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Welcome to the LibGuide for the First Year Seminar:

Imaginative Sojourns: Writings about the Self

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To reflect on significant questions about yourself, your community, and your world.
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To gain an understanding of basic principles of oral communication as they apply to classroom discussion.
To understand the liberal arts as a vital and evolving tradition and to see yourself as agents within that tradition.
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