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Senior Experience to be implemented in 2012
Katy Hillbo
Issue date: 11/30/07 Section: News
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For many seniors, the ambiguity of life after college is a frightening prospect. While it can be exciting to finally face the 'real world' and leave the shelter of the Lawrence Bubble, uncertainty, bills and the job hunt are daunting aspects of life after college. To better prepare Lawrentians for this next step, the university is implementing a new program called the Senior Experience.
The Senior Experience -- which will formally be put into effect starting with the graduating class of 2012 -- is a program that will allow seniors to focus their study on a personalized subject that relates to their major.
Each department will determine what the Senior Experience will entail for majors within that department, so it could take the form of a paper, a course, a recital, a project, or any number of options. All students will be required to complete the Senior Experience prior to graduation.
Similar to capstone programs at universities such as the College of Wooster, Pomona College and Bard College, the Senior Experience is designed to be a culmination of what students have learned at Lawrence.
However, as Faculty Associate to the President Dr. Kim said, the Senior Experience is different from a capstone program in that it also serves as a way to help students face the many changes that are in store for them.
"College graduates today face a rapidly changing society," Kim said. "The Senior Experience brings focus to the senior year and helps students make the transition from Lawrence into life after college."
The program is parallel to the Freshman Studies courses that all incoming freshmen are required to take at Lawrence. Just as Freshman Studies is meant to help students make the transition from high school to college, the Senior Experience is meant to help students as they enter the next stage of life and give them knowledge that will continue the 'lifelong learning' that the faculty at Lawrence strive to bestow upon students.
The Senior Experience -- which will formally be put into effect starting with the graduating class of 2012 -- is a program that will allow seniors to focus their study on a personalized subject that relates to their major.
Each department will determine what the Senior Experience will entail for majors within that department, so it could take the form of a paper, a course, a recital, a project, or any number of options. All students will be required to complete the Senior Experience prior to graduation.
Similar to capstone programs at universities such as the College of Wooster, Pomona College and Bard College, the Senior Experience is designed to be a culmination of what students have learned at Lawrence.
However, as Faculty Associate to the President Dr. Kim said, the Senior Experience is different from a capstone program in that it also serves as a way to help students face the many changes that are in store for them.
"College graduates today face a rapidly changing society," Kim said. "The Senior Experience brings focus to the senior year and helps students make the transition from Lawrence into life after college."
The program is parallel to the Freshman Studies courses that all incoming freshmen are required to take at Lawrence. Just as Freshman Studies is meant to help students make the transition from high school to college, the Senior Experience is meant to help students as they enter the next stage of life and give them knowledge that will continue the 'lifelong learning' that the faculty at Lawrence strive to bestow upon students.
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