Brandeis University

Office of Undergraduate Affairs

Every Brandeis education is fueled by exploration, imagination, inquiry, creativity and participation in our diverse community. The First-Year Seminar program is an exciting launchpad for your ...
Boston College

First-Year Writing Seminars

The First-Year Writing Seminar fulfills the core requirement in Writing. Designed as a workshop in which each student develops a portfolio of personal and academic writing, the writing seminar ...
Kaleido Scope

GenAI is changing how professors teach writing. This faculty member has built a place to talk about “the conundrums that plague me.”

“Much of my first-year writing courses are about helping students to think through their reading process,” Malone said. “There is all this research in the field that backs that up, that reading helps ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Inside the seminars shaping Brown’s first-year class

Since 2002, first-year students at Brown have had the opportunity to take first-year seminars — small courses, capped at about 20 undergraduates, that are designed to build community and introduce new ...
DePauw

First-year seminars

First-year seminars at DePauw University are the cornerstone of a student's initial academic experience, offering a unique blend of intellectual exploration and skill development. These small, ...