The 68 seminars listed below fulfill the KSAS requirement and can be found using the JHU Public Course Search. There are 12 additional FYS courses offered through Whiting that also fulfill the Krieger FYS requirement. Please be sure to look at the “Special Notes” section for FYS courses and work with your advisor to ensure your FYS selection meets your degree requirements.

How to Choose

• Know that our FYS faculty hail from almost every department, program, and division of the university! You’ll want to prepare a list of five to ten (5-10) First-Year Seminars that spark your intellectual curiosity and will be offered at a time you can attend.
• Try thinking in questions, not departments. FYS cut across subjects, so many of them reach beyond–or even ignore–traditional academic categories. The spirit of FYS is intellectual exploration — as the seminars themselves suggest.
• Hunt for field trips, excursions, and other unique opportunities. Want to handle rare books, contribute to a research database, present at a conference, or see Hamilton? Here’s your chance!