Freshman Seminars 2019 Spring

SOC Title

Code

Instructor

Time

Place

CLIMATE ACTION

87602

ALLISON, S.D

Fri, 12-12:50 pm

BS3 3120

AMAZING INVNTRS C&C

87603

AYANOGLU, E.

Wed, 2-2:50 pm

DBH 1422

NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE

87604

BASOLO, M.

Mon, 11-11:50 am

DBH 1425

VOCAL PRESENCE

87605

BASSHAM, C.

Wed, 1-1:50 pm

CAC 3100B

BEAUTY AND POETRY

87606

BENCIVENGA, E.

Fri, 10-10:50 pm

HIB 55

SOCIOLOGY OF DEATH

87607

FRANK, D.

Thu, 1-1:50 pm

SSL 105

LIGHTS, CAMERA COSTUMES!

87608

FROEHLICH, M.

Mon, 5-5:50 pm

CAC 3100B

NAZI GERMANY

87609

LEVINE, G.

Thu, 1-1:50 pm

HH 232

SHAKEN SHAKESPEARE

87610

PAGE, J.

Tue, 4-4:50 pm

SCS 272

KIDS, DOGS, & ADHD -WHAT IS ADHD?

87612

SCHUCK, S.

Wed, 12-12:50 pm

IAB 129

Climate Action

Human-caused climate change threatens the environment and well-being of future generations. This seminar will address what we can do about it. After a brief introduction to the problem, we will focus on climate change solutions. What can you do personally to help avoid dangerous climate change? What are corporations, municipalities, states, and national governments doing about it? The seminar will empower students to take concrete steps toward solving a complex global challenge.

Steven D. Allison is a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences.

Amazing Inventors in Communications and Computing

One proved he invented the radio prior to G. Marconi. Two claim they invented the telephone prior to A. G. Bell. S. Jobs and W. Gates both pushed computer operating systems with a graphical user interface. These inventors are highly driven and dedicated people who often risk everything to make their inventions work and get adopted. This seminar will study a number of these amazing people’s stories in depth. Come and understand how those inventions were made and how they transformed our lives.

Ender Ayanoglu is a Professor in the School of Engineering.

Neighborhood Life: How Neighborhoods Shape Human Behaviors and Outcomes

Neighborhoods are spaces of daily life that can shape human behavior and life outcomes. The meaning and significance of neighborhood, however, varies among people and may conjure images of friendship, isolation, security, danger, wealth, poverty and more. In this course, students will explore the various meanings of neighborhood, examine their own neighborhood, and learn about policy approaches to address neighborhood effects. The class includes readings, activities, and discussion.

Victoria Basolo is a Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy.

Vocal Presence: Exploring Ease, Power, Variety, & Health for your Speaking Voice

No matter your field of interest, it’s likely that at some point you’ll want to vocally communicate with others in an effective manner. Over the quarter, you’ll start to free your breath and find ways to generate more interest, power and clarity in how you express yourself.

Cynthia Bassham is a Lecturer in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

Beauty and Poetry

An examination of Plato’s dialogues Ion and Hippias Major, with emphasis on the nature of poetry and the significance of beauty.

Ermanno Bencivenga is a Professor in the School of Humanities.

Sociology of Death

This course uses a variety of readings to launch a critical analysis of death and dying. Our basic argument is that our deaths are not our own. They are organized around a thick layer of social institutions. We’ll reflect on the latter and consider the ways that death and dying are constituted fundamentally by social institutions: religious, medical, legal, familial, and increasingly individual.

David Frank is a Professor in the Department of Sociology.

Lights, Camera, Costumes

What do you hear when you listen? Do you hear sounds, instruments, and voices, or is there something deeper with which you connect? Together, we’ll explore how we listen and how what we hear tells us a story. NO MUSIC TRAINING REQUIRED – just a desire to better use your ears!

Marcia Grace Froehlich is an Assistant Professor in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

Nazi Germany: History, Facts, Myths

This seminar traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis from their beginnings through their defeat at end of World War II. The course is intended for students who want to learn about this troubling and catastrophic era in German and European history, to gain an understanding of the complex people who brought such destruction on the world and themselves. There are no term papers or exams, but students are asked to pose and answer questions on course topics, and prepare 1-2 short presentations.

Glenn S. Levine is a Professor of German in the School of Humanities.

Shaken Shakespeare: Taking it to the Streets!

This seminar will provide participants the change to “shake up” their ideas about Shakespeare. We are taking the Bard across the campus. Participants can be involved in a variety of ways and demystify

Shakespeare. The students will participate in reading, speaking and seeing Shakespeare, out of its traditional setting.

Jane Page is a Professor in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

Kids, Dogs, and ADHD – What is ADHD?

This seminar will review the last 30 years of seminal research on the etiology, presentation, and treatments of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Current topics to explore will include the role of maternal mental health, alternatives and complements to medications (i.e. animal therapies, mindfulness based strategies, and physical activity), nicotine and cannabis abuse risk, and the gene by environment interaction contributing to children’s health and wellbeing.

Sabrina Schuck is an Assistant Professor in Residence in the School of Medicine.