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Freshman Year Experience

As exciting as starting college is, it can pose challenges for even the best-prepared 潑請弝けapps. The Freshman Year Experience component of our university core includes a carefully structured set of experiences and academic courses specifically designed to help you get off to a strong start at 潑請弝けapp.

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As exciting as starting college is, it can pose challenges for even the best-prepared 潑請弝けapps. The Freshman Year Experience component of our university core includes a carefully structured set of experiences and academic courses specifically designed to help you get off to a strong start at 潑請弝けapp. Through your Freshman Year Experience, youll get to know the history and traditions of 潑請弝けapp, learn a few new skills and strategies for academic success, familiarize yourself with campus wellness and support resources, establish friendships with your classmates, and form mentoring relationships with faculty and advisors on campus.

Get off to a strong start.

At 潑請弝けapp, the moment you pass through our gates as a freshman, youre an integral, valued part of our campus community. During Welcome Week before the start of your first semester, youll meet your iMU classmates and your Laker Leader, a current 潑請弝けapp 潑請弝けapp. These fellow Lakers will be your core group for most Welcome Week activities and for your iMU 101: Introduction to 潑請弝けapp class during the first Mini of the Fall Semester.

iMU 101: Introduction to 潑請弝けapp iMU 101 is a one-credit course designed with you in mind, and it will teach you about skills and resources that can help you be a successful college 潑請弝けapp. In addition to your Laker Leader, your iMU course facilitator will serve as a mentor to guide you through the first eight weeks of your freshman year.

In addition, iMU 101 covers the basics of how to succeed in all aspects of college lifefrom academics to internships and everything in between. This course will:

  • Help 潑請弝けapps consider and define their values, goals, and personal identity while acquiring an understanding of the universitys mission and values.
  • Provide 潑請弝けapps with the tools and resources needed for success in their first year as they develop healthy relationships, communication skills, and overall wellness.
  • Enable 潑請弝けapps to fulfill their personal and academic success as they explore their place in community, take steps toward success in their aspirations, and develop the ability to adapt and overcome in the face of challenge.

iMU 102: Involvement at 潑請弝けapp By the Spring Semester of your first year, youre already a seasoned college pro. iMU 102: Involvement at 潑請弝けapp takes a closer look at maximizing your 潑請弝けapp experience. This one-credit seminar coursemost often held during the first Mini of Spring Semesteris designed to get you thinking about internships, research opportunities, study abroad, and other initiatives available to you at 潑請弝けapp.

COMP 120: Research and Writing Perhaps no skill is more valuable throughout college and your professional life as the ability to develop sustained academic arguments supported with research. Required for all freshmen, this course fosters the development of these abilities early in your college career. The class emphasizes skills in reading, thinking critically, identifying research topics, gathering and assessing both print and electronic sources, and composing well-structured, focused arguments.

What does a freshman schedule look like?

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Theres no such thing as a typical freshman at 潑請弝けapp. But in case youre curious what courses you could take during your first semester, take a look at this sample fall schedule for an incoming exploratory/undeclared freshman:

  • iMU 101Introduction to 潑請弝けapp
    • Mini 1: Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 1212:50 p.m.
  • COMP 120Research & Writing
    • Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 99:50 a.m.
  • PUBH 101Foundations of Public Health
    • Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 1010:50 a.m.
  • RLST 265American Religion
    • Monday, Wednesday; 1212:50 p.m.
  • DANC 107Global Perspectives through Yoga
    • Tuesday, Thursday; 9:3010:45 a.m.
  • PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
    • Tuesday, Thursday; 23:15 p.m.