First-Year Courses and Seminars Seminars enroll fewer than 20 students, making it easy to meet new people and explore campus as part of a small group UNIV 101 UNIV 101 +2-credit hour elective course (all KU degree programs include a certain number of elective hours)+Taught by staff instructors and Graduate Teaching Assistants who are highly knowledgeable about KU+Focus on getting to know KU and planning for your education+Open to incoming freshman and transfer studentsFirst-Year Seminars First-Year Seminars +3-credit hour courses that satisfy KU Core goal 1.1 (critical thinking)+Taught by faculty from a range of departments and schools+Focus on interesting topics and exciting questions in a discipline+Open to incoming freshman students, offered only in the Fall semester. No prior experience with the seminar topic is required. UNIV 120 UNIV 120 +2-credit hour elective course (all KU degree programs include a certain number of elective hours)+Taught by staff instructors and Graduate Teaching Assistants who are highly knowledgeable about KU+Focus on undergraduate research, service learning, global opportunities, and internships+Open to all KU students, offered only in the Spring semester.