FYEC 111 - 112 – Wine, Science and Society (CHEM) & (FLET) – This is a two-semester course that proposes to study wine from two disciplinary perspectives, one literary, the other, scientific. One of the goals of this course is to help you understand that most objects of study are so complex that they must be considered from a multiplicity of angles if we are to gain a reasonably comprehensive understanding of them. In the science half of the course, students will study scientific production and chemical analysis of wine, including pH determination, acidity, alcohol content, sulfur content, and other types of chemical analyses. In the literature half of the course, students will explore the meanings that have been attributed to wine in various literary works, both secular and sacred. Through the close reading of novels, plays, poetry, scriptures, film, and a spiritual biography, students will learn that, over the centuries, wine has served as a powerful cultural symbol of human concerns, ideals, anxieties, etc. Professor Aouicha Hilliard, Department of Romance Languages, and Professor April Marchetti, Department of Chemistry. 4 hours each semester. [Area of Knowledge requirements met: one laboratory science course in the natural sciences under the Natural and Mathematical Sciences area and one literature course under the Art and Literature area. FYEC 111 may be used as a substitute for CHEM 121, a course required for Chemistry and Biology majors. Open to all students, but one year of high school chemistry is recommended.]