Announcing Spring 2026 Sophomore Seminars
For spring 2026, we are pleased to offer three sophomore seminars. Seminars are offered by Digital Media and Film, Performance and Communication Arts, and Environmental Studies. These seminars are open only to sophomores. Registration in APR begins on Monday, November 10, 2025. Each seminar will incorporate one-on-one mentoring, career exploration, and building classroom community.
DMF 101-02: Film & Media Action
Nicole Roche, Tue/Thur, 2:40-4:10, (1.0 credits)
Arts, DMF 101 required for DMF major
Digital Storytelling: Emphasis on developing a variety of digital storytelling and media production skills with students creating a series of short projects and a final web portfolio.
PCA 111-02: Rhetoric and Public Speaking
Erika Kissam, Mon/Wed, 12:50-2:20, (1.0 credits)
Arts
This course builds effective public speaking skills, critical thinking, and astute listening, which are among the most highly sought-after skills in the job market. Through mastering rhetorical analysis, speech construction, and delivery, students will become confident communicators and persuasive presenters.
ENVS 245-01: Solving Sustainability - NS
Dr. Sara Ashpole, Tues/Thur 9:40-11:10, (1.0 credits)
Humanities, ENVS NS
Too often discussion of sustainability problems can seem overwhelming and make people feel it's all hopeless. This course seeks to encourage students to get involved in their local and global community. The sustainability leadership curriculum focuses on social ecological resiliency, career readiness, and core competencies, emphasiing systems thinking (interaction between components in a sustainability issue), anticipatory thinking (what will happen if no intervention occurs), and strategic thinking (what does a successful intervention and its outcome look like).
