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First Year Experience

Have you ever thought about what it takes to be prepared for the future? Or how education, politics, art, and film shape and influence our experiences? You will engage in creative ways with questions like these in your First Year Experience (FYE) program. Each FYE program is an integrated introduction to a liberal arts college education. Programs are designed around courses from one or two discipline(s) focused on a common theme.

While you’re involved in these unique courses, you’ll also be developing skills essential for success in a liberal arts curriculum, including writing, analytical reading, information literacy, and critical thinking. Each program consists of one or two content-area course(s) and one skills course. Some FYE programs also have a quantitative reasoning component.

FYE Programs

A Forest of Voices

Biology (forestry) and Educational Studies (communication)
Dr. John Lovseth and Professor Galen Benson
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Exploration and Experiment

Chemistry and Engineering
Dr. Jeffrey Cornelius and Dr. Jonathan Langton
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Is War Inevitable?

Political Science
Dr. Julie Blase
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Who Controls the Media?

Mass Communication
Professor Joan Wesman
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Golden Age Pirates

History
Dr. Kate Swanson
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Down the Rabbit Hole

Philosophy
Professor Chris Young
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Home and Away

Creative Writing
Professor Dinah Ryan
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A World of Choice

Economics and World History
Professors Portia Benson and Kim Davis
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Signing Up for an FYE Program

  • You will register for an FYE program when registering for fall courses. Incoming freshmen and non-exempt transfer students* are required to register for an FYE program.
  • Registration for programs is on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • FYE programs vary in semester hours (SH), so please note the number of semester hours and talk to your academic advisor about your choices.
  • If you are an enrolled student, you can find the schedule here. 

*Transfer students will receive a letter from the Registrar's Office letting them know whether or not they are exempt from the FYE requirement. To contact the office, please call 618.374.5100. 

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