The Daily Princetonian

First-year Writing Seminars undergo curriculum overhaul to improve student experience

The First-year Writing Seminar Program, a core requirement for first-year students, has undergone changes to its curriculum for the 2024–25 school year. This new curriculum will feature two main ...
Yale Environment 360

Summer program gives first-year students ‘the tools they need’

When Makyler Compton was offered a spot in the First-Year Scholars at Yale program (FSY), a six-week summer session for incoming first-year students, she didn’t hesitate — even though the timing ...
Bow Doin Polar Bears

First-Year Writing Seminar

The one course all students take their first semester at Bowdoin is a First-Year Writing Seminar (FYWS). First-Year Writing Seminars balance significant intellectual work with instruction in writing ...
DePauw

First-year seminars

First-year seminars at DePauw University are the cornerstone of a student's initial academic experience, offering a unique blend of intellectual exploration and skill development. These small, ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

‘Too systematic’: Penn undergraduate students criticize writing seminars

This is the first part in a two-part series about Penn’s Critical Writing Seminar. As the only required class for all undergraduates, the Critical Writing Seminar is widely considered a rite of ...