First-year Seminars

Many English and Comparative Literature faculty at UNC create and teach engaging first year seminars.

“First-year seminars are designed and structured for incoming first-year students with no prior college experience. Students join distinguished faculty members who are active scholars and accomplished teachers in small classes that offer an introduction to the intellectual life of the university and focus on how scholars pose problems, discover truths, resolve controversies, and evaluate knowledge.

First-year seminars go beyond the traditional lecture and discussion format. They invite students to explore new and old ideas, engage with complex issues, and become active learners through inquiry, analysis, discovery, and action.”

See http://fys.unc.edu for more information, and check out the video below, featuring our own Professor Jane Danielewicz!