First-Year Seminars (FYS) constitute a common academically significant experience in a student’s first year at Converse University. All incoming first-year students are required to take a 3- or 4-credit-hour FYS in the fall semester, choosing from a variety of discipline-specific topics. Each FYS carries the corresponding departmental prefix, but with the common course number (except for designated honors sections). Each FYS course is designed to have no more than 18 students, and counts in some designated category of the General Education Program. Strong writing and speaking components are required elements of the course. GEP science class (some offerings will have a lab). Some offerings of this course will count towards the Environmental Studies minor.
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