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This is the third of five weekly articles about our First Year Seminar courses. The articles will help incoming students learn about their course options so they can rank their top four FYS course choices by June 30.
This article highlights the FYS courses that heavily feature storytelling. Each asks about who is in and who is out of the story. Whether you’re into imagining the ideal city to live in, role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, or deciphering codes, check out each description.
Be sure to rank your FYS course options before the end of June by completing the course selection form on your admissions portal. Questions? Reach out to the Admissions Office at (607) 735-1724 or admissions@elmira.edu.
Autumn Watts, Lecturer in Academic Writing, will take students on a quest to understand the nature of cities and how cities impact and are influenced by the people who live in them. You’ll explore the City of Elmira and use tools like perception maps, creative writing, and photo essays to interpret your discoveries. You’ll watch films and read short stories about utopian and dystopian cities, and study efforts to design intentional communities. You and your classmates will team up to design a "perfect city" and sell the city to prospective residents.
“When I ranked the FYS courses that interested me, Imaginary Cities wasn't my first choice. But I'm glad I got into it,” said Magdalena Johnson ’28, a Speech and Language Disabilities major. “It was cool to learn about different types of cities, both real and imaginary. I also enjoyed our end-of-the-course project where we made our own cities. The professor was passionate and very knowledgeable. I really enjoyed the course.”
Dr. Adam Giambrone, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Director of First Year Seminar, will use modern movies to start discussions about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and how to broaden the STEM community. You’ll get to experience the fun of making and breaking secret codes. At the same time, you’ll investigate how codemakers and codebreakers have affected our everyday lives, even when we don't know it.
“I chose Secret Codes, Hidden Figures, and Modern Movies because I like puzzles and math,” shared Genevieve Geiser '28, a Chemistry major. “It was a class where we could have fun playing with codes and ciphers, and the emphasis was on learning, not how fast we could go or how to be perfect at them. Dr. Giambrone is welcoming, kind, and helpful, making our class an open place. I met a lot of people that I’m now good friends with, and next year, I’m rooming with a girl I met in the course.”
In this “how-to-college” course, Autumn Watts, Lecturer in Academic Writing, will help set you up for academic success by exploring the world of collaborative storytelling games such as Dungeons and Dragons and goth-favorite Vampire: The Masquerade. You’ll go old school to the pre-internet Infocom text adventures of the 80s (think Zork and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), and even solo role-player games like the Choose Your Own Adventure stories.
“I’m very grateful that Elmira College has FYS, and I would recommend Dungeons and Dorms in particular because it provides a sense of community,” shared Niall Wildman '28, an Art major. “The first few weeks of college can be a very stressful transition for some students, and finding a social circle you connect with can really help with that. Dungeons and Dragons is a great bonding activity where you can express yourself freely. We played it in class. We also worked in groups and created our own, similar type of game.”
