Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies
First-Year Seminars
The Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies first-year courses provide a rich introduction to your academic life at Emerson. Courses emphasize critical reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as topics, assignments, and instructional approaches geared toward the academic demands of your first year.
Incoming first-year students and transfer students (with fewer than 16 credits) are required to take one Institute course during their first year at Emerson. Each course fulfills the Interdisciplinary Study component of the General Education requirements. All courses are 4 credits.
The following first-year seminar courses will be offered by the Institute during the 2012/2013 academic year:
Fall 2012 Courses
| IN 107 | Forbidden Knowledge |
| IN 108-1 | Love and Eroticism in Western Civilization* |
| IN 123-1 | Shakespearean Exclusions: The Scapegoat in Tragedy and Comedy |
| IN 123-2 | Queer Identities in Science Fiction and Fantasy |
| IN 123-3 | The Literature of Photography |
| IN 123-4 | Africana Thought & Practice |
| IN 123-5 | Rethinking Race |
| IN 123-6 | Power & Privilege* |
| IN 125-2 | Behavioral Biology of the Sexes* |
| IN 126 | The Literature of Extreme Situations |
| IN 135 | Ways of Seeing |
| IN 146-1 | Making Monsters: Manifestations of Fear* |
| IN 150-2 | Creativity in Context* |
| IN 152-1 | Cultural Constructions of Identity* |
Spring 2013 Courses
| IN 107 | Forbidden Knowledge |
| IN 108-1 | Love and Eroticism in Western Civilization* |
| IN 116 | Ways of Knowing: Philosophy in Literature |
| IN 123-1 | Ethics & Communication |
| IN 123-2 | American Popular Culture |
| IN 123-3 | Rethinking Race* |
| IN 123-5 | Life and Death: The Science and Psychology of Survival* |
| IN 123-7 | Culture, the Arts, and Social Change* |
| IN 123-9 | Blood Rites: Explorations in Religion and Violence |
| IN 126-1 | Literature of Extreme Situations* |
| IN 130 | Exoticism in Literature and Art |
| IN 135 | Ways of Seeing |
| IN 136 | Behind the Headlines: The Culture of International News |
| IN 138 | Staging American Women: The Culture of Burlesque |
| IN 146-1 | Making Monsters: Manifestations of Fear* |
| IN 150 | Creativity in Context |
* Multiple sections of this course are offered

Institute Newsletters
Each semester the Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies produces a newsletter chronicling the news, events, and happenings of both the Institute and its faculty.


