Prof. Jennifer L. Simpson
First-Year Seminar Instructor
Welcome to Freshmen Seminar!
I’m your instructor, Prof. Jennifer Simpson. I will be teaching your Freshmen Seminar class and I am honored to have this opportunity.
This website will be our starting point for most of our learning activities. On this site, you can find the resources and tools that will strengthen your success in this class. You will also be able to find links to our class lesson plans. If you are ever absent from class, you can come to this website to stay up-to-date.
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Course Obj.'s
Freshmen Seminar will spend the semester strengthening your skills in each of the following areas:
- Learning how to study and prepare
for assessments
- Collaboration with others
- Public Speaking with confidence
- Service to the community
- Digital Literacy
- Time management
- Perseverance & resilience
Grading
Your grade in Freshmen Seminar will be calculated based on the following:
- Classwork and Homework
completion and quality
- Political Science lecture note-
taking
- In-class participation
- Presentations to the class
- Portfolios (Midterm / Final)
- Research Project
- First-Year Sympsium
- First-Year Research Conference
Faculty Center 119
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Fall 2016 Schedule
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Office Hours
Monday 8:30-9:30am
Tuesday 8:00-9:00am
Wednesday 8:30-9:30am
Thursday 8:00-9:00am
Friday 12:00-1:00pm