Freshman Seminars in the Residential Colleges

During your four years at Princeton you will discover new ideas, whole new fields of knowledge, and, above all, the adventure of learning. The freshman seminar program is designed to introduce you to the excitement and challenge of working in a small setting with a professor and fellow students on a topic of special interest to you. The seminars present a unique opportunity to test your ideas, learn from others, and get to know a faculty member in formal, and at times informal, settings. Almost universally, students say that their freshman seminar was one of their best academic experiences at Princeton and that they form their most enduring intellectual friendships with fellow students in the seminar.

Each freshman seminar is hosted by a residential college and is open to all freshmen, regardless of residential college affiliation.

• Academic Year 2009-10 — Course descriptions, program faculty and support (adapted from the booklet “The Program of Freshman Seminars in the Residential Colleges, 2009-10,” published by the Office of the Dean of the College), and mailed to students in July.

• Online application — The online application for the spring term 2010 freshman seminars will open at 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. The application will close promptly at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, November 11, 2009.

Please direct questions to Vicky Glosson at frs@princeton.edu or (609) 258-7379.