First-Year Seminars

EPLS:1029:0001Try on Someone Else's Shoes: Building Capacity for Perspective Taking
CSI:1200:0010"I'm Not a Writer" and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves: Writing for Self-Discovery and Critical Thinking
CSI:1200:0013Assistive Technology for Academic Success
CSI:1200:0009Financial Literacy Basics: How to Be Financially Independent
PHAR:1000:0002Medicines and Pharmaceuticals That Transformed Society
SRM:1000:0001The World of Sports Law
CSI:1200:0004Information Literacy: Skills to Enhance Your Academic and Everyday Success
ENGR:1029:0001Pathways to a Carbon-Free World in 2075: Society, Energy, and Economics
MKTG:1300:0002Why We Buy
CSI:1200:0017Brink of Total Dispute
CHEM:1000:0001Herbal Medicine: A Scientific Exploration
PSY:1000:0001Why Smart People Believe in Irrational Things
DANC:1000:0004Cell Phone Cinema
URES:1000:0012Discovering Research
CSI:1200:0006Inside Look at College Athletics
URES:1000:0005Discovering Research
URES:1000:0007A Tour of Biological Anthropology
CSI:1200:0015Building a Career That Fits You
EDTL:1129:0003So You Want to Be a Teacher: What Does That Mean?
CSI:1200:0022How to Humanist: Tips for Majors and the Humanities-Curious
EDTL:1129:0008Think, Make, Learn: Building Confidence Through Making
SRM:1000:0002So You Want to Work in Sport and Recreation?
CSI:1200:0012Exploring Careers in the Pharmaceutical Sciences
SWAH:1000:0001African Culture and the World
URES:1000:0002Memorials, Museums, Monuments
ITAL:1000:0001Italian Fashion: Style, Culture, and Society
SEES:1000:0001Lost Worlds and Monsters
CSI:1200:0021How Scientists Use Storytelling to Communicate Research
URES:1000:0006Economics and the World Around You
CSI:1200:0019Well-Being for Future Teachers
EDTL:1129:0006Shaping Futures: Strategies for Working with Students
EPLS:1029:0002Personal Leadership Development in the University
URES:1000:0015Beyond Venus and Mars: Sex Differences in Physiology and Disease
HHP:1000:0002No Guts, No Glory: What's Going On Inside Your Body "-ody -ody"
LATS:1000:0001Exploring Latina/o/x Studies and Culture in Contemporary America
CLSA:1000:0001Introduction to Egyptology and Egyptian Hieroglyphs
ASL:1000:0001American Sign Language
ARTS:1000:0001Art, Society, and Personal Expression: An Interactive Exploration
CSI:1200:0014Cool Places and Hot Spots
SMC:1000:0001America's Games: Baseball, Football, and Nationalism
URES:1000:0014The Future of Energy
FREN:1000:0005Iowa to the World: Studying, Living, and Working in a Global Environment
CSI:1200:0002Law School Bound
EDTL:1129:0004Secrets to College Success
CSD:1000:0001Can You Hear Me Now?
MGMT:1300:0001Managing Yourself for Success
SSW:1000:0001Agents of Change: Adventures in Social Work
CSI:1200:0005Beyond Volunteering: Changing Your World Through Community Engagement
MATH:1000:0001Mathematics as Art, Language, and Science
URES:1000:0003Unleashing the Benefits of Animal-Assisted Interventions
CSI:1200:0018Hopeful Mindsets: Building Resilience and Optimism
GHS:1029:0001Global Health Mindfulness Practices
EDTL:1129:0007Self-Determination and Your Future Career
FREN:1000:0003Exploring the World's Languages
URES:1000:0008If Science Was Easy, Everyone Would Be a Scientist: Increase Your Skills to Become One Beyond Your GPA
RELS:1000:0001Games, Chance, and Gambling: Backgammon
RHET:1000:0003Humans and Environment: The Invisibility of the Impact of Our Lifestyles
TR:1000:0002Don't Forget Me: Using Play to Promote Inclusion
RHET:1000:0008Grit and Resilience: Tools to Face Life's Challenges
EDTL:1129:0001Checklist for Future Teachers
DANC:1000:0003Meet Your Community of Fellow Artists!
FREN:1000:0002Beyond Borders: The Global Impact of French and Francophone Pop Culture
EDTL:1129:0005Transitioning to Campus Life: Resources and Strategies for Success
CSI:1200:0025WILD at Iowa
RHET:1000:0002Creative Sustainability and Everyday Art
CSI:1200:0011Mindful Mastery: Integrating Mindfulness Into Academic and Creative Pursuits
CSI:1200:0001Art and Social Engagement
CSI:1200:0020Food, Climate, and Culture
CSI:1200:0016Oral Histories: Reflection and Creation
ARAB:1000:0001We Are What We Eat: Food Culture in the Middle East and North Africa
FREN:1000:0001Backpacking Through Europe
SOC:1000:0002Group Processes: Its Not for People Only
JMC:1000:0001Interactive and Emerging Media Storytelling
PSQF:1029:0003Defending Children's Rights for Protection, Education, Health, Shelter, and Good Nutrition
CSI:1200:0024Adventure Is Out There! Charting Your College Journey With Carl, Russell, Dug, and Kevin
CSI:1200:0008Building Wealth Through Real Estate: A Roadmap to Financial Freedom
PHAR:1000:0003Resilience for Health Professions Students
ANTH:1000:0001The Skills That Time Forgot: An Introduction to Experimental Archaeology
CSI:1200:0003Building Comics

First-Year Seminars for Honors Students

COMM:1000:0001Speak, Listen, Connect: The Art of Civic Dialogue
MUS:1000:0001Music and the Mind
CRIM:1000:0001Prisons and Criminal Punishment
SOC:1000:0001Exploring Courage, Restoration, and Resiliency
URES:1000:0013Control Yourself! What Is Self-Control and How Can It Be Improved?
TR:1000:0001More Than Words: Utilizing Books and Play With Children to Help Them Cope With Stressful Life Events
PSY:1000:0002How Psychology Can Save the Planet
URES:1000:0010Solving the Grand Challenges of Sustainability
JMC:1000:0003Delete Social? The Case for Ditching (or Keeping) Social Media
CLSA:1000:0002Cosmic Travelers, Crystal Skulls, and Creationism: Conspiracies and Pseudoarchaeology
URES:1000:0004Discovering Research
CBE:1180:0001The Energy Future