Supportive Community

The First Year at Stetson emphasizes shared experiences and unity. Students take many of the same courses and some of those courses will be linked together. In addition, students share a common advising process and reside in common residence halls that coincide with many of their common courses.

Emphasis is placed on students identifying themselves as First Years instead of identifying themselves solely by majors, social organizations, or group affiliations. Students come into the University with the understanding that as a First Year student, they are a valued part of the Stetson community and that from the beginning the University will expect and cherish their contributions to the campus community.

First Years are supported through:

• Advising and Advisee/Adviser relationship

• Living-Learning Communities

• Linked and Blocked Courses

For more detail on how this might work, please see The Advising Handbook

Seminars and First-Year Only Courses

First Year Studies sponsors a host of first-year seminars and first-year only courses. These courses are designed to offer students a unique and enriched learning opportunity to work closely with a professor and classmates to explore a topic of interest; they are in a number of different areas of the University. Below is a sample list of some of the seminars and first-year only courses offered:

Popular Culture The 50's and 60's

Deconstructing Difference

Macro Economics

Micro Economics

College Writing

English Seminar

Modern Western Civilization

Psychology

Introduction to Christianity

Introduction to Sociology Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality

Introduction to Religion

Ecology of Our Changing Earth

Introduction to Theatre

Foundations of Knowledge

Introduction to Business

American National Government

Analytical Reading and Writing