UW-Milwaukee: All Freshmen

First Year Transition Courses for All Freshmen

Some first year transition courses are not aligned with a student's major but rather with general subjects and skills. The Freshmen Seminars offer small classes in interesting topics that also contribute to meeting UWM's undergraduate requirement for general education (or GERs).

Department	Courses	Credits
Seminars
Freshmen Seminars in the College of Letters and Science (L&S)
Anthropology	Museums: Gateways to Modern Life Global Cultures & Communities	3
Atmospheric Sciences	Global Warming	3
Biological Sciences	Bioethics	3
Communication	Communication and Conflict	3
Comparative Literature	Violence and Responsibility	3
English	The Best Writers Writing Your Life: Memoirs Imaging History Literature and Theology African-American Folklore in Literature Representations of the American Dream Spirituality in Multicultural America Baseball Reading and Culture American Women Writers American Work: Puritans to Dilbert Satire, from Jon Swift to Jon Stewart Famous Trials in Literature and Film Madness and Mercy - Medea to Beloved Breaking the Rules: Women Writers Four American Storytellers: Hawthorne, Hemmingway, Salinger, O'Brien The Short Story Identity and Contemporary U.S. Popular Culture (2 sections) Writing for Social Good Southeast Asian American Life Stories (2 sections)	3
Foreign Languages/Linguistics	What's So Funny?	3
History	The 1950's: Fear, Sex, & Rock 'n' Roll Man's Best Friend: Human-Animal Relations in History Maria Antoinette: Villain or Victim The Many Faces of Humanity: Identity in History In Service of Empire: Photography and Imperialism Food and Energy in Global History Framers and the Constitution	3
Political Science	You Be Perry Mason Modern Political Leaders	3
Russian	Russian Cinema and Culture Today	3
Sociology	College in the City Latinos and the City Culture of Capitalism	3
Spanish	Virgins/Whores: Myths, Legends and Women of Latin America	3
Research
As a research university, UWM can offer students the opportunity to conduct research with faculty members as part of a very interesting first year transition experience.
Letters & Science	Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) L&S HUM 296, L&S NS 296, L&S SS 296	3-4
Skills
Thousands of freshmen before you have benefited greatly by enrolling in the first year transition courses that focus on the skills necessary for college success.
Ed Psych 100	Study Skills Offered by Learning Skills Laboratory (13 sections)	3
Careers
Another first year transition course helps students identify majors and careers that are right for them.
Ed Psych 101	Foundations for Academic Success - Planning your Major and/or Career (15 sections)	1