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The First-year Seminar Program serves four purposes. First, by means of a uniform writing requirement, the seminar stresses the importance of written expression in all disciplines. Second, it provides an attractive and exciting supplement to the usual introductory survey. Third, it guarantees each first-year student at least one small course. Fourth, the program engages each first-year student in the research process, offering an early experience of the scholarship that fuels Dartmouth's upper-level courses.
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers three First Year Seminars taught in English - one Spanish and one Portuguese seminar in Winter term for a total of two, and one Spanish seminar in the Spring. Topics vary in relation to Hispanic (SPAN 7) or Lusophone (PORT 7) literatures, cultures, politics, and the arts. Check this page for current offerings of this seminar.