Course Descriptions
The listing below displays the First-Year Colloquia that are proposed to be offered in Academic Year 2006-07. The two academic disciplines combined in each colloquium are given below the course title. Click on any of the course numbers to see a description of the course. Please note that this list is subject to change.
FYEC 111-112
Wine, Science and Society
Disciplines: Chemistry and Literature
FYEC 113-114
Identity: Me, Myself, and I; We, You, and Them
Disciplines: Psychology and Drama
FYEC 125-126
Far From Home: Immigrant Children and Families in the U.S.
Disciplines: Literature and Psychology
FYEC 127-128
Culture & Capitalism: Understanding Change in the Modern World
Disciplines: Literature and Economics
FYEC 129-130
Melting Pot to Mosaic: Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
Disciplines: Literature and Sociology
FYEC 131-132
Totally Mental: Where the Known Intersects the Unknown
Disciplines: Psychology and Philosophy
FYEC 133-134
Being American: Culture and Politics of American Nationalism
Disciplines: Art History and Political Science
FYEC 135-136
The Drug Trade
Disciplines: Chemistry and Sociology
FYEC 137-138
What is Life?
Disciplines: Biology and Computer Science
FYEC 139-140
Missing: Loss, Separation, and Remembrance
Disciplines: Literature and Sociology
FYEC 141-142
Repairing Nature
Disciplines: Environmental Studies and Sociology
FYEC 143-144
Africa! One Continent-Many Visions, Many Voices
Disciplines: Literature and History
FYEC 145-146
Crossing Frontiers: Culture and International Economic Issues in Latin America
Disciplines: Literature and Economics