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 the freshman Web site.
For a full description of each seminar, see the course listings of the originating department.
AMST 002a, American Consumer Culture in the Twentieth Century.
For description see under American Studies.
AMST 004b, Narrations of Native America.
For description see under American Studies.
AMST 006b, Violence and Justice in America.
For description see under American Studies.
ANTH 010a, Urban Culture, Space, and Power.
For description see under Anthropology.
APHY 050a, Science of Modern Technology.
For description see under Applied Physics.
ARCH 003b, Making an American Architecture.
For description see under Architecture.
ASTR 030b, Search for Extraterrestrial Life.
For description see under Astronomy.
ENAS 060b/APHY 060b/PHYS 060b, Energy Technology and Society.
For description see under Engineering & Applied Science.
F&ES 012a, Urban Ecology in New Haven.
For description see under Forestry & Environmental Studies.
FREN 014a/HUMS 084a, The Court of Louis XIV.
For description see under French.
GMST 088a/HUMS 083a/LITR 088a, The Concept of Knowledge in the German Tradition.
For description see under German Studies.
HIST 002a/AMST 010a/RLST 010a, The Rise of Religion in Modern America.
For description see under History.
HIST 006a/HSHM 005a, Medicine and Society in American History.
For description see under History.
HIST 008a/HUMS 080a/RLST 001a, Essential Heresies.
For description see under History.
HIST 009a/HUMS 079a, The Viking Age.
For description see under History.
HIST 010a, Postwar America at Home: 1945–1960.
For description see under History.
HIST 014b, History of Higher Education in America.
For description see under History.
HIST 022a, What History Teaches.
For description see under History.
HIST 023b, The United States and the World, 1898–1963.
For description see under History.
HSAR 002a/AMST 007a, Furniture and American Life.
For description see under History of Art.
HUMS 075a/SPAN 070a, The Cultures of Medieval Spain.
For description see under Humanities.
HUMS 076a, Epidemics in Global Perpective.
For description see under Humanities.
HUMS 086a, Freud's Theory of Mind.
For description see under Humanities.
MCDB 060, Topics in Reproductive Biology.
For description see under Biology.
MUSI 001b, Exploring the Nature of Genius.
For description see under Music.
NELC 002a/HUMS 002a/LITR 002a/MMES 002a, Classical Arabic Literature in Translation.
For description see under Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.
PHYS 095a, Radiation and the Universe.
For description see under Physics.
PORT 001b, Latin American Short Fiction.
For description see under Portuguese.
RLST 006b, The Historical Jesus.
For description see under Religious Studies.
RLST 009a, Siva and Mahakala.
For description see under Religious Studies.
RUSS 022a, The Divine and the Human in Russian Fiction.
For description see under Slavic Languages & Literatures.
SOCY 025b, Reproduction in Global Contexts.
For description see under Sociology.
SOCY 086a, Chinese Society since Mao.
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 045b, Cross-Cultural Narratives of Desire.
For description see under Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
