The Topics Program introduces students to the way scholars from different distribution areas frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed. Students can use COAS E103 or S103 to satisfy one course in the Arts and Humanities distribution area, COAS E104 or S104 to satisfy one course in the Social and Historical Studies distribution area, and COAS E105 or S105 to satisfy one course in the Natural and Mathematical Sciences distribution area. Other Topics-Qualified courses are offered with departmental headings and with distribution credit as indicated. For updates, please see the College Web site at www.indiana.edu/~college/topics.

Freshman Seminars (COAS S103, S104, S105) are open to freshmen only. Each seminar is limited to 20 students.

African American and Africa Diaspora Studies
A150    Survey of the Culture of Black Americans A & H, CSA

Astronomy
A102    Gravity, the Great Attractor: Evolution of Planets, Stars, and Galaxies N & M

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

Folklore and Ethnomusicology
F205    Folklore in Video and Film A & H

Geology
G121    Meteorites and Geological Processes in Planets N & M
G141    Earthquakes and Volcanoes N & M
G188    Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada: Geology and Natural Heritage of the Long Valley Caldera N & M
S121    Meteorites and Geological Process in Planets, Honors N & M

History
B204    Medieval Heroes S & H
H231    The Family in History S & H

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

Leadership, Ethics, and Social Action
L105    Beyond the Sample Gates: Serve and Learn in BloomingtonS & 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
P120    Energy and Technology N & M
P125    Energy in the Twenty-first 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

Telecommunications
T193    Passport to Cyberia: Making the Virtual Real A & H

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