Simpson Colloquium Courses
The academic core of the First Year Program is the Simpson Colloquium, which is a first semester college course, limited to 18 students, that seeks to integrate new students into academic culture focused on engaged citizenship.
The 4-credit, full semester course serves several purposes.
First, it familiarizes students with the tradition of liberal arts education through the focused study of important issues – “big questions.”
Second, the course provides students with a solid foundation for future academic work, both by focusing on essential skills (Written Communications and Critical Thinking) and by introducing them to campus resources.
Finally, Simpson Colloquium provides students with opportunities to grow personally and intellectually, thereby enhancing their satisfaction with college life.
The professor teaching the course will become your academic advisor, and is assisted by upper-class students in the roles of Simpson Colloquium Leader (SCL) and Writing Fellow.
They and the other students in the class become a small community that will help you make the transition from high school to college, from living at home to living in a dorm, and from being dependent on others to becoming an independent adult.
You’ll get to meet members of your class, your SCL, and your Writing Fellow during Summer Registration and Welcome Week. With an academic advisor, you will sign up for your remaining fall semester courses when you come to Summer Registration!
Listed below are all the SC101 course offerings for Fall 2013. Take a look at the course descriptions, find four (4) classes that you’re most interested in, and rank those four courses. You will send us those rankings when you sign up for Summer Registration. A notification will appear on your Simpson Portal-SC Connect page when this form is available. You will be placed in an Simpson Colloquium Course based on preference and availability.
SIMPSON COLLOQUIUM COURSES – FALL 2013
SC 101 (Please click on the title of the course for further information about the course and to meet the Professor, SCL, and Writing Fellow.)
A Cultural History of Cool (Course Full)
Inconspicuous Consumption (Course Full)
Dystopias: It’s the End of the World as We Know It
Strangers, Gods, and Monsters (Course Full)
News and Public Affairs in the Internet Age
Rock and Roll: A Social, Political, and Musical History
Jazz, Race, and American Society
Living with Robots: Science Fiction or Reality?
Conformity and Rebellion (Course Full)
The Celluloid Closet: Gays and Lesbians in Film and Pop Culture
Canine Connections (Course Full)
Globalizing Sport (Course Full)
Seeing Color: Exploring Racism in America
You Are What You Eat (Course Full)
Economic Detectives: The Hidden Side of Everything
Poverty and Education in America (Course Full)
SC 201 (for Transfer students)
Composing Your Life (3 sections – Fall 2013)
Composing Your Life (Spring 2014)