IE I01 First Year Seminar

Overview: 
The goal of Guilford’s First Year Seminar is to introduce students to the academic community at Guilford, while offering them intensive, focused support and guidance. Students identify the areas and topics they are interested in learning more about, thereby encouraging students to branch out into new areas of exploration. A unique structure—that intentionally pairs the academic component with parallel academic skill-building and success strategies—guides students to achieve academic success in the course, and also throughout their first semester of courses and beyond. With an emphasis on facilitating students’ growth mindset and through focused and structured reflection, the course encourages students to position themselves as intellectually-engaged college students and also as lifelong learners.

At the same time, the course focuses on introducing and welcoming students to the Guilford community. Understanding that students remain and persist when they feel connected with not only their peers, but also the faculty and staff, the course prioritizes relationship-building—with the faculty member and Career, Academic, Personal Exploration (CAPE) advisor who are both teaching and collaborating with one another in the course—but also with other resources and supports across campus. The course thus introduces students to the beginning stage of a collaborative, team-based advising approach, where students can rely on multiple people with different perspectives to offer guidance and support throughout their time at Guilford.

IE 301 Junior Seminar
In the Junior Seminar students continue the process of reflection and curiosity development from the First Year Seminar and Explore courses. Instructors may include other course content as appropriate, especially when the student population is from a specific cohort, for example, Bonner Scholars or students in the Honors Program. By the end of the Junior Seminar, students will identify their Explore courses, share ideas for their contribution project, and select a Senior Seminar course. 

Format:  There are three possibilities for students to complete the Junior Seminar. With guidance from their advising team, students will choose from these options.

• Complete the Junior Seminar as part of a collaborative topic- or project-specific cluster with an instructor(s) who leads that cluster such as Ethical Leadership. 
• Complete the Junior Seminar through a designated course option such as Honors and approved course in the major (See approved Designated Junior and Senior Seminar Courses list). 
• Complete the two-credit Junior Seminar as a standalone course (IE 301) with an instructor and guidance from a faculty or staff collaborator (additional support can be provided by community members). 

Junior Seminar

Junior Seminar	Prerequisites/Corequisites
ACCT 351/BUS 301	Required for all Accounting and Business majors. Open to all students
EDUC 309	Required for all Education Studies majors Corequisites: EDUC 307, 308, and clinical internship
EDUC 312	Required for all Education Studies majors Corequisite: EDUC 313 or instructor permission
ENVS 380	Required for all Environmental Studies major
HIST 401	Historical Perspectives and HIST 310 or instructor permission
HON 300	Only open to Honors students
JPS 338	Required for all CMJS majors. Open to other majors by instructor approval
MUS 309	Open to all students
PECS 235	Required for all PECS majors. Open to all students
PSCI 455	Required for all Political Science majors This course is a prerequisite for PSCI 465
SPST 391	Prerequisite: SPST 120 Required for all Exercise and Sport Science and Sport Management majors This course is a prerequisite for SPST 485