Meetings with FYS Faculty
Resources for Faculty Teaching First-Year Seminars
First-Year Seminar topics change from year to year, are selected by the individual professor, and gernerally reflect that faculty member's reseach interests or an area of expertise not directly addressed in departmental courses. First-Year Seminars are not survey courses. Rather they are designed to inspire students' intellectual curiosity in a particular subject, and to encourage them to pursue a focused interest in depth.
Many seminars offer interdisciplinary perspectives; most include activities outside the classroom; all seminars help students develop their thinking, writing, and speaking skills. Seminar faculty serve as students' academic advisers for their first three semesters at Middlebury.
The CTLR offers support for faculty teaching and advising in the First Year Seminar program:
