Freshman Seminar Program
The Freshman Seminar program offers a diverse array of courses open only to freshmen and designed with freshmen in mind. Enrollment in seminars is limited to fifteen or eighteen students, depending on the nature of the course. Most seminars meet twice each week and do not, unless otherwise noted, presume any prior experience in the field. Students must apply and preregister for freshman seminars before the beginning of each term. To ensure that all applicants share an equal chance at enrolling in a seminar, students are admitted by lottery from among those who apply. Students who do not preregister may be considered for placement at the instructor's discretion if space is available. Application procedures and a complete list of courses may be found on line the freshman Web site.
For a full description of each seminar, see the course listings of the originating department.
AMST 003b, American Literature and World Religions.
For description see under American Studies.
ANTH 010b, Urban Culture, Space, and Power.
For description see under Anthropology.
ANTH 011a, Reproductive Technologies.
For description see under Anthropology.
ANTH 030b/ARCG 030b, Inca Culture and Society.
For description see under Anthropology.
APHY 050b, Science of Modern Technology.
For description see under Applied Physics.
ARCH 003b, Making an American Architecture.
For description see under Architecture.
ART 001a, Studies in Visual Biography.
For description see under Art.
ART 002b, Paper.
For description see under Art.
ASTR 030a, Search for Extraterrestrial Life.
For description see under Astronomy.
CLCV 051b, Performance and Society in Ancient Greece.
For description see under Classics.
CPSC 079b, Digital Photorealism.
For description see under Computer Science.
EENG 001a, Introduction to Nanoscience.
For description see under Electrical Engineering.
ENAS 060b/APHY 060b/PHYS 060b, Energy Technology and Society.
For description see under Engineering & Applied Science.
F&ES 012a/EVST 012a, Urban Ecology in New Haven.
For description see under Forestry & Environmental Studies.
FILM 040a/AFAM 040a, Spike Lee.
For description see under Film Studies.
FREN 095b, The French Enlightenment.
For description see under French.
HIST 001b/AFAM 095b/AMST 001b, African American Freedom Movements in the Twentieth Century.
For description see under History.
HIST 002b/AMST 010b/RLST 010b, The Rise of Religion in Modern America.
For description see under History.
HIST 003a, The First World Historians.
For description see under History.
HIST 004a/AMST 009a, Revolutionary America.
For description see under History.
HIST 006a/HSHM 005a, Medicine and Society in American History.
For description see under History.
HIST 009a/HUMS 079a, The Viking Age.
For description see under History.
HIST 014b, History of Higher Education in America.
For description see under History.
HIST 016b, History of Food and Cuisine.
For description see under History.
HIST 022a, What History Teaches.
For description see under History.
HIST 030a, Writing Japanese History.
For description see under History.
HSAR 007a, Art and Science.
For description see under History of Art.
HUMS 076a, Epidemics in Global Perpective.
For description see under Humanities.
ITAL 063b/FILM 097b/HUMS 089b, Literature into Film.
For description see under Italian.
LING 007b, Varieties of English.
For description see under Linguistics.
LITR 015a/HUMS 087a, The Experience of Being Foreign.
For description see under Literature.
LITR 016a/GMST 016a/HUMS 088a, Truth and Lies in Fiction and Film.
For description see under Literature.
MCDB 060a and 061b, Topics in Reproductive Biology.
For description see under Biology.
MUSI 001a, Exploring the Nature of Genius.
For description see under Music.
MUSI 007a, Noise.
For description see under Music.
MUSI 008b, Music Cultures of the World.
For description see under Music.
MUSI 021b, Music and Human Evolution.
For description see under Music.
MUSI 023a, Music and Melancholy.
For description see under Music.
PHYS 095a, Radiation and the Universe.
For description see under Physics.
PLSC 051a, The Ethics of War.
For description see under Political Science.
PORT 002a, Cultural Encounters in the Portuguese World.
For description see under Portuguese.
RLST 011b, Buddhist Saints and Sinners.
For description see under Religious Studies.
RUSS 021a, Literature and Painting in the Age of Tolstoy.
For description see under Slavic Languages & Literatures.
SCIE 030a and 031b, Current Topics in Science.
For description see under Science.
SOCY 041a, Sociology of Social Control and Criminal Justice.
For description see under Sociology.
SPAN 060a, Freshman Colloquium: Literary Studies in Spanish.
For description see under Spanish.
WGSS 032b, History of Sexuality.
For description see under Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
WGSS 045a, Cross-Cultural Narratives of Desire.
For description see under Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
