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First Seminar Program, 2008-2009The First Seminar enables first-year students to be engaged in an intellectually exciting and challenging experience in a small, seminar-style class. Topics are selected by instructors and announced in advance so students can choose according to their interests. AnnouncementsVideo Transcript for Choosing Your Preferences for First Seminar (FSP) Coordinator of the First Seminar ProgramGlenn Steinberg Seminar on Mexico and Field Experience This seminar continues to develop student proficiency in Spanish (from Spanish 102 taken in Fall 08) while at the same time examining the country of Mexico from numerous perspectives including geography, history, biology, economics, business, language, culture and Mexican-US relations. First Seminars Listed By Interdisciplinary Concentration, F 2008To see a page with first seminar courses linked to particular Interdisciplinary Concentrations, click on one of the links below. On the same page you will find a link for an Interdisciplinary Concentration Preference Form that will allow you to sign up for the concentration of your choice. For general information about interdisciplinary concentrations, go to: http://www.tcnj.edu/~liberal/concentrations/index.html for details. First Seminars Listed By Course Number and Title, Fall 2008
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| FSP 11101-02 | Mortality, Mind, and the Meaning of Life |
| FSP 11103-H4 | Menace to Society: The Condemnation of Philosophical Ideas in the Bertrand Russell Case |
| FSP 11105 | Can Morally Wrong Be Politically Right? |
| FSP 11106 | Conflicts in Morality: Technology and Ethics |
| FSP 11107-08 | Making Sense of Life, For Life |
| FSP 11109 | The Nature of Human Nature |
| FSP 11110 | The Social Documentary |
| FSP 111H2 | Mind, Morality and Free Will |
| FSP 111H3 | (Some) Great Books I |
| FSP 11401-02 | Humanity’s Quest for Meaning and Justice |
| FSP 11403-04 | Buddhism and Hinduism |
| FSP 11405 | Social Justice, History and Practice |
Behavioral, Social, and Cultural Perspectives
Students should understand the social context within which they live, and understand how the social dynamics of human behavior and the structures of social institutions influence beliefs and actions.
Social Change in Historical Perspective
Students should understand how social contexts change over time and how human events have been, and continue to be, shaped by social and historical forces.
| FSP 13101 | Evolution of the Evolution Controversy |
| FSP 131H1 | The Beatles and Their World |
| FSP 13201 | Multicultural New York: The City from its Beginnings to the Present |
| FSP 13401-02 | Encountering China |
| FSP 13404 | Women and the Family in Modern China |
| FSP 134H1 | What Happened to Yugoslavia? |
| FSP 13405-06 | Music and the Holocaust: Culture, Identity, and Ideology |
Natural Science
Students should understand the process of scientific investigation and the major features of scientific reasoning as they develop a selected, substantive knowledge of basic natural science content.
| FSP 14101 | Genetics: Blame It on Your Parents |
| FSP 14103 | How Things Work |
| FSP 14104 | What is Evolution? |
| FSP 14105 | Human Survival and the Challenge of Science in the Twenty-First Century |
| FSP 14106 | Color |
| FSP 14401 | The Geology and Tectonics of Africa |
Quantitative Reasoning
Students should understand quantitative reasoning so they can respond effectively to claims deriving from quantitative arguments.
