HS 131

The First-Year Liberal Arts Seminar provides an interactive small-group educational experience that guides first-year students in their successful transition to the intellectual and academic community of Cornish College of the Arts. Students select a seminar among a variety of topics that relate to a shared theme across sections taught by faculty across the College. Each section supports students’ development of academic skills including engaged discourse, a close reading of texts, critical thinking, and research in a culture of exchange between teachers and peers.First Year Liberal Arts Seminar offerings have included: Emergence of Style Tribes, Self and Society, Creative Gatherings, Leaving Home, Sound Revolutions, Technology and Time, and Art in Times of Change.