Your first year at Chico State is an exciting time, and can be a bit overwhelming! To support your transition, First-Year Experience courses incorporate High Impact Practices, proven to provide the most benefit to college students of all backgrounds, including higher grade point averages, and higher student satisfaction with their education. These first-year courses fulfill general education (GE) graduation requirements and help students explore their identity and interests, develop successful skills and habits, and make close connections to peers and faculty. They include collaborative and active learning, peer support and engagement with public issues that challenge students to get involved immediately, not eventually, as scholars and engaged members of the community.
Research clearly shows that students who become active and engaged members of the university community in their first year are more likely to make it to graduation than students who do not.
Which First-Year Experience Will You Choose?
- CMST 132 Small Group Communication • embedded PALs, Public Sphere Pedagogy, Undergraduate Research • Fall & Spring with FYE
- General Education Area: Oral Communication (1C)
- Required Attendance: Sense of Place
- CMST 255 Argumentation & Debate • embedded PALs, Public Sphere Pedagogy, Undergraduate Research • Spring Only with FYE
- General Education Area: Critical Thinking (1B)
- Required Attendance: Sense of Place
- GEOG 139 Visualizing Local Landscapes • Public Sphere Pedagogy • Fall & Spring with FYE
- General Education Area: Arts (3A)
- Required Attendance: Sense of Place
- POLS 155 American Government: National, State, & Local • embedded peer support, Public Sphere Pedagogy, Undergraduate Research • Fall Only with FYE
- General Education Area: US Constitution & CA State/Local Government (US2/US3)
- Required Attendance: Town Hall Meeting
- UNIV 120 Transitions and Transformation: Academic Identity and Success • embedded PALs, Public Sphere Pedagogy, Undergraduate Research • Fall & Spring with FYE
- General Education Area: Social & Behavioral Sciences (4)
- Required Attendance: Sense of Place
For more information on the exact course numbers supported by the First-Year Experience office, refer to the attributes on the Class Schedule.
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