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Seminars that Fulfill WAY-SI

Social Inquiry (SI)

Human beings are social animals. To understand human behavior and exercise responsible citizenship, you’ll need tools that allow you to explore and study the behaviors and propensities at the root of society as well as the ways in which those behaviors and propensities vary across space, time, and individual circumstances.

You’ll need to take two courses in Social Inquiry (SI).

Learn more about WAY-SI

Course Title	Instructor	Quarter	Fulfills:
2020 Election: Understanding the National, Participating in the Local	Michael Rosenfeld	Autumn	WAY-SI
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy	Michael Boskin	Spring	WAY-SI
Causes and Consequences of the Rise in Inequality	Luigi Pistaferri	Autumn	WAY-SI
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine	Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.	Autumn	WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time	Ian Hodder	Winter	WAY-SI
Energy, the Environment, and the Economy	Frank Wolak	Summer	WAY-SI
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment	Londa Schiebinger	Autumn	WAY-ED, WAY-SI, Write-2
Government by the Numbers	Mark Duggan, Steve Ballmer	Autumn	WAY-SI
How to Learn Mathematics - and everything else!	Jo Boaler	Autumn	WAY-SI
International Organizations and Accountability	Erica Gould	Autumn	WAY-SI
Mixed-Race Politics and Culture	Michele Elam	Autumn	WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Noam Chomsky: The Drama of Resistance	Rush Rehm	Autumn	WAY-ER, WAY-SI
Psychology of Xenophobia	Rania Awaad	Winter	WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Public Policy and Personal Finance	Gregory Rosston	Spring	WAY-SI
Self Theories	Carol Dweck	Autumn	WAY-SI
Sexuality and Society	Lisa Medoff	Autumn	WAY-SI
Socialism vs. Capitalism: Russian and American Writers’ Responses	Yuliya Ilchuk	Autumn	WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
State-Building	Stephen Krasner	Autumn	WAY-SI
The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality	Estelle Freedman	Autumn	WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
The Missing Link	Jessica Riskin	Autumn	WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
The U.S. Congress in Historical and Comparative Perspective	Gary Cox	Autumn	WAY-SI