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                      | 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 
 
 First-Year Seminar |  
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 |   Dr. Rebecca Carpenter, Director of the First-Year Seminar Program and Jill Krebs, Assistant Director of the First-Year Seminar Program The First -Year Seminar is a student’s introduction to McDaniel College and the liberal arts. Nearly all disciplines offer unique experiences and topics in their First-Year Seminars, and each course also provides excellent opportunities for growth in the fundamental skills students need to succeed: critical thinking, analytic reading, writing, and oral communication. McDaniel encourages students to use their First-Year Seminar as a time to explore the many and varied disciplines in the liberal arts. A student’s First-Year Seminar instructor also serves as that student’s initial academic advisor. Please note that students may not add, drop, withdraw from or repeat a First-Year Seminar course. CoursesPage: 1
| 2FYS 1108 - From Chaos to CompromiseFYS 1109 - Our Unseen Enemies: Emerging VirusesFYS 1113 - ActingFYS 1114 - Technology in EducationFYS 1115 - A World of Light and ColorFYS 1119 - Grp Proc in Interactive TheaFYS 1129 - Close Encounters: Merging WorldsFYS 1135 - Theatre AppreciationFYS 1136 - Putin’s Russia: Past and PresentFYS 1137 - Chemistry in ContextFYS 1139 - Half the Human ExperienceFYS 1140 - Beyond the Eiffel TowerFYS 1142 - Gestural Foundations of ASLFYS 1147 - Scientific RevolutionsFYS 1148 - Music and Words As a QuestFYS 1149 - Gender, Literature, CultureFYS 1150 - America’s Game BaseballFYS 1151 - Drugs and the MindFYS 1155 - The Ghost Fiction TraditionFYS 1157 - Psychology and the LawFYS 1159 - Horror in Fiction and FilmFYS 1160 - Journalism in the 21st CenturyFYS 1162 - Reality TelevisionFYS 1165 - BiodiversityFYS 1166 - Yo/Latinx: Telling Stories of Being and Becoming AmericanFYS 1170 - Intro to Liberal Arts Through ResearchFYS 1173 - Malaria: Human ScrougeFYS 1176 - Alexander on the RoadFYS 1177 - Information in the 21st CenturyFYS 1179 - Fried Melon Seedds, Chery Cars, and Tiechua in Contemporary ChinaFYS 1180 - Understanding ChinaFYS 1181 - From Grimm to DisneyFYS 1184 - The Sustainability RevolutionFYS 1186 - Religion and the EarthFYS 1190 - The Power of PlayFYS 1193 - College Life in CinemaFYS 1196 - Mark to Message: Drawing NowFYS 1197 - Why Was Socrates TriedFYS 1198 - The Greatest Novel EverFYS 1199 - FreakonomicsFYS 1200 - What Race Are We Now?FYS 1201 - The Politics of DystopiasFYS 1202 - What the Bible Really SaysFYS 1203 - Goblins, Hobbits & MagiciansFYS 1204 - Tooning InFYS 1205 - Love Gone Wrong in LiteratureFYS 1206 - Rebels in Early AmericaFYS 1207 - Shakespeare at the MoviesFYS 1208 - Leadership and Personal GrowthFYS 1209 - Childhood Around the WorldFYS 1210 - Exploring Disabilities/MediaFYS 1212 - Medieval Supernatural WorldsFYS 1213 - European Visions of AmericaFYS 1214 - Homeric Myths and HeroesFYS 1215 - Ideas That Made AmericaFYS 1216 - The OceanFYS 1217 - Aging Amer: Challenge & OpportunityFYS 1218 - Food ChemistryFYS 1219 - The Nature of ScienceFYS 1220 - World Music SurveyFYS 1221 - Doctor Who and MetacognitionFYS 1222 - Heroic Leaders & Evil TyrantsFYS 1223 - Introduction to Game TheoryFYS 1224 - Androids, Martians, AstronautsFYS 1225 - Scientific Thinking StrategiesFYS 1226 - The Psychology of Star WarsFYS 1227 - Game TheoryFYS 1228 - Born to Run?FYS 1229 - Race-Based New ReligionsFYS 1230 - Tinkering with DiscoveryFYS 1231 - The Examined LifeFYS 1232 - Shakespeare’s Game of ThronesFYS 1233 - Water, Food & Environment in ChinaFYS 1234 - City DwellersFYS 1235 - Decoding DisneyFYS 1236 - Art on the EdgeFYS 1237 - Justice, Fairness, and the LawFYS 1239 - Animals, Ethics & PolicyFYS 1240 - Fears and FangsFYS 1241 - Reading the RecipeFYS 1242 - Materials Mimicking NatureFYS 1243 - Observing the EnvironmentFYS 1244 - Introduction to InnovationFYS 1245 - Unseen Math in Puzzles and GamesFYS 1246 - Learn to Think Like a ComputerFYS 1248 - Economic Issues and PolicyFYS 1249 - Intro to InnovationFYS 1250 - Stephen King: The Books & MoviesFYS 1252 - Wondering Like EinsteinFYS 1253 - The Women of Harry PotterFYS 1254 - Fairy Tale FilmsFYS 1255 - Comics & Graphic NovelsFYS 1256 - Music in Multicultural AmericaFYS 1257 - Take it to the Streets!FYS 1258 - Are You Ready for Some Football?FYS 1259 - From the colonies to the banlieues: the odyssey of Africans to FranceFYS 1261 - When the World is a Stage: The Psychology of PerformanceFYS 1262 - I am GrootFYS 1263 - Philosophy and Pop CultureFYS 1264 - Sex, Drugs, and U.S. ReligionFYS 1265 - Soccer, Fandom, and Global Contexts
 
 
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