Biology of Birds Discussion Section (DIS175SU027)

Biological and Health Sciences

Undergraduate class; follows the Biology of Birds Field Lab. Instructor discusses the students' experiences during the lab, then explains sampling biases and protocols, and fields questions. (Senior faculty, F; 16 students, 12 speakers)

Economics Discussion Section (DIS280SU058)

Social Sciences and Education

Undergraduate class; instructor writes out formulae on the board, goes over problems from the last homework, explains concepts, and identifies crucial points to learn for the exam. (Graduate student instructor, F; 30 students, 7 speakers)

Heat and Mass Transfer Discussion Section (DIS195SU117)

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Undergraduate class; instructor returns the last exam, reports exam statistics, and reviews three of the exam problems in detail; topics include energy balance, thermodynamics, fluids. (Graduate student instructor, M; 10 students, 4 speakers)

Intro Anthropology Discussion Section (DIS115JU087)

Social Sciences and Education

Undergraduate question-answer discussion about power, social organization, and societal and personal aspects of social control. (Graduate student instructor, F; 22 students, 18 speakers)

Intro Astronomy Discussion Section (DIS150JU130)

Physical Sciences and Engineering

In the first half, the undergraduates meet in a planetarium, where the instructor defines astronomical terms and points out celestial bodies; in the second half, the following day, she gives an introduction to the course. (Graduate student instructor, F; 20 students, 3 speakers)

Philosophy Discussion Section (DIS475MU012)

Humanities and Arts

Undergraduate question-answer discussion that begins with a review of the last two lectures on transcendental arguments, followed by a description of Kant's approach to explaining a single unified consciousness. (Graduate student instructor, F; 20 students, 10 speakers)