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| Sample Freshman and Transfer Programs
Sample First-Year Program for Freshmen Fall Semester Core (6 s.h.) Core classes are team-taught, interdisciplinary experiences in which faculty from different academic areas use a variety of teaching techniques in order to model the conversation among different perspectives on a course idea or theme. Written Expression 1 (3 s.h.) Written Expression I emphasizes the basic communication skills of reading, writing, and listening. It focuses on the development of analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills through the reading and writing of essays related to the theme of Core class. This course also stresses practice in revising and editing to create comprehensive, well-developed essays. SUS Seminar (4 s.h.) Open exclusively to University Studies students, the SUS Seminars are small classes that provide a forum in which students can focus and intensify their engagement with the foundational ideas within a specific academic area. Department Courses Reserved for SUS Students (3 s.h.) Open exclusively to University Studies students, these courses, offered by other units of the University, are small classes that provide a forum in which students can focus and intensify their engagement with the foundational ideas within a specific academic area. Spring Semester
Written Expression 2 (3 s.h.) Written Expression II is designed to enhance the student's writing skills through an introduction to literature of a variety of genre involving critical and analytical thinking. Students read essays and short stories that are then discussed and become the topics for short essays. A research paper is required at the conclusion of the course. Distribution Course from Humanities, Social Science, or Creative Participation (3 s.h.) Distribution Course from Natural Science or Mathematics (3 s.h.) Introductory or Foundations Major Area Course (3 s.h.) Additional Distribution, Introductory or Foundations Major Area Course (3 s.h.)
Sample Program for Transfer Students
First Semester
CORE (6 s.h.) Core classes are team-taught, interdisciplinary experiences in which faculty from different academic areas use a variety of teaching techniques in order to model the conversation among different perspectives on a course idea or theme. Analysis and Research (3 s.h.) This class places emphasis on analytical reading techniques and their direct bearing upon the understanding of themes and the development of college essays. Students write essays as a means of examining and practicing thesis development, argumentation, textual references, and research methods. A research paper is required at the conclusion of the course. After a careful analysis of a student's transcript(s), faculty advise the student into distribution courses and courses directly related to the prospective majors. Second Semester
Provided students successfully complete the CORE course and Analysis and Research, they take a Transfer seminar, continue to take courses in their possible or chosen major and take courses to meet the University distribution requirements.
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