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...increase in the number of both humanities and science seminars, growing departmental support, and a new web-based application system all contributed to a total growth of 250 percent in course offerings over the past three years, according to Elizabeth Doherty, director of the Freshman Seminar Program...
...expanding the Freshman Seminar Program was enthusiastically endorsed” by members of the Faculty, Doherty says. “Many more faculty have subsequently come forward to teach freshman seminars...
Assistant Director of Social Studies Karen Zivi, who led a seminar last fall, says that its structure helps first-years adjust to the rigors of participating in a college classroom...
...because both the number of courses and the number of applicants rose drastically, about half the students still found themselves rejected from their choice of seminar, according to Doherty...
...past, the Freshman Seminar Program was often dominated by humanities courses, leaving first-years with an interest in the sciences with few options...