FYE Faculty & Course Listings
Courses for FYE must meet the following guidelines:
- Be offered for a minimum of 3 semester hours per course
- Be lower division courses generally taken by first year freshman
(esp. Gen Ed. and some introductory courses in the major)
- Be limited to 25 students per section
- Include at least 3 co-curricular events (with the possible addition of one or more library assignments), which will be related meaningfully to
the course content (and graded material such as exams, papers, etc.)
- Integrate out-of-the-classroom events and the University theme, as
appropriate, into the class meetings through discussion and other
explorative processes
- Incorporate writing assignments (with opportunity for revision),
representing a minimum of 25% of the graded material in the course
- Have a student ‘peer mentor’ who will assist the instructor with
out-of-class assignments, discussion sessions, etc.
- Include an assessment component to evaluate the impact of the FYE
program on the first year