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Skidmore College
First-Year Experience

Scribner Seminar Program
Fall 2014

Below is a listing of the Scribner Seminars offered in Fall 2014. Descriptions of the seminars are linked to the titles, and the number to the left is the section number of the course; during registration, these numbers distinguish each seminar within the SSP class listing.

Note: If you plan to major in Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, or Theater, or are on the Pre-Med track, please review the list of seminars for course conflicts. If you plan to play a varsity sport, please review the list of Seminars for course conflicts.   Please click here for the sports conflict sheet.

 

(001) Across the Bridge: Turkey
Feryaz Ocakli
W/F 12:20p-1:40p
M 12:20p-1:15p

(002) American Memories
Dan Nathan
M/W 2:30p-3:50p
Tu 6:30p-7:30p

(003) American Political Theater
Carolyn Anderson
Tu/Th 2:10p-3:30p
Th 6:30p-7:30p

(004) Asimov, Science and Fiction
Javier Perez-Moreno
W/F 10:10a-11:30a
M 11:15a-12:10p

(005) Creative Minds
Denise Evert
W/F 10:10a-11:30a
M 11:15a-12:10p

(006) Dangerous Earth
Amy Frappier
Tu/Th 2:10p-3:30p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(007) Democracy Inaction
Michael Arnush
M/W 2:30p-4:20p

(008) Eyes Wide Open
Janet Sorensen
W/F 12:20p-2:10p

(009) Family Connections
Susan Walzer
M/W 2:30p-3:50p
M 6:30p-7:30p

(010) Statesmen & Tyrants
Flagg Taylor
W/F 12:20p-1:40p
M 6:30p-7:30p

(011) Italian Cinema
Giuseppe Faustini
Tu/Th 5:10p-6:30p
W 4:00p-6:00p

(012) Heretics & Visionaries
Eric Morser
M/W/F 10:10a-11:05a
W 6:30p-7:30p

(013) Human - Nature
Josh Ness
W/F 10:10a-11:30a
W 8:30a-9:30a

(014) Human Dilemmas
April Bernard
M/W 2:30p-3:50p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(015) Human Dilemmas
Janet Casey
M/W 2:30p-3:50p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(016) Human Dilemmas
Mary DiSanto-Rose
M/W 2:30p-3:50p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(017) Human Dilemmas
Sarah Goodwin
Tu/Th 2:10p-3:30p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(018) Human Dilemmas
Sue Layden
Tu/Th 12:40p-2:00p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(019) Human Dilemmas
Peter McCarthy
Tu/Th 2:10p-3:30p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(020) Human Dilemmas
Sheldon Solomon
Tu/Th 11:10a-12:30p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(021) Human Dilemmas
Mark Youndt
W/F 12:20p-1:40p
M 1:25p-2:20p

(022) Humor & Laughter, Seriously
Silvia Carli
Tu/Th 11:10a-12:30p
M 11:15a-12:10p

(023) Interpreting Ceramics
Matthew Wilt
Tu/Th 9:10a-11:00a

 

 

London Program

Looking at London: Contemporary Art in the British Capital
Katherine Hauser

Where Are We?
Mark Hofmann

(024) Ireland: Myth & Reality
Jim Kennelly
Tu/Th 11:10a-12:30p
Th 6:30p-7:30p

(025) Japanese Animation
Masako Inamoto
W/F 4:00p-5:20p
M 6:30p-7:30p

(026) Law, Religion & Society
Chris Kopec
Tu/Th 9:10a-11:00a

(027) Location and GIS
Bob Jones
M/W 2:30p-4:20p

(028) Making Things Right
Larry Jorgensen
Tu/Th 12:40p-2:00p
Tu 6:30p-7:30p

(029) Modern Family, Human Bonds
Robin Nelson
Tu/Th 11:10a-12:30p
M 11:15a-12:10p

(030) Music, Race & Class
Lei Bryant
Tu/Th 9:10a-11:00a

(031) Afterlives
Regina Janes
W/F 8:40a-10:00a
Th 6:30p-7:30p

(032) Life in the North Woods
Jennifer Bonner
W/F 12:20p-1:40p
M 12:20p-1:15p

(033) No Place Like Home
Hope Casto
Tu/Th 12:40p-2:00p
W 6:30p-7:30p

(034) Sailing with Capt. Cook
Tillman Nechtman
W/F 12:20p-1:40p
M 12:20p-1:15p

(035) Seduction of the Strange
John Anzalone
M/W 2:30p-4:20p

(036) Sexualities/Textualites
Mason Stokes
Tu/Th 9:40a-11:00a
W 6:30p-7:30p

(037) Space of Modern Thought
Grace Burton
W/F 10:10a-11:30a
M 11:15a-12:10p

 (038) Sport, Self & Society
Phil Boshoff
Tu/Th 12:40p-2:00p
M 12:20p-1:15p

(039) Sport, Self & Society
Jeff Segrave
Tu/Th 12:40p-2:00p
M 12:20p-1:15p

(040) The Good Life
Mark Rye
Tu/Th 9:40a-11:00a
M 6:30p-7:30p

(041) The Grand Tour
Shirley Smith
Tu/Th 11:10a-12:30p
M 11:15a-12:10p

(042) Travel Writing
Adrienne Zuerner
W/F 10:10a-11:30a
M 11:15a-12:10p

(043) Under the Influence
Nurcan Atalan-Helicke
Tu/Th 11:10a-12:30p
M 12:20p-1:15p

(044) Under the Influence
Reba Howard
W/F 12:20p-1:40p
M 12:20p-1:15p

(045) World in A Town
Aiwu Zhao
W/F 10:10a-11:30a
Tu 8:30a-9:30a

(046) Human Dilemmas
Janet Casey
W/F 8:40a-10:00a
M 1:25p-2:20p