For more than 20 years, the mission of FSP has been to provide incoming freshmen with tools to facilitate a successful transition into college life.

PROGRAMS:

University Seminar

Yocoya Learning Communities

Residential Learning Communities

Summer Reading Program

Common Experience

 

University Seminar

This one-unit course provides students with an opportunity to discover the intellectual traditions, attitudes, and skills which characterize the university experience at a major comprehensive university. The University Seminar also introduces students to important resources on campus. The instructor of the course establishes a mentoring relationship with students. Each class is comprised of 10-15 students.

University Seminar classes are taught by SDSU faculty and staff.

  • Make friends and form study groups with other first-year students
  • Experience a small college class on a large university
  • Cultivate a personal relationship with a mentor-teacher who can help solve any issues that may arise
  • Become familiar with campus life and resources
  • Develop important strategies for personal and academic success
  • Discuss crucial decisions including career direction and choice of major

University Seminar is included in all Learning Communities.

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Yocoya Learning Communities

A learning community allows you to take several classes as a package, so that you will have the same classmates—it is easier to make friends, check on assignments, and work together.


Yocoya Learning Communities 

Yocoya is the Aztec word for "Create, determine, think and invent." Determine your college success and create your own niche on campus by enrolling in a Yocoya Learning Community. This program is designed for students who received an EPT score of 141 or below.

The Benefits Include:

  1. A General Education course. Choose from:
    -Sociology 101
    -Psychology 101
    -History 100
    -Anthropology 102
  2. RWS 296, a reading course connected to your GE class to give you the tools you need to be an effective reader and writer across your college
    curriculum.
  3. RWS 97, the composition course required during the first semester.
  4. University Seminar will give you academic and personal
    success skills to help you transition
    into life at the university.

EOP Learning Communities.  This program is designed for students who qualify for the EOP program. The LINC consists of:

  • RWS 92A. Focused on planning, drafting, revising, and editing essays.
  • RWS 296. Taught by a graduate student and focused on developing reading skills (1 unit).
  • A general education class that fulfills a humanities or social science requirement (i.e. sociology, political science, anthropology, religious studies, etc.) (3 units)
  • 296/EOP tutoring. Taught by a graduate student/EOP tutor and focused on study and discussion of the general education course material (1 unit)
  • GEN S 100B University Seminar taught by EOP counselors (1 unit)

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Residential Learning Communities

Research shows that students in living-learning communities . . .
•           Consistently achieve higher grade point averages
•           Are less likely to be on academic probation
•           Are more likely to return for their second year

The environment is fun and supportive, a place where students from diverse backgrounds explore personal interests while achieving academic success. Students encourage each other to succeed as they share experiences in and out of the classroom.  Living Learning Communities provide the opportunity to further campus involvement, leadership development, and academic achievement.

For more information, please visit the Learning Communities website: http://learningcommunities.sdsu.edu/

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Summer Reading Program

The Summer Reading Program began in 2004 and since has become an important part of the freshman experience and campus culture.  For more information on the Summer Reading Program, please see the website: http://dus.sdsu.edu/srp/

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The Common Experience

The Common Experience is a 2007 innovation, and we are very excited about it. For more information about the Common Experience, please see the website: http://dus.sdsu.edu/commonexperience/

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