Additional First-Year Seminars


– Luke Ronayne, C‘26
These additional First-Year Seminars don’t fit neatly into a single program or category. They share many of the same attributes as Ignatius Seminars – small class sizes, strong faculty mentorship, experiential learning elements – but with a little something extra in their design, format, or focus:
- Ways of Knowing: Becoming Modern (Reason, Sentiment, and Identity in the 18th Century) consists of two courses (one in English and one in History) linked thematically, and which meet together for six credit hours a week. Students must enroll in both courses.
- Race and Class in DC is a pairing of American Studies courses – A 3-credit seminar and a 1-credit lab – in which students use Washington, DC as a case study for thinking critically about the intersection of race and class.
- Giro d’Italia is an introductory Italian language course with an emphasis on the cultural heritage of Italy. Students will journey outside the classroom to explore Italian food, history, and demography.
- The First Amendment serves as one of the four required foundational courses in the Government major. Students will consider the most urgent questions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s First Amendment jurisprudence in a lively seminar format, while building a solid grounding in the study of government.