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Freshman Year @ CSUEB

Freshman Year @ CSUEB. Sally Murphy Director, General Education and Freshman Year Programs sally.murphy@csueastbay.edu. The Academic Program. Year-long, thematically integrated learning communities Mandatory for all freshmen taking day classes 90 person student cohorts

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Freshman Year @ CSUEB

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  1. Freshman Year @ CSUEB Sally Murphy Director, General Education and Freshman Year Programs sally.murphy@csueastbay.edu

  2. The Academic Program • Year-long, thematically integrated learning communities • Mandatory for all freshmen taking day classes • 90 person student cohorts • Faculty teams of 10 • All courses meet graduation or general education requirements

  3. Learning Community Design • All students complete three courses in science, humanities, and/or social science • All students take three quarters of freshman seminar • All students take Information Literacy and Communication courses • Almost all students take some level(s) of composition courses

  4. LC example: Science, Technology & Society Fall • Contemporary Issues in Science and Technology (B)ALL STUDENTS • Composition 801 (low dev.), 910 (intermediate dev.), 1001 with 989 (high dev.), 1001 (A2)(baccalaureate) student distribution by test placement • Public Speaking (A1)33% OF STUDENTS • Information Literacy (G4)33% OF STUDENTS • Freshman Seminar (G1)ALL STUDENTS

  5. Freshman Seminar • Fall: College success skills • University resources • Goal setting and time management • Study skills and techniques • Working with others in groups • Using campus technology • Test-taking preparation and performance • Beginning an electronic portfolio • Advising

  6. Freshman Seminar • Winter: Pathways to graduation • Goal setting and planning for graduation • Connecting with Majors • Connecting with the Career Development Center • Financial Literacy • Connecting with faculty • Connecting with students • Continuing an electronic portfolio • Advising

  7. Freshman Seminar • Spring: Connecting the pieces • Service and civic learning experiences • Revising learning plans • Reflecting on the first year of college • Completing the electronic portfolio • Advising • Exuviae! A celebration of student work

  8. Advising • The freshman program faculty & staff serve as advisors for all incoming freshmen • Quarterly group advising • Individual advising • Early Alert • Tracking students before they get in trouble • This year: intrusive advising for non-EOP freshman exception admits

  9. Making Social Connections • CSUEB’s Freshman Year Experience • Book connection • Freshman Convocation • Social activities (collaborating with Student Life, Athletics, ASI, Student Clubs & Orgs) • Movies at the Agora • Halloween party • Kite flying • Massage & Yoga (mid-term & finals weeks) • Flag Football, & etc.

  10. Markers of Success • 84% retention from first to second year • 1% of freshmen academically disqualified at year’s end (CSU system average 10%) • 65% complete baccalaureate composition course (~ 55% need developmental comp) in first year

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