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Important
Announcement: Register
for The College
of Freshman Studies 2007
Summer
Skills Development Academy
Freshman Year Program (FYP) Counseling Entering first-time freshman, who are not part of the SEEK Program, are assigned to a Freshman Year Program counselor during registration. Transfer students, with less than 24 transferable credits, are also assigned a Freshman Year Program counselor. FYP students work with their assigned counselor for one academic year in Freshman Seminar I and Freshman Seminar II. In addition to their enrollment in these courses, students are required to meet with their counselor throughout the semester. The primary goal of the Freshman Year Program is to assist freshman with many of the transitional issues facing students during their first academic year in college. This goal encompasses providing students with academic advisement, personal and career counseling. In addition to instructional activities within their freshman seminar courses, counselors provide crisis intervention, referrals and follow-up. Freshman Seminar I focuses on study/library research skills, college survival skills, an extensive orientation to Medgar Evers College, enhancing students' interpersonal skills for collaborative/cooperative learning activities, critical thinking, academic/career planning, and how to successfully meet the many demands of college and outside responsibilities while maintaining one's health: physical, emotional and social. Freshman Seminar II primarily focuses on enhancing students' critical thinking and problem solving skills in written and oral expression. The overall intent of the Freshman Year Program is to assist Medgar Evers College in it's effort to retain students and to help ensure that their academic experience at the College is a positive one. |
