All students at Saint Michael's College must enroll in a First Year Seminar during their first or second semester. These writing-intensive seminars explore broad questions in the liberal arts and are restricted in enrollment, to encourage discussion and active learning.
Topics vary from year to year, but all courses in the program aim to introduce students to the close analysis of primary texts, to interdisciplinary study, and to reflection on cultural diversity.
Each seminar fulfills one area of study in the College's Liberal Studies Requirement.