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Freshmen Seminar

• SEMINR 114G  Invest Across Curriculum

  Description:
  Working in teams and individually, students conduct library research; analyze and orally present arguments; and write and revise essays. Students ultimately evaluate the effectiveness of their own and others' arguments. Topics vary by section.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • TBA

• SEMINR 120G  Mind-Body Connection

  Description:
  This course examines traditional and modern views of the mind and body, for example he interaction between physical awareness and mental functions, and connects these views to study strategies. Physical exercises - adaptable for students with disabilities - are integrated into most class sessions.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • 2013 Fall

• SEMINR 125G  Defining Freedom

  Description:
  By examining the issues of race, class, and gender, participants look at what freedom has meant to different people in the United States. They are also asked to reflect on and write about their personal definitions of freedom, and to broaden and deepen the understanding they bring to their own historical situations.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • 2013 Spring

• SEMINR 126G  Aging & Wisdom

  Description:
  This course is a First Year Seminar for non-native speakers of English. We will examine varied historical, cross-cultural, and literary views on aging and wisdom. Through a wide range of texts and genres, a visit to a nursing home and an interview with an octogenarian, we will take an in-depth look at the way individuals, society and families deal with and view the elderly, death and dying. We will analyze the causes and effects of these attitudes and how they relate to social and political expectations, policies and changes.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • 2013 Fall