ISS 170 - New International Student Seminar

1.00 credit.

The New International Student Seminar is a one-credit seminar requirement for all new international students during their first semester of study at Elizabethtown College. Students register for the seminar, which meets once a week for eight weeks and follows a syllabus that is structured with the following goals: 1) to introduce new international students to the facilities, services and recourses available at Elizabethtown College and in and around Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; 2) to suggest strategies for understanding and adapting to undergraduate studies at Elizabethtown College; 3) to encourage new international undergraduate students to share their own culture with classmates and others while learning about U.S. culture, values, customs and traditions; 4) to create a community that is conducive to sharing new experiences and discoveries as well as raising questions, problems and concerns that may not be addressed elsewhere on campus. Graded Pass/No Pass. Register by Instructor.