Freshman Seminars, last quarter back through 2000
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What Makes Airplanes Fly?
Formulating an Immigration Policy
Poetry By Heart
Languages: A Behind the Scenes Look at How Humans Learn Other Languages
THEY DO WHAT?! Examining Stereotypes and Perspectives
Data Mining in the Chemical Sciences
Introduction to Biophotonics
Litigating the Right to Die: Medicine, Bioethics, and the Courts
Agriculture's Role in the Conservation of Wildlands
Alternative Medicine - Health or Hoax?
Genes and the Environment
Latinos and Latinas and the Law
Nature and Photochemistry
Earthquakes in California: Are We Ready for the Big One?
Bionanotechnology: Fact Versus Hype
Career Opportunities for Veterinarians
Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics
The Origins of Romantic Love: Knights, Ladies, Sex and Sinners in the Middle Ages
The California Mystery Novel
South Africa's Biodiversity
The Discovery of the Structure of DNA
American Roots Music: Chicago Blues
Stormwater Runoff Pollutants and Their Impact on our Environment
Pollution and Population Dynamics
Beyond Perrault: French Folk Tales and Fairy Tales
Chaos, Complexity and Christianity
Classical Japan: Reading The Tale of Genji
An Intellectual History of Film Noir
The Count of Monte Cristo and France in the 19th Century
The Supreme Court and You
Doing Mathematics — With A Computer At Your Side
Indian Classical Music and Dance: Art and Culture
Organ Transplantation Ethics in Film and TV
Nanomaterials: From Biology to Applications
What in the World Will You Do? Career Choices from a Global Perspective
Science and Politics of Energy
Underreported News—A Study of Important Issues and Journalistic Neglect
Mindfulness: Buddhist and Taoist Meditation
Pain and Pleasure
Edible Missions to Mars
Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion: The Power of the Stars to Solve Energy Needs on Earth
Evidence: Truth and Its Rivals
Understanding Calculus Using Physical Experiments
Small Animal Clinical Toxicology
Entering the Hot Zone: Topics in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Culture Clash: A Systematic Way of Looking at Ourselves and the Rest of the World
Tower of Babel: How Students Learn--And How Teachers Teach--A Second Language
Identity in a Diverse Society
Sports Injuries: Facts, Myths & Unanswered Questions
Exercise and the Cardiovascular System in Health and Disease
Addiction and Addictive Drugs
An Island Called California: An Ecological Journey Through California's Natural Communities
Deluge and Drought: California and its Problems With Too Much Water, and Too Little
Understanding the Research University
Music and the Movies
Germany: Highlights of Cultural History
Nanotechnology - Promise and Problems
Sleep
Power
Japanese Culture: Reflection of Nature and Lifelong Learning in Visual Art
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906--Rethinking Causes and Consequences
Life and Art in Hitler's Germany
From the Big Bang to DNA
The Book of Job
Old Norse Tradition in Tolkien's The Hobbit
The Joy of Traveling
Stormwater Runoff Pollutants and its Impact on our Environment
Art and the Miseries of War
Introduction to Wilderness Medicine
Dynamics of Development and Change in the Middle East: Only by Revolution
Political Persuasion and Presidential Leadership
Extra Dimensions
Bond. James Bond.
Applications of Waves -- From Music to Imaging Atoms
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Revisited
Genetic Engineering: The Science and Impact on Society
Shaking It: The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and its 100 Year Impact on California, the U.S. and the World
Alexandre Dumas' France and The Count of Monte Cristo
Education, Justice and the Law
Insects in the City
Challenge for Premedical Students: Homelessness in America
The Origins of Tolerance in the English Enlightenment
An Investigation into Human Evil
Traditional Chinese Physical Culture and Some Contemporary Applications
Modern Physics, Cosmology and Religion
Personality Type and Learning Styles
Backstage at the Mondavi
Introduction to Cryptology
Spinal Cord Injury: From the Patient's Perspective to the Promise of Research
Alternative Fuels Technology
"Underreported News"--An Examination of Major Issues and Journalistic Neglect
Learning Science Through Modeling
European Literature & The Environment
Wine and War
What's Best for Baby? Perspectives on Early Infant Care
Globalization and the Media Industry
Meditation: Buddhism and the Practice of Mindfulness
The Blues
Rocket Science
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Producing 3D Computer Animation
Shakespeare and Love
Dietary Sabotage: Evolutionary Perspectives, Institutional Secrets, and Health Consequences
Languages: A Behind-the-scenes Look at How Humans Learn a Second Language
Why Can't We All Just Be Friends? A Systematic Way of Looking at People From Other Cultures
Working Class Life in Victorian London
Women's Sports and the Media
Will Europe Thrive or Fade in the 21st Century: A Newly-United Europe Competes with Asia and North America
How To Conduct A Survey
Music, Dance and Social Life in the Americas
Narration on the Brink: Three Contemporary Novels
Contemporary Shamanism
Contemporary Infectious Diseases
The Recovery of Energy from Waste Materials
The Hero and the Heroic From the Middle Ages to the Present
Literature and Cinema: The Italian Case
Drowning on the Mountain: Physiology and Pathophysiology of High Altitude
Great Engineering and Engineers
Natural Disasters in World History
Herbal Medicine
How to Make a Lens - An Introduction and Practical Application
Masters and Masterpieces of Art
Appropriate Engineering Technology for Drinking Water Treatment in Developing Communities (Drinking Water Quality for Health)
Encountering Islam in the Enlightenment: Traveler's Tales from the East, 1660-1789
What Is Beauty? Cultural and Historical Roots of Japanese Garden Design
Long-term Impact of Hurricane Katrina
Your Genes, the Environment and Your Health
Making a Difference on the Path to Medical School: Serving the Medically Underserved
Anglos, Latinos and the Spanish "Black Legend"
Performance and Culture in the African Diaspora
The Octopus of Censorship
Japan vs. US Through Media
The Cultural Politics of South Park
Homer's Odyssey
What Makes You Unique? Your Genome!
Science and Human Movement
Communicating with Japanese: Introduction to Intercultural Communication
Using Spreadsheets to Model Environmental Change
Understanding Environmental Activism
Intellectual Quiz
The Rise and Limits of Documentary Film
Industrial Tourism--How We Sell Travel and Places
Career Exploration
Introduction to Oncology
Biomedical Research: Methods and Design
Mexican Music: los clásicos
Listening to Music With a Scientific Mind
Obesity and the Politics of Food
Law and Sport in America
The Role of Negotiation in Leadership
A Leisurely Look at Genomic Research Using Microarrays
Al Qaeda and Modernity
The Chemistry of Putting Humans on Mars (and Getting Them Home Again)
Reading a Political Novel: Orhan Pamuk's Snow
Taking Care of the Hospitalized Patient: A Glimpse Into Medical Care After the ER
Strategic Behavior
Issues in Youth Sports
Current Issues in Constitutional Law
Computer Simulation in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pain Stays Mainly in the Brain (But Don't Forget the Spinal Cord!)
Italian Cities
The Century of Biomedical Imaging
Computers and Biology
Problem Solving Through Creativity and Non-Linearity
Responding to the Times: Modern Journalism and the Short Essay
Forensic Biology - Medicine and the Law
California Mystery Novels
Environmental Impacts of Stormwater Runoff
Impact of Biomedical Molecular Revolution on Society: Ethical and Social Implications
Research in Plant Biology: Relevance for Students, Society and Scientists
Spanish and Latino Communities in the United States
Alternative Media Practices
Nazi Perpetrators in Holocaust Cinema
On Creativity and Contemporary Performance
Literary Representations of Islam in the English Enlightenment: Investigating the Archive
American Image Around the World
Introduction to Hospital and Medical Physics
Exploring Writing and Research in African American & African Studies
Hollywood Digs Archaeology
Plant Ecology of the Northern California Coast Range
Sense of Place in American Art
Small Group Communication
Attachment Theory and Close Relationships
Othello in Performance
Bionanotechnology: Fact or Hype
My Reality: Psychology and Symbolism in Literature and Film
Getting Your Feet Wet in Putah Creek
Imprisonment in California; Theory and Practice of Incarceration in a "Free" Society
Science and News: Why American Journalism Sometimes Succeeds But So Often Fails in Reporting the Biggest Issues of Our Time
Campus Community Book Project Seminar: Exploring the Kite Runner
Experiencing Success on the Path to Medical School: The Tao of Medicine
Inventions That Shaped the World
Insights Into Sport and Exercise Through Science
