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Diamonds

Instructor: Wendy Mao

Geological Sciences

Shakespeare, Playing, Gender

Instructor: Patricia Parker

Comparative Literature

United Nations Peacekeeping

Instructor: Bertrand Patenaude

International Relations

Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Archaeology and the Ancient Near East

Instructor: Alice Petty

Archaeology

Eight Great Archaeological Sites in Europe

Instructor: Michael Shanks

Archaeology, Classics

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Quantum Information: Visions and Emerging Technologies

Instructor: Monika Schleier-Smith

Physics

Current Concepts in Transplantation

Instructor: Olivia Martinez, Sheri Krams

Surgery

Animal Behavior: Sex, Death, and Sometimes Food!

Instructor: Joseph Garner

Comparative Medicine

Law and the Biosciences

Instructor: Henry T. (Hank) Greely

Genetics

Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility

Instructor: Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu

Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity

Family Trees: The Multigenerational Novel

Instructor: Austin Smith

Creative Writing, English

Neurobiology of Depression: Why Depression Is a Disorder of the Brain and How Brain Stimulation May Treat It

Instructor: Hugh Brent Solvason PhD MD

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Shylock After the Trial by John Gilbert (late 19th century). http://teachingshakespeareblog.folger.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/05/Shylock-3-AP.jpg

Blood and Money: The Origins of Antisemitism

HISTORY 86Q

Instructor:

Rowan Dorin

WAY-SI, Write-2

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

epSos.de , "Exchange Money Conversion to Foreign Currency" via Flickr

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

ECON 23N

Instructor:

Michael Boskin

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Spring

Causes and Consequences of the Rise in Inequality

ECON 22N

Instructor:

Luigi Pistaferri

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine

SOMGEN 150Q

Instructor:

Marcia Stefanick

WAY-ED, WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

A polemic applauding Democratic support of the Dorrite cause in Rhode Island. Public domain image, Wikipedia.

Democracy in Crisis: Learning from the Past

EDUC 122Q

Instructor:

Thomas Ehrlich

WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Catalhoyuk Archeological Site, Konya, Turkey

Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time

ARCHLGY 60N

Instructor:

Ian Hodder

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Energy, the Environment, and the Economy

ECON 17N

Instructor:

Frank Wolak

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality

HISTORY 63N

Instructor:

Estelle Freedman

WAY-A-II, WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Portland Japanese Garden. By John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA (Portland Japanese Garden) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Gardens and Sacred Space in Japan

RELIGST 8N

Instructor:

Michaela Mross

WAY-A-II, WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Teen scientist Alexa Dantzler in the lab by Intel Free Press via Flickr, 10141713806_830f130617_k

Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment

HISTORY 44Q

Instructor:

Londa Schiebinger

WAY-ED, WAY-SI, Write-2

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter

How to Start Your Own Country: Sovereignty and State-Formation in Modern History

HISTORY 9N

Instructor:

Steven Press

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Oil on canvas, 1888 by William Powell Frith. Public Domain

Income and Wealth Inequality from the Stone Age to the Present

HISTORY 12N

Instructor:

Walter Scheidel

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Learn to Intervene, Wisely

PSYCH 7N

Instructor:

Greg Walton

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

"Salem witch2" by Baker, Joseph E., ca. 1837-1914, artist. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.09402.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.

Madwomen and Madmen: Gender and the History of Mental Illness in the U.S.

FEMGEN 41Q

Instructor:

Margo Horn

WAY-ED, WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Maps in the Modern World

HISTORY 95N

Instructor:

Karen Wigen

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Cropped - detail of "Karl-Brandt". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl-Brandt.jpg#/media/File:Karl-Brandt.jpg

Mass Atrocities and Reconciliation

INTNLREL 62Q

Instructor:

Pawel Lutomski

WAY-ER, WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Spring

King Kong movie poster, Italian, Flickr. Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

The Missing Link

HISTORY 42N

Instructor:

Jessica Riskin

WAY-A-II, WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Neuronal Activity, DARPA. Wikipedia, courtesy of Massachusetts General Hospital and Draper Labs.

Neuroforecasting

PSYCH 24N

Instructor:

Brian Knutson

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

"Day 14 Occupy Wall Street September 30 2011 Shankbone" by David Shankbone - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Day_14_Occupy_Wall_Street_September_30_2011_Shankbone.JPG#/media/File:Day_14_Occupy_Wall_Street_September_30_2011_Shankbone.JPG

Noam Chomsky: The Drama of Resistance

TAPS 180Q

Instructor:

Rush Rehm

WAY-ER, WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Psychology of Xenophobia

PSYC 86Q

Instructor:

Rania Awaad

WAY-ED, WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Twenty-dollar bills are counted and packaged for future missions at the Camp Taqaddum Disbursing office June 29, 2006. by Sgt. Enrique Diaz, Wikipedia. Public domain photo.

Public Policy and Personal Finance

PUBLPOL 55N

Instructor:

Gregory Rosston

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Savvy: Learning How to Communicate with Purpose

OB 110N

Instructor:

Francis Flynn

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Spring

Woman holding mirror. Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash

Self Theories

PSYCH 12N

Instructor:

Carol Dweck

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Cropped, widened detail of "Eugen de Blaas The Flirtation" by Eugene de Blaas - Art Renewal Center. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eugen_de_Blaas_The_Flirtation.jpg#/media/File:Eugen_de_Blaas_The_Flirtation.jpg

Sexuality and Society

HUMBIO 79Q

Instructor:

Lisa Medoff

WAY-SI

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Spring

Image of a doctor smoking while reviewing an x-ray.

Smoke and Mirrors in Global Health

ANTHRO 182N

Instructor:

Matthew Kohrman

WAY-SI

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

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