Topics in Modern Society
T03.0201.089
Credits: 4
Professor(s): T. Tomlinson
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The sophomore seminars in LSP constitute a very different experience from that of the freshman year courses. While the freshman year courses encourage students to comprehend the possibilities for broad interdisciplinary understandings, the sophomore seminars emphasize writing-intensive research on specific topics as well as seminar activities such as student presentations, student-moderated discussions, and peer feedback. In each semester of the sophomore year, students take one Topics seminar in Modern Culture, and one Topics seminar in Modern Society.
Topics in Modern Society: Recent Offerings
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