{"id":32,"date":"2016-05-12T18:05:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T18:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/essentials\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2023-11-29T11:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:13:47","slug":"first-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/essentials\/academics\/first-year\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Year Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--media-float-right umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">eagle essentials<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">First-Year Seminar<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-first-year-seminar\">First-Year Seminar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/fsem\/\">First-year seminar<\/a> courses, the backbone of the <a href=\"http:\/\/academics.umw.edu\/fye\/\">First-Year Experience<\/a> at UMW, introduce students to the pursuit of intellectual inquiry. Seminars are designed to foster interaction with outstanding faculty members while exploring nontraditional topics in nontraditional ways. One first-year seminar is required during your first semester on campus as part of UMW\u2019s general education program. (Transfer students are not required to take a first-year seminar.) Specific topics will vary from course to course, but all promise\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>college as you imagined it: a life of the mind taught by faculty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>small classes, capped at 15 students each<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>active, discussion-based formats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>exploration of primary texts rather than textbooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>critical examination of the class literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>development of writing and speaking skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-Year Seminar First-year seminar courses, the backbone of the First-Year Experience at UMW, introduce students to the pursuit of intellectual inquiry. Seminars are designed to foster interaction with outstanding faculty members while exploring nontraditional topics in nontraditional ways. 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