The First-Year Experience Program gives every first-year student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences the opportunity to participate in a small seminar taught by one of the University's best professors. Whether the seminar is Introduction to Astronomy or World Politics, FYE students invariably develop valuable and rewarding relationships with both their classmates and their professors.

First-Year Experience classes are offered exclusively to first-semester first-year students. With a maximum class size of 18, FYE seminars provide the personal attention and intimate classroom environment that make the transition to college manageable if not enjoyable.

All FYE classes fulfill one of the General Education Requirements for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. However, the subject matter of the FYE class is not limited to Spanish, History, Biology, or Mathematics. The courses are also about you. Every FYE instructor devotes class time to your academic success and your sense of belonging at Alfred University. Each FYE seminar includes activities to help you refine those skills that will lead to academic and professional accomplishment, and each seminar works outside the boundaries of the traditional classroom to help you discover the diversity and richness of the Alfred community.

Beginning this year, all FYE classes will have an upper-class student acting as a "Peer Leader." All Peer Leaders are hand-selected by the faculty to serve as role-models and allies for new Alfred students. They are there to give extra help before exams and paper deadlines, and they can provide a valuable voice of experience during discussions of college life.

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