Freshman Seminars
The following courses, open only to first-year (and in some cases also second-year) students, provide small, interactive, credit-bearing contexts in which to discuss the theme.
See also the Courses page for relevant courses other than Freshman Seminars.
Spring 2012
Slavic Languages and Literatures 39M, Section 1
Linguistic Diversity: The Languages of the Former Soviet Union (3 units, LG)
Professor Darya Kavitskaya
Fall 2011
African American Studies 24, Section 1
Language and Politics in Southern Africa (1 unit, P/NP)
Professor Sam Mchombo
Comparative Literature 24, Section 2
Polyglots, Vagabonds, and Interpreters in the European Renaissance (1 unit, P/NP)
Professor Timothy Hampton
English 24, Section 4
David Copperfield (1 unit, P/NP)
Professor Robert Tracy
Linguistics 24, Section 1
Language Myths (1 unit, P/NP)
Professor Larry Hyman
Linguistics 24, Section 2
Your Languages at Cal (1 unit, P/NP)
Professor Susanne Gahl
Linguistics 24, Section 3
Language Games (1 unit, P/NP)
Professor Sharon Inkelas
Religious Studies 24, Section 2
The Judaism of St. Mark (1 unit, P/NP)
Professor Daniel Boyarin
South and Southeast Asian Studies 24, Section 1
First Person Plural: Voices Across Cultures (1 unit, LG)
Professor Penny Edwards
Spanish 24, Section 2
Talking Funny: Language Variation in Spanish and English Literary Texts (1 unit, LG)
Professor Milton Azevedo
