LOPER 1: First-year Seminar

FOUNDATIONAL REQUIREMENTS – Skills that every university-educated person needs:

 First-year seminar* (minimum 3 hours). Courses must meet all learning outcomes.

Assessed as:

•     Can locate and select appropriate sources of information (to include information important to academic and professional success)
•     Can discern a source’s argument or purpose and audience
•     Can summarize a source’s main points accurately and fairly
•     Can evaluate and use sources appropriately and responsibly
•     Can integrate information from multiple sources and contrasting viewpoints

* The first-year seminar is waived for students admitted as transfer students with a minimum of 18 hours of GS coursework; transfer students and re-admit students still must fulfill the requirements of a minimum of 30 hours GS coursework that meets LOPERs 2-10.

Departments cannot require students to take a specific First-year Seminar.