A Well-Rounded Experience
The First-Year Experience courses are taught by faculty and staff from across the University. Each course centers around a different theme, and students will be assigned to a course. Explore some of the available themes below:
Exploring the World: Nature, Ethics and Global Challenges
- Connecting with Nature and Protecting our World — Heather Hill, Ph.D.
- Designing the Future, One Ethical Choice at a Time — Rafael Moras, Ph.D., P.E.
- Global Climate Change and Human History — David Turner, Ph.D.
- What the World Needs Now is You: The Call to Transform Society — Nicole Trahan, F.M.I.
Finding Your Place: Identity, Belonging and Growth
- Belonging: Learning from the Sign of the Cross — The Rev. John Thompson, S.M., Ed.D.
- College, Careers, Money, Life and Legacy — Kent Royalty, LL.M.
- Digital Skills for College Success — Miguel Cortina Ponton
- Effort is a Contradiction of Energies — Parker Shectman, Ph.D.
- Empowerment — Navigate Fear to Success — Ramish Noori
- Find Your Voice: Communicating with Purpose in College and Beyond — Katie Thonen
- Preparing for the Workplace — Lesly R. Krome, Ph.D.
- The Meaning of Happiness — Xavier Montecel, Ph.D.
- Wellness — Susanna Guzman Moczygemba
Making a Difference: Service, Community and Justice
- Designing for Impact: Building Inclusive Communities Through Construction and Service — Juan Pablo Valenzuela
- Surfing the Waves (of Change) — Mona Lopez, M.Ed.
- The Drama of Humanity: Myth and Tragedy — James Greenaway, Ph.D.
- The Power of the Arts to Create and Transform our Lives — Tim Bessler, Ed.D.
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People — Raúl Zenedejas, Ph.D.
Media, Pop Culture and Creativity
- Domestic Violence and Pop Culture — Tanya Grant, Ph.D.
- If You Build It, They Will Come — Bro. Michael S. Sullivan, S.M., D.M.A.
- Lessons from Star Trek: A View of Social Consciousness and Marianist Values — Fransesca “Mallory” Coley, Ph.D.
- Media and Meaning — Bradley W. Root, Ph.D.
- The Psychology of Music — Amy Louis Cox and Cody Cox, Ph.D.
- Through a Theatrical Lens: Your Mind, Body and Spirit — Shawn Hardee