US 101US, First-Year Seminar Reading List
2025-2026 Reading List
The topics listed below are a general guideline of what will be covered and can change/evolve as we are currently developing the 2025-2026 curriculum. If you have specific questions, please reach out to the First-Year Seminar Program Directors at seminar@montana.edu
General, used in Units 1-4:
University Studies. US101US First-Year Seminar: Place and Identity. (2025-2026). Hayden-McNeill, 2025.
Unit 1 Topics Include:
Why College?
Becoming a Learner
Setting Goals and Self-Advocating
Motivation
Responding to Critical Feedback and Learning from Mistakes
Resiliency
Imposter Syndrome
Utilizing Campus Resources
Normalizing Help Seeking
Self-Management/Time-Management
Using Generative AI Ethically
Unit 2 Topics Include:
Having Diverse Conversations- Talking Across the Divide
Echo Chambers
The Power of Language and Open Dialogues
Freedom of Speech
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons
Choose Your Own Adventure!
Unit 3 Topics Include:
How to conduct college-level research
How to utilize the MSU library
Unit 4 Topics Include:
Revisiting what it means to Become a Learner
Revisiting Campus Resources that can help with finals
End of semester self-reflection
US101US treats video as "texts" and discusses them in full alongside additional readings and outside sources that are determined and chosen by class discussion leaders (instructors and students) that will not appear here. Additional readings TBD and subject to change.