FS101 First-Year Symposium
Required of first-year students. Provides an introduction to college and an orientation to the mission, identity, and resources of Belmont Abbey College in particular, with a focus on the Catholic and Benedictine tradition, the importance of the core curriculum to a liberal arts education, the value of friendship, human virtues, and community. The course is also designed to facilitate a student’s relationship with his or her advisor, since the First-Year Symposium teacher is also the advisor for all undeclared majors. Whole class and section meetings, readings, class discussion, out-of-class activities, and cultural events. Numerous sections offered every fall; one section is offered in spring for first-year transfers.