First Year Students



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 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 Destination Leader 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 Destination Leader, and your Writing Fellow during the Summer and Fall Orientations. With an academic advisor, you will sign up for your remaining fall semester courses when you come to Summer Orientation!

Listed below are all the SC101 course offerings for Fall 2012. Please choose four (4) classes that you'd be most interested in taking and rank those four courses. You'll be placed in one of your four choices based on your preferences and availability.  Do this soon!   It is first come, first served.

SIMPSON COLLOQUIUM COURSES - FALL 2012

SC 101       - The Jazz Age    *New addition*

SC 101   M - I Hear America Singing    *New addition*

SC 101    Q and R  -  Dystopias   (2 sections taught together)

 SC 101     O - Prelude to a Farce

SC 101    G -  The Path

SC 101    W -  The Great Equalizer?

SC 101     I -  Earth Matters

SC 101    S -  Can You See What I'm Saying

SC 101    U -  The First Amendment

SC 101    L -  Inconspicuous Consumption

SC 101    V -  Defining the "American Dream"

SC 101    A -  "Women and Children First"

SC 101    H -  Creative Madness

SC 101    T -  Size Matters

SC 101     J -  Conformity and Rebellion

SC 101    K -  Health, Wellness, and Sports in the 21st Century

SC 101     F -  TheTrail of Tears

SC 101    P -  The Final Frontier

SC 101    D -  Creating Mathematics

SC 101    N -  A Royal Murder Mystery

SC 101    C -  The Holocaust

SC 101    B -  This Will Change Everything

Last Updated: 5/10/12