First Year Seminars

Offered each fall semester for first-year students.

Freshman Year Experience (FYE) Seminars provide an unparalleled opportunity for small groups of students to explore a thought-provoking scholarly topic outside of General Education requirements.

  • Learn how scholarship is conducted in specific disciplines.
  • Practice using UAOnline to register for courses, add/drop courses, check financial aid, and more.
  • Get familiar with using DegreeWorks to determine your outstanding graduation requirements.
  •  Improve your understanding of academic planning, program requirements, and student code of conduct at UAF.

Earn one free credit! Get $100 credit toward UAF Housing!

  • Tuition and all fees are paid for Freshman Year Seminars.
  • Students who enroll but do not complete the course will be charged $45.
  • Res Life Students: Successfully pass one course and Residence Life will credit you $100 toward your spring billing.
  • Contact the Academic Advising Center at 474-6396 or your academic advisor for more information.

Fall 2013 Seminars

Click here for a pdf brochure of Fall 2013 First Year Seminars.

Seminars September 5 thru October 31

Polar Security in a Changing Arctic Environment (Wednesdays 3 – 4:30)  

Banned! Challenges to intellectual freedom around the world (Wednesdays 3:30 -- 5)  

Change your story – Change your life (Tuesdays 2 – 3:30)   

Running with the Devil: The history of evil and the supernatural in music ((Mondays 3:30 - 5)

Seminar September 5 thru December 19

Fact or Fishin’: Critical thinking in fisheries conservation and management (Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30)