This common First Year Seminar (FYS) explores how we know what we know and the various ways we communicate knowledge. For example, how do we take in and evaluate information? How do our brains make deliberate and/or rapid decisions? How do we acquire knowledge about fitness and wellness that lead to healthy lifestyles? What does wellness mean to us individually and as a societally, and how has this meaning changed 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, active physical activity participation, creative and critical thinking, speaking and writing, we will engage with a variety of texts from many genres and disciplinary perspectives. I will serve as a guide along this path by encouraging you to consider different perspectives and ways of knowing as you start to identify areas for your own growth as a college student.
- Teacher: Lewis Kanyiba