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First Name*

Last Name*

Email*

Department*

Proposed Seminar Title*

Foundational Question*
What is the overall “big question” that you would like students to explore in your seminar?

Seminar Description*
Provide a seminar description written for a high school senior audience. Include (1) the main questions your seminar will explore and (2) examples of class activities, assignments, and materials that would help a student know what to expect if taking your seminar. As you think about your seminar description, please note that the purpose of a first-year seminar is to use your area of expertise to introduce students to critical thinking. Therefore, your seminar is not a survey course about your discipline. Instead, it should deal with a specific topic that students will explore in depth. Please limit your description to no more than 300 words.

Topic Relevance and Transferrable Skills *
(1) In what ways will a first-year student benefit from studying your proposed topic? (2) What aspects of the seminar do you anticipate will generate the most excitement? (3) What specific skills will students learn that will help them throughout their college journey?

Fostering Critical Thinking *
Provide an example of a course activity or assignment that would introduce students to research in your academic discipline (this can be any part of the research process, from topic exploration, to data collection, analysis and interpretation, if appropriate).

Fostering Inclusive Classrooms *
The First-Year Seminar Program is dedicated to inclusive teaching practices. Please use https://cte.ku.edu/resources-inclusive-teaching from KU’s CTE as a reference. How will you foster an inclusive climate in your classroom? Please note that an inclusive climate goes beyond actual classroom interactions, as it can be further fostered via readings, guest speakers, assignments, topics of in-class activities, etc.

Integrative Assignment *
All First-Year Seminars include an integrative assignment for students to pull together their learning from the semester into a final product. Integrative assignments take a scaffolding approach, with a series of assignments that build on each other. Integrative assignments can be individual, group-based, or a combination of both. Integrative assignments can take various forms, from traditional research papers to works of art to fiction writing to media (e.g., creating a website, podcast or video addressing a particular topic/issue). Please propose an idea for an integrative assignment for your seminar and include examples of sample assignments that will build-up to the final project.

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