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Words and Numbers are your first-year seminar classes.

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At Lewis & Clark, you’ll take one faculty-led foundational seminar per semester. These small classes (19–25 students) are designed to help you develop the reading, writing, discussion, and analytical skills you will need to succeed in college and for life. One of your two courses will focus on interpreting the meaning and significance of texts (CORE 120: Words), the other on interpreting quantitative information and models (CORE 121: Numbers). These are not simply writing and math classes; rather, these courses allow you to explore a specialized topic of particular interest with a faculty member and a small group of students.

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Words teaches students to explore the meaning and significance of texts via close reading and analysis, and to express that analysis in writing.

Numbers teaches students to interpret quantitative information presented in various forms and contexts; to understand the logical structure of quantitative arguments; and to use quantitative models, theories, and data to simplify, explain, and make predictions.

  • Whitney Maxfield BA '25

    My favorite class so far has been Biological Core Concepts: Systems. I love the way it expanded how I view the world around me and helped solidify my passion for biology.

    Whitney Maxfield BA ’25
    Riverton, Utah
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  • Francisco Perozo BA '23

    As part of the planning committee for the ENVX Symposium, I have the opportunity to meet with passionate, inspiring, and driven peers who are engaged in the environmental movement.

    Francisco Perozo BA ’23
    Caracas, Venezuela
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  • Avi posing outside wearing a blue button-up shirt.

    Given my interest in cell/molecular-scale biology, the biochemistry and molecular biology major feels like a match made in heaven. I love that there are lots of lab courses in the major, allowing my education to be more than theoretical.

    Avi Strok BA ’25
    Los Angeles, California
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Words and Numbers is located in room 404 of Miller Center on the Undergraduate Campus.
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    Lewis & Clark
    615 S. Palatine Hill Road 
    Portland OR 97219