A wide variety of topics across the liberal arts disciplines, with something for every interest and curiosity
Contact collegedeans@georgetown.edu if you have any questions about the First-Year Seminars.
First-Year Seminars
First-Year Seminars are unique courses exclusively for first-year students in the College of Arts & Sciences. These courses are designed to enhance the first-year experience by creating small, intellectually rich communities with faculty and peers.
Features of First-Year Seminars
— Capped at 16-20 students per seminar
— Connect new students to a faculty mentor
— Introduce students to foundational academic skills
— Introduce students to the intellectual life of the university
— Include experiential learning activities
SPOTLIGHT on First-Year Seminars
SPOTLIGHT Ignatius Seminar Participant
Katherine DeMatteo (C’22)
SPOTLIGHT Ignatius Seminar: “Blackness as an Organizing Strategy”
Corey Fields — Professor, Department of Sociology
SPOTLIGHT Ignatius Seminar: “Human Flourishing, East and West”
Erin Cline — Associate Professor, Department of Theology
Teaching a First-Year Seminar is the perfect teaching experience. I get to choose a topic that I find fun, important, and interesting, I get to know smart and motivated students, and I have the opportunity to form a supportive and friendly community with them. Working with them as they develop their skills and find their path at the start of their college career is enormously rewarding.
Prof. Tommaso Astarita, Department of History