INT 111 - How Do We Know What We Know? (FYS) (1)

This common first year seminar explores how we know what we know and the various ways and conventions by which we communicate knowledge. For example, how do we take in and evaluate information? How do our brains make deliberate and/or rapid decisions? How does our knowledge both individually and societally change over time? What does it mean to know something? How do we consider perspectives different from our own? Learning requires raising questions that stem from reasoning, curiosity, and empathy. Through questioning, we become informed citizens and scholars. Through careful reading, creative and critical thinking, speaking and writing, we will engage with a variety of texts from many genres and disciplinary perspectives. Your instructor will serve as a guide along this path by encouraging you to consider different perspectives on and ways of knowing as you start to identify areas for your own growth as a college student. 

The student success component of your common First Year Seminar (FYS) extends beyond the first block, to encompass activities and response assignments throughout Blocks 1, 2, and 3. Topics and discussions in the student success component will help you succeed in all college classes, not just the common FYS. 
(First Year Seminar (FYS))