Seminar

Official Description

Freshman Seminar (81-101) Freshman Seminar is designed to introduce students to Northwest Missouri State University. Topics of exploration will include: adjustment to University life, skills necessary to make the most of the University experience, General Education requirements, academic programs and advisement, career exploration, campus and community resources, taking advantage of cultural and extracurricular events, and assuming responsibility for one's own University experience.

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Seminar on You and Your Community (81-102) This seminar will explore academic skills that help the student to be academically successful. The students will also discuss living in, and contributing to, the community in which they live.

Overview

Sit around and talk and vent. Perhaps do a bit of homework until your seminar leader gets sick of it.

What really happens

When you start your first year, you break up into groups and go to Mozingo lake. You'll keep these groups and call it seminar for the rest of the year. The purpose seems to be to acclimate first years to the Academy and University environment, but it mostly involves hanging out. The discussion may be somewhat directed by what you're supposed to be doing, but at most it's a vague guideline.

In May session, you begin doing college application activities with Cleo and Diana. These are generally useless, but we suggest avoiding requests for punishment should you not follow instructions.