About+the+Seminar

=Course structure and goals = = = ====Although this seminar is guided by the professor, you will contribute a great deal to course content and to class discussions. In addition to the usual readings and so forth assigned by the instructor, students will construct a website for use in the course and will research topics and bring their findings to the entire class. One objective of FY seminar courses is to improve research and communication (written and oral) skills, as well as to practice critical thinking. More specific goals of FYS 188 include the following: ====

1) Understand how the works of creative artists and scientists have changed how western societies view the world.

2) Discover how the life and times of various artists and scientists may have set the stage for the creative process to come to fruition.