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2005-2006 UCSB Freshman Seminars

Fall 2005

INT 94AV: Communicating Up Close: Practical Issues
Professor Thomas J. Scheff, Sociology

INT 94BS: Introduction to Mathematical Finance and Investments
Professor Svetlozar Rachev, Statistics

INT 94CU: Maya Ritual Science
Professor Gerardo Aldana, Chicano Studies

INT 94DS: The Holocaust: Searching for Understanding and Hope
Professor Julian Weissglass, Education

INT 94EB: Experiencing Architecture
Professor Swati Chattopadhyay, History of Art and Architecture

INT 94ES: Exciting Developments in Biology Research
Professor Stephen Poole, MCDB and Professor David Chapman, EEMB

INT 94FD: Introduction to Queer Studies
Professor Timothy McGovern, Spanish & Portuguese

INT 94FJ: The Iraq War As History
Professor J.E. Talbott, History

INT 94FW: Alchemy
Professor David White, Religious Studies

INT 94GG: The Exploration of Identity- Personal, Cultural, Familial, Sexual
Professor Kip Fulbeck, Department of Art

INT 94GM: So You Want To Be A Leader?
Professor Naftaly Glasman, Education

INT 94GO: Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Nature and Consciousness
Professor Ines Talamantez, Religious Studies

INT 94GQ: Contemporary Political Issues In Historical Perspective
Professor Mario T. Garcia, History and Chicano Studies

INT 94GR: The Politics of Disease
Professor Rose McDermott, Political Science

INT 94GT: The End Of The Age Of Oil
Professor Bruce Luyendyk, Geological Sciences

INT 94GV: Evolutionary Basis of Human Sexuality
Professor Steven Gaulin, Anthropology

INT 94GW: Race Mixing: Interracial Romance and Multiracial People
Professor Paul Spickard, History

INT 94HA: Cross-Cultural Encounters In History
Professor Dominic Sachsenmaier, Global and International Studies

INT 94IJ: The Global Challenge: Food Security and Environmental Sustainability
Professor Henry Offen, Chemistry & Biochemistry

INT 94IK: Thinking Through Statistics
Professor Dawn Holmes, Statistics and Applied Probability

INT 94IL: Representing Hitler and Nazism 1925-2005
Professor Harold Marcuse, History

INT 94IN: From Molecules To Mind
Professor Kenneth Kosik, MCDB

INT 94IO: This Is Your Brain on Drugs
Professor Karen Szumlinski, Psychology

INT 94IP: History of the Animated Film
Professor Dana Driskel, Film Studies

INT 94IR: Music In Political and Documentary Film
Professor Patricia Hall, Music

INT 94IS: Everyday Mind Reading
Professor Tim German, Psychology

INT 94IT: The Origin of Life? Are We Alone?
Professor Stanley Awramik, Geological Sciences

INT 94IU: U.S. Latino Literature
Professor Ellen McCracken, Spanish and Portuguese

INT 94IV: Living With Global Warming
Professor Catherine Gautier, Geography

Winter 2006

INT 94BJ: Nobel Prizes in the Sciences
Professor Mattanjah de Vries, Chemistry & Biochemistry

INT94BV: Anatomy of a Theatrical Production
Professor Irwin Appel, Dramatic Art

INT94BZ: Genetic Modification of Food Crops
Professor Rolf Christoffersen, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

INT94CD: Experimental Economics
Professors Rod Garratt, Gary Charness and Ted Bergstrom, Economics

INT 94CQ: Working in Groups: Understanding Group Processes
Professor David R. Seibold, Communication

INT94CS: An Engineer's View of the Cell
Professor Matthew Tirrell, Dean of College of Engineering

INT94DK: A Materials World: Revolutions in Society
Professors Lange (inorganic materials), Levi (metals), Safinya (biomaterials), Bazan (polymers), and Speck (electronic materials)

INT 94EX: Electra: Tragedy and Revenge from Aeschylus to Sartre
Professor Francis Dunn, Classics

INT 94FH: Manufacturing Outsiders: Disability and the Media
Professor George Singer, Education

INT 94FT: Life, Art and Chemistry
Professor Luc Jaeger, Chemistry

INT 94FY: Musical Instruments of the World
Professor Dolores Hsu, Music

INT 94GE: Revolutions and Indigenous Movements: A Contemporary History of the Andean Region
Professor Cecilia Mendez, History

INT94GN: Study Abroad and Cultural Adaptation
Professor Michael O'Connell, English

INT 94HF: Muslim Women In the US
Professor Kathleen Moore, Law and Society

INT94HH: The Social Meaning of Gender and Sexuality
Professor Jennifer Earl, Sociology

INT94HL: The War On Terror
Professor Robert Rauchhaus, Political Science

INT94HP: Social Behavior In Immersive Virtual Environments
Professor James Blascovich, Psychology

INT 94HU: Food and Religion
Professor Juan Campo, Religious Studies

INT 94HV: African Royal Art and Kingship Traditions
Professor Sylvester Ogbechie, Art History

INT 94HZ: Collectors and Collecting
Professor William Davies King, Dramatic Art

INT94IE: Asian American Resistance: Yuri Kochiyama and The Legacy of Malcolm X
Professor Diane Fujino, Asian American Studies

INT 94IW: Reading China: Recent Fiction From The People's Republic of China
Professor Ronald Egan, East Asian Studies

INT 94IX: Writing For The Stage
Professor Carlos Morton, Dramatic Art

INT94IY: A Physics View of Biological Polymers and How They Work
Professor Philip Pincus, Physics and Materials Department

INT 94JA: Introduction to Latin American Studies: Literature, Film, and Popular Music
Professor Silvia Bermudez, Spanish and Latin American and Iberian Studies

INT 94JB: Exploring Human/Nature Connections: An Introduction To Ecopsychology
Professor Marc McGinnes, Environmental Studies

INT 94JC: Things Computers Can't Do
Professor Wim Van Dam, Computer Science

INT94JQ: Equity and Environment in the 21st Century
Professors William Freudenburg and Robert C. Wilkinson, Environmental Studies

INT 94S: Case Studies In Medical Ethics
Professor David Kohl, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Spring 2006

INT94BN: France: Historic Sites and Symbols
Professor Cynthia Skenazi, French & Italian

INT94BW: Introduction to Aviation & Space Technology
Professor Glenn Beltz, Mechanical Engineering

INT94CN: Climate Forcing and Marine Primary Production
Professor Barbara Prezelin, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology

INT94DK: A Materials World: Revolutions in Society
Professors Lange (inorganic materials), Levi (metals), Safinya (biomaterials), Bazan (polymers), and Speck (electronic materials)

INT94DU: American Political Controversies
Professor Alan Wyner, Dean of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Letters and Science

INT94FD: Introduction to Queer Studies
Professor Timothy McGovern, Spanish & Portuguese

INT94FZ: The U.S.-Mexican Border and Its Cultural Manifestations
Professor Francisco Lomeli, Chicano Studies

INT 94GD: Nutrition: You Are What You Eat
Professor Diane Eardley, MCDB

INT94GG: The Exploration of Identity- Personal, Cultural, Familial, Sexual
Professor Kip Fulbeck, Department of Art

INT94GM: So You Want To Be A Leader?
Professor Naftaly Glasman, Education

INT94HH: The Social Meaning of Gender and Sexuality
Professor Jennifer Earl, Sociology

INT94HK: From Text to Film: Asian American Cultural Productions
Professor Shirley Lim, English

INT94IE: Yuri Kochiyama, Malcolm X and the Politics of Third World Solidarity
Professor Diane Fujino, Asian American Studies

INT94IH: Biological Clocks
Professor Barbara Prezelin, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology

INT94JD: The Music of the Primes
Professor Jeffrey Stopple, Mathematics

INT94JE: Oliver Cromwell, Tyrant or Reformer?
Professor J. Sears McGee, History

INT94JF: Chinese American History from Films
Professor Xiaojian Zhao, Asian American Studies

INT94JG: Death, Revenge and Madness in Icelandic Literature and Culture
Professor Viola Miglio, Spanish and Portuguese

INT94JH: Materials for Space Flight
Professors David Clarke and Frank Zok, Materials Department

INT94JK: Latin America in Film
Professor Ellen McCracken, Spanish and Portuguese

INT94JL: Drinking Water in the 21st Century
Professor Jordan Clark, Geological Sciences

INT94JM: Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design
Professor Stanley Awramik, Geological Sciences

INT94JN: Computer Science at the Crossroads: Achievements and Challenges
Professor Amr El Abbadi, Computer Science

INT94JO: A Guide to the Internet and World Wide Web
Professor Jianwen Su, Computer Science

INT94JP: Narratives of Queer/LGBT Desire
Professor Horacio Roque Ramirez, Chicana and Chicano Studies

INT94JR: Contemporary Spain: Identity Issues in Literature, Film, and Pop Music
Professor Silvia Bermudez, Spanish and Latin American and Iberian Studies

INT94JS: A Walk in the Woods: An Introduction to the Landscape and Plants of the Santa Ynez Mountains
Professor Christopher Still, Geography

INT94JT: Media Arts and Technology
Professor Matthew Turk, Computer Science

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