Multiple First Year Seminars in one Semester?

lucyS
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:02:47 +0000

Are you sure that you want that?
I mean, of course first year seminars are great and everything, but remember a few things:

first year seminars are usually a LOT of work. You absolutely NEED to stay caught up because it is VERY obvious when you are even slightly behind. Example: most courses demand a huge amount of reading and discussion. Didn’t finish all the reading? Well its obvious to the professor in the discussion.

you want diversity in the type of courses you take. Sure small courses are nice where you can get to know the professor, but you also want the experience of large intro courses. The sooner you start getting used to them and how you can work with them (to still get to know professor, get extra help, etc), the better

and of course, you’re taking the opportunity away from someone else to be in even one seminar, let alone two

That being said, it’s not that difficult to just go talk to a professor if you want to be in more then one first year seminar. Just keep in mind the stuff I said above.