Dr Williams' Lecture- Sara Tosi @02647875

Dr. Dana Williams’ lecture was without a doubt the most helpful in terms of starting our research project. Dr. Williams explained the objectives of the Freshman Seminar course, which are basically to teach us how to research. She then explained research in six broken down steps: statement of challenge, current research, methodology, framework, development of thesis, and conclusions. This made the group project seem less daunting. She gave us an example of how she and the other professors used this method of research to go about building an effective Freshman Seminar course. Dr. Williams then reviewed the previous lectures and gave some examples of our peers’ blog entries showing who had done exceptionally well. Dr. Williams told us how the remainder of the semester would go and said we would have no more regular lectures because we would be giving our group presentations. At the end of Dr. Williams’ lecture I felt that I had learned something that I would actually be able to use to help me with the final assignment. Overall I felt the presentation had a clear purpose and was very straightforward. Dr. Williams was also relaxed and used humor in her presentation, which is always appreciated.