As a first-year student at Oberlin, you can take on intellectual questioning in a number of different ways—by thinking about poetry, race, identity, death, and sports, to name a few topics of inquiry. You can think about such complex places as Africa, India, Russia, and America. And you can explore such questions as: How can I be sure what is true and good? How should we live? How does the studying I do in college connect to the larger world?
First-year seminars help you think about the connections among your various courses and the personal significance and social relevance of your studies. They are introductions to liberal arts learning, designed not only to hone your skills in critical and creative thinking, discussion, and writing, but also to acquaint you with the values that sustain a community of learning.
A seminar is a unique opportunity for you to test your ideas, learn from others, and get to know a professor well in a small classroom setting (enrollment is limited to 14 students). First-year seminars are offered by faculty in departments and programs throughout the College. These seminars fulfill part of Oberlin’s writing proficiency requirement and some fulfill part of the quantitative proficiency requirement.
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