First Seminar Listed by Keyword

American Culture
FSP 10107	Our Town and Other Works by Thornton Wilder
FSP 10108	The Worlds of Moby-Dick
FSP 10109	The Matrix and Philosophy
FSP 10201	Race, History, and the Fictive Imagination
FSP 10202	Harlem Renaissance: Black Paris
FSP 10203	The Evolution of African American Gospel Music
FSP 10302	Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in American Literature and Film
FSP 10402	Global Ecocinema and Ethics of Environmentalism
FSP 12102	Popular Culture, Power, and Identity
FSP 12103	Exploring Amish Culture
FSP 12108	Voting with Our Fingers and Electing a President
FSP 12112	Simplicity, Society, and Sustainability
FSP 12114	Schools and the American Dream
FSP 12301	American Masculinities
FSP 12503	Leadership for Social Justice (Reserved for Bonner Community Scholars)
FSP 131H1	The Beatles and Their World
FSP 13201	Multicultural New York: The City from its Beginnings to the Present

Business
FSP 12106-07	How Much Work?
FSP 12116	Advertising & Society: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
FSP 15102	Super Crunching: Google Data Mining and Beyond

Education
FSP 12104	Human Ability: Unplugged
FSP 12105	Deconstructing Autism: A View from the Inside
FSP 12114	Schools and the American Dream

Ethics
FSP 11101-02	Mortality, Mind, and the Meaning of Life
FSP 11105	Can Morally Wrong Be Politically Right?
FSP 11107-08	Making Sense of Life, For Life
FSP 11110	The Social Documentary
FSP 111H2	Mind, Morality, and Free Will
FSP 11405	Social Justice, History and Practice

Evolution
FSP 13101	Evolution of the Evolution Controversy
FSP 14104	What is Evolution?

Film
FSP 10104	Law, Film and Literature
FSP 10106	The Movie That Changed Your Life
FSP 10109	The Matrix and Philosophy
FSP 10302	Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in American Literature and Film
FSP 10401	Irish Cinema
FSP 10402	Global Ecocinema and Ethics of Environmentalism
FSP 11110	The Social Documentary

Great Books
FSP 10102	What Makes Great Literature Great?
FSP 10108	The Worlds of Moby-Dick
FSP 101H1	Paradise Lost and Found
FSP 111H3	(Some) Great Books I

Music
FSP 10101	This is Your Life on Music
FSP 10110	A Literature of Flesh and Blood: Concert Dance of the 20th Century in America
FSP 10203	The Evolution of African American Gospel Music
FSP 131H1	The Beatles and Their World
FSP 13406-07	Music and the Holocaust: Culture, Identity, and Ideology

FSP 12108	Voting with Our Fingers and Electing a President
FSP 15101	The Mathematics of Voting, Apportionment, and Fair Division

Social Justice
FSP 11401-02	Humanity’s Quest for Meaning and Justice
FSP 11405	Social Justice, History and Practice
FSP 12503	Leadership for Social Justice (Reserved for Bonner Community Scholars)

Technology
FSP 12101	Living in a Virtual World
FSP 12109	Friends Forever: Examining Online Socializing
FSP 12402	The Impact of Globalization
FSP 15102	Super Crunching: Google Data Mining and Beyond
FSP 15103	Learning to Program: What Makes it Difficult?
FSP 15104	Social Computing and Collective Intelligence

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Some First Seminar courses are linked to particular Interdisciplinary Concentrations. If you would like to be enrolled in one that counts toward a concentration click on the link above and complete the preference form.

Download First Seminar Selection Worksheet pdf

Students will enroll in First Seminar Sections during the Orientation sessions, June 26-30. All students should complete this worksheet and select 3 seminars according to their interests, bearing in mind that there is no guarantee that any particular section will be open and available. However, every effort will be made to ensure that the selection process is fair and equitable.