Welcome to Freshman Seminars!

Treat yourself to some of the coolest classes on campus!

In 2003, President Karen Holbrook fostered the OSU Freshman Seminar Program to provide unique learning experiences for first-year students. In small, discussion-based seminars, distinguished faculty introduce first-year students to topical and cutting-edge research areas from a wide variety of disciplines. Unlike most first-year classes, the Freshman Seminars provide the opportunity to work closely with faculty members in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Freshman Seminars:

• Provide first-year students opportunities for contact with faculty in small group-discussion settings.
• Offer an introduction to frontier areas of scholarly pursuit, allowing freshmen a glimpse of current topics of research and study.
• Introduce students to unfamiliar academic areas.
• Provide insight into how faculty pursue scholarship in their disciplines.