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Help Us Create Your First Semester

Many first-year students take one or two domain, or general education, classes in their first semester. Please rank the following domains so we can determine which class may be best for your schedule. Completion of this form will help your GV Completion Coach build a first semester schedule around your interests in a major, minor, general education courses, and more. It does not guarantee students will be placed in these classes.

1 = highest preference and 4 = lowest preference

Faith and Meaning
Classes include comparing major faiths, traditions, belief systems, and philosophies; acquiring self-awareness and its roots; and applying critical reasoning to faith and meaning.

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Fine Arts
Classes include aesthetic elements, learning how aesthetic expressions are informed, developing a personal and critical framework, and acquiring self-awareness.

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Natural World
Classes include scientific discussions, labs, data analysis, testing hypotheses, distinguishing between findings, modifying ideas over time, and applying the language of sciences.

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Society and Human Behavior
Classes include analyzing representations and relationships, defining human behavior, communicating understanding of theories, and multicultural perspectives.

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First-year students often have opportunity to explore an area of interest outside of the major. Please select any of the following areas of study in which you are interested to help your advisor identify potential elective classes.

Biology

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Chemistry

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Creative Writing

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Environmental Literature

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History

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Humanities

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Music

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Philosophy

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Physical Science

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Political Science

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Sociology/Psychology

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Spanish

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Speech/Public Speaking

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Theatre

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Theology/Religion

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Tell Us More
Is there any additional information you would like to share that will help us create your first-semester schedule? For example: What were some of your favorite classes in high school? Do you have any special interests or hobbies?