Archive of Class Notes for GAS Works

Day 1: Kick Off; or, The End of University as We Know It

Day 2: "The Territory of Excellence is Very Small"

Kicking Off GAS Works: Day 1

I. Begin w/ music ("Sister Suffragette," from Mary Poppins...!)

II. Then form a wagon wheel (to "roll" after every third question):
1) if you were an imaginary (literary, filmic, gaming) character, who would you be? (humanities)

2) if you were a life form other than human, what might it be? (science)

3) if you were a (non-organic) structure, what might that be? (social science)
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4) what is your name and preferred pronoun?
(tell each other all the pronouns you’ve ever heard of )

Archive of Class Notes for Food for Thought: The Omnivore's Dilemma ('09)

Archive of Class Notes for Food for Thought: The Omnivore's Dilemma ('09)

Day One: Introduction to the course--from food to philosophy

Notes for Day 1 of Food for Thought '09
I. Welcome!--to potluck that is BMC and E-Sem
for next 14 weeks we're going to be having a conversation here;
we are (I hope!) a various group, with varied experiences;
we come from different places and we know different things;
we also like different things, for different reasons...
so let's start by getting a taste of that...

II. Start to get to know one another:
Go round, say your name and
tell us a story about one of your favorite foods
(something familiar, something surprising?

Biology in Society Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2009

A discussion of the nature of biology, and science in general, and of their reciprocal relationship to broader social and cultural activities. Students will participate in on-line forum discussion of papers on this general subject, as well as lead discussions and write web papers on topics of particular interest to themselves.  Others are welcome to join in the conversation by way of background readings and on-line forums.  

Learning objectives: