Freshmen at UC Davis tap directly into senior faculty by taking advantage of the Freshmen Seminar Program, which encourages first-year students to work closely with the school's most accomplished professors. All 12 courses offered during the fall quarter seminar series this year are filled. One course taught by a medical doctor, "History of Medicine," is so popular that there is a waiting list, says Janet Chambers, assistant program coordinator. Students will be examining important medical discoveries and analyze how they impacted the culture and politics of their time. Dr. Jerold Last, vice chair of internal medicine, will teach the course. In addition, a new course offered this year, "The California Water System: History and Current Issues," will be led by law school professor and water law expert Harrison Dunning. Students will learn about the state's extensive and complicated water system, reform efforts under way and environmental damage caused by water projects. Teaching freshmen is particularly enjoyable, and unusual, for many professional school professors, who generally teach graduate students and have little to no contact with first-year undergraduates, according to Chambers.