Date of Award
Summer 7-26-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in First Year Studies
Department
First-Year and Transition Studies
Committee Chair
Ruth R. Goldfine
Additional Committee Member
Lynn Stallings
Additional Committee Member
Richard Mosholder
Abstract
This study reviews the early history of the first-year seminar at Kennesaw State University, focusing specifically on the administrative home of the seminar and the impact of the creation of the University College in 2004 upon the first-year seminar. Though KSU was late to join in the national first-year movement, once the university embraced the concept it was quick to create a name for itself, moving beyond its contemporaries in innovations for the first-year student experience.