First Year Seminar
Enroll in a First Year Seminar designed to help you further explore and clarify your
path.
First -year seminars introduce students to academic engagement in a small group setting
while exploring themes that relate to students’ interests or majors.
First Year Seminar 101
In First Year Seminar (FYS) you’ll work on college skills that will help you be successful
in all of your classes while exploring majors and career paths that Harper has to
offer. During this class, you’ll be encouraged to meet with your advisor who will
help you create an Ed Plan that will ensure you get your degree and certificate on
time! Also, in FYS, you’ll be supported by an instructor who cares about you and whose
goal it is to make you feel welcomed.
1. College Life-Navigating the System and Campus Resources
Utilize support services available in the collage environment to meet students’ personal
and academic needs.
2. College Learning Strategies for Academic Engagement and Success
Demonstrate responsible academic behaviors appropriate to intellectual engagement,
including the application of active learning strategies.
3. Career Development-Developing an Academic and Career Plan
Create a personal development plan which includes academic and career goals and explores
pathways for completion.
Extended Outcomes (for 3 credit FYS)
4. Contextualization and Integration
Interconnect course concepts and experiences (personal, campus, or community) in ways
that produce new knowledge or skills.
5. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Identify and evaluate issues, problems, positions, and supporting evidence through
an objective critical thinking process.
6. Information Literacy and Source Documentation
Research print and electronic sources, assess their credibility, and support a position
using appropriate documentation.
7. Diversity and Cross-Cultural Awareness
Articulate inter-cultural ideologies, perspectives, and contributions that people
or diverse backgrounds bring to a multicultural world.
The Interdisciplinary Programs Office
Building P P124
847.925.6349
firstyearseminar@harpercollege.edu
