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 African 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

Geology

G121	Meteorites and 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 (Program)

L105	Beyond the Sample Gates: Serve and Learn in Bloomington 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
P120	Energy and Technology 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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