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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 Cities Program, the InterArts Program, the Community Action Gateway Experience, or the Global Health Humanities Gateway.

Fall 2023 First-Year Seminars:

FYSM 101: BFF or Strange Bedfellows? Cohorts, Compromise and Political Destiny – Madalene Spezialetti

FYSM 102: Uncovering the “Hidden Figures” – Kaitlyn Gingras

FYSM 103: Peculiar Beliefs and Behaviors – Robert Outten

FYSM 104: Law and Popular Culture – Mary Dudas

FYSM 106: Describing Nature – Kathleen Kete

FYSM 107: How Microbes Rule the World – Lisa Anne Foster

FYSM 108: The World of Chess – Clark Alejandrino

FYSM 109: Fairy Tales & Children’s Lit – Sarah Bilston

FYSM 110: Designing Your Future Work – Joe Catrino

FYSM 111: Math in the Movies – Kirsti Kuenzel

FYSM 113: From Wood Fire to LED Lights  – Raul Aelada-Aprili

FYSM 114: American Crime Fiction – Daniel Mrozowski

FYSM 115: American Letters – Hilary Wyss

FYSM 117: Life & Democracy in Athens – Martha Risser

FYSM 118: Sports – John Alcorn

FYSM 119: Literacy in Manga and Anime – Katsuya Izumi

FYSM 120: Love, Death and Twitter – Shane Ewegan

FYSM 122: Music of Indigenous Peoples – Dan Roman

FYSM 124: Enchanted Data & Machine Minds – Chandranil Chakraborttii

FYSM 126: Water Comes and Water Goes – Jonathan Gourley

FYSM 127: Exploring the 1960s – Gail Woldu

FYSM 130: Physics in Science Fiction – David Branning

FYSM 146: American Oratory – Erin Frymire

FYSM 153: History, Theology, & the Bible – Gabriel Hornung

FYSM 158: The Silk Road – Shafqat Hussain

FYSM 161: Bones, Pigments & Native Metals – Maria Parr

FYSM 185-01: Sustainable Life – Dario Del Puppo

FYSM 185-02: Sustainable Life – Johannes Evelein

FYSM 192: From Romulus to Mussolini – Kristin Triff

FYSM 193: The Brothers Karamazov – Carol Any

FYSM 194: Russian Theater – Katherine Lahti

FYSM 197: Understanding Cultures – Adi Katz

Browse the course descriptions of Fall 2023 First-Year Seminars​​ here!