Overall Goals of the Ithaca Seminars:

  • Offer first-year students a liberal arts integrative experience in a small class setting;
  • Provide a classroom experience where students will learn to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, and points of view;
  • Introduce students to the Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC);
  • Connect learning with other aspects of academic and college life to help first-year students make a successful transition to college.

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) of the Ithaca Seminars: 

  • Students will develop and evaluate ideas and arguments;
  • Students will identify and articulate assumptions that underlie an idea, argument, or creative work.