Spring 2027

First-year Seminar in the Social Sciences and Natural Sciences

First-year seminar covering interdisciplinary topics in the social and natural sciences for first-year students.

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Summary

1 / 5

Past student reviews · Robert Mathieu

The required reading, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, was described as not fun to read.

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Prerequisites

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INTER-LS 107

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Professors

Spring 2027

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ROBERT MATHIEU is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Robert Mathieu

Students found the class interesting for making sense of astronomy, though some felt dedicated astronomy courses were a better path for majors.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.85 GPA, 88.2% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.41 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Robert Mathieu

The required reading, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, was described as not fun to read.

Past student reviews · Robert Mathieu

One student reported feeling belittled and cited specific negative comments from the instructor regarding women in astronomy.

Topics

  • Interdisciplinary topics in the social and natural sciences

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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