文理学院 & 第一年经验
The 第一年经验 Program gives every first-year student in the 文理学院 and 科学 the opportunity to participate in a small seminar taught by one of the University's best professors. Whether the seminar is Tales of Terror or American Politics, FYE students develop valuable and rewarding relationships with both their classmates and their professors.
First-Year Experience classes are offered exclusively to first-semester, first-year students. 小班授课, FYE seminars provide the personal attention and intimate classroom environment that make the transition to college both manageable and meaningful.
All FYE classes fulfill one of the 通识教育要求 for the 文理学院 and 科学. 然而, the subject matter of the FYE class is not limited to Music, 文学, 科学, 或社会学. The class also focuses on your education, and it invites you to be part of an intellectual community.
As you learn the material of the course, you'll pay special attention to some of the fundamental skills that lead to academic success, 比如写作和研究. 你也会想, 说话, and 写 about what it means to be a college student, so you can get the most out of your college experience. Each seminar works outside the boundaries of the traditional classroom to help you discover the diversity and richness of the Alfred Community.
Each FYE class has an upper-class student acting as a "Peer Leader." Peer Leaders are hand-selected by the faculty to serve as role models and allies for new Alfred students. They are there to help you learn how to learn, and they can provide a valuable voice of experience as you enter into college life.
The following is a sampling of our most recent seminars.
Pop Culture Goes Global: (COMM 200)
本课程探讨.S. "popular culture" and the media and their sociological, economic and political influence on cultures at home and abroad. It offers students a deeper understanding of globalization and its effect on their lives.
Playwriting: The Ten-Minute Play: (ENG 205)
This is a course in beginning playwriting for the student who wants to think about how language moves action and how characters can shape scenes. We’ll work closely with students in Acting I so class members will have an opportunity to use improvisation to build their scripts.
天文学入门:(ASTR 103)
A general survey of astronomy including our solar system, 恒星的本质, 我们星系的结构, 最后, 对其他星系的检查, 类星体和其他宇宙物体.
美国政治:(POLS 110)
国会是如何运作的? How much influence do interest groups have? Why does the government have rules about the size of the holes in Swiss cheese? Through a study of the politics of food in the United States, learn about key institutions and the ways that people can participate in the American political system.
Writing I: How to Avoid Lapsing into a Comma: (ENGL 101)
通过分析, 反光, 个人写作, this course looks closely at the essay form, 清晰的文字和组织, 研究和记录. We will learn to respond to various writings and respectfully quote and paraphrase from them. Like the practice that goes into sports and music, we will be writing both in class and out, to become more alert to the energy a well-placed word or punctuation mark can create.
Writing I: Analysis in Everyday Life: (ENGL 101)
Writing about what is happening around us is a great way to figure out what is happening inside us. This course uses analytical writing assignments to illuminate how the media and material objects in our everyday lives act out our human nature. Our inquiries will supply fun and engaging ways to grow in the basics of the college writing process: how to create topics, develop and present ideas strategically, 使用源以获得良好效果, 用清晰的书写, 连贯的, 简洁的风格. Students will reflect on how writing impacts their intellect.
Writing II: Writing to Extremes: (ENGL 102)
This course offers intensive experience in 阅读 and analyzing literature about people driven to extremes, from acts of violence and cruelty to noble sacrifice. Through the close 阅读 of literary texts and the practical experience of writing, students explore rhetorical strategies, learn accepted forms of research and documentation, and deepen their responses to the written word.
Atmosphere/Human/Ecosystem: (ENVS 105)
Life forms have been influencing the nature of the atmosphere for millions of years, 但是最近几个世纪, human activities have caused profound changes in the atmosphere that are now affecting ecosystems. These include emissions that have caused acid rain, 全球气候变化, 破坏臭氧层, 汞污染. This course will explore the effects humans (and other biota) have had on the atmosphere and the results that these changes have had on ecosystems.
现代西方历史:(HIST 111)
A survey of developments in Europe and the Western Hemisphere since the 1500s, with emphasis on the impact of ideas and ideologies (including Fascism, 纳粹主义, 和共产主义), social and economic change (including industrialism), 革命和世界大战, 和帝国主义.
音乐欣赏:(MUSC 110)
Did you know that 听 to classical music can improve academic performance? Students have actually raised their grades on certain kinds of tests by merely 听 to 20-30 minutes of Bach or Mozart before taking the exam. Music Appreciation teaches you to listen attentively and thoughtfully to all sorts of music, 甚至是你最喜欢的乐队. We’ll learn about music and composers from medieval times to the present, 看歌剧, get close and comfy with Mozart and Beethoven, and even take a trip to hear a professional orchestra. Add a little “class” and music to your life!
伦理:(PHIL 281)
Are there ways of living and habits of life that are better than others? If there are, what makes them better and who can judge this kind of thing? What is justice and what is fairness? What makes an action right or wrong? Is the answer to this question just a matter of who you are or where you live? For example, is (or, was) slavery ever right? Ethics is the branch of philosophy that examines these questions and questions related to these. Our 阅读s will be both classical and contemporary.
科学 that Changed the World: (SCIE 200)
This class covers the basic scientific principles of some of the major scientific discoveries throughout human history. We explore how (for better or worse) these discoveries have impacted humankind and the basic scientific principles underlying them.
Introduction to Sociology: (SOCI 110)
As the foundation course in sociology, introduction to sociology focuses on current issues in American culture and society. Sociological study requires the student to take nothing for granted about the “way things are.” Our sociological understanding will grow and develop over the semester as we explore concepts such as social structure, 社会互动, 社会化, 分层与不平等, 种族的交集, 性别, 和类, 社会变革, 和全球化.
Spanish I: Culture in Context: (SPAN 101)
Spanish I: Culture in Context introduces the Spanish language and cultures of the U.S., 西班牙, 厄瓜多尔, 墨西哥, Puerto Rico and Cuba by developing the skills to 说话, 写, read and listen about current issues of these respective countries. The four communicative skills (writing, 阅读, 听, and speaking) are emphasized in the classroom and in the language lab; no prior knowledge of the language is required.
《表演1:表演就是生活!(西娅240)
Through study of individuals in plays, 小说, 现实生活中, students discover ways to understand and present "the self" of characters. Exploration and development of writing, creativity, voice, and body are central. Improvisation, 阅读s with the playwriting class, and character study illuminate human behavior.
Each FYE seminar will have a Peer Leader to assist students with both academic and non-academic issues. Peer Leaders are upper-class students who support the FYE faculty and act as mentors for the seminar participants.
Peer Leaders model classroom engagement and offer both in- and out-of-class support. They'll answer questions about academic matters or about college life generally, provide certain kinds of academic help or feedback on first-year students' work, meet with students in small groups or one-on-one to discuss specific assignments or general study skills, and perhaps facilitate or take an active role in a class discussion. Overall, the Peer Leader's job is to help beginning students find their place in the AU community.
The Peer Leaders are selected by the instructor and have proven records of success at Alfred University. While working closely with first year students and making a real difference in their lives, Peer Leaders also have the opportunity to learn about curriculum development, 教学策略, 以及领导能力.
The CLAS Transfer Student Program helps new transfers make the transition to Alfred University. Students take the Transfer Seminar (CLAS 101) during their first semester at Alfred. As the cornerstone of the Transfer Student Program, the seminar provides an opportunity for students to get to know the intellectual community they have joined, while introducing them to campus resources that will help them succeed at Alfred.
在整个研讨会中, students will further develop core skills that lead to academic and professional accomplishment. The Transfer Student Program also facilitates mentoring relationships among the transfer students and their faculty and peers.