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IntroSems By Interest
Air and Space
The Global Warming Paradox ,
Noah Diffenbaugh
Physics in the 21st Century ,
Chao-Lin Kuo
3D Printed Aerospace Structures ,
Debbie Senesky
Building Trust in Autonomy ,
Mykel Kochenderfer
It IS Rocket Science! ,
Andrew Barrows
The Space Mission to Europa ,
Dustin Schroeder
Surviving Space ,
Sigrid Close
Arts
Theatrical Wonders from Shakespeare to Mozart ,
Blair Hoxby
Beethoven ,
Stephen Hinton
Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace ,
Amy Freed
Law and Drama ,
Branislav Jakovljevic
Mixed-Race Politics and Culture ,
Michele Elam
To Die For: Antigone and Political Dissent ,
Rush Rehm
The Artist in Ancient Greek Society ,
Jody Maxmin
Conservation Photography ,
Susan K. McConnell
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
Performing America: The Broadway Musical ,
Thomas Grey
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko ,
Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing ,
John Barton
Photographing Nature ,
Robert Siegel
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Shakespeare, Playing, Gender ,
Patricia Parker
The Ethical Gangster: How to be Moral, How to be Good—Mafia Style ,
Blakey Vermeule
Thinking about Photographs ,
Terry Castle
Visions of Paradise: Garden Design ,
Virginia Walbot
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
The American Road Trip ,
Kai Carlson-Wee
Queer Sculpture ,
Terry Berlier
Childish Enthusiasms and Perishable Manias ,
Scott Bukatman
Imaginative Realms: Writing Beyond Realism ,
Keith Ekiss
Family Stories ,
Brittany Perham
The Aesthetics of Data ,
Jonathan Berger
It's the Freakiest Show: David Bowie's Intertextual Imagination ,
Tiffany Naiman
Write Like a Poet: From Tradition to Innovation ,
Michael Shewmaker
I Bet You Think You're Funny: A Workshop in Humor ,
Edward Porter
The Archaeological Imagination ,
Michael Shanks
Documentary Film: Telling It Like It Is? ,
Jan Krawitz
Listening to Climate Change ,
Kirsten Paige
Love and Death ,
Patrick Phillips
Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Art ,
Richard Meyer
Indigo ,
Hideo Mabuchi
Belief, Values, and Ethics
Science in the News ,
Hans Andersen
Law and Inequality ,
Richard Ford
How Beliefs Create Reality ,
Alia Crum
Perspectives on the Good Life ,
Lee Yearley
Scientific Method and Bias ,
John P.A. Ioannidis
The Psychology of Stoked: An Investigation of the Art and Science of Joy and the Exploration of Happiness ,
Daryn Reicherter, Shashank V. Joshi, MD
Animal Use in Biomedical Research ,
Megan Albertelli
Aging, Dying, and End-of-Life Care ,
VJ Periyakoil, Geriatrics, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Law and the Biosciences ,
Henry T. (Hank) Greely
Howard Zinn and the Quest for Historical Truth ,
Sam Wineburg
Great Inventions That Matter ,
Shan X. Wang
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Dare to Care: Compassionate Design ,
John Moalli
How to Make a Racist ,
Steven O. Roberts
Philosophy and Science Fiction ,
Rosa Cao
Secrecy ,
James R. Jacobs MD PhD
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Linguistic Meaning and the Law ,
Cleo Condoravdi
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence ,
John Etchemendy
Religion, Ecology and Environmental Ethics ,
Ariel Evan Mayse
Nietzsche and the Search for Meaning ,
Matthew Smith
Love and Death ,
Patrick Phillips
The Living Genome: Implications for Biology and Beyond ,
Jonathan Pollack
Leaving Patriarchy: A Course for All Genders ,
Nina Schloesser Tarano
American Greed: From Gold Rush to Silicon Valley ,
Nicole Martin
Justice across Borders ,
Leif Wenar
Being Reasonable ,
Krista Lawlor
Cardinal Courses
Conservation Photography ,
Susan K. McConnell
Aging, Dying, and End-of-Life Care ,
VJ Periyakoil, Geriatrics, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Democracy in Crisis: Learning from the Past ,
Thomas Ehrlich
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Law and Inequality ,
Richard Ford
Inequality in American Society ,
C. Matthew Snipp
Mixed-Race Politics and Culture ,
Michele Elam
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
Shakespeare, Playing, Gender ,
Patricia Parker
How to Learn Mathematics - and everything else! ,
Jo Boaler
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine ,
Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.
How to Make a Racist ,
Steven O. Roberts
Queer Sculpture ,
Terry Berlier
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Gender and Media ,
Patti Hanlon-Baker
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Reading and Writing the Gendered Story ,
Valerie Miner
Leaving Patriarchy: A Course for All Genders ,
Nina Schloesser Tarano
A Comparative Exploration of Higher Education in Jamaica (Anglo-Caribbean) and South Africa ,
Chad O. Coates
Identity Politics 101 ,
Hakeem Jefferson
Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Art ,
Richard Meyer
Democracy & Data ,
Alexandra Catherine Neame
Justice across Borders ,
Leif Wenar
Belonging in a Diverse Society ,
Greg Walton
Engineering
Functional Materials and Devices ,
Yuri Suzuki
Energy Options for the 21st Century ,
John Fox
Things About Stuff ,
Thomas Lee
Environmental Regulation and Policy ,
Shari Libicki
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing ,
John Barton
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Japanese Companies and Japanese Society ,
Bob Sinclair
Medical Device Innovation ,
Joseph Mandato, Mr Ryan K Pierce
Bon Appétit, Marie Curie! The Science Behind Haute Cuisine ,
Markus Covert
Anatomy and Design Innovations ,
Sakti Srivastava, Bruce Fogel
International Environmental Policy ,
John Weyant
3D Printed Aerospace Structures ,
Debbie Senesky
Great Inventions That Matter ,
Shan X. Wang
Building Trust in Autonomy ,
Mykel Kochenderfer
It IS Rocket Science! ,
Andrew Barrows
Engineering the Built Environment: An Introduction to Structural Engineering ,
Sarah Billington
Dare to Care: Compassionate Design ,
John Moalli
The Space Mission to Europa ,
Dustin Schroeder
Great Discoveries and Inventions in Computing ,
John Hennessy
Quantum Information: Visions and Emerging Technologies ,
Monika Schleier-Smith
Surviving Space ,
Sigrid Close
The Wireless World, and the Data You Leak ,
John M. Pauly
Using Bits to Control Atoms ,
Dawson Engler
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Science of Information ,
Tsachy Weissman, Ayfer Ozgur
Pathophysiology and Design for Cardiovascular Disease ,
Paul J. Wang, MD, Ross Daniel Venook
The Living Genome: Implications for Biology and Beyond ,
Jonathan Pollack
Counterfactuals: The Science of What Ifs? ,
Emma Brunskill
Indigo ,
Hideo Mabuchi
Environment
Energy Options for the 21st Century ,
John Fox
Sensory Ecology of Marine Animals ,
Stuart Thompson
Science in the News ,
Hans Andersen
Animal Behavior: Sex, Death, and Sometimes Food! ,
Joseph Garner
The Global Warming Paradox ,
Noah Diffenbaugh
Energy, the Environment, and the Economy ,
Frank Wolak
The Worst Journey in the World: the Science, Literature, and History of Polar Exploration ,
Rob Dunbar
Views of a Changing Sea: Literature and Science ,
William Gilly
Conservation Photography ,
Susan K. McConnell
Exploring the Critical Interface Between the Land and Monterey Bay: Elkhorn Slough ,
Christopher Francis
Environmental Regulation and Policy ,
Shari Libicki
Photographing Nature ,
Robert Siegel
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Globally Emerging Zoonotic Diseases ,
Stephen Felt, DVM, MPH
International Environmental Policy ,
John Weyant
Food and Security ,
Rosamond Naylor, Stephen Stedman, Kyle Duchynski
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease in a Changing World ,
Erin Mordecai
Visions of Paradise: Garden Design ,
Virginia Walbot
Engineering the Built Environment: An Introduction to Structural Engineering ,
Sarah Billington
Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time ,
Ian Hodder
Religion, Ecology and Environmental Ethics ,
Ariel Evan Mayse
City, Space, Literature ,
Ato Quayson
Aardvarks to Zebras: The A to Z of Animal Anatomy ,
Kerriann Casey, DVM
Listening to Climate Change ,
Kirsten Paige
Indigo ,
Hideo Mabuchi
Island Ecology ,
Peter Vitousek
Gender, Self & Identity
Self Theories ,
Carol Dweck
Mixed-Race Politics and Culture ,
Michele Elam
The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality ,
Estelle Freedman
Hormones in a Performance-Enhanced Society ,
Andrew R. Hoffman, M.D.
The Psychology of Stoked: An Investigation of the Art and Science of Joy and the Exploration of Happiness ,
Daryn Reicherter, Shashank V. Joshi, MD
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
Sexuality and Society ,
Lisa Medoff
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Imagining Women: Writers in Print and in Person ,
Valerie Miner
Shakespeare, Playing, Gender ,
Patricia Parker
Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos ,
Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine ,
Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.
Queer Sculpture ,
Terry Berlier
Ethnicity and Violence: Anthropological Perspectives ,
Sharika Thiranagama
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Childish Enthusiasms and Perishable Manias ,
Scott Bukatman
Gender and Media ,
Patti Hanlon-Baker
The Future Is Feminine ,
Shannon Pufahl
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Family Stories ,
Brittany Perham
Reading and Writing the Gendered Story ,
Valerie Miner
Family Drama: American Plays about Families ,
Peggy Phelan
Social Bias and Earwitness Memory ,
Meghan Sumner
It's the Freakiest Show: David Bowie's Intertextual Imagination ,
Tiffany Naiman
I Bet You Think You're Funny: A Workshop in Humor ,
Edward Porter
Writing Mystical, Spiritual, and Altered Experiences ,
William Brewer
Identity Politics 101 ,
Hakeem Jefferson
The Literature of Adoption ,
Peggy Phelan
Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Art ,
Richard Meyer
Belonging in a Diverse Society ,
Greg Walton
Global Cultures
Languages, Dialects, Speakers ,
Arto Anttila
Perspectives on the Good Life ,
Lee Yearley
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
Culture, Psychology, and Mental Health Treatment ,
Daryn Reicherter
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko ,
Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi
Eight Great Archaeological Sites in Europe ,
Michael Shanks
Japanese Companies and Japanese Society ,
Bob Sinclair
Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol ,
Lazar Fleishman
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
The Detective and the City ,
Frederic Stout
Zionism and the Novel ,
Russell Berman
Texts and Contexts: Spanish/English Literary Translation Workshop ,
Cintia Santana
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease in a Changing World ,
Erin Mordecai
Other People's Words: Folklore and Literature ,
Gabriella Safran
Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan ,
Yoshiko Matsumoto
Ethnicity and Violence: Anthropological Perspectives ,
Sharika Thiranagama
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Contemporary African Politics ,
David D. Laitin
Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time ,
Ian Hodder
Religion, Ecology and Environmental Ethics ,
Ariel Evan Mayse
City, Space, Literature ,
Ato Quayson
Nietzsche and the Search for Meaning ,
Matthew Smith
The Archaeological Imagination ,
Michael Shanks
Does Science Have Culture? ,
Duana Fullwiley
Decolonizing Global Health ,
Takudzwa Shumba
Indigo ,
Hideo Mabuchi
Health and the Body
Science in the News ,
Hans Andersen
Animal Behavior: Sex, Death, and Sometimes Food! ,
Joseph Garner
Genes, Memes, and Behavior ,
Scott S. Hall, Ph.D
Hormones in a Performance-Enhanced Society ,
Andrew R. Hoffman, M.D.
Scientific Method and Bias ,
John P.A. Ioannidis
Intracellular Trafficking and Neurodegeneration ,
Yanmin Yang
Understanding Children's Health Disparities ,
Donald Barr
The Psychology of Stoked: An Investigation of the Art and Science of Joy and the Exploration of Happiness ,
Daryn Reicherter, Shashank V. Joshi, MD
Animal Use in Biomedical Research ,
Megan Albertelli
Culture, Psychology, and Mental Health Treatment ,
Daryn Reicherter
Aging, Dying, and End-of-Life Care ,
VJ Periyakoil, Geriatrics, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Sport, Exercise, and Health: Exploring Sports Medicine ,
Calvin Hwang
Sexuality and Society ,
Lisa Medoff
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Globally Emerging Zoonotic Diseases ,
Stephen Felt, DVM, MPH
Laboratory Mouse in Biomedical Research ,
Claude M. Nagamine
Medical Device Innovation ,
Joseph Mandato, Mr Ryan K Pierce
Anatomy and Design Innovations ,
Sakti Srivastava, Bruce Fogel
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Law and the Biosciences ,
Henry T. (Hank) Greely
Ouch it Hurts! The Comparative Neurobiology of Pain ,
Cholawat Pacharinsak, DVM, PhD
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease in a Changing World ,
Erin Mordecai
Human Origins ,
Richard Klein
Great Inventions That Matter ,
Shan X. Wang
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Dare to Care: Compassionate Design ,
John Moalli
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine ,
Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.
Neuroforecasting ,
Brian Knutson
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Secrecy ,
James R. Jacobs MD PhD
Pandemics & Plagues: Biological Causes and Societal Effects ,
Thomas L. Cherpes, DVM, MD
Does Social Media Make Better Physicians? ,
Dr Michael Gisondi
Aardvarks to Zebras: The A to Z of Animal Anatomy ,
Kerriann Casey, DVM
Pathophysiology and Design for Cardiovascular Disease ,
Paul J. Wang, MD, Ross Daniel Venook
The Living Genome: Implications for Biology and Beyond ,
Jonathan Pollack
Decolonizing Global Health ,
Takudzwa Shumba
Storytelling in Medicine ,
Lauren Edwards, Bryant Lin
Humanities
Theatrical Wonders from Shakespeare to Mozart ,
Blair Hoxby
Languages, Dialects, Speakers ,
Arto Anttila
Beethoven ,
Stephen Hinton
Perspectives on the Good Life ,
Lee Yearley
Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace ,
Amy Freed
Law and Drama ,
Branislav Jakovljevic
Mixed-Race Politics and Culture ,
Michele Elam
Thinking About War ,
Mark Lewis
The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality ,
Estelle Freedman
To Die For: Antigone and Political Dissent ,
Rush Rehm
The Artist in Ancient Greek Society ,
Jody Maxmin
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
Performing America: The Broadway Musical ,
Thomas Grey
Sports Writing ,
John Evans
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko ,
Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi
Eight Great Archaeological Sites in Europe ,
Michael Shanks
Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol ,
Lazar Fleishman
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
The Detective and the City ,
Frederic Stout
Noam Chomsky: The Drama of Resistance ,
Rush Rehm
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Shakespeare, Playing, Gender ,
Patricia Parker
Zionism and the Novel ,
Russell Berman
Texts and Contexts: Spanish/English Literary Translation Workshop ,
Cintia Santana
The Ethical Gangster: How to be Moral, How to be Good—Mafia Style ,
Blakey Vermeule
Howard Zinn and the Quest for Historical Truth ,
Sam Wineburg
Other People's Words: Folklore and Literature ,
Gabriella Safran
Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos ,
Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi
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