FYSE 1101 is a seminar course focusing on contemporary and enduring questions that engage students in intellectual inquiry and academic life while encouraging critical thinking skills and metacognitive reflection.

FYSE 1101学习成果

After completion of FYSE 1101, students will be able to:

  • Describe one or more contemporary and enduring questions about their lives and their relationships to human cultures or the physical and natural world.
  • Analyze and reflect on the intellectual and practical skills of the course's theme or topic.
  • Summarize the benefits and challenges of a diverse society.
  • Identify and evaluate linkages among academic disciplines.

First-Year Seminar Experience: The Successful College Student
Congratulations, you are a college student. 现在发生了什么?? 本课程将 help you answer that question. 在本课程中, students [you] will learn how to pose problems, 发现解决方案, 解决争议, 评估知识, and improve communication skills through the exploration of issues related to success in college (HigherEd). We will explore the 当前的 and historical value of a college experience. Examining the structure and context of higher education and bet365亚洲官网, you will articulate your reasons for attending college and explain how this experience will impact your future life. The course will help you identify previous, 当前的, and potential future challenges to success and develop a plan for overcoming them. You will construct a personalized understanding of the value of college and a personal philosophy for navigating the experience.

秋季2021 FYSE1101课程

CRN: 84486, A部分
类会议: TR 2-3:15pm
教练: 年轻,布雷特

课程描述:

Through the lens of popular young adult literature, this course will ask you to do two major things: ask a question based on the literature we’ve read, 创造并呈现一个答案. To construct these questions and answers we will be reading: 说话 劳里·霍尔斯·安德森， 你给的仇恨 安吉·托马斯著; 太阳也是一颗恒星 作者:Nicola Yoon 所有光明的地方 詹妮弗·尼文. These books ask their readers to question how we talk about complicated issues and what we should actively do towards them to change the world. These books discuss: mental health, 移民, racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and more. Through these topics we will learn as a class how to develop the skills that create great college learners: developing strong questions, analyzing and reflecting when attempting to answer, learning to seek out the answers others have made, and to formulate your own answer based on what you have learned through the process. 学期结束的时候, you will be asked to create a three-minute video of your question that demonstrates your research and the answer you have conclude, which will be submitted to the 本科 Research Symposium.

CRN: 84669, F部分
类会议: TR, 3:30-4:45pm
教练: 特劳尔,桑德拉

课程描述:

In this seminar, we will explore how mathematics and social justice impact our world. Mathematics influences our life decisions perhaps more than perhaps other subjects. Mathematics is not a neutral subject but a lens from which we view our world and address questions. What do the statistics, graphs, and charts mean? 在本课程中, there will be opportunities to address topics that focus upon mathematics and social justice: minimum wage, 监狱, 贫困, 移民, as well as other topics significant to the class. The class will include readings, writing assignments, and a project/presentation.

CRN: 84636, IA节 & 84637, IB部分
类会议: 在线
教练: 花床,辛西娅

课程描述:

This course aims to increase financial literacy among college students and introduce the students to the influences culture and demographic characteristics have on financial risk tolerance. We make decisions that impact our 当前的 and future financial health all the time. As consumers we may apply for loans of various type such as car loans, 抵押贷款, 个人贷款, 等. We may also use loans to invest into a business or to invest in our own productivity (student loan). As workers our decisions on how we spend our income, how much of it we save and invest will influence whether we will have adequate income if we face an unplanned event such as a medical emergency or if we face a planned event such as retirement. Financial literacy, culture and demographic characteristics impact these decisions.

本课程将

  • Enhance student-faculty interaction in a small class setting
  • Open channels of communication between students and faculty
  • Promote intentional and reflective learning
  • Document academic dialogue through writing
  • Expose students to opportunities to engage in research, 公共服务, 校园活动, and varied forms of instruction both on campus and globally (e.g. study abroad, internships, service learning)

CRN: 84654, B部分
类会议: MW, 2:00-3:15pm
教练: Mackh,布鲁斯

课程描述:

This course provides students with competencies and skills for lifelong success as they learn to find and generate solutions to “wicked problems."