S2 Starting Out Right with First Year Seminars

Presenters

Dr. Erin Stutelberg, Secondary and Physical Education
Dr. Yuki Okubo, Psychology
David Gladden, Art
Dr. Timothy Stock, Philosophy

Abstract

Salisbury University, as a center of learning, research, culture, and community, requires a First Year Seminar (FYS) for all students in their first year. This one course addition in the General Education remodel will have a significant impact on students, faculty, staff, and perhaps the culture of teaching and learning at SU. In this session, members of the General Education Oversight Subcommittee for the First Year Seminar will facilitate a space for faculty from across campus to collaborate around FYS course design and implementation. After a brief framing of the FYS description and its SLOs, participants will be offered three small groups to join for discussion:

Faculty who have had a FYS course approved (or are in the approval process) for Fall 2024, to discuss and share pedagogies and practices for teaching an FYS;
Faculty who have an idea for an FYS course, to discuss turning that idea into a proposal; and
Faculty who are interested in FYS and would like to hear more about what it is and what the proposal process is like.

We hope that these self-selected small group conversations will provide an opportunity for faculty from across campus to build on their understanding of First Year Seminar and learn how their colleagues from across campus are engaging in this new component of our students’ general education program.

Session Recording

Per the request of the presenters, this session was not recorded. Please contact presenters for more information about this session topic.