Freshman Seminar I

Freshman Seminar 101 is designed to orient all first-time freshman and/or newly and readmitted students with less than fifteen credits to Medgar Evers College. It serves as a foundation course where students gain the intellectual confidence needed to successfully complete their general education curriculum in a timely manner. Specific general education and basic skills courses are linked to FS 101 so that students can integrate and apply FS 101 reading, writing, and analytical techniques to their content-based courses. Students are introduced to the following modules that will help them to persist and adapt to college life: 1) Orientation to acclimate students to Medgar Evers College’s history, mission, vision, students’ rights, and their responsibilities; 2) Medgar Wiley Evers and the Importance of Civic Engagement; 3) Bonding with Faculty and Peers; 4) College/Life Management where students learn to effectively manage their time and create more efficient schedules; 5) Study Skills that consist of note-taking, outlining, test-taking skills, and overcoming test-anxiety; 6) Technological Proficiency that consists of all the tools that students need to excel in an academic institution such as their College Email Accounts, Blackboard, CUNYFIRST, E-portfolio ,and Library Research; 7) Financial Literacy; and 8) Wellness for Mind and Body. Students are assigned to a particular course section depending upon students’ pre-collegial experiences and assessments.

Fall, Spring