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First Year Seminar - FS 1100

Tuesday 11:00am-12:15pm
Coordinator: Daniel J. Martin, PhD; Associate Professor and Chair of English

This seminar, offered to first-time college students, aims to orient students academically to Rockhurst University by introducing them to classmates, faculty, and staff, and by exploring the meaning of their core studies. We emphasize these core areas of the curriculum by defining them and by showing how they integrate all elements of holistic learning. Further, we introduce students to service activities and to such college events as plays, musical performances, and visiting scholar lectures. Additionally, students learn library usage, time and stress management, college level note-taking strategies, listening skills, and computer locations on campus. Students collect abundant written materials throughout the semester which they can use for all of their Rockhurst education. This course immerses students in the Rockhurst motto, "Not what to think, but how to think."

Syllabus 2011 (PDF)

First Year Seminar Instructors

Rebecca Ballou, EdD, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Matthew Beverlin, PhD, Political Science
LaKresha Graham, PhD, Communications
Glenn Young, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies

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