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Entering students are required to enroll in a first-year seminar except for those participating in the Humanities Gateway Program<\/a>, the Interdisciplinary Science Program<\/a>, the InterArts Program<\/a>, the Community Action Gateway Experience<\/a>, or the Global Health Humanities Gateway<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fall 2026 First-Year Seminars:<\/h2>\n

FYSM 102: Uncovering the “Hidden Figures” – Kaitlyn Gingras<\/p>\n

FYSM 115: Reading the Outside World – Jane Nadel-Klein<\/p>\n

FYSM 134: Games of Strategy – Arthur Schneider<\/p>\n

FYSM 136: Engineering a Better Future – Deborah Fixel<\/p>\n

FYSM 142: Being Seen – Walid Bouchakour<\/p>\n

FYSM 144: Defending the Land and Water – Shaznene Hussain<\/p>\n

FYSM 147: Interwoven – Lori Watson<\/p>\n

FYSM 149: George Orwell and His Times\u00a0 – David Rosen<\/p>\n

FYSM 150: Assembling “The People” – Boris Litvin<\/p>\n

FYSM 153: History, Theology, & the Bible – Gabriel Hornung<\/p>\n

FYSM 154: Learning from Hartford – Garth Myers<\/p>\n

FYSM 158: Rhetoric of Sports and Fitness – Tennyson O’Donnell<\/p>\n

FYSM 163: Water: Science, Legacy & Crisis – Arianne Bazilio<\/p>\n

FYSM 166: Arab Publics Visual Culture – Azzedine Azzimani<\/p>\n

FYSM 168: The Great Conversations – Adam Kissel<\/p>\n

FYSM 176: Chasing Giants with Quixote – Teresa Gelardo-Rodriguez<\/p>\n

FYSM 177: Visualizing Human Rights – Diana Aldrete<\/p>\n

FYSM 180: Nature & Mindfulness – Amber Pitt<\/p>\n

FYSM 185: Cells and Disease – Heather Bennett<\/p>\n

FYSM 187: AI, Sci-Fi, and Society – Hasan Comert<\/p>\n

FYSM 188: Reasoning Together – Carmen De Schryver<\/p>\n

FYSM 190: Black Past, Black Presence – Channon Miller<\/p>\n

FYSM 191: Music in the Irish Tradition – Dora Hast<\/p>\n

FYSM 192: Dickens\/Chaplin – Prakash Younger<\/p>\n

FYSM 193: Sleep and Stress in Daily Life – Brian Chin<\/p>\n

FYSM 194: Innovation Thinking with AI – Madalene Spezialetti<\/p>\n

FYSM 197: Horror: An Introduction – Dan Mrozowski<\/p>\n

FYSM 198: Toys, Games, and Rhetoric – Nicholas Marino<\/p>\n

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Browse the course descriptions of Fall 2026 First-Year Seminars\u200b\u200b<\/a> here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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