Freshman Seminars and General Education Electives

Faculty of the Committee on Freshman Seminars

Julie A. Buckler, Harris K. Weston Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
David M. Cutler, Professor of Economics
Gerard Francis Denault, Associate Director of the Freshman Seminar Program (ex officio)
Elizabeth M. Doherty, Director of the Freshman Seminar Program and Senior Lecturer on Social Studies (ex officio)
Joseph C. Harris, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature and Professor of Folklore
John W. Hutchinson, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering
Alastair Iain Johnston, Governor James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professor of China in World Affairs (on leave spring term)
Jason A. Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Daniel E. Lieberman, Professor of Anthropology (on leave fall term)
David Pilbeam, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences (fall term only)

Other Faculty Offering Instruction in the Freshman Seminar Program

Mikael Adolphson, Assistant Professor of Japanese History
W. Nathan Alexander, Lecturer on History and Literature
Kathleen R. Arnold, Lecturer on Social Studies, Teaching Assistant in Government
Lisa Baldez, Visiting Assitant Professor of Government (Washington University) (spring term only)
Paul G. Bamberg, Senior Lecturer on Mathematics, Temporary in Continuing Ed
Ana P. Barros, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering on the Gordon McKay Endowment
Bruce P. Bean, Professor of Neurobiology (Medical School)
Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Associate Professor of Assyriology
Rory A. W. Browne, Lecturer on History and Literature
Julie A. Buckler, Harris K. Weston Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Audrey Helfant Budding, Lecturer on Social Studies, Teaching Assistant in Special Concentrations
Melissa L. Caldwell, Lecturer on Social Studies
Davíd L. Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America in the Faculty of Divinity and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Patrick Cavanagh, Professor of Psychology
Pramod Chandra, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art
Shaye J.D. Cohen, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy
Richard N. Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics
Paulette G. Curtis, Lecturer on Anthropology
Ekaterina Dianina, Lecturer on History and Literature
Elvira G. DiFabio, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures
Samba Diop, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (on leave spring term)
John Thomas Dunlop, Lamont University Professor, Emeritus
Coral P. Fernandez-Illescas, Lecturer on Engineering Sciences
Franco Fido, Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Daniel S. Fisher, Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics
Philip J. Fisher, Felice Crowl Reid Professor of English and American Literature
Karen Pomeroy Flood, Lecturer on History and Literature
Rena Fonseca, Lecturer on Sanskrit and Indian Studies
David R. Foster, Senior Lecturer on Biology
Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law (Law School)
Bretislav Friedrich, Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Laura Garwin, Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Edward L. Glaeser, Professor of Economics
Roy J. Glauber, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics
Karl S. Guthke, Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture
Jay M. Harris, Harvard College Professor and Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies
Joseph C. Harris, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature and Professor of Folklore
J. Woodland Hastings, Paul C. Mangelsdorf Professor of Natural Sciences
Dudley R. Herschbach, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Emeritus
Barbara L. Hillers, Assistant Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures
Stanley Hoffmann, Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor
Kiaran Aeveen Honderich, Lecturer on Social Studies
David H. Hubel, Research Professor of Neurobiology (Medical School)
John P. Huchra, Robert O and Holly Thomis Doyle Professor of Cosmology
Steven E. Hyman, Provost of Harvard University
Sarah Jansen, Assistant Professor of the History of Science (on leave 2003-04)
Jay Jasanoff, Diebold Professor of Indo-European Linguistics and Philology
Christopher Dean Johnson, Lecturer on Literature, Teaching Assistant in Romance Languages and Literatures
Laura M. Johnson, Staff Assistant III
Adam L. Kern, Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature
Sun Joo Kim, Assistant Professor of Korean History
William Klemperer, Erving Research Professor of Chemistry
Myron Lecar, Lecturer on Astronomy
Mark Leighton, Lecturer on Anthropology
Jonathan Ian Levy, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Risk Assessment (Public Health)
Mary D. Lewis, Assistant Professor of History
Richard J. Light, Professor of Education (Education)
David A. Long, Lecturer on History and Literature
Felicity Anne Lufkin, Lecturer on East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Avi Matalon, Instructor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (on leave spring term)
José Antonio Mazzotti, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (on leave spring term)
Curtis T. McMullen, Maria Moors Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences (on leave spring term)
Everett I. Mendelsohn, Professor of the History of Science
Ralph Mitchell, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Biology
Nancy Mitchnick, Rudolf Arnheim Lecturer on Studio Arts
David Gordon Mitten, James Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology
Mark Christopher Molesky, Lecturer on History and Literature
John E. Murdoch, Professor of the History of Science
Martha Jane Nadell, Lecturer on History and Literature
Charles J. Ogletree, Jesse Climenko Professor of Law (Law School)
Parimal G. Patil, Assistant Professor of the Study of Religion and of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Ann Pearson, Assistant Professor of Geochemistry
John M. Picker, Assistant Professor of English and American Literature and Language
David Pilbeam, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences
Julie A. Reuben, Professor of Education (School of Education)
James R. Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies
Catherine R. Shapiro, Lecturer on Government
Kay Kaufman Shelemay, G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music, Associate of Currier House (on leave 2003-04)
Stuart M. Shieber, Harvard College Professor and James O. Welch, Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science
Christine Smith, Robert C. and Marian K. Weinberg Professor of Architectural History (Design School)
William A. Stein, Benjamin Peirce Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Piotr Steinkeller, Professor of Assyriology
Christopher J. Sturr, Lecturer on Social Studies
Patrick Thaddeus, Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy and Professor of Applied Physics
Richard F. Thomas, Professor of Greek and Latin (on leave fall term)
Maria J. Trumpler, Lecturer on the History of Science
Marcus Van Baalen, Lecturer on Earth and Planetary Sciences
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Helen Vendler, Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor
Sarah Whiting, Assistant Professor of Architecture (Design School)
Richard Wilson, Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics
Peter A. Zusi, Lecturer on Slavic Languages and Literatures

Other Faculty Offering Instruction in General Education Electives and House Seminars

Donald M. Berwick, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management (Public Health) and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy in the Department of Pediatrics (Medical School)
Richard G. Frank, Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics (Medical School)
Howard H. Hiatt, Professor of Social Medicine (Medical School) and Professor of Medicine (Public Health)
Joseph P. Kalt, Ford Foundation Professor of Political Economy (Kennedy School)
Shahram Khoshbin, Associate Professor of Neurology (Medical School)
Clifford Lo, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Medical School) and Assistant Professor of Nutrition (Public Health)
Armand M. Nicholi, II, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Medical School)
Anthony G. Oettinger, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics and Professor of Information Resources Policy
James R. Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies
Roger E. Stoddard, Senior Lecturer on English

Freshman Seminars


Students entering Harvard College with freshman standing may apply for a freshman seminar during the first two terms of residence. Freshman Seminars may not be audited. For a complete description of the Freshman Seminar Program and 2002-03 offerings, please consult the current Freshman Seminar catalog. Catalogs and application forms may be obtained from the Freshman Seminar Office, 6 Prescott Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (telephone: 617-495-1523; email: seminars@fas.harvard.edu). Additional information can be obtained from the Freshman Seminar website: www.fas.harvard.edu/~seminars.

Freshman Seminars 2002-03

*Freshman Seminar 21e. Dynamics, Geometry, and Randomness
Catalog Number: 6221 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Curtis T. McMullen
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21j. Human Evolution
Catalog Number: 0746 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
David Pilbeam
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1:30–3:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21k. Art and the Brain
Catalog Number: 3059 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Patrick Cavanagh
Half course (spring term). W., 1:30–4. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21n. Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Elliptic Curves
Catalog Number: 2807 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
William A. Stein
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4, M., at 6.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21o. The Neurophysiology of Visual Perception
Catalog Number: 7584 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
David H. Hubel (Medical School)
Half course (fall term). Meets at Medical School, Tu., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21p. Human Modification of Environmental Systems
Catalog Number: 0135 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Ana P. Barros and Coral P. Fernandez-Illescas
Half course (spring term). M., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21s. Microorganisms in the Biosphere
Catalog Number: 2067 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Ralph Mitchell
Half course (fall term). W., 1:30–4:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21t. Theoretical Cosmology
Catalog Number: 0034 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Myron Lecar
Half course (fall term). Tu., 4:30–6:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21u. Calculating Pi
Catalog Number: 4737 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Paul G. Bamberg
Half course (fall term). W., 3–6. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21w. Research at the Harvard Forest
Catalog Number: 0060 Enrollment: Limited to 11.
David R. Foster
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Open to Freshmen only. Four Weekends at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA to be arranged.

*Freshman Seminar 21x. Galaxies and the Universe
Catalog Number: 4075 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
John P. Huchra
Half course (fall term). M., 2–5:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 21y. Observational Cosmology
Catalog Number: 0376 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Patrick Thaddeus
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22e. Molecular Motors and Pumps
Catalog Number: 6565 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Dudley R. Herschbach
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22g. Science and Technology
Catalog Number: 4777 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Roy J. Glauber
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22j. Seeing by Spectroscopy
Catalog Number: 4039 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
William Klemperer
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22k. Can Machines Think? The Turing Test and the Possibility of Natural-Language Interaction with Computers
Catalog Number: 1997 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Stuart M. Shieber
Half course (spring term). W., 2:30–5:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22n. Addiction
Catalog Number: 1801 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Steven E. Hyman
Half course (spring term). Th., 3–6.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22p. Science in the Public Eye: The Court of Public Opinion, Media, and Politics
Catalog Number: 9870 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Ann Pearson
Half course (fall term). M., 1:30–4:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22t. The Unfolding Story of Light
Catalog Number: 9735 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Bretislav Friedrich
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22u. The Genome and Society
Catalog Number: 9509 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Laura Garwin
Half course (spring term). M., 3–6. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22w. More Is Different: Modeling Collective Phenomena
Catalog Number: 9834 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Daniel S. Fisher
Half course (spring term). Th., 2:30–5:30. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17, 18
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22x. Bioluminescence
Catalog Number: 9569 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
J. Woodland Hastings
Half course (fall term). M., 5–7 p.m.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22y. The Action Potential: The Elementary Unit of Neuronal Signaling
Catalog Number: 9615 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Bruce P. Bean (Medical School)
Half course (fall term). W., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 22z. Quantitative Methods in Public Policy Decisions
Catalog Number: 8839 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Richard Wilson
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2:30–5:30. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17, 18
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 23e. Rainforest Conservation
Catalog Number: 9787 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Mark Leighton
Half course (spring term). W., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32e. Visualizing the Divine in Ancient Polytheistic Civilizations
Catalog Number: 2703 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Paul-Alain Beaulieu and Piotr Steinkeller
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32g. Painting the Dark Side
Catalog Number: 3996 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Nancy Mitchnick
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32j. Who Is a Jew? Jewish Identity and Identifiability in the Modern World
Catalog Number: 6991 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Shaye J.D. Cohen
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32k. The Poetry of Walt Whitman
Catalog Number: 2864 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Helen Vendler
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32n. Renewal of Poetry in the Hispanic World: Vallejo, Huidobro, Neruda, and Paz
Catalog Number: 2718 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
José Antonio Mazzotti
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32o. The Folklore of Ireland
Catalog Number: 5673 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Barbara L. Hillers
Half course (fall term). W., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32p. Charles Dickens
Catalog Number: 4256 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
John M. Picker
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32s. Russian Theater, 1800-1920
Catalog Number: 6743 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Julie A. Buckler
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32t. Poetic Translation
Catalog Number: 3305 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Richard F. Thomas
Half course (fall term). W., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32w. African Musical Traditions
Catalog Number: 2465 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32x. Topics in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
Catalog Number: 2937 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16, 17
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32y. Goethe’s Faust
Catalog Number: 0139 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Karl S. Guthke
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 32z. Family Sagas and the Literature of Medieval Scandinavia
Catalog Number: 4666 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Joseph C. Harris
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33e. Boccaccio’s Decameron and the Birth of the Novella
Catalog Number: 8039 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Franco Fido
Half course (fall term). W., 1:30–4:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33g. The Hindu Temple
Catalog Number: 6665 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Pramod Chandra
Half course (fall term). M., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33j. Greece and the East
Catalog Number: 0573 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
James R. Russell
Half course (fall term). W., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33o. Japan Pop: From Bashô to Banana
Catalog Number: 5160 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Adam L. Kern
Half course (fall term). W., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33p. Black Aesthetics
Catalog Number: 7836 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Martha Jane Nadell
Half course (spring term). M., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33w. A Literary Tour of the American South
Catalog Number: 8135 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
David A. Long
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 2:30–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33x. Complexity in Works of Art: Ulysses and Hamlet
Catalog Number: 6673 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Philip J. Fisher
Half course (fall term). M., 3–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33y. France’s Racial Minorities of African Descent
Catalog Number: 9145 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Samba Diop
Half course (fall term). M., 4–6.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 33z. Greek Vase Painting
Catalog Number: 6768 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
David Gordon Mitten
Half course (fall term). Th., 3–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34g. Saint Peter’s and the Vatican from Antiquity to the Baroque
Catalog Number: 8796 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Christine Smith (Design School)
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34j. Reading Buildings, Writing Architecture
Catalog Number: 2238 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Sarah Whiting (Design School)
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34k. Italian-American Literature, History, and Identity
Catalog Number: 4098 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Elvira G. DiFabio
Half course (fall term). W., 1:30–4:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34p. Literature and the Possibility of Justice
Catalog Number: 9604 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Avi Matalon
Half course (fall term). Th., 3–5:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34s. From Avant-Garde to Underground: Culture and Politics in Post-War Czechoslovakia
Catalog Number: 9695 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Peter A. Zusi
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34t. Art and Authority in Russia
Catalog Number: 9421 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Ekaterina Dianina
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34u. Discovery, Conquest, and Colonization of the New World
Catalog Number: 9633 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Christopher Dean Johnson
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34w. American Biography
Catalog Number: 9773 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Laura K. Johnson
Half course (spring term). W., 1–3:30. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34x. Language and Prehistory
Catalog Number: 9905 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Jay Jasanoff
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34y. Thinking about Antisemitism
Catalog Number: 9449 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Jay M. Harris
Half course (fall term). W., 4–6.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 34z. Talking Animals, Human Gods, and Eros: Readings in Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain Literatures of India
Catalog Number: 9666 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Parimal G. Patil
Half course (fall term). M., 3–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 35e. Popular Chinese Prints in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Catalog Number: 9458 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Felicity Anne Lufkin
Half course (fall term). W., 4–6.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43e. Women’s Movements in Latin America
Catalog Number: 4364 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Lisa Baldez (Washington University)
Half course (spring term). Tu., 3–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43j. Experiment and Persuasion
Catalog Number: 4064 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Maria J. Trumpler
Half course (fall term). W., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43k. Moral Choice and Politics as Represented in Literature
Catalog Number: 7973 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Stanley Hoffmann
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43n. Sin and the City: Tales of Historic Kyoto
Catalog Number: 2120 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Mikael Adolphson
Half course (spring term). F., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43o. Evolution of the American City
Catalog Number: 3112 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Edward L. Glaeser
Half course (fall term). Th., 3–5:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43s. Religion and Democracy: France, A Case Study
Catalog Number: 2708 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Mary D. Lewis
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43t. Nation, State, and Ethnic Cleansing: The Case of Yugoslavia
Catalog Number: 8474 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Audrey Helfant Budding
Half course (fall term). Th., 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43u. The Workplace: The Roles of Business, Labor, and Government
Catalog Number: 0016 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
John Thomas Dunlop
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43w. The Historical Bases of Korean Nationalism
Catalog Number: 4281 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Sun Joo Kim
Half course (spring term). Th., 12–2.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 43x. The Political Theory of Schools and Prisons
Catalog Number: 1476 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Christopher Sturr
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44e. Memoirs and Biographies of the Holocaust
Catalog Number: 9873 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Mark Christopher Molesky
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44g. Public Policy Approaches to Global Climate Changes
Catalog Number: 1032 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Richard N. Cooper
Half course (fall term). W., 1:30–4:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44j. The Aztecs and Maya
Catalog Number: 7826 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Davíd L. Carrasco
Half course (spring term). W., 1:30–4:30.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44k. A History of Zoos
Catalog Number: 6327 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Rory A. W. Browne
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17, 18
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44p. Contemporary India: Fact and Fiction
Catalog Number: 0019 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Rena Fonseca
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44t. The Atomic Bomb in History and Culture
Catalog Number: 2897 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Everett I. Mendelsohn
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44u. Understanding the Supreme Court
Catalog Number: 0937 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Charles Fried (Law School)
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44w. Environmental Equity and Public Policy
Catalog Number: 2973 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Jonathan Ian Levy (Public Health)
Half course (spring term). M., 2–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 44x. Tackling Tough Challenges for Modern American Education
Catalog Number: 3160 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Richard J. Light (Education)
Half course (fall term). W., 4–6. EXAM GROUP: 9
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45e. Issues of Immigration
Catalog Number: 9456 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Kathleen R. Arnold
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45g. Activism, Bargaining, Conflict: Democratic Decision Making in the United States
Catalog Number: 9788 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Catherine R. Shapiro
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45j. The Politics of Hunger
Catalog Number: 5473 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Melissa L. Caldwell
Half course (spring term). W., 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45k. Women’s Bodies in 20th-Century America
Catalog Number: 5464 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Karen Pomeroy Flood
Half course (spring term). Th., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45n. Explaining HIV/AIDS
Catalog Number: 9461 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Kiaran Aeveen Honderich
Half course (fall term). W., 3–5.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45p. Lucretius, Epicureanism, and Atomism
Catalog Number: 8061 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
John E. Murdoch
Half course (spring term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45s. The Orient of the Occident: China and India in the Mirror of the West
Catalog Number: 7372 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
W. Nathan Alexander
Half course (fall term). F., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45t. Campus Activism in the 1960s
Catalog Number: 9511 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Julie A. Reuben (School of Education)
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–5. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17, 18
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45u. American War Zones: The Anthropology of Commemoration in America
Catalog Number: 9864 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Paulette G. Curtis
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16, 17
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45w. Science and the Holocaust
Catalog Number: 9625 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Sarah Jansen
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4.
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

*Freshman Seminar 45x. Race, Justice, and the Law
Catalog Number: 9402 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
Charles J. Ogletree (Law School)
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 9
Note: Open to Freshmen only.

General Education Courses

General Education 156. The Information Age, Its Main Currents and Their Intermingling: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 3172 Enrollment: Limited to 25.
Anthony G. Oettinger
Half course (fall term). M., W., 2:30–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Dynamics of the worldwide shift toward information-intensive economies. How technological opportunities stimulate the hype and the ripe in information infrastructures. The roles that governments and private entities play in information enterprises, security and privacy, intellectual property rights, and other realms. Contemporary parallels with such 19th-century phenomena as growth of the U.S. Post Office and shifts to steam-driven printing presses. Each term paper traces linkages between evolving information suppliers and a student-picked sphere of information use.
Note: Term paper in lieu of final examination; extensive research expected of graduate students. Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as BGP-586.
Prerequisite: Social Analysis 10 or elementary calculus or equivalent.

*General Education 157. Intelligence, Command, and Control: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 9630 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Anthony G. Oettinger
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Examines evolution of concepts, technologies, and institutions of US intelligence and military communities since WWII. Studies linkages with international security and domestic policies. Develops and evaluates similarities between functions and support systems of intelligence staff and the command-and-control line on the one hand, and business management information and decision-making functions and support systems on the other. Students with political, legal, economic, civilian, military, technical, or other backgrounds welcome; cross-registration by Law or Business students encouraged.
Note: Term paper in lieu of final examination; extensive research expected of graduate students. Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as ISP-483.

General Education 175. Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation-Building I
Catalog Number: 5587
Joseph P. Kalt (Kennedy School) and guest lecturers
Half course (fall term). M., W., 1–2:30. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Uses a hands-on, interdisciplinary approach to examine some of the major issues faced by today’s Native American bands, tribes, and nations. These include: sovereignty, economic development, constitutional reform, cultural and language continuity, land and water rights, religious freedom, health and social welfare, and education. Concepts of “nation-building,” identity, and leadership, taken from tribal points of view, form the central themes of the course. All aspects of the course are placed in a cross-cultural context. Guest presentations are made by Native American students, visiting scholars, and Native American leaders.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as PED-501, and with the Graduate School of Education as A-101.

General Education 186. Introduction to Health Care Policy
Catalog Number: 4045
Richard G. Frank (Medical School)
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 2:30–4, and a weekly section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Provides students with an overview of US health care delivery system, its components, and policy challenges. The health care system is considered from an organizational perspective: analysis of roles of patients, providers (doctors and hospitals), health plans, and payers. Considers objectives, constraints, incentives, knowledge, and conduct of each component. Evaluates problems faced by each component using both “insider” and “outsider” perspectives. What makes health care so hard to reform? How shall we understand recent proposals? Reading will include selections from medical sociology, economics, politics, and ethics.
Note: Offered jointly with the Kennedy School of Government as HCP-101.

*General Education 187 (formerly Pforzheimer 123). The Quality of Health Care in America
Catalog Number: 4832 Enrollment: Limited to 35.
Donald M. Berwick (Medical School), Howard H. Hiatt (Medical School), Warner Slack (Medical School), and guest lecturers
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 4:30–6. EXAM GROUP: 18
Offers information and experiences regarding an array of the most important issues and challenges in health care quality. Includes overview of the dimensions of quality of care, including outcomes, overuse, underuse, variation in practice patterns, errors and threats to patient safety, service flaws, and various forms of waste. Each session focuses in depth on one specific quality-of-care issue, exploring patterns of performance, data sources, costs, causes, and remedies. Explores international comparisons and systemic remedies: the desirable properties of health care systems that can perform at extremely high levels in many dimensions of quality.

House Seminars

Primarily for Undergraduates

All House Seminars are offered for degree credit. House Seminars are normally graded with letter grades; as with other letter-graded courses students may, with the instructor’s permission, take House Seminars Pass/Fail. All House Seminars require the permission of the instructor (*). Information concerning enrollment in House Seminars should be sought from the appropriate House Office. House Seminars are frequently not repeated from year to year.

Adams

[*Adams 122. Printed Books as a Field of Study]
Catalog Number: 6137 Enrollment: Limited to 6.
Roger E. Stoddard
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduces students to the appreciation of books as technical, commercial, and artistic products as well as intellectual ones. With due regard for text and picture, concentrates attention on the printed book in Europe and the Americas from the technical inventions of Gutenberg and other pioneers to the post-modern renovations of today. Books from Houghton Library collections viewed and discussed in relation to their manufacture, distribution, and use. Much of the work will be comparative.
Note: Expected to be given in 2003–04.

Currier

*Currier 129. Medical Ethics: Issues in Law and Medicine
Catalog Number: 9614 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Shahram Khoshbin (Medical School)
Half course (fall term). M., 7–9 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 9
Explores medical and legal aspects of current topics in the field of medical ethics, with particular attention to medical decision-making at the beginning and end of life, experimentation with human subjects, human reproductive technologies, mental illness, and experimentation on animals. The historical background of present-day medical practices and relevant law will also be discussed.
Note: All students are welcome, but this seminar is particularly geared to pre-medical and pre-law students.

Eliot

*Eliot 129. Nutrition and Public Health
Catalog Number: 1497 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Clifford Lo
Half course (spring term). Tu., 5:30–7:30 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 18
Introduction to the critical reading of technical nutrition and medical literature; surveys current issues in public health and public policy relating to nutrition. Critical analysis of different types of medical literature: historical monographs, metabolic laboratory observations, clinical case reports, epidemiological surveys, prospective randomized controlled trials, metaanalyses, and literature reviews. Prepares science and non-science concentrators to examine critically current controversies for themselves; requires active participation and presentation by students.
Note: Clinical rounds with the Nutrition Support Services at Children’s Hospital will be optional.

Leverett

*Leverett 104. Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis: Two Contrasting World Views
Catalog Number: 0773 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
Armand M. Nicholi, II (Medical School)
Half course (spring term). Tu., 7–9 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 18
Focuses on the “scientific” Weltanschauung (world view) of Sigmund Freud as a key to understanding his life and work. Students examine the world view Freud attacks by reading selected writings of C. S. Lewis and the letters between Freud and Oskar Pfister, the Swiss psychoanalyst and theologian. Considers the following themes: source of morality and ethics, definition and understanding of human sexuality, problem of pain and suffering, definition of happiness and reason that unhappiness prevails, role of different categories of love in human relationships, nature of human nature and the problem of “the painful riddle of death.” Selected expository works by Freud serve as a brief introduction to basic psychoanalytic concepts and to philosophical works that form the core of study.

Winthrop

*Winthrop 123. The New Colossus: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
Catalog Number: 9711 Enrollment: Limited to 20.
James R. Russell
Half course (spring term). W., 7–11 p.m. EXAM GROUP: 9
Explores the author’s life and work through close reading of autobiography, four major novels, several short stories, related Russian poems, and scholarly writings. How does Nabokov’s writing reflect old and new themes and suggest a new intellectual type of free and creative man - rooted in Russian culture and intellect, defiant of tyranny, suffering in exile, creating inner freedom, expansive in love, thriving in American democracy, and profoundly moral and religious?