FYS Classes

Winter 2025 Classes

For an up-to-date listing of open sections, please see class schedule

  • Hybrid: (A mix of in-person and online learning), with most classes meeting one or two days per week on campus.

    Current Open Sections:

  • Online Asynchronous: Fully remote classes with no synchronous or in-person meetings.

    Current Open Sections:
    • OH-LEC (15157)
    • OI-LEC (15159)
    • OYB-LEC – (15132) – 8-week late-start section, begins 01/27/25
      This section reserved for students with 45 or more total credits. Contact Jeremiah Allen for more info.
    • OYC-LEC (15134) – 8-week late-start section, begins 01/27/25

  • Online Scheduled: Meets online one or two hours per week via Zoom.

    Current Open Sections:

  • Late-start sections: Offered in both synchronous and hybrid modalities
    Late start sections will have 16 seats reserved for students registering after the first day of the regular session
    Current Open Sections:
    • HYA-LEC – (15154) – MoWe 1:00 – 2:20 PM (Hybrid)
    • OYA-LEC – (15127) – (Online Scheduled)
    • OYB-LEC – (15132) – (Online Asynchronous)
      This section reserved for students with 45 or more total credits. Contact Jeremiah Allen for more info.
    • OYC-LEC – (15134) – (Online Asynchronous)

  • NEW! Accelerated FYS 101: This special section meets for five, 3.5 hour sessions just before the fall quarter starts and then finishes up fully online, asynchronous for the first two weeks of the quarter. A great way to get a head start and complete the requirement before other class ramp up!

    Current Open Sections:
    • Not offered winter 2025

First-Year Seminar is offered for specific populations of students. Please contact us to learn more about the following sections:

  • FYS for STEM Students, for students interested in exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
  • FYS for Running Start Students,dual-enrollment students are encouraged to enroll 
  • FYS for Puente Students, reserved for students in the Puente Scholars program (fall quarter only)
  • FYS for Umoja Students, reserved for students in the Umoja Scholars program (fall quarter only)
  • FYS for TRIO/First-Generation Students, for students in the TRIO program and first-generation college students (fall quarter only)
  • ***NEW!*** FYS for Residents, for students who live on campus (fall quarter only)
    (Please contact the FYS program chair if you are a campus resident and would like to enroll)

***NEW!*** ACCELERATED FYS 101

Not offered winter quarter

Please contact the FYS Program Chair, Jeremiah Allen with any questions

***NEW! *** WINTER 2025 LEARNING COMMUNITIES (LINKED SECTIONS)

Take two courses with the same group of students and the same instructor or a team teaching both sections for a seamless experience. Make new friends and get more support from your instructor!

Students enrolling in the following FYS 101 Sections are required to simultaneously enroll in the linked course sections as listed:

  • FYS 101 + BIOL& 160: FYS 101, HE-LEC (15099) + BIOL& 160, (9337) | MoWe 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM & 1:30-3:20 PM, taught by Allison Kang and Winston Stauffer.
  • FYS 101 + ENGL& 101: FYS 101, HI-LEC (41201) + ENGL& 101, (14001) | TuTh 9:30 AM -10:20 AM & 10:30-11:20 AM, taught by Jeremiah Allen.

FYS Learning Communities:

✔︎ Take both courses with the same group of students!
✔︎ Both classes are taught by the same instructor!
✔︎ FYS 101 materials are adapted to support learning in the linked course!

FYS Equivalent Courses (coming soon…)

Last Updated November 14, 2024