Thursday, June 15, 2023

The Student Side: What's the Deal with First-Year Writing and First-Year Seminar?

First-Year Experience, Explained:



As part of Barnard's Foundations Curriculum, there are 3 required courses Barnard first-years must take. Two of these courses are First-Year Writing (FYW) and First-Year Seminar (FYS) (the third is a physical education class, but we can talk more about that later). You’ll take an FYW class one semester and an FYS class the other semester during your first year at Barnard. These 2 FY required courses (FYW and FYS) are collectively called "First-Year Experience" (FYE).


Let’s break these courses down.