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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.

  • Max, sitting on the grass next to his backpack, smiling on a sunny day while wearing a green collared shirt, gray t-shirt and brown pants.

    I think of the liberal arts as a setting in which there is an excellent support system aiding you as perspectives are challenged and changed. It’s exciting, difficult, and rewarding.

    Max Frisbie BA ’22
    Mahtomedi, Minnesota
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    I have many academic interests and the beauty of art history is that it serves as a point of convergence for so many fields.

    Claire Lyman BA ’18
    Wilmette, Illinois
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    A biology major aligned with my interests and vague career aspirations. I took a few intro classes my first semester and really enjoyed the subject material and independent lab components. 

    Bijou Macdonald BA ’21
    Broomfield, Colorado
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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