FYHN 102.  First Year Seminar - Honors   (3).

The First-Year Seminar course is an introduction to the university as well as to general education at Wichita State University. Expect to explore a broad topic from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives as well as join a community of academic learners whose responsibility it is to ask questions, explore and exchange ideas, and become effective critical thinkers. Additionally, students have the opportunity to engage with fellow students and WSU faculty and staff by participating in activities aimed to further connect them to WSU. Students enroll in the lettered courses (e.g. 102A, 102B) with specific topics in the titles rather than in this root course. FYHN specifically fulfills an honors seminar requirement. Prerequisite(s): honors student or permission of the Cohen Honors College.

FYHN 102E.  First-Year Seminar: Me and My Place in the World   (3).

General education social and behavioral sciences course. Cross-listed as FYPS 102E. Invites students to explore their own roots and the experiences that have shaped who they are today. Students engage with others who have different stories from their own and examine shared interests and concerns about issues facing the world today. Students consider how they can make a difference locally and globally. First-Year Seminars do not meet a divisional requirement in the pre-Fall 2024 WSU General Education program, and can only be used in Bucket 7 for General Education starting Fall 2024.

FYHN 102F.  First-Year Seminar: Facts, Opinions and Why They Both Matter   (3).

General education humanities course. Cross-listed as FYHS 102AE. By learning to critically read contemporary news headlines and articles, this first-year seminar course provides a path for students to explore the factors that influence the formation of one’s "opinions" and the ways in which "facts" can be used to support them. Students strengthen their ability to empathize with people who hold opinions different than their own and engage in substantive, informed and respectful discussions about these differences. First-Year Seminars do not meet a divisional requirement in the pre-Fall 2024 WSU General Education program, and can only be used in Bucket 7 for General Education starting Fall 2024. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: FYHS 102AE, FYHN 102F, HIST 319 or HNRS 305N.

FYHN 102I.  First Year Seminar: Community and Cultural Connections   (3).

General education social and behavioral sciences course. Assists students in becoming acclimated to the college environment socially and academically, while also providing information on university policies and resources. Within the context of building student success skills, students explore the city of Wichita, the campus and surrounding communities to assist them with gaining a better understanding of the community-at-large and its relationship with the university. The goal of the course is to empower students with an understanding of how urban institutions and local communities are reciprocal stakeholders and share the civic and reciprocal responsibility of empowering one another, while assisting students with understanding how to better engage in this conjoined relationship both as current students and potential future citizens of this community or similar communities elsewhere. First-Year Seminars do not meet a divisional requirement in the pre-Fall 2024 WSU General Education program, and can only be used in Bucket 7 for General Education starting Fall 2024.