Topics/Freshman Seminars are offered primarily for freshmen and sophomores who will learn how scholars from the different distribution areas frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed. See Distribution Requirements in this bulletin.

College of Arts and Sciences
E103/S103    Topics in Arts and Humanities A & H
E104/S104    Topics in Social and Historical Studies S & H
E105/S105    Topics in Natural and Mathematical Sciences N & M

East Asian Languages and Cultures
E160    The Daoist Body A & H, CSA
E180    Cross-Cultural Experiences of War: East Asia and the United States S & H, CSA

Geology
G121    Meteorites and Planets N & M
G141    Earthquakes and Volcanoes N & M
S121    Meteorites and Geological Process in Planets, Honors N & M

Germanic Studies
G350    Vikings and Sagas A & H

History
B204    Medieval Heroes S & H
H231    History of the Family

Honors
H203    Interdepartmental Colloquia A & H
H204    Interdepartmental Colloquia S & H
H205    Interdepartmental Colloquia N & M
H211    Interdepartmental Colloquia A & H
H212    Interdepartmental Colloquia S &H

Linguistics
L111    Dialect and Language Variation S & H
L112    Language and Politics S & H
L113    Language and Gender S & H
L114    Language and Religion A & H

Philosophy
P135    Introduction to Existentialism A & H

Physics
P111    Physics of Extraterrestrial Life and Death N & M
P125    Energy in the Next Century N & M
P150    How Things Work N & M
P151    Twenty-First-Century Physics N & M

Religious Studies
R222    Star Trek and Religion A & H
R250    Introduction to Buddhism A & H
R270    The Living and the Dead A & H

Slavics
R123    Masterworks of Russian Short Fiction A & H

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