On Tuesday, October 5, Dr. Dana Williams concluded the Freshman Seminar lecture series. Her lectured served as the pretty ribbon on a Christmas gift. She put the finishing touch on all we've touched on and learned through out the series. She went back and mentioned every lecture we've encountered, it's purpose, and how it related to the research and methodology of which Dr. Williams spoke of. This hindsight clearly fulfilled the related objectives she had "to show the relation of the previous lectures to the group project" and "to review the precious weeks' lectures to reaffirm this relationship."
We have been assigned, in Freshman Seminar, the task of exploring a basic research question. "In what way is knowledge generated by various fields of study used to develop solutions to human social problems and challenges?" Dr. Williams sought to give us the tools necessary to answer this research question by alerting us to the basic components of research. Those basic components include: the statement of the problem, the current state of research, methodology, framework, development of the thesis, and conclusions. The Freshman Seminar Case Study really helped to see how these basic components apply to an actual problem instead of a theoretical one. I liked the student spotlight. It was a great end to the lecture and an excellent way to see how my peers feel about the various lectures.
Alexandria Igwe
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