TravelTravel-Study In order to enhance the academic experiences of students through study abroad, interdisciplinary seminars are offered in all divisions of the College. Travel-Study (TRA) Gen. Ed. Course Descriptions Goals: To enable students participating in Wesleyan’s faculty-led Study Abroad programs to explore an interdisciplinary topic related to their travel. To build students' skills in critical thinking, laboratory science, quantitative reasoning, and artistic expression. Content: Topics, texts, and assignments will vary from semester to semester. Taught: Offered occasionally. Category: General Education. Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor; Payment of all fees related to the course and to travel prior to the end of the Drop/Take period. Credit: 3, 4 210 Travel-Study Seminar (Fine Arts/Critical Thinking) (3) 211 Travel-Study Seminar (Fine Arts/Artistic Expression) (3) 212 Travel-Study Seminar (Humanities/Critical Thinking) (3) 213 Travel-Study Seminar (Social and Behavioral Sciences/Critical Thinking) (3) 214 Travel-Study Seminar (Science & Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning) (3) 215 Travel-Study Seminar (Science & Mathematics/Laboratory Science) (3,4) 216 Travel-Study Seminar (Professional Studies/Critical Thinking) (3)
Wesleyan Wesleyan Integrative Seminar Experiences (WISe) WISe 101 and 102 are interdisciplinary seminars intended to introduce students to academic life at Wesleyan by modeling our diverse and challenging academic community, asking students to examine intentionally the value of a Wesleyan education for them, and helping them acquire skills and strategies for success at Wesleyan. Students take the seminars in their first year of college. The instructor of each WIS 101 section is ordinarily the academic advisor for the student.
Wesleyan Integrative Seminar Experience (WISe) Gen. Ed. Course Descriptions 101: Wesleyan Integrative Seminar Experience I. Goal: To provide students with an understanding of the nature and value of a Wesleyan education; to provide students with the skills and strategies needed to make a successful transition to college; to expose students to juxtaposed disciplinary methods and to have students be part of an academic community committed to the free and open exchange of ideas; to ask students to reflect critically on their beliefs and frames of reference; and to help students discover and explore their talents and passions through study, service, and work. Content: Wesleyan Integrative Seminar 101 is the first half of Wesleyan College's two-semester first-year seminar. The primary academic purpose of the course is to give students a common foundation in the academic skills they need to succeed at Wesleyan, namely critical thinking and writing. Each section of the course is taught by a full-time faculty member. The course meets for three hours a week, some times in common session, but mostly as separate sections. The course shares a common syllabus developed collaboratively by the faculty teaching the course in consultation with Wesleyan's director of writing. The faculty team teaching the class also always includes a member of the English department. In the class students read texts, ranging from poems and novels to articles on history, science, and social science, discuss them in class, and write analyses of them. The class works on proper source use and integrating source material into students' writing. Students write both low- and high-stakes assignments. They produce multiple drafts of their papers and work on them in peer-review in-class workshops. WISe courses are the foundation of Wesleyan’s general education curriculum. Taught: Fall. Category: General Education Credit: 3 hours. See General Education section of this Catalogue for regulations governing enrollment in WIS 101.
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