<p>For incoming WCAS freshmen, we have to choose our fall seminars between May 15 and June 1.</p>
<p>Here's a link to the seminar list:</p>
<p>Anyone excited? :D</p>
<p>Does anyone know if any of these are taught by famous professors/professors you can't leave NU without having taken a class from? I want to take religion and politics or the press and presidential politics, but i think it would be lame of me to take a seminar in my major. maybe i'll go buddhist psychology</p>
<p>They all look good to me. Ahhh, freshmen year....</p>
<p>I am going for the one in Economics taught by Witte. When I met him he was extremely funny and entertaining; I've also heard he is a great teacher.</p>
<p>hmmm Gender Studies is looking good. =) ohhhhh, so is Philosophy and Psychology and Writing... wow. @_@</p>
<p>Haha yeah, they all look interesting.</p>
<p>Do any current NU students have any recommendations on the most fun/enjoyable/best seminars or professors to take?</p>
<p>mw05, is it not recommended that we take classes in our major or something?</p>
<p>Look your profs up on CTEC ( <a href="http://www.registrar.northwestern.edu/ctec/%5B/url%5D">http://www.registrar.northwestern.edu/ctec/</a> )</p>
<p>CTEC comments are often more valuable than the numerical ratings.</p>
<p>From the Daily:</p>
<p>Editorial: CTEC reforms will aid learning</p>
<p>May 27, 2004</p>
<p>Two of the greatest philosophers of the past century, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, once remarked that the love you take is equal to the love you make. The CTEC system, which has been a priceless source of information for students during registration, finally is receiving the love it deserves.</p>
<p>A mandatory online CTEC system will debut in the fall -- not in 2005 as Wednesday's Daily stated. Students who do not fill out CTEC surveys will be prohibited from reading evaluations the next quarter. A new online system not only will make the process more efficient and remove elements of professorial meddling but ensure that students who mooch off CTECs do their fair share in providing future students with an accurate account of their experiences.</p>
<p>The new system needs teeth to reverse the trend of low responses for online evaluations. Paper CTECs yield much higher return rates than online evaluations. When few students respond, the results may misrepresent the quality of a course or professor. Ensuring accurate and representative CTECs also will have great value to individual departments, as student opinion plays a large role in determining promotions for professors and teaching assistants.</p>
<p>Administrators need to take steps, however, to prevent students from carelessly filling in responses to get the evaluations done quickly. Typically students with overwhelmingly positive or negative experiences in a course will take the time to voice their opinions, but the silent majority of students who skip evaluations may be tempted to take the easy way out in the mandatory system. Northwestern's technology gurus surely can come up with some method to identify and dismiss these anomalies, thus completely fulfilling CTECs' potential.
<a href="http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/05/27/40b5b5d20f7f8?in_archive=1%5B/url%5D">http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/05/27/40b5b5d20f7f8?in_archive=1</a></p>
<p>I'll plug my freshman seminar. I took How Language Works with Ellen Wright. She is the most awesome professor. She is so sweet! Oh by the way, you learn how to write too!</p>
<p>They all sound really cool. What's the likelihood that we'll end up with the ones we want?</p>
<p>icymoon-
i'm pretty sure they don't care what we take. it just sounds like a good opportunity to try something different. </p>
<p>I was under the impression that these aren't courses that count toward our majors- can anyone confirm or refute that thought?</p>
<p>Thanks, mw05.</p>
<p>And to answer your question, the link I provided above also says:</p>
<p>"Remember: freshman seminars don't count toward your College distribution requirements and most won't count toward your major--the one exception being that history majors can count freshman seminars in history toward their major. Our best advice is to choose a seminar that looks interesting to you, without regard to your potential major. Indeed, we strongly encourage you to explore an area you otherwise might not. That's why you're here! "</p>
<p>How many Freshman Seminars do we have to take?</p>
<p>2, I believe.</p>
<p>if you're going premed, an english one would qualify towards the med school requirement for english.</p>