Call for Freshman Seminar Courses
Description of Freshmen Seminars:
These 3-credit hour interactive, small-enrollment courses are designed to engage students immediately in the intellectual life of the college. They allow our freshmen the opportunity for in-depth, multi-faceted exploration of significant issues in todays world. Designed to help liberal arts students understand and engage in the process of knowledge discovery, the seminars will help new college students become successful university-level scholars.
Characteristics of these seminars will include:
- Small enrollments (max 20)
- Highly qualified faculty: tenure track, emeriti, or other appropriate instructors.
- Interactive teaching strategies
- Often employ a multi-disciplinary approach
- Partially fulfillment of students general education (Critical Thinking,
Knowledge Integration, Social Responsibility) and A&S Distribution requirements
- Subjects will address issue of fundamental importance in todays world
(ethical, cultural, ideological, etc.)
- A process orientation that strives to teach students how to approach scholarly
activity at a college level.
Freshmen Seminars will be piloted during the 02/03 academic year. A&S intends
to offer approximately 20 seminars during the period (with the majority of courses
being offered Winter and Spring quarters).
Call
For Proposals:
Faculty members are encouraged to submit course proposals to Associate Dean
Gigi Escoe (556-5870). Proposal shall
include a brief description of the course, its learning goals, likely instructor,
pedagogical methods, special requirements, and when the course will be offered.
Gigi will work with faculty to get these courses through the approval process
and scheduled. Where possible the college will attempt to provide needed resource
relief to the relevant faculty members and programs. Please submit proposals
by March 15, 2002.
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