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Energy Options for the 21st Century

Instructor: John Fox

Applied Physics

City, Space, Literature

Instructor: Ato Quayson

English

The Archaeological Imagination

Instructor: Michael Shanks

Archaeology, Classics

Does Social Media Make Better Physicians?

Instructor: Dr Michael Gisondi

Emergency Medicine

The Missing Link

Instructor: Jessica Riskin

History

Frontiers in Theoretical Physics and Cosmology

Instructor: Savas Dimopoulos

Physics

Harmonic Convergence: Music’s Intersections with Science, Mathematics, History, and Literature

Instructor: Paul Phillips

Music

Randomness: Computational and Philosophical Approaches

Instructor: Mary Wootters, Thomas Icard

Computer Science, Philosophy

Mending a Broken Heart: The Anatomy, Physiology, and Psychology of Congenital Heart Disease

Instructor: Manchula Navaratnam, M. Gail Boltz, Samuel Rodriguez, MD

Anesthesia

Law and the Biosciences

Instructor: Henry T. (Hank) Greely

Genetics

2666: A 21st Century Classic

Instructor: Hector Hoyos

Iberian & Latin American Cultures

Physics in the 21st Century

Instructor: Chao-Lin Kuo

Physics

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What is Sous Vide? photo by ChefSteps, Flickr. 8225201546_2c718f8228_o_.jpg, Cropped.

Bon Appétit, Marie Curie! The Science Behind Haute Cuisine

BIOE 32Q

Instructor:

Markus Covert

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Spring

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

"Philippe Pinel à la Salpêtrière" by Tony Robert-Fleury - http://medarus.org/Medecins/MedecinsTextes/pinelp.html. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philippe_Pinel_%C3%A0_la_Salp%C3%AAtri%C3%A8re.jpg#/media/File:Philippe_Pinel_%C3%A0_la_Salp%C3%AAtri%C3%A8re.jpg

The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches

PSYC 111Q

Instructor:

Katherine Williams

Regina Casper

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Chicken egg without eggshell. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly,, Wikimedia Commons.

Chemistry in the Kitchen

CHEM 29N

Instructor:

Richard Zare

WAY-SMA

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, United States

City, Space, Literature

ENGLISH 83N

Instructor:

Ato Quayson

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Icebergs around Cape York,Greenland. Author Brocken Inaglory, Wikipedia.

Climate Change Ecology: Is It Too Late?

BIO 35N

Instructor:

Tadashi Fukami

WAY-SMA

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Spring

"Crayones cera" by Jorge Barrios - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crayones_cera.jpg#/media/File:Crayones_cera.jpg

Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity

COMPLIT 51Q

Instructor:

David Palumbo-Liu

WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Computers and Photography: From Capture to Sharing

CS 45N

Instructor:

Hector Garcia-Molina

WAY-CE

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn, Spring

Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1635–1703)

The Conscience

ENGLISH 87N

Instructor:

Esther Yu

WAY-ER

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Occupy, Lagos, Nigeria, political, rally, Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, 2012. By Temi KOGBE [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

Contemporary African Politics

POLISCI 46N

Instructor:

David Laitin

WAY-ED

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Spring

"Clinicians in Intensive Care Unit" by Calleamanecer - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinicians_in_Intensive_Care_Unit.jpg#/media/File:Clinicians_in_Intensive_Care_Unit.jpg

Critical Illness: Patients, Physicians, and Society

ANES 70Q

Instructor:

Erin Hennessey

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Spring

Cultivate a Compassionate Presence at the Bedside: An Aging and End-of-Life Care Practicum

MED 51Q

Instructor:

VJ Periyakoil

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Al Masjid an Nabawi, Medina, Saudi Arabia

Culture, Conflict, and the Modern Middle East

TAPS 22N

Instructor:

Samer Al-Saber

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Winter

Vincent Willem van Gogh 002" by Vincent van Gogh. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Culture, Psychology, and Mental Health Treatment

PSYC 51Q

Instructor:

Daryn Reicherter

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Spring

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alcian_stain_micromass.jpg

Current Concepts in Transplantation

SURG 68Q

Instructor:

Olivia Martinez

Sheri Krams

Write-2

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter

For an Immune Cell, Microgravity Mimics Aging (NASA, International Space Station, 04/21/14) by Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center via Flickr

Cystic Fibrosis: From Medical Conundrum to Precision Medicine Success Story

BIO 25Q

Instructor:

Ron Kopito

WAY-SMA

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Spring

By Available from the U.S. Army's website, http://web.archive.org/web/http://www4.army.mil/armyimages/armyimage.php?photo=1836, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=218993

Dare to Care: Compassionate Design

CHEMENG 90Q

Instructor:

John Moalli

WAY-ED

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

Detail of "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde poster" by Chicago : National Prtg. & Engr. Co. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3g08267.

The Detective and the City

URBANST 27Q

Instructor:

Frederic Stout

WAY-A-II

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Spring

Pyramidal diamond anvil impactor on a Vickers hardness tester by R. Tanaka, Wikipedia.

Diamonds

GEOLSCI 40N

Instructor:

Wendy Mao

WAY-SMA

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Spring

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

Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace

TAPS 11N

Instructor:

Amy Freed

WAY-A-II

First-Year Preference

2019-2020
Autumn

Eight Great Archaeological Sites in Europe

CLASSICS 21Q

Instructor:

Michael Shanks

WAY-A-II, Write-2

Sophomore Preference

2019-2020
Winter, Spring

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