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School and Program Specific Advice

Please Note: The following information is provided from the Departments and Schools.

If your program/major is not listed, you can choose any FYS that interests you. If you have any questions about which FYS are appropriate for your major, please contact your department chair or advisor.

School of the Arts and Communication:

  1. Visual Arts and Art Education Majors: Choose an FYS that satisfies either the Race & Ethnicity or Gender Civic Responsibility.
  2. Music Majors (including Bachelor of Music –Performance, Music –Bachelor of Arts, and Music Education): Music majors are encouraged to choose an FYS that satisfies either the Race & Ethnicity or Gender Civic Responsibility.
  3. Arts/Comm students should not select an FYS that meets on Wednesday morning.

School of Business:

  1. All programs: Do not select an FYS that meets on Wednesday mornings.

School of Engineering:

  1. FYS selection should be conflict free with the student’s major requirements preregistration schedule.

School of Humanities and Social Sciences:

  1. All programs: Do not select an FYS that meets on Wednesday mornings.

School of Nursing and Health Sciences:

  1. Nursing and HES majors should select FYS preferences that satisfy one of the the Civic Responsibilities for Liberal Learning, such as Race & Ethnicity, Global, or Gender.

School of Science:

  1. Physics: Students are discouraged from taking an FYS with a 161 number.
  2. Mathematics Secondary Education – Students are recommended to take Gender or Global Perspective FYS. (Race & Ethnicity and Community Engagement are met with required Secondary Education courses.)
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