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Contact Rebecca Stultz, First-Year Seminar Coordinator, at (910) 962-7970 or email stultzr@uncw.edu.

FYS Curriculum

The curriculum of First-Year Seminar involves topics that will help students make a successful academic, social, and personal transition to UNCW. The information and skills students gain will help them beyond their first-year into their major and career. FYS students participate in class discussions, engaging assignments, group work, out-of-class activities, guess presentations, and exciting projects.

Even though there are a variety of formats within FYS, all sections include the following goals and topics at their core.

FYS Learning Goals

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of and participate in the powerful learning experience of higher education at UNCW.
• Students will demonstrate self-knowledge and appreciate the value of human differences.
• Students will understand and illustrate information literacy.
• Students will demonstrate and understand health and wellness dimensions.
• Students will identify and apply information to prepare the foundation for life-long learning.

Select Topics Covered in FYS

• Expectations in College vs. High School
• Critical Thinking Skills
• Strategic Learning
• Time Management
• UNCW Resources and Support Services
• Health and Wellness
• Stress Management
• Motivation and Goal Setting
• Academic Advising Information
• Choosing a Major and Career
• Diversity and the College Experience
• Leadership and Citizenship

Common Course Components

The goals and student learning outcomes of First-Year Seminar encourage consistency across sections, while allowing faculty flexibility in designing and implementing the curriculum. Each section will include the following common components:

• Common Syllabus
• Common Textbook: Focus on Success
• Incorporation of the UNCW Common Reading Selection
• Common Instructor Resources
• Information Literacy Instructional Session with a UNCW Librarian
• Academic Advisor, common to all 25 students in each course section
• Peer Mentor
• Strategic Learning Session with the University Learning Center
• Major and Career Exploration Session with Career Services
• Participation in Events Beyond the Classroom
• Final Group Project and Oral Presentation
• Journaling