ERAL 1100 First-Year Seminar
Limited to small groups of 12 first-year students each, First-Year Seminars are led by full-time faculty members from the Lynch School of Education & Human Development. Seminars dive into a topic of the faculty members choosing and range across various fields of expertise. First-year students will deepen their intellectual habits, academic expectations, and learning practices essential for success at the LSEHD.Students participate in weekly 90-minute sessions during Fall and in complementary co-curricular experiences in Fall & Spring. To receive full credit, students must participate in all activities and will receive a final grade at the end of the Spring term. This course is required for all first-year students at LSEHD starting Fall 2026.
Course overview
- Department
- Experience, Reflection, Action
- School
- Lynch
- Credits
- 1
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Requirements fulfilled
- Lynch School Requirement: First-Year Experience, Reflection, and Action (Current undergraduate curriculum)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 2.94 / 5 · Good
- Instructor rating
- 3.72 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Julia Whitcavitch-Devoy | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 158 of 240 |
| Fall 2024 | Julia Whitcavitch-Devoy | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 159 of 224 |
| Fall 2023 | Julia Whitcavitch-Devoy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 186 of 226 |
| Fall 2022 | Julia Whitcavitch-Devoy | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 184 of 232 |
| Fall 2021 | Julia Whitcavitch-Devoy | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1–3 hrs/week | 142 of 260 |
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Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 04
- Section 05
- Section 06
- Section 07
- Section 08
- Section 09
- Section 10
- Section 11