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Guidelines for an FYE Course

Student Outcome Goals for the FYE Program

 Through participation in the First Year Experience, students will:

  1. Become actively engaged with the campus community
  2. Develop relationships with peers, faculty and staff members
  3. Demonstrate high levels of academic performance
  4. Develop appropriate study and time management skills

FYE COURSES

Courses selected to be offered in the FYE format must:

  1. be offered for a minimum of 3 semester hours per course
  2. be lower division courses generally taken by first year freshman (primarily those offered for General Education, as well as a limited number of introductory courses in the major)

When offered in the FYE format, class enrollments must:

  1. be limited to freshmen only
  2. be limited to 25 students per section

When courses are offered in the FYE format, they will be characterized by: 

  1. including at least 3 co-curricular (out-of-the-classroom) events which will be related meaningfully to the course content (and graded material such as exams, papers, etc., if possible)
    1. one or more  may be library assignments
    2. they may include University Theme related events
  2. incorporating writing assignments (with opportunity for revision) representing a minimum of 25% of the graded material in the course
  3. encouraging opportunities for critical thinking and speaking experiences 
  4. having a student ‘peer mentor’ who will assist the instructor with out-of-class assignments, discussion sessions, etc.
  5. including an assessment component to evaluate the impact of the FYE program on the first year