April 22, 2003
Fiat Lux
Freshman Seminars
In keeping with the ideal expressed by our university's motto, Let There be Light, each year, UCLA will offer a permanent one-unit freshman seminars to illuminate the many paths of discovery explored by UCLA faculty.
Let There be Light!
In 2003-04, UCLA will offer up to 200 one-unit freshman seminar courses that span the rich array of fields studied at UCLA. Each new course will enroll 15 students, with preference for entering Freshmen.
"This seminar gave me a chance to experience and explore a part of the world that was foreign to me. It made me think, it made me angry, sad, and it gave me hope."
student comment
"One of the... drawbacks to receiving an outstanding undergraduate education at UCLA is the large lecture courses. Student learning takes place in small seminars. In small discussions, students have to be encouraged to explore and must be challenged to go deeper with their ideas... They must come to trust their own minds. Fiat Lux seminars encourage students to think and do"
faculty comment
"I would consider this seminar my favorite class this quarter and one of the best courses I have taken in my four quarters at UCLA. I am now interested in taking courses to learn more about minorities in this country."
student comment
Faculty Information for Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars
• A description of Fiat Lux
• Fiat Lux application (Use CIMS to submit an application to teach a Fiat Lux Seminar)
(We are now accepting Fall 2004 proposals! The deadline for Fall 2004 proposals is Monday, May 3, 2004)
• Evaluation of Fall 2002 Fiat Lux seminars
• Evaluation of Fall 2001-Winter 2002 one-unit seminars
• 2002-03 Fiat Lux site
• Student Information for Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars
List of Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars
• Fall 2003
• Winter 2004
• Spring 2004
Fiat Lux Inaugural Brochure, 2002-03
• Celebrating Fiat Lux
• "Perspectives on 9/11" Founding Participants
• 2002-03 Fiat Lux Seminars
