一年级的课程

博彩平台排名’s 一年级的课程 (FYS) introduces you to a topic of your choice from over 40 subjects. It also brings you into a close-knit community of first-year students who will be your seminar companions in a small class cohort. Taught by faculty members from disciplines across the University, your FYS group will also work with the same professor all year.

While engaged in seminar topics ranging from fairy tales, 到职业摔跤, to living a meaningful life, you’ll be constantly challenged to develop the capacity to think and write clearly, 批判性的, 和创造性的. FYS will give you the background you need to develop the kinds of effective skills it takes to succeed academically.  在最后阶段, you’ll be a much better communicator, 更清晰的思考者, and a student better prepared for the academic, 专业, and personal challenges of the coming years.

使命宣言

一年级的课程 (FYS) introduces students to the interactive classroom by providing a venue for self-discovery within a supportive community. 教师 members with expertise from disciplines across the university offer over forty different seminars. These seminars engage students in the best practices of civil and constructive conversation. As students explore and interrogate their topics, 他们学会思考, 说话, 写得更清楚, 独立, 批判性的, 和令人信服地. In these peer-centered discussions and collaborations, FYS students prepare to take the next steps in their academic, 专业, 个人旅行.

Student Learning Objectives

1. To develop the capacity to think and write clearly, 批判性的, 和创造性的.
2. To introduce the student to effective habits for academic success.
3. To reflect on important issues of the self, and in relation to local and global communities.
4. To recognize and reflect on their own personal perspectives and biases.
5. To learn and practice civil discourse in a constructive community.
6. To learn to evaluate the quality, accuracy and appropriateness of evidence.

常见问题

Are all incoming first-year students required to take FYS?

是的, all incoming first-year students must register for FYS 101 in the fall semester and FYS102 in the spring semester, 没有例外.

As there is no AP course equivalent to FYS, advanced placement credit does not apply towards 一年级的课程.

Are mid-year enrollees and transfer students required to take FYS?

A first-year student entering college for the first time in the spring semester or a first-year transfer student will enroll directly into a section of FYS 102 that does not require FYS 101 as a pre-requisite.

To fulfill the FYS 101 portion of the Core requirement, the student can subsequently or concurrently enroll in an additional Text and Ideas or humanities course.

These students will not enroll in FYS 101 the following semester or year.

转移 students who do not transfer in courses that replace FYS may substitute a TI or humanities course (beyond those required for other areas of the core) for each semester of the FYS requirement. A 堆芯方差表 must be completed for these substitutions.

如果我失败了怎么办?

Students who fail the first semester of FYS should still enroll in FYS 102, and will take an additional Texts & Ideas course to fulfill the FYS 101 requirement.  Students who fail the second semester of FYS should take an additional Texts & Ideas course to fulfill the FYS 102 requirement.

Are students in the Honors Program required to take an Honors-specific 一年级的课程?

是的, as part of the Honors Program 课程要求, students in the Honors Program must enroll in an Honors-specific 一年级的课程. Explore your options for Honors FYS courses.