1: Insulin as a Window on Discovery in Biology (1 unit, P/NP)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90D, Sec. 1: Critical Challenges for Modern Health Care (1 unit, P/NP)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90E, Sec. 1: Brain Science in Fact, Fiction, and Film (1 unit, P/NP)
	Molecular and Cell Biology 90E, Sec. 2: Music, Mind, Brain (1 unit, P/NP)
	Natural Resources 24, Sec. 2: Global Environment Theme House Freshman Seminar (1 unit, P/NP)
	Near Eastern Studies 24, Sec. 1: Ancient Egypt at Berkeley: Egyptian Archaeology in the Hearst Museum (1 unit, LG)
	Near Eastern Studies 24, Sec. 2: Islam and Imaginative Literature: The Making of a Problematic Relation (1 unit, LG)
	Nuclear Engineering 24, Sec. 2: Detecting Illicit Nuclear Material (1 unit, P/NP)
	Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology 24, Sec. 1: Classic Asian Martial Arts Movies (1 unit, P/NP)
	Physics 24, Sec. 1: Siege Engines: High Tech for an Agrarian World (1 unit, P/NP)
	Physics 39, Sec. 1: Teaching Science (2 units, P/NP)
	Psychology 39J, Sec. 1: Unnatural Causes . . . Is Inequality Making Us Sick? (2 units, LG)
	Rhetoric 24, Sec. 1: Arguing with Judge Judy: Popular "Logic" on TV Judge Shows (1 unit, LG)
	Rhetoric 24, Sec. 2: Seeking Justice and Accountability in Cambodia (1 unit, LG) NEW
	South and Southeast Asian Studies 39G, Sec. 1: “Think Gender” in Indian Short Stories (2 units, LG)
	Spanish 24, Sec. 1: Hispanic Cultures in the Bancroft: from Sor Juana and the Mexican Inquisition to Spanish Civil War Posters and Handmade Books in Cuba (1 unit, TBA)
	Spanish 24, Sec. 2: Talking Funny: Language Variation in Spanish and English Literary Texts (1 unit, LG)
	Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies 39A, Sec. 1: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh: The Greatest Novel EVER (1 unit, LG)
	Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies 39B, Sec. 1: Archival Research: Working with Primary Sources in the Humanities, Sciences, and Engineering (1.5 units, LG)
	Vision Science 24, Sec. 1: The Human Eye (1 unit, P/NP)