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Fall 2024 Courses and Lottery

Fall 2024 Gen Ed Lottery Overview
 

Fall 2024 registration is now closed.

  • Add/drop will open on August 19. You will be able to enroll in uncapped courses from that date.
  • If you have an approved petition for a capped course, you will be able to enroll in that course when add/drop opens. Please be sure to select a section with open seats when you do so.
  • Please note that all capped courses have seats reserved for incoming first-year students. The deadline for first-year students to submit petitions to the incoming student lottery is 11:59pm August 20. Students who are successful in the lottery will be notified after the lottery run on August 21 and will have until August 26 to claim their seats.
  • Any seats unclaimed by August 26 will have their seats reserves lifted and will open up to the general student population. 

Capped Courses (Lottery)
 

Note: all capped courses have seats reserved for incoming students.

Course number Course title Faculty Category Cap # Offering Time
GENED 1034 Texts in Transition Blair, Ann
Whittington, Leah 		A&C & HSI 51 MW 3:00-4:15
GENED 1044 Deep History Liebmann, Matthew
Smail, Dan 		HSI 60 TTh 12:00-1:15
GENED 1053 The Global Heart Disease Epidemic Lee, Richard STS 75 MW 9:00-10:15
GENED 1069 Faith and Authenticity: Religion, Existentialism and the Human Condition Lamberth, Courtney
Lamberth, David 		A&C 75 TTh 1:30-2:45
GENED 1073 Guns in the U.S.: A Love Story Light, Caroline HSI 60 TTh 9:00-10:15
GENED 1080 How Music Works: Engineering the Acoustical World Wood, Robert  STS 90 MW 11:15-12:30
GENED 1089 The Border: Race, Politics, and Health and the U.S.-Mexico border Soto Laveaga, Gabriela HSI 150 TTh 10:30-11:45
GENED 1092 American Society and Public Policy Skocpol, Theda
Waters, Mary 		HSI 75 MW 10:30-11:45
GENED 1098 Natural Disasters Meade, Brendan STS 60 TTh 9:00-10:15
GENED 1103 Living in an Urban Planet Carvalho, Bruno HSI 165 TTh 10:30-11:45
GENED 1105 Can We Know Our Past? Ur, Jason
Cusicanqui Marsano, Solsire  		HSI & STS 105 MW 10:30-11:45
GENED 1145 Global Japanese Cinema Zahlten, Alexander A&C 60 M 9:00-11:45
GENED 1191 Making Things [Breaking Things] Burin, Katarina A&C 52 W 12:00-2:45
GENED 1196 The Artfulness of Everyday Life Craycraft, Sarah A&C 75 MW 1:30-2:45
GENED 1200 Justice: Ethical Reasoning in Polarized Times Sandel, Michael E&C 960 T 9:45-11:45

 

Uncapped Courses

Course number Course title Faculty Category Offering Time
GENED 1011 Contemporary Developing Countries: Enterprenurial Solutions to Intractable Problems Balsari, Satchit
Khanna, Tarun 		HSI MW 3:00-4:15
GENED 1018 How to Build a Habitable Planet Langmuir, Charles STS TTh 12:00-1:15
GENED 1025 Happiness Rinard, Susanna E&C TTh 1:30-2:45
GENED 1031 Finding Our Way Huth, John STS MW 10:30-11:45
GENED 1056 Human Nature Henrich, Joseph STS MW 10:30-11:45
GENED 1071 African Spirituality and the Challenges of Modern Times Olupona, Jacob HSI TTh 12:00-1:15
GENED 1074 The Ancient Greek Hero Nagy, Gregory  A&C MW 12:00-1:15
GENED 1091 Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory Puett, Michael E&C MW 12:00-1:15
GENED 1094 Confronting Climate Change Schrag, Daniel  STS MW 12:00-1:15
GENED 1102 Making Change When Change is Hard Sunstein, Cass E&C W 12:45-2:45
GENED 1104 Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science Sorensen, Pia
Weitz, David 		STS TTh 12:00-1:15
GENED 1111 Popular Culture and Modern China Wang, David A&C MW 10:30-11:45
GENED 1122 The Social Responsibilities of Universities Reuben, Julie E&C W 9:45-11:45
GENED 1123 Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East Zeghal, Malika HSI M 3:45-5:45
GENED 1136 Power and Civilization: China Bol, Peter
Kirby, William  		HSI MW 10:30-11:45
GENED 1148 Moctezuma's Mexico, Then and Now Carrasco, David
Fash, William  		HSI MW 12:00-1:15
GENED 1167 Climate Crossroads Anderson, James STS TTh 1:30-2:45
GENED 1174 Life and Death in the Anthropocene Oreskes, Naomi E&C MW 1:30-2:45
GENED 1179 Psychotherapy and the Modern Self Lunbeck, Elizabeth STS TTh 10:30-11:45
GENED 1185 The Power and Beauty of Being In-Between Christina Maranci A&C TTh 12:00-1:15

 

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