Seminars for Freshmen: Fall 2013

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 Journalism/News/Media Language Law Literature Museums Music Philosophy Photography Politics Popular Culture Race/Ethnicity Religion/Spiritual Science Sex/Gender Sports/Games/Gambling Statistics Technology War/Terrorism

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!

= Creating Change Seminar

= 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)
	Chemical Engineering 24, Sec. 1: The Science and Engineering Behind Food (1 unit, P/NP)
	Chemistry 24, Sec. 1: Computation in Chemistry (1 unit, P/NP)
	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 and Membrane 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) NEW
	Comparative Literature 24, Sec. 1: 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)
	Electrical Engineering 24, Sec. 1: Gadgets Electrical Engineers Make (1 unit, P/NP)
	English 24, Sec. 1: Shakespeare Comedy: Twelfth Night (1 unit, P/NP)
	English 24, Sec. 2: Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1 unit, P/NP)
	English 24, Sec. 3: Reading Art Spiegelman's Maus (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 24, Sec. 3: Discussions on Evolutionary Biology (1 unit, P/NP)
	Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 24, Sec. 4: Soil Pollution and Remediation (1 unit, P/NP)
	Ethnic Studies 24, Sec. 1: The Obama Administration and the Politics of Immigration Reform (1 unit, LG)
	Geography 24, Sec. 1: What Does It Mean to be Modern? (1 unit, P/NP)
	German 24, Sec. 1: Post World War II Reflections on the Holocaust: (Auto)Biographical Perspectives (1 unit, P/NP)
	German 39H, Sec. 1: The World of Yesterday: Vienna 1900 (3 units, LG)
	German 39M, Sec. 1: Modes of Reading: Joseph, Job and Moses in Literary Criticism (3 units, LG)
	History 24, Sec. 2: In Their Own Words: Documentaries on Endangered Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa (1 unit, P/NP)
	History 39N, Sec. 1: The Chinese Detective (4 units, LG)
	History 39O, Sec. 1: The Great War: Crucible of the Twentieth Century (4 units, LG)
	History 84, Sec. 1: American High: Years of Confidence and Anxiety, 1950-1964 (2 units, 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. 4: Islands as Model Systems (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. 7: The Age of Dinosaurs: What Do We Know? (1 unit, LG)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 8: Randomness and Heritable Memories in Biology (1 unit, LG)
	Integrative Biology 24, Sec. 9: Night (and Day) in the Museum: What Really Goes on in Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology? (1 unit, P/NP)
	Jewish Studies 39H, Sec. 1: The Paradox of Survival: An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought (2 units, LG)
	Journalism 24, Sec. 1: Reality TV: From Deadliest Catch to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (1 unit, LG)
	Legal Studies 39D, Sec. 1: Current Political and Moral Conflicts and the U.S. Constitution (2 units, LG)
	Letters and Science 24, Sec. 1: Looking at Berkeley Buildings (1 unit, P/NP)
	Linguistics 24, Sec. 1: Language Myths (1 unit, P/NP)
	Materials Science and Engineering 39A, Sec. 1: The Berkeley Experience (1.5 units, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 1: Using Random Walks in the Physical and Social Sciences (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 2: What is Happening in Math and Science? (1 unit, P/NP)
	Mathematics 24, Sec. 3: Mathematics in Film and Fiction (1 unit, P/NP)
	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 90A, Sec. 2: Sampling the Performing Arts at Berkeley (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)
	Near Eastern Studies 24, Sec. 2: Egyptian Archaeology at Cal (1 unit, LG)
	Nuclear Engineering 24, Sec. 1: How It's Made (1 unit, LG) NEW
	Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology 24, Sec. 1: Asian Martial Arts Films: The Samurai Movie (1 unit, P/NP)
	Physics 24, Sec. 1: The Physics-Computing Partnership (1 unit, P/NP)
	Physics 24, Sec. 2: The Big Bang (1 unit, P/NP)
	Physics 24, Sec. 3: Physical Biology of Single Molecules and Cells (1 unit, P/NP)
	Political Economy 24, Sec. 1: Political Economy in Contemporary Perspective (1 unit, P/NP) NEW
	Political Economy 24, Sec. 2: What is Political Economy? Theories from Ancient to Modern Times (1 unit, P/NP)
	Portuguese 24, Sec. 1: Hello Brazil: Literature, Arts, Society (Special Emphasis This Semester on the Amazon) (1 unit, P/NP)
	Psychology 24, Sec. 1: The Shattered Mind (1 unit, P/NP)
	Psychology 24, Sec. 2: How Can We Use Computer Technology to Improve Mental Health? (1 unit, P/NP)
	Psychology 39M, Sec. 1: The Psychology of Movies: Seeing, Knowing, and Feeling (From the Minds of the Coen Brothers) (2 units, P/NP)
	Rhetoric 24, Sec. 1: Decoding the Mysteries of Literature: an Introduction to Close Reading (1 unit, LG)
	Slavic Languages and Literatures 24, Sec. 1: The Brothers Karamazov: Let's Read It Together (1 unit, P/NP)
	Slavic Languages and Literatures 39N, Sec. 1: Travellers: Fictions, Travelogue, Memoir (3 units, LG)
	Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies 24, Sec. 1: Documentary Playmaking: School Integration, Little Rock, 1957-58 (1 unit, P/NP)
	Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies 39D, Sec. 1: Representations of the Holocaust in Contemporary Theatre (2 units, LG)
	Vision Science 24, Sec. 1: The Human Eye (1 unit, P/NP)