Ithaca College

Connecting people and ideas, and spanning every corner of Ithaca College, the fall 2021 Ithaca Seminars lineup will feature more than 50 faculty members – from all 5 Schools and representing approximately 30 Departments – teaching rich and diverse interdisciplinary topics, showcasing the talents of IC’s faculty and their collective committment to first-year student success.

Now in their 17th annual offering at Ithaca College, and part of the ICC (Integrative Core Curriculum), this foundational all-College selection of dedicated first-year seminars welcomes each and every first-year student to the aspirations of an Ithaca College education, with an emphasis on a liberal education sensitive to the wider professional contexts of a comprehensive college.

Engaging a changing world in dynamic and innovative ways, brand new topics for 2021 include seminars that focus on: 

• college sports and athlete activism 
• queer sexualities
• critical perspectives on In The Heights
• the role of data in understanding politics
• women artists
• a cultural history of the album 
• leadership and learning
• the campus novel
• architecture and the environment
• global musical cultures
• the science of drugs
• media and meaning
• the cultural origins of math

For more information on the Ithaca Seminars and the full lineup of fall 2021 topics, see ithaca.edu/academics/ithaca-seminars or contact Dr. Andrew Utterson, Coordinator of the Ithaca Seminars.