First Year Seminar Syllabi

Including Freshman Writing Seminars

“Fantasy Fiction of the Inklings”
Dr. Carla Arnell, Professor of English (AY23-24 Inklings Project Fellow)
Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Illinois)
Authors Treated: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams, George MacDonald
Course Type: First Year Seminar

“Freshman Writing Seminar: The Lord of the Rings”
Dr. Hannah Hemphill, Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies (AY24-25 Inklings Project Fellow)
Carroll College (Helena, Montana)
Authors treated: J. R. R. Tolkien
Class Type: Freshman Writing Seminar

“Tolkien, Jemisin, King, Lewis: Good and evil, right and wrong?”
Dr. David Vosburg, Professor of Chemistry (AY24-25 Inklings Project Fellow); Dr. George Montañez, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Qimin Yang, Professor of Engineering
Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, California)
Authors treated: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien
Class Type: Freshman Writing Seminar