Each of the courses in the First-Year Seminar (FYS) program is unique in its own way, but what is shared is the:
- small cohort experience. You, along with your faculty member and class participants, study a topic in a dynamic, small-group environment.
- focus on learning by sharing knowledge and experience through writing, discussions, and presentations…key skills your faculty and employers require.
- connection with faculty that can only happen in smaller classroom settings. They will get to know you well and can recommend you for all kinds of opportunities.
Classes offered for this Spring 2017 semester:
FYS 101: First Year Seminars
meets Arts and Humanities (AH) requirements
- Truth and Technology: Relationships and Happiness in a Technological World
- Discussing Classics
- Creating Stories about Times of Change
- EnGENDERing Popular Culture
- Shakespeare At The Movies
- An Introduction to Food Systems
FYS 101Y: First Year Seminars
meets Arts and Humanities (AH) requirements
- Turning to One Another: Beliefs and Behaviors
- Defining and Pursuing Prosperity
meets Social Sciences (SS) requirements
- Poverty Amidst Plenty: The Economics of American Poverty
- Debating America: Ideology and Language in Politics
- Diversity, Ethics and Social Justice in Schooling
- Social Issues in Business
- The Information Diet?
meets Arts and Humanities, Culture (AH/C) requirement
- American Orientalism