First Year Seminar
Public 2026-2027 offerings
111 courses
- FYSEMR 21VBlack Holes, String Theory and the Fundamental Laws of Nature
- FYSEMR 21WResearch at the Harvard Forest—Global Change Ecology: Forests, Ecosystem Function, the Future
- FYSEMR 22HMy Genes and Cancer
- FYSEMR 22IThe Science of Sailing
- FYSEMR 22TWhy We Animals Sing
- FYSEMR 23HAnatomy and Ethical Transgressions in National Socialist (Nazi) Germany
- FYSEMR 23KInsights from Narratives of Illness
- FYSEMR 23PPhysics, Math and Puzzles
- FYSEMR 23RAsteroids and Comets
- FYSEMR 23SThe Seven Sins of Memory
- FYSEMR 23YAll Physics in 13 Days
- FYSEMR 24GA Brief History of Surgery
- FYSEMR 24U“How Did I Get Here?”—Appreciating “Normal” Child Development
- FYSEMR 25NFinding Connections: Perspectives on Psychological Development and Mental Illness
- FYSEMR 26JThe Universe's Hidden Dimensions
- FYSEMR 27IGlobal Health: Comparative Analysis of Healthcare Delivery Systems
- FYSEMR 30GDigging Egypt's Past: Harvard and Egyptian Archaeology
- FYSEMR 31JSkepticism, Knowledge and Understanding
- FYSEMR 31QLiteral Looking: What We See in Art
- FYSEMR 32RAutobiography and Black Freedom Struggles
- FYSEMR 35EWhat Is Beauty?
- FYSEMR 35NThe Art and Craft of Acting
- FYSEMR 38TBeethoven's String Quartets
- FYSEMR 40DThe Transformation of Marketing
- FYSEMR 41KHuman Rights, Law and Advocacy
- FYSEMR 42CThe Role of Government
- FYSEMR 42HU.S. Climate Change Policy and the Energy Transition
- FYSEMR 43FWhy Your Childhood Follows You: The Science of Early Adversity and the Developing Brain
- FYSEMR 43JThe Economist's View of the World
- FYSEMR 43WHistory, Nationalism, and the World: The Case of Korea
- FYSEMR 48KLegitimacy and Resistance: What Happened in Montaigne’s Library and Why Should Philosophers Care?
- FYSEMR 49NMeasurements of the Mind: The Creation and Critique of the Psychological Test
- FYSEMR 50UBio-Inspiration and Innovation
- FYSEMR 50YA Sense of Space (and Time)
- FYSEMR 51CScience in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- FYSEMR 51EThe Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture
- FYSEMR 51FUnderstanding the Seemingly Impossible: A Revolution in Biology
- FYSEMR 51MSkin, Our Largest, Hottest, and Coolest Organ: From Cancer to Cosmetics
- FYSEMR 51SNatural History Museums and the Anthropocene
- FYSEMR 51XChanging Perspectives: The Science of Optics in the Visual Arts
- FYSEMR 52CTree
- FYSEMR 52GNuclear Dilemmas
- FYSEMR 52LLife and Death Lessons from the Fossil Record
- FYSEMR 52SReading the Book of Nature
- FYSEMR 52TLearning How to Think Like a Scientist: An Introduction to Scientific Research
- FYSEMR 52ZInvestigating Psychology, the Brain, and Behavior: Designing & Conducting Human Research Experiments
- FYSEMR 53DThe Cure Within: Fighting Cancer with Your Immune System
- FYSEMR 53JThe Physics of Floating: A Collaborative Boat Building Experience
- FYSEMR 54CWEIRD Minds: Understanding How Culture Shapes Our Thinking, Feeling and Reasoning
- FYSEMR 54DHealthy Data
- FYSEMR 54FLearning How to Think Like a (Neuro)Scientist: An Introduction to Scientific Research
- FYSEMR 54GThe Dawn of Quantum Computers
- FYSEMR 54ILetting Claude Cook
- FYSEMR 54JWhat Can AI Do Now, Really?
- FYSEMR 54KFinding Bumps in the Night: How Scientists Discover the Unknown
- FYSEMR 54LWhat Is Science For?
- FYSEMR 54MConsciousness and the Universe
- FYSEMR 57ZUnlocking the Power of Immunology – From Fundamental Principles to Innovative Research Routes
- FYSEMR 58CGenuinely Hard Problems in Science
- FYSEMR 58DAgainst Tech?
- FYSEMR 58EMachine Ecology: Autonomous Robots for Environmental Restoration
- FYSEMR 58FThe Life of an Iceberg
- FYSEMR 61FCartoons, Folklore, and Mythology
- FYSEMR 61QLanguage: The Origins of Meaning
- FYSEMR 62RLGBT Life Stories
- FYSEMR 62ZBuddhist Enlightenment: Visions, Words, and Praxis
- FYSEMR 63EReligion, Neuroscience and the Human Mind
- FYSEMR 63NOn Peace and Protest
- FYSEMR 64ILooking for Clues: Ancient and Medieval Art @ Harvard
- FYSEMR 65HThe Greatest Love Story of All Time? Heloise and Abelard
- FYSEMR 65WMichelangelo
- FYSEMR 66DDetention, Deportation, and Due Process: A Look at the Inner Workings of the U.S. Immigration System
- FYSEMR 66IIs Being Good Actually Good for the Body?
- FYSEMR 66PJews in the Modern Middle East and North Africa, 1800-Present
- FYSEMR 67CDetention, Deportation, and Due Process: A Look at the Inner Workings of the U.S. Immigration System
- FYSEMR 68CHow to Think Like a Humanist
- FYSEMR 68DCrafting Stories: Texts & Textiles
- FYSEMR 68EReel Visions: The Middle East Through Its Filmmaker's Lens
- FYSEMR 68FImagine There's No Religion
- FYSEMR 68G"The Monstrous Imagination"
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