LSA Theme Semesters
LSA Theme Semesters connect the great intellectual and cultural strengths of the University of Michigan to the issues defining our world today. Across campus, faculty and students explore through special courses, guest speakers, performances, and other public events complex issues in ways that strive for perspective and insight.
Upcoming Theme Semesters
A message from Dean McDonald regarding 2008-2010 theme semesters on energy, Galileo, and museums in the academy.
Current Theme Semester
Energy Futures:
Society, Innovation & Technology (2008)
The Energy theme semester will feature student writing contests, prizes for energy conservation ideas, a new course on the human and social behavioral side of energy use and demand, and visiting speakers on energy innovations and history.
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Winter 2009 Theme Semester
The Universe: Yours to Discover (W2009)
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the first astronomical observation through a telescope by Galileo Galilei. It will be a global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture, with a strong emphasis on education, public engagement and involvement. Our theme semester on "The Universe: Yours to Discover" will bring this celebration to campus with a Michigan perspective.
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Recent Theme Semesters
