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First-Year Seminars
Linda Hapsmith, Penn State University
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:29:33 -0400
To: "All Advisers" <advisers@widget.edu>
From: "Linda Hapsmith" <hapsmith@widget.edu>
Subject: First-Year Seminars
Dear Academic Advisers:
We are pleased to announce that Widget University will be offering the following first-year seminars for all incoming freshmen. These courses will be taught by respected, tenured professors in their respective disciplines and will be limited to twenty-five seats each. These courses are designed to assist freshmen in adjusting to the university setting, understanding professor expectations, and learning how to grow up! We are particularly proud of the fact that these freshman experience courses meet or exceed the John Doe Foundation guidelines for being "character-building" courses. Please encourage your freshman students to sign up for one of these "character-building" courses today!
UNIV 101
Philosophy
Zen and the Art of Despair
UNIV 102
Leisure Studies
The Positive Sides of Panic
UNIV 103
Exercise and Sports Science
101 Ideas on How to Make Fatigue Work in Your Favor
UNIV 104
English Literature
Futility: The End Really is Greater than the Means
UNIV 105
Psychology
Anxiety & Abuse - The Twin Towers of Success
UNIV 106
Nursing
Strategies for Making Stress Good for You
UNIV 107
Classics
The Ancient Secret of Transforming Frustration into the Ever-Popular Depression
... Linda
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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:30:01 -0400
To: "All Advisers" <advisers@widget.edu>
From: "Linda Hapsmith" <hapsmith@widget.edu>
Subject: First-Year Seminars update
Dear Academic Advisers:
Widget University regrets to announce that the previous announcement concerning new "character-building" first-year seminar courses has been scrapped. Instead, each department is offering a freshman introductory course about their majors. Please contact your incoming freshmen about signing up for these new department courses.
ADVRT 101
Advertising
The Impact of American Media: Learning to Legally Lie with Ease
ARCHT 101
Architecture
Architectural Wonders: Stone-Repellent Glass Houses
ACCTG 101
Accounting
The Instructor's Manual for the Winners of Life - or Learning How to Fiddle With Numbers
CMPSC 101
Computer Science
"D--" The Obscure, Lesser-Known, Parallel Software Language
EL ED 101
Elementary Education
Making Sense of The Black Hole Theory of Childhood Education
ENGNR 101
Civil Engineering
DIY: A Step-By-Step Guide to Building Your Own Ivory Tower
GEOGR 101
Geography
So, Just Where Do You Think You Are?
LIBER 101
Liberal Arts
Conservative Estimates of the Effects of a Liberal Arts Education
NURSG 101
Nursing
Coping with the Plague
SCIEN 101
Physical Science
Relaxing and Having Fun with Million-Dollar Equipment
TURFG 101
Turfgrass Science
The How To's and What For's of the Age-Old Question: Why is the Grass Always Greener ... ?
... Linda
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Linda Hapsmith is senior undergraduate studies adviser in the Division of Undergraduate Studies at Penn State. She can be reached at lts3@psu.edu or (814) 865-7576.
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