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IntroSems By Interest
Air and Space
The Global Warming Paradox ,
Noah Diffenbaugh
Physics in the 21st Century ,
Savas Dimopoulos
Aerodynamics of Race Cars ,
Charbel Farhat
Designing Science Fiction Planets ,
Sonia Tikoo-Schantz
Chemical Engineering for Sustainability ,
Shari Libicki
Large Spacecraft Structures ,
Maria Sakovsky
Arts
Theatrical Wonders from Shakespeare to Mozart ,
Blair Hoxby
Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace ,
Amy Freed
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
The New Wave: How the French Reinvented Cinema ,
Cecile Alduy
Sculpting with Sounds, Images, and Words ,
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski
Performing America: The Broadway Musical ,
Thomas Grey
The Art of Medical Diagnosis ,
Thomas Caruso, Samuel Rodriguez, MD, Lauren Toomer
Surgical Anatomy of the Hand: From Rodin to Reconstruction ,
James Chang, MD
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko ,
Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing ,
John Barton
Photographing Nature ,
Robert Siegel
Art in the Metropolis ,
Charles Kronengold
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Regina Casper
Women Making Music ,
Heather Hadlock
The Art and Science of Engineering Design ,
My T. Le
Religion in Anime and Manga ,
Michaela Mross
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
The American Road Trip ,
Kai Carlson-Wee
The Video Essay: Writing with Video about Media and Culture ,
Shane Denson
Eloquence Personified: How To Speak Like Cicero ,
Christopher Krebs
Queer Sculpture ,
Terry Berlier
Childish Enthusiasms and Perishable Manias ,
Scott Bukatman
Imaginative Realms: Writing Beyond Realism ,
Keith Ekiss
Family Trees: The Intergenerational Novel ,
Austin Smith
Family Stories ,
Brittany Perham
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
Love and Death ,
Patrick Phillips
Great Ideas in Graphics ,
Doug James
Coming-of-Age Movies ,
Karla Oeler
Intersectionality and the Politics of Ballet ,
Janice Ross
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
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
Critical Illness: Patients, Physicians, and Society ,
Erin Hennessey, MD
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Regina Casper
Law and the Biosciences ,
Henry T. (Hank) Greely
The Science and Ethics of Personalized Genomic Medicine ,
Hunter Fraser
Religion in Anime and Manga ,
Michaela Mross
Great Inventions That Matter ,
Shan X. Wang
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Dare to Care: Compassionate Design ,
John Moalli
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
Just Feelings ,
Roanne Kantor
Resilience, Transformation, and Equilibrium: The Science of Materials ,
Yoda R Patta, Ph.D.
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
Character ,
Esther Yu
Storytelling in Medicine ,
Lauren Edwards, Bryant Lin
Justice across Borders ,
Leif Wenar
Being Reasonable ,
Krista Lawlor
Us and Them: The Psychology of Intergroup Relations ,
Nir Halevy
The Personal Genomics Revolution: Focus on Mental Health ,
Laramie Duncan
The Taboo ,
Lauri Dietz
Demystifying Pregnancy: Physiology, Policy and Politics ,
Cynthia DeTata, Sylvie Blumstein
The Good Death ,
Anna Bigelow
Race, Blackness, Antiquity ,
Sarah Derbew
The Cultural Shaping of Emotion ,
Jeanne L. Tsai
A History of Reproductive Rights in the US ,
Margo Horn
Cardinal Courses
Conservation Photography ,
Susan K. McConnell
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Law and Inequality ,
Richard Ford
Sexuality and Society ,
Lisa Medoff
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
Imagining Women: Writers in Print and in Person ,
Valerie Miner
Women Making Music ,
Heather Hadlock
Black Panther, Hamilton, Díaz, and Other Wondrous Lives ,
Jose Saldivar
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine ,
Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.
Queer Sculpture ,
Terry Berlier
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Gender and Media ,
Patti Hanlon-Baker
The Future Is Feminine ,
Shannon Pufahl
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Just Feelings ,
Roanne Kantor
The Immigrant Experience in Everyday Life ,
Tomas Jimenez
Leaving Patriarchy: A Course for All Genders ,
Nina Schloesser Tarano
Justice across Borders ,
Leif Wenar
Belonging in a Diverse Society ,
Greg Walton
Us and Them: The Psychology of Intergroup Relations ,
Nir Halevy
Race, Blackness, Antiquity ,
Sarah Derbew
After 2001: A 21st Century Science Fiction Odyssey ,
Melissa Stevenson
Intersectionality and the Politics of Ballet ,
Janice Ross
Engineering
Things About Stuff ,
Thomas Lee
Engineering the Micro and Nano Worlds: From Chips to Genes ,
John (J) Provine, Roger Howe
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing ,
John Barton
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
International Environmental Policy ,
John Weyant
The Art and Science of Engineering Design ,
My T. Le
Great Inventions That Matter ,
Shan X. Wang
Dare to Care: Compassionate Design ,
John Moalli
Great Discoveries and Inventions in Computing ,
John Hennessy
Using Bits to Control Atoms ,
Dawson Engler
Aerodynamics of Race Cars ,
Charbel Farhat
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Randomness: Computational and Philosophical Approaches ,
Mary Wootters, Thomas Icard
Resilience, Transformation, and Equilibrium: The Science of Materials ,
Yoda R Patta, Ph.D.
Pathophysiology and Design for Cardiovascular Disease ,
Paul J. Wang, MD, Ross Daniel Venook
Clean Water Now! Urban Water Conflicts ,
Alexandria Boehm
Great Ideas in Graphics ,
Doug James
Chemical Engineering for Sustainability ,
Shari Libicki
Data-Driven Decisions and Discovery ,
Jennifer Widom
From the Internet for People to the Internet of Things ,
Fouad Tobagi
Metalheads of Modern Science ,
Leora Dresselhaus-Marais
Large Spacecraft Structures ,
Maria Sakovsky
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
Maps in the Modern World ,
Kären Wigen
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
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
Catching up with Traditional Ecological Knowledge ,
Tadashi Fukami
Ocean Conservation: Pathways to Solutions ,
Larry Crowder
City, Space, Literature ,
Ato Quayson
Aardvarks to Zebras: The A to Z of Animal Anatomy ,
Kerriann Casey, DVM
Busting Energy Myths ,
Anthony Kovscek, Channing Robertson
Clean Water Now! Urban Water Conflicts ,
Alexandria Boehm
Designing Science Fiction Planets ,
Sonia Tikoo-Schantz
Chemical Engineering for Sustainability ,
Shari Libicki
Animal Archives: History Beyond the Human ,
Alison Grace Laurence
Partner with Trees ,
Devaki Bhaya
Gender, Self & Identity
Self Theories ,
Carol Dweck
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
Perspectives on the Abortion Experience in Western Fiction ,
Erica P. Cahill MD, Paul D. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
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 ,
Regina Casper
Imagining Women: Writers in Print and in Person ,
Valerie Miner
Women Making Music ,
Heather Hadlock
Blood and Money: The Origins of Antisemitism ,
Rowan Dorin
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine ,
Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.
Queer Sculpture ,
Terry Berlier
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Childish Enthusiasms and Perishable Manias ,
Scott Bukatman
Family Trees: The Intergenerational Novel ,
Austin Smith
Gender and Media ,
Patti Hanlon-Baker
The Future Is Feminine ,
Shannon Pufahl
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Family Stories ,
Brittany Perham
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
Resilience, Transformation, and Equilibrium: The Science of Materials ,
Yoda R Patta, Ph.D.
Character ,
Esther Yu
Belonging in a Diverse Society ,
Greg Walton
Us and Them: The Psychology of Intergroup Relations ,
Nir Halevy
Coming-of-Age Movies ,
Karla Oeler
Demystifying Pregnancy: Physiology, Policy and Politics ,
Cynthia DeTata, Sylvie Blumstein
Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health ,
Kaustubh Supekar
The Good Death ,
Anna Bigelow
Race, Blackness, Antiquity ,
Sarah Derbew
Intersectionality and the Politics of Ballet ,
Janice Ross
The Cultural Shaping of Emotion ,
Jeanne L. Tsai
A History of Reproductive Rights in the US ,
Margo Horn
Global Cultures
Languages, Dialects, Speakers ,
Arto Anttila
Perspectives on the Good Life ,
Lee Yearley
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
The New Wave: How the French Reinvented Cinema ,
Cecile Alduy
Mass Atrocities: Reckoning and Reconciliation ,
Pawel Lutomski
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko ,
Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi
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
Women Making Music ,
Heather Hadlock
Russia in the Early Modern European Imagination ,
Nancy Kollmann
Religion in Anime and Manga ,
Michaela Mross
The Soviet Union and the World: Views from the Hoover Archives ,
Norman Naimark
Blood and Money: The Origins of Antisemitism ,
Rowan Dorin
Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan ,
Yoshiko Matsumoto
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad, MD
Contemporary African Politics ,
David D. Laitin
City, Space, Literature ,
Ato Quayson
Nietzsche and the Search for Meaning ,
Matthew Smith
Decolonizing Global Health ,
Takudzwa Shumba
Stalin's Terror: Causes, Crimes, Consequences ,
Norman Naimark
The Cultural Shaping of Emotion ,
Jeanne L. Tsai
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
Engineering the Micro and Nano Worlds: From Chips to Genes ,
John (J) Provine, Roger Howe
The Art of Medical Diagnosis ,
Thomas Caruso, Samuel Rodriguez, MD, Lauren Toomer
Surgical Anatomy of the Hand: From Rodin to Reconstruction ,
James Chang, MD
Perspectives on the Abortion Experience in Western Fiction ,
Erica P. Cahill MD, Paul D. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
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
Critical Illness: Patients, Physicians, and Society ,
Erin Hennessey, MD
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Regina Casper
Law and the Biosciences ,
Henry T. (Hank) Greely
Ouch it Hurts! The Comparative Neurobiology of Pain ,
Cholawat Pacharinsak, DVM, PhD
Human Origins ,
Richard Klein
The Science and Ethics of Personalized Genomic Medicine ,
Hunter Fraser
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
Does Social Media Make Better Physicians? ,
Dr Michael Gisondi
Mending a Broken Heart: The Anatomy, Physiology, and Psychology of Congenital Heart Disease ,
Manchula Navaratnam, M. Gail Boltz, Samuel Rodriguez, MD
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
And that’s why cats should never eat garlic! ,
Jose Vilches-Moure
The Personal Genomics Revolution: Focus on Mental Health ,
Laramie Duncan
Demystifying Pregnancy: Physiology, Policy and Politics ,
Cynthia DeTata, Sylvie Blumstein
Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health ,
Kaustubh Supekar
Bird Brains and Monkey Business ,
Cynthia C. Flores
The Cultural Shaping of Emotion ,
Jeanne L. Tsai
A History of Reproductive Rights in the US ,
Margo Horn
Humanities
The Roman Empire: Its Grandeur and Fall ,
Richard Saller
Theatrical Wonders from Shakespeare to Mozart ,
Blair Hoxby
Mark Twain and American Culture ,
Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Maps in the Modern World ,
Kären Wigen
Languages, Dialects, Speakers ,
Arto Anttila
Perspectives on the Good Life ,
Lee Yearley
Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace ,
Amy Freed
Thinking About War ,
Mark Lewis
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
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