Student Information
Winter 2025
Winter Courses Now Available!
Check out the new seminar offerings for the Winter Quarter!
Overview
Designed especially for first-year students, freshman seminars offer you an exciting opportunity to broaden your academic horizons. They are one-unit courses limited to approximately 15 students that typically meet once a week for an hour throughout the quarter. You can receive a letter grade or elect the pass/not pass option. Freshman seminars let you…
Explore
Explore stimulating topics with outstanding faculty in a small group setting
Learn
Gain an introduction to the culture of the university
Build Connections
Get to know a professor noted for original research and commitment to teaching
Community
Learn about ways to do research within your field of study in a supportive and congenial atmosphere
Types of Seminars
Seminars are offered in a wide range of disciplines with topics varying for fall, winter, and spring quarters. Seminars may be repeated up to three times so long as the subjects vary. Students may add or drop a freshman seminar up until the end of the second week of classes.
- University Studies 1: Freshman Experience, 2 units, fall/winter quarters. Open to all freshmen, strongly recommended for Undeclared students.
- University Studies 3: Freshman Seminars, 1 unit, fall/winter/spring quarters. Open to all freshmen and to continuing students as space permits.