LIFESCI 19
Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars
Description: Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.
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Fall 2024 - My fiat lux was based on the current school year's Common Experience, which was the book The War for Kindness. This book basically dives into everything empathy, from its biological basis to real-life experiences surrounding empathy. I really enjoyed the class, and Professor Khankan is absolutely amazing. Each fiat lux will be different, but this one was low-commitment where we only read some chapters of the Common Experience book to guide our discussions as homework. Class consisted of different activities, primarily discussing empathy and how it works. I learned about how empathy is actually a skill one can work on, and I saw how there's actually a lot of research going on with empathy. We also did fun stuff like watching Inside Out 2. A really meaningful discussion also happened in the last class scheduled where we decompressed and applied the concept of empathy right after the 2024 election night. Hopefully, you'll come out of the fiat lux courses taught by Dr. Khankan with perhaps even more curiosity about an initially cool and random topic you found on the class planner. If not, you'll still get lots of snacks, a free plant, and hopefully closer connections with your professor.
Fall 2024 - My fiat lux was based on the current school year's Common Experience, which was the book The War for Kindness. This book basically dives into everything empathy, from its biological basis to real-life experiences surrounding empathy. I really enjoyed the class, and Professor Khankan is absolutely amazing. Each fiat lux will be different, but this one was low-commitment where we only read some chapters of the Common Experience book to guide our discussions as homework. Class consisted of different activities, primarily discussing empathy and how it works. I learned about how empathy is actually a skill one can work on, and I saw how there's actually a lot of research going on with empathy. We also did fun stuff like watching Inside Out 2. A really meaningful discussion also happened in the last class scheduled where we decompressed and applied the concept of empathy right after the 2024 election night. Hopefully, you'll come out of the fiat lux courses taught by Dr. Khankan with perhaps even more curiosity about an initially cool and random topic you found on the class planner. If not, you'll still get lots of snacks, a free plant, and hopefully closer connections with your professor.
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