Seminars?

<p>I'm an incoming member of the Class of 2012. I'm trying to figure out which seminar I will take next year. I have a few questions though: Do you get credit for seminars? Are they usually very difficult? What are the easiest/best taught and which ones are known to be really horrible?</p>

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<p>That's the list (I think) for next year's seminars too.</p>

<p>I'm thinking about maybe the Darwin and Genomics, American Classic Novels, or the American Constitution. I looked at the teacher ratings on ratemyprofessors.com and it seems the American Constitution teacher is the best rated. Thanks for the help!</p>

<p>-Megan</p>

<p>Those are actually the list of this springs. Go to <a href="http://www.siss.duke.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.siss.duke.edu&lt;/a> to check this fall's list of seminars. (Note: If you click the little spyglass at the top you can search courses...limit your search to class numbers say, below 100 and check the box for "Return Only Seminars") </p>

<p>I took the American Constitution seminar 2 years ago, and it was a good choice. Sometimes classes were a bit boring, but the workload was pretty light. Paragraph responses on the readings, one 12 page paper, and one final. As long as you participate in class you do fine. SO if you want to wait until Spring, I'm guessing they'll offer many of those courses again.</p>

<p>For the fall, Pamela Kachurin is teaching an Art History seminar on artist icons basically (Warhol, Pollock, etc etc) and not only is she a GREAT professor, but the class covers some really neat artists. It would definitely give students a really good overview of the have-to-knows of modern art. That would be my suggestion, if you're at all interested.</p>

<p>Okay, I have a list of all the 2008 Seminars.</p>

<p>Schedule</a> of Courses</p>

<p>Any suggestions?</p>

<p>And do these count towards your major for credit at all? Or is it all just kind of a requirement that we must fulfill?</p>

<p>I'd suggest just finding one you're interested in. Take rate my professors with a grain of salt as well in making your decision (ie unless there are 10 glaringly bad reviews then don't be turned off from taking a course with an interesting topic). They don't count towards major requirements (most majors require lower-level intro courses and then predominantly 100-level classes), so just take one with whichever topic sounds appealing.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that if you don't have first window, many of the 49S seminars MAY fill quickly (although my year it was the writing 20s that went faster). Have a bunch of choices in your mind.</p>