Effective citizen leadership requires the ability to consider questions and issues from multiple perspectives with a thoughtful and critical eye. The required first-year seminar offers students the opportunity to engage in nuanced critical inquiry in a small, seminar-style course. Topics vary widely and reflect diverse disciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives. All FYS courses introduce students to library research and information literacy; offer instruction on the writing process, rhetorical knowledge, and academic conventions; and include significant research, writing, revision, and presentation. FYS courses satisfy the W1 component of the Writing Program.