Seminars Offered
Below is a list of the Freshman Seminar courses that have been approved for Fall 2012.
For more information about the seminars below, click on the seminar title.
You can also view courses offered in previous semesters.
"And They Lived Happily Ever After ..."
Taught by Stefanie Ohnesorg
Alcohol, Drugs, and the College Student
Taught by Jennifer Morrow
American Public Policy as Portrayed on Television
Taught by David Houston
American Sign Language and Deaf Studies
Taught by Jeffrey Davis
The Architecture Around Us
Taught by David Fox
Big Idols, Big Falls
Taught by Steven Waller
Biology of the Hunger Games
Taught by Darrin Hulsey
Bringing Nature to Market: Commodities, Nature and People in Indonesia
Taught by Paul Gellert
Broadcasting Around The World
Taught by Norman Swan
A Bug's Life
Taught by Jerome Grant
The Business of Fun: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Tourism Industry in Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Gatlinburg
Taught by Steve Morse
Calvin and Hobbes as Engineers
Taught by Joseph Wilck
Can a Robot Have a Mind?
Taught by Bruce MacLennan
Capturing Your Transition to College: Photography Basics and PechaKucha Presentation
Taught by Anne SMITH
Chocolate - a Healthy Food
Taught by John Mount
Cities and the Cinema
Taught by Ron Kalafsky
Colleen's Book Club
Taught by Colleen Gilrane
College Life in the Movies
Taught by Susan Groenke
Covering Wars
Taught by Peter Gross
CSI Knoxville 1863
Taught by Robert Freeland
Developing Healthy Romantic Relationships
Taught by Spencer Olmstead
Dirty Jobs
Taught by Qiang He
The Economics of Life: From Baseball to Affirmative Action to Immigration, How Real-World Issues Affect Our Everyday Life
Taught by Ramon DeGennaro
Energy Choices and Energy Consequences
Taught by Harold Dodds
Ethical Issues in Animal Research
Taught by Todd Freeberg
Extreme Makeover: Dorm Room
Taught by Chris Pickart
Fat or lean, understanding obesity!
Taught by Guoxun Chen
The Freshman Games
Taught by Cary Staples
Fun in the Sun: Outdoor Career Opportunities
Taught by Sharon Jean-Philippe
The Golden Age of Non-Idiomatic (Free) Improvisation: Music like you’ve never heard it before
Taught by David Keffer
Greek Mythology in Pop Culture
Taught by Amy Broemmel
Harry Potter /Hunger Games and Culture
Taught by Patricia Freeland
HELP ME PASS CHEMISTRY
Taught by Mehmet Aydeniz
Hey partner, let's talk! Effective communication for couples
Taught by Shawn Spurgeon
A Hike in the Himalayas
Taught by Shashikant Mulay
How to Argue (without yelling or punching)
Taught by Mark Harmon
How To Mix Your Rock Band
Taught by Joe Payne
Inside Tennessee Athletics
Taught by Robin Hardin
Journalism in the Movies
Taught by Michael Martinez
Manga and Graphic Novels: What can you learn from them?
Taught by Lisa Yamagata-Lynch
Maniacs and Psycho Killers: Myths and Realities of Mental Illness in Pop Culture
Taught by Matthew Theriot
MASQUERADE PARTY; or, is that YOU or are you just MAD to see me?
Taught by Marianne Custer
Mathematics and Finances
Taught by Luis Finotti
Meditation for academic success
Taught by Kenton Yeager
Mushroom Mania
Taught by Kurt Lamour
The Natural History of ART
Taught by Neil Greenberg
Performance Enhancing Drugs
Taught by Matthew Cooper
Postcards from Mars
Taught by Hap McSween
Pranks
Taught by Beauvais Lyons
Promoting Walking & Cycling
Taught by Eugene Fitzhugh
The Question of God
Taught by Robert Mee
Restoring Nature: Sustainability in the Real World
Taught by michael mckinney
Sailing: Learn to Sail
Taught by John Tyner
The Science of Sport
Taught by Dixie Thompson
See how you run: Running anatomy, technique, and injury
Taught by Clare Milner
Southeastern Conference Footoball
Taught by Mark Windham
Spirited Away: The Anime of Hiyao Miyazaki
Taught by Cheryl Kojima
Success in Sports
Taught by Jeffrey Fairbrother
That's So Gay: LGBT Images in Pop Culture
Taught by Donna Braquet
The Theory and Practice of Basketball Shooting
Taught by Mark Fly
The Trouble With Sleep in Young Adults
Taught by Theresa Lee
Truth, Justice, and Superheroes
Taught by Stergios Botzakis
UG Research: Thinking Like da Vinci
Taught by Gregory Reed
Volunteer Sports Legends
Taught by Jim Bemiller
A Walk in the Woods: An Introduction to Hiking
Taught by Lori Roessner
Watching TV
Taught by Bob Legg
Woody Guthrie at 100
Taught by Chris Durman
Write! Edit! Score!
Taught by Bethany Dumas
“Are Neuroscientists Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Taught by Mark Hector
Contact
Freshman Seminar Program
Phone: (865) 974-3523
Email: froshsem@utk.edu
Register
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