Millersville University's UNIV 103 First Year Experience Seminar is based on a course model where each section of the course focuses on a different topic of strong interest to faculty and students. Seminars are designed to jump start the process of intellectual inquiry; students participate in a free exchange of ideas through discussion and oral presentations.

Each seminar reflects the goal of an intellectually rich course both in terms of expectations for active critical thinking and in terms of appropriate yet challenging expectations for reading, writing, student research, and student-led discussion. Professors teaching a section of UNIV 103 have a strong mentoring role as they assist students in developing a meaningful and purposeful approach to General Education that will prepare them for life.