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In First-Year Seminars, students explore a theme with top faculty and other students
within their College. Students gain insight on topics that range from planning a major,
to how best to study, to civic responsibility and intellectual values.
Undergraduate Colleges 101:
Undergraduate Colleges 102:
Every Fall, each Undergraduate College selects a cohort of first-year student leaders
to serve as College Fellows.
Undergraduate Colleges 275:
Undergraduate Colleges 276:
Students learn about contemporary issues in higher education, community building,
and teaching at a research university through hands-on work with faculty mentors.
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First-Year Seminars
In First-Year Seminars, students explore a theme with top faculty and other students
within their College. Students gain insight on topics that range from planning a major,
to how best to study, to civic responsibility and intellectual values.
First-Year Seminars involve community events focused exclusively on first-year students.
These experiences form a common understanding and community which supports students
throughout their academic journey.
Undergraduate Colleges 101:
Fall Semester
Students learn about university life while exploring a project connected with the theme of their College in a one-credit seminar.
Undergraduate Colleges 102:
Spring Semester
In their second semester, students choose from among a set of diverse one-credit seminars taught by expert faculty members which delve into topics connected with their College's theme.
First-Year Reading
Each year, a book is selected for the entire incoming class to read as part of the First Year Reading Program. Through a variety of events and activities, including a visit by the author on Undergraduate College Commons Day, incoming freshmen have the opportunity to explore this book with their peers, instructors, and the broader campus community.
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Fellows Seminars
Undergraduate College Fellows
Every Fall, each Undergraduate College selects a cohort of first-year student leaders
to serve as College Fellows.
Undergraduate College Fellows are trained to become peer mentors within their college,
to welcome the next incoming class of first-year students at Orientation and Opening
Weekend, and to be Teaching Assistants for the next incoming class' First-Year Seminar
101.
Undergraduate Colleges 275:
College Fellows Seminar
This course is available through application to the Undergraduate College Fellows Program.
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Undergraduate Colleges 276:
College Fellows Teaching Practicum
Undergraduate College Fellows take a one-credit Teaching Practicum seminar in the Fall of their second year to aid them in their roll as Teaching Assistants for the First-Year Seminar 101.
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Undergraduate Colleges Internship
Undergraduate Colleges 488: Internship
Students learn about contemporary issues in higher education, community building,
and teaching at a research university through hands-on work with faculty mentors.
Work assigned will include participation in the planning and operation of events and
initiatives sponsored by the Undergraduate Colleges.
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