First-Year Seminars (FYS) provide entering students the excitement of engaged learning through a diverse array of seminar topics. With small classes, a variety of topics, and close contact with faculty, first year seminars offer a hands-on introduction to academic inquiry. Seminars emphasize critical reading and thinking, information literacy, and effective communication in writing, speech, and other appropriate forms.
A wide variety of seminars will be offered each year, drawn from every school of the university. Each entering student will take an FYS in the fall and spring of the first year, establishing a foundation of academic skills and intellectual habits for a lifetime of learning.
