FIRST-YEAR SEMINARS -- 2008
UPDATE JULY 11, 2008:
The latest new student mailing went out today and included information from several offices on campus. Samples of each item may be viewed by clicking on the links below.
1) First Year Seminar Assignment Letter
3) Warren Wilson E-Mail Account - User name and login info
5) Triad / Baccalaureate Degree Requirements
6) College Composition I Listing -- ** CORRECTED 07-18-08 **
...keep scrolling down for more new student information...
FALL 2008 OPEN COURSE LIST -- Updated July 31, 2008
(List of 100-/200-level courses with space available to first year students)
Check back here often for updates to this list!
PREVIOUS MAILING -- June 5, 2008:
The Academic Affairs / First-Year Seminar mailing scheduled for May 23, 2008 was delayed until June 5. The mailing has now been distributed to all incoming first year students, and the contents of the mailing are listed below. (Click on the highlighted text to view each .pdf document.)
1) Letter from Dr. Paula Garrett,
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College2) First Year Seminar Course Descriptions
REVISED AUG. 4, 2008
FALL 2008 FIRST YEAR SEMINARS:
FRS – 100 Liberal Art: Compose and Be Composed
FRS – 101 America's Music - 19th and 20th Centuries
FRS – 102 CSI: Swannanoa - Forensic Science
FRS – 107 Fact and Fiction: Environmentalism and Documentary Films
FRS – 110 Follow the Tomato: Food-Sources & Food-Security
FRS – 111 Mathematical Modeling and the Environment
FRS – 112 Sounds of the Spirit: Music in World Religions
FRS – 114 Rites of Passage and the New Millennium
FRS – 115 More Than the Minimum: Just Economics & Living Wages
FRS – 120 Gender Ideology Through the Lens of Fiction
FRS – 121 What Work Is
FRS – 132 Spiritual Growth: Religion and Agriculture from Genesis to Genetic Engineering
FRS – 134 First Philosophy: Warren Wilson
FRS – 138 Know Your Place: The East Riverside Neighborhood and the Impact of Urban Renewal
FRS – 141 Animals & Society
LIVING - LEARNING COMMUNITY SEMINARS:
FRS – 104 Humans and Nature (* LLC)
FRS – 128 Genetics, Medicine, and Your Future (* LLC)
What's a First Year Seminar?
Click on link above to read a general overview of elements common to all first year seminars.