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Show pepth experience aim of seminars By NANCY ROBLEZ Chronicle Staff own to few, yet existing, are seminar classes which were formed ,jeciay for the freshman class. 'e idea grew out of the freshman Task Force Committee last April. It 's then that Provost Thomas King formed an Ad Hoc Committee of i :ulty, students and administration to work out the formation of such fisses. t-it of the committee rap session several freshman seminar classes blved which were opened to students last quarter and are continuing li the rest of the year. classes were put into the Ceneral Education curriculum with three in goals in mind. The first is so the freshman enrolled in the class I be better able to build a close relationship with fellow classmates i with the professor teaching the class than a typical class which is lally too large and the student is not able to build a relationship with one. second goal is to provide an in-depth intellectual experience for ' freshman. This goal is the crux of the whole seminar experiment. faculty members interested in participating in this program will tpose a course of plan of study which is an introduction to and s.jloration of his particular field. ! teachers and courses can be chosen from the five areas of Ceneral , ication and Ceneral Education credit will be given for the course, .ding will be or is recommended to be creditno credit. Along with ' professor an advanced student will be helping teach the class. The Jructor encourages individual study, reporting orally and in writing, " continuous discussions with the class. (ians, Blacks, and Chicanos would also be able to form groups of ir own in a seminar class situation, dents will have a chance to investigate proposed seminars and t,ose one which they find interesting to them or one which will fill ): r needs. ' third goal of the program is to provide academic and career ad-ig, ad-ig, orientation to the University, and an opportunity to make the 'it out of their University study. ieerts in the field will be teaching and the class is limited to twelve oilents, so it is very possible the three main goals may be carried out i( i success. classes meet once a week for an hour and a half. Students can earn Ko five credit hours depending on the course taken. fi classes themselves are divided into two separate areas. The first classes under the academic topic and classes under the personal ! vth topic. '"' er the topic of academic seminars, for five hours credit, are classes tied "The First Amendment" taught by Professor Owen Olpin. The md class under the academic topic is entitled "Ways of Knowing: sSn and Montaigne" taught by Prof. Michael Rudick. It also is five rs credit. Because the class has not reached the limit of twelve ents it is still open for enrollment for this quarter. J' if the personal growth seminars are open for enrollment. If a fresh-is fresh-is interested in registering for a class such as this he should ' act the Ceneral Education office, Park Building 301, right away so 'classes can get underway beginning next week. ill seminar classes are not listed in the University Catalog or in the q Schedule. Because of a mix-up in registration many students who ! interested in this program were barred from it. The details of this up are now being investigated. v - i |