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IDSC 111 Perspectives on the Humanities 1 credits
What are the humanities? Come find out in eight class sessions exploring different humanistic fields and disciplines. Each week, a humanities professor will visit our class to discuss their work as well as exciting new trends in their disciplines. We’ll learn how different humanities disciplines think about evidence, make arguments, and conduct research in the service of exploring fundamental questions about what it means to be human. Students will discuss an array of humanistic topics in a low-stakes environment. This course is especially recommended for students interested in exploring the variety of possible majors and minors within the Humanities.
Encouraged for humanities fellows.
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor.
To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.
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IDSC 111.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Baird Jarman 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- MLeighton 202 3:10pm-4:20pm
- MLeighton 236 3:10pm-4:20pm
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IDSC 198 FOCUS Colloquium 2 credits
This colloquium is designed to give students participating in the Focusing on Cultivating Scientists program an opportunity to learn and use skills in scientific study, reasoning, and modeling. The topics of this project-based colloquium will vary each term, and allow students to develop competencies in areas relevant to multiple science disciplines.
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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Student Cohorts any in the selection list FOCUS.02
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IDSC 198.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Anna Rafferty 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- WAnderson Hall 223 1:50pm-3:00pm
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Section Prerequisites:
Student Cohorts any in the selection list FOCUS.01
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Open only to students who completed IDSC 198-01 immediately preceding Fall Term
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IDSC 198.02 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Rika Anderson 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- FAnderson Hall 223 2:20pm-3:30pm
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Open only to students approved for FOCUS winter term
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IDSC 202 MMUF Research Seminar 2 credits
This seminar develops the skills needed to engage in and communicate advanced research. Each participant will work and present regularly on their ongoing research projects, and participate actively in an ongoing series of workshops and conferences. The seminar will also discuss in depth the nature of academia as institution and culture, and the role of diversity in the production of knowledge and teaching in American higher education. Open only to students with MMUF fellow status.
Must be MMUF Fellow
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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IDSC 251 Windows on the Good Life 2 credits
Human beings are always and everywhere challenged by the question: What should I do to spend my mortal time well? One way to approach this ultimate challenge is to explore some of the great cultural products of our civilization–works that are a delight to read for their wisdom and artfulness. This series of two-credit courses will explore a philosophical dialogue of Plato in the fall, a work from the Bible in the winter, and a pair of plays by Shakespeare in the spring. The course can be repeated for credit throughout the year and in subsequent years.
- Winter 2026
- HI, Humanistic Inquiry
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IDSC 251.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Laurence Cooper 🏫 👤
- Size:18
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- MHasenstab 105 3:10pm-4:55pm
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IDSC 251.02 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Laurence Cooper 🏫 👤
- Size:18
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- MHasenstab 105 8:00pm-9:45pm
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IDSC 258 Consensus or Contentious? Controversies in Science Then and Now 2 credits
Almost every global challenge confronting humankind requires some level of engagement with science and technology. However, finding solutions to our most pressing problems also requires an understanding of how science operates within its social, political, and cultural context. This course will explore the relationship between science and society by examining a series of controversies in science from both the past and the present. We will investigate topics such as biological and social concepts of race, the use of unethically obtained scientific results, the ethics of genomics research, legislation over vaccination mandates, “parachute” science, and climate change denial. Examining the role of science in society will help us understand issues related to the use of evidence, expertise, and the relationship between science and politics. By wrestling with current and historic scientific controversies, we will examine the ways in which scientific disagreements are often as much about values as they are about research methods.
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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IDSC 258.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Antony Adler 🏫 👤 · Rika Anderson 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- WAnderson Hall 323 1:50pm-3:00pm
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IDSC 280 Learning from Internships 1 credits
This course is intended for students who secure an internship that requires course credit as a condition of hiring. Carleton does not grant credit for internships, but in some appropriate circumstances, we grant credit for additional academic work associated with an internship. Although the specific nature of internship experiences will vary, internships are opportunities to apply and extend one's academic skills and interests into work in non-academic settings. This course will involve carefully monitored work experiences in which a student has intentional learning goals which will be assessed through reflective writing and related readings.
Instructor permission, which will only be granted if the internship is at least 6 weeks and 120 hours, requires enrollment in a credit-bearing activity, and is approved in advance by the Career Center Internship Program Director. You must complete a form and, once approved, submit a registration request to the instructor via Workday. Normally, this course is taken before your internship experience. Permission to enroll will rarely be granted for students who have previously completed this course.
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor. Please see the public notes for the permission requirements you must meet to register.
To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.
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IDSC 298 FOCUS Sophomore Colloquium 1 credits
This colloquium is designed for sophomore students participating in the Focusing on Cultivating Scientists program. It will provide an opportunity to participate in STEM-based projects on campus and in the community. The topics of this project-based colloquium will vary each term.
Open only to students who completed IDSC 198
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): IDSC 198 with a grade of C- or better during their first year.
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IDSC 298.01 Winter 2026
- Faculty:Anna Rafferty 🏫 👤
- Size:31
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- WHulings 316 3:10pm-4:20pm
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IDSC 400 Chinese Integrative Exercise
Integrative Exercise for Chinese special majors.
Open only to Chinese special majors.
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor.
To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.
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IDSC 400 Japanese Special Major Integrative Exercise
Integrative Exercise for Japanese Special Majors.
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor.
To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.
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IDSC 400 Japanese Special Major Integrative Exercise
Integrative Exercise for Japanese Special Majors.
- Winter 2026
- No Exploration
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This course requires permission from the instructor.
To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.
Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.