Courses

First Year Seminar will introduce you to college life. It will also focus on a foundational principle held by B. T. Roberts, founder of Roberts Wesleyan University: freedom. You will learn about:

• B.T. Roberts and the rich history of Roberts Wesleyan College, his views on women’s rights and slavery and his foundational work in the Free Methodist church.
• The work and lives of Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, and explore how their freedom movements impacted the world (and how this connects to modern day slavery).
• The Erie Canal, discovering how the canal system opened up freedom of commerce in the Rochester area and around the world.
• The invention of Photographic Film and how it revolutionized photography and freedom movements around the world.

Additionally, you will expand your learning past the classroom as you visit the canal, the Susan B. Anthony House, the George Eastman House, and more. You will also participate in a service project with a local anti-human trafficking organization.

At the end of your sophomore year, you will participate in an on-location course in Brazil or Puerto Rico where you will apply concepts from the classroom.

• This course prepares you for the all-expenses paid on-location course in Brazil or Puerto Rico