Have you thought of taking a First-Year Seminar?

Each of the courses in the First-Year Seminar (FYS) program is unique in its own way, but what is shared is the:

• small cohort experience. You, along with your faculty member and class participants, study a topic in a dynamic, small-group environment.
• focus on learning by sharing knowledge and experience through writing, discussions, and presentations…key skills your faculty and employers require.
• connection with faculty that can only happen in smaller classroom settings. They will get to know you well and can recommend you for all kinds of opportunities.

FYS 102-12: The Information Diet?

Meets Social Sciences (SS) requirements

In this seminar, students will be introduced to the reflective discovery and critique of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge. Through guided discussion and hands-on activities, students will explore issues related to privacy, censorship, digital activism, as well as how issues of gender, race, and class affect information access and creation. Students will develop the skills necessary to ethically and effectively use information to make decisions, solve problems, and communicate their views. In the process of exploring the information cycle and their own information seeking and consumption behaviors, they will develop strategies to better find, evaluate, manage and cite information.