First-Year Seminars
Entering students are required to enroll in a first-year seminar except for those participating in the Humanities Gateway Program, the Interdisciplinary Science Program, the InterArts Program, the Community Action Gateway Experience, or the Global Health Humanities Gateway.
Fall 2026 First-Year Seminars:
FYSM 102: Uncovering the “Hidden Figures” – Kaitlyn Gingras
FYSM 115: Reading the Outside World – Jane Nadel-Klein
FYSM 134: Games of Strategy – Arthur Schneider
FYSM 136: Engineering a Better Future – Deborah Fixel
FYSM 142: Being Seen – Walid Bouchakour
FYSM 144: Defending the Land and Water – Shaznene Hussain
FYSM 147: Interwoven – Lori Watson
FYSM 149: George Orwell and His Times – David Rosen
FYSM 150: Assembling “The People” – Boris Litvin
FYSM 153: History, Theology, & the Bible – Gabriel Hornung
FYSM 154: Learning from Hartford – Garth Myers
FYSM 158: Rhetoric of Sports and Fitness – Tennyson O’Donnell
FYSM 163: Water: Science, Legacy & Crisis – Arianne Bazilio
FYSM 166: Arab Publics Visual Culture – Azzedine Azzimani
FYSM 168: The Great Conversations – Adam Kissel
FYSM 176: Chasing Giants with Quixote – Teresa Gelardo-Rodriguez
FYSM 177: Visualizing Human Rights – Diana Aldrete
FYSM 180: Nature & Mindfulness – Amber Pitt
FYSM 185: Cells and Disease – Heather Bennett
FYSM 187: AI, Sci-Fi, and Society – Hasan Comert
FYSM 188: Reasoning Together – Carmen De Schryver
FYSM 190: Black Past, Black Presence – Channon Miller
FYSM 191: Music in the Irish Tradition – Dora Hast
FYSM 192: Dickens/Chaplin – Prakash Younger
FYSM 193: Sleep and Stress in Daily Life – Brian Chin
FYSM 194: Innovation Thinking with AI – Madalene Spezialetti
FYSM 197: Horror: An Introduction – Dan Mrozowski
FYSM 198: Toys, Games, and Rhetoric – Nicholas Marino
Browse the course descriptions of Fall 2026 First-Year Seminars here!
