Millersville University, Faculty Senate
General Education Curriculum
Program Review
May 1996
Curricular Currency
The Freshman Year
5. The Freshman Year--Experiences during the initial year are designed to
help freshmen adapt to college life; academic freshman orientation is a
popular mode.
Millersville University has not created a freshman year experience in the
nature of freshman seminar that introduces all new students to the
university. There were some attempts in this direction by the Student Life
staff and others, but they have died out. Some departments on campus require
a freshman seminar, and the practice is growing. There was formerly a library
orientation requirement; this now is incorporated in many (freshman) English
composition sections. In addition, freshman orientation during the summer is
an active program and has become increasingly academically oriented.
Curricular Currency
...|Liberal Arts and Sciences
|Fundamental Skills
|Higher Standards and More Requirements
|Tighter Curriculum Structure
|The Senior Year
|Global Studies
|Cultural Diversity
|Integration of Knowledge
|Moral Reflection
|Active Learning
|Extension Through All Four Years
|Assessment
|Information Literacy
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