{"id":997,"date":"2014-09-29T16:48:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T16:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/bgins\/?page_id=997"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:13:35","slug":"first-year-seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/first-year-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        First Year Seminars\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>All BGInS first year students are eligible to take a First Year Seminar (FYSM).&nbsp;&nbsp; An FYSM is a small enrollment&nbsp;(usually 30 or fewer students) seminar course.&nbsp; Carleton offers FYSM courses on a wide variety of topics.&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition to their specific subject matter, all FYSM devote extensive time to introducing students to the basic research and writing skills they need in order to succeed at university.&nbsp; For more information on the FYSM program at Carleton, including a list of all FYSM courses, please go to the <a title=\"First Year Seminar Website\" href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/first-year-seminars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First Year Seminar website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is strongly encouraged that BGInS students take a 0.5 or 1.0 credit FYSM in their first year, though it is not mandatory that they do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With one exception, FYSM courses are elective courses for BGInS students.&nbsp; The one exception is FYSM 1003, Introduction to Economics, which may be used to satisfy the first year Economics requirement in the Global Development and International Economic Policy Specializations.&nbsp; Students in these Specializations who take ECON 1001 and ECON 1002 instead of FYSM 1003 to satisfy the first year Economics requirement are strongly encouraged to take a different FYSM course instead.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"5161\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"5159\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-3.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-3-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-3-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-3-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"5160\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/Kayley-4-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"5158\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/kayley-2-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All BGInS first year students are eligible to take a First Year Seminar (FYSM).&nbsp;&nbsp; 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