The First-Year Seminar (3 credits)

All first-year students and qualifying transfer students begin their college careers by enrolling in a First-Year Seminar (FYS-101, FYS-110, or IND-301 ). First-Year Seminars introduce students to effective academic writing in processes important for its creation: analytical reading, critical thinking, and extensive writing practice. The seminars also offer students the opportunity to join a learning community by focusing on a specific topic that poses challenging intellectual questions. Students are encouraged to read complex texts with care, to think about complicated ideas with discrimination, and to write essays with efficacy and force.