Presuming that I am ineligible for freshman seminars, and therefore not allowed to take the six or eight that most intrigue me, my wish list would include the following:
ANT 321: Ritual, Myth and Worldview (Isabelle Clark-Deces). I know nothing about the subject or the professor, but it sounds great, and I want to find out what "compassionate cannibalism" is, among other things.
ARA 102: Elementary Arabic II (Staff). For obvious reasons, but it's my tough luck that 101 doesn't seem to be taught in the spring.
ART 332: The Landscape of Allusion: Garden and Landscape Architecture, 1450-1750 (John Pinto). The richness of the topic, taken together with the dynamism of the professor, puts this course high on my wish list.
AST 402: Interstellar Matter and Star Formation (Gillian Knapp and David Spergel). My motive? Pure chutzpah!
CEE 262A: Structures and the Urban Environment (David Billington). Because I have missed out on this famous professor for 38 years in a row, and insist on getting him now.
ENG 315: Milton (Joanna Picciotto). Because everybody, but everybody, should read Milton in depth at least once. Preferably twice.
HIS 367: English Constitutional History (William Jordan). A stunning exposition of the medieval legacy of modern political thought by a great medievalist and a polished lecturer.
ITA 304: Dante's "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso" (Robert Hollander). Perhaps the world's greatest poem taught by perhaps the world's greatest "dantista," in his last semester before retirement. Signing up is a no-brainer. Taking the course will exercise your brain.
MAT 104: Calculus (Staff). Because at my age it is embarrassing that every student I ever met knows more math than I do.
MAE 428: Energy for a Greenhouse-Constrained World (Robert Socolow). Because I'd like to move my touchy-feeling environmentalism to a more intellectually sophisticated level.
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