FIRST YEAR SEMINAR

APPALACHIAN STATE Hannah Wenzelburger

UNIVERSITY
APPALACHIAN STATE
UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1899
Large research university
16,595 undergraduate
students Our interdisciplinary approach to inquiry-based learning begins with
First Year Seminar and continues until graduation. From the moment

16:1 student/faculty ratio you begin your Appalachian education, youll be expected to develop
as a critical and creative thinker, an effective communicator, an
inquisitive local-to-global learner and someone who understands and
respects the responsibilities of community membership.
Average class size: 27
85.8% freshman-to-sophomore
retention rate of full-time
students
71% 6-year graduation rate
OVERVIEW OF FYS
Introduction to rigorous
academic study through
interdisciplinary engagement
with a broad topic or question Develop creative and critical thinking abilities

Cultivate effective communication skills

Faculty help students make Make local-to-global connections

connections and find resources Understand responsibilities of community membership

Seminar-style class
Global Learning Opportunity (GLO)

Average class size is 22

Include a library research
component to build students
information literacy skills
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
PORTAL (FYS)
First Year Seminar is your
gateway to engaged learning
and what's cool about college.
That's why all first-year
students at Appalachian who
come in with fewer than 30
transfer credit hours must take
a 3-credit First Year Seminar.
FYS wants you to get engaged
in learning, in and out of the
classroom. Make the most of
your college education!
Remember, curiosity only kills
cats.
DEVELOPMENT
Part of a network of supports
for student and their work
both inside and outside of the
classroom
Inquiry Based Learning

Many course options Faculty

are always proposing more
RESOURCES
Support Resources
Mapworks (Making
Achievement Possible)
Student Success Team Academic Resources
Appalachian & the Community Together (ACT)

Common Reading Program General Education

The Office of Student Research

Learning Assistance Program
Learning Communities

Counseling Services
ASSESSMENTS FOR
SUCCESS - MAPWORKS
REFERENCES
http://www.appstate.edu/about/
http://
colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/appalachia
n-state-2906
https://thisblogisnotrequired.wordpress.com/
https://
firstyearseminar.appstate.edu/welcome-first-year-seminar-1
https://firstyearseminar.appstate.edu/map-works