Reflect on what youve learned. Become who you want to be.

Bridgewaters Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) program is a way to bring together everything you do in college your courses, experiential learning and activities outside the classroom. As you explore, you discover who you are. You develop your own view of the world. And, most importantly, you grow into the person you want to be.

Starting as a freshman, youll learn how to critically reflect on your development as a whole person intellectual, emotional, physical, ethical and spiritual and as a citizen and responsible member of a community.

The program culminates in a senior e-portfolio in which youll look back on the personal growth you achieved as a result of your college experience.

PDP-150: Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts is BCs first-year seminar. Youll take this class at the very beginning of your time at BCthe fall semester of your freshman year.

Course topics for PDP-150 are extremely varied and diverse. From sustainability to music. From American gangsters to pet ownership. Dr. Jamie Frueh covers Leadership and the Art of Decision, while Dr. Karie Barbour takes you through Brawlers in the Holler: The Coal Wars of Appalachia. Transfer students have a unique course topic as well, while Flory Fellows can choose from two honors sections.

Note:Transfer students sign up for PDP-350, and honors students in the Flory Fellows program have separate sections of PDP-150.

Beyond your first semester, youll keep a record of your academic life, your involvement in campus activities and your engagement in the community.

Finally, during your senior year, youll complete the senior e-portfolio. The final senior e-portfolio includes:

Completing PDP-450 is not only a graduation requirement, but also a capstone for your entire four-year experience at BC.

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