Sophomore College 2008 Final List of Faculty and Courses
September 1-19, 2008
* Dates and locations may vary slightly for off-campus seminars.
Natural History, Marine Biology, and Research*
Stuart Thompson, Department of Biology
Energy Technologies for a Sustainable Future
Stacey Bent and Bruce Clemens; Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Ghost Stories: Why the Dead Return and What They Want from Us
Russell Berman, Department of Comparative Literature
The Intellectual Excitement of Computer Science
Eric Roberts, Department of Computer Science
Learning Theater: From Audience to Critic at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival*
Alice Rayner and Linda Paulson; Department of Drama
Playwriting Lab: The Art of Dramatic Writing
Amy Freed; Department of Drama
Economic Policies of the Presidential Candidates
John Shoven, Department of Economics
Mathematics of the Information Age
Brad Osgood, Department of Electrical Engineering
The Meaning of Life: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry through Literature
Scotty McLennan, Program in Ethics in Society
Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains*
C. Page Chamberlain, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
How Is a Buddhist?
Mark Mancall, Department of History
Land and Water Policies in the West
David M. Kennedy, Roger Noll, David Brady, and Tammy Frisby; Departments of History, Economics, and Political Science
Darwin, Evolution, and Galápagos
William Durham, Program in Human Biology
Diamonds from Peanut Butter: Material Technologies and Human History
John Bravman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Hands-on Jet Engines
John Eaton, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Stanford Safari: Field Observations in Our Own Backyard
Robert Siegel, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Musical Collisions and Radical Creativity
Mark Applebaum, Department of Music
American Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Coit Blacker, Department of Political Science and Institute for International Studies
America in Vietnam
Judith Goldstein and Jack Rakove; Departments of Political Science and History
Food and Politics
Robert Reich, Department of Political Science