Download 2014 First-year Seminars All first-time, first

2014 First-year Seminars
All first-time, first-year students must enroll in a first-year seminar in the fall term. These
seminars are designed to improve student learning at a critical early stage in the
undergraduate experience, offer a class bonding experience, and introduce students to
a number of general education skills and perspectives. We offered the following
seminars in fall 2014:
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Stitched and Bound: Explorations in Papermaking and Books
Analyzing Pop Culture
Mothers and Daughters in Literature and Film
Women/ Bodies/Voices
Consuming French Culture
Organic Filmmaking
Earliest Christianity
The Passion for Power and the Power of Passion
Games, Puzzles and Logic
Taking the Crooked Road Through Virginia’s Musical Heritage
Biff! Bam! Kapow!: The Philosophy of Superheroes
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness
Horizon seminar:
Women and Technology: Discovering Your Inner Geek
Seminars for fall 2015 will be announced during the summer of 2015.