The Director of the First Year Experience, Co-Directors of General Education, and the Senate General Education Committee all endorsed a proposal that was presented to, and passed by, the IU South Bend Faculty Senate on April 19, 2024, to grant a batch FYS exemption to a specific group of students: First-Year Beginner Undergrad (FYU) and… Read more »
First Year Seminar
Students with Admit Term Prior to Fall 2021 Exempt from FYS
Students with an admit term prior to Fall 2021 (4218) are to be exempted from the First Year Seminar (FYS) general-education requirement if their requirement term changes such that FYS would be added to their general-education requirements. This policy was presented to the Senate General Education Committee by the Co-Directors of General Education during the… Read more »
Students in Honors Program Exempted from FYS Upon Completion of HON-H 100
As of the Fall 2023 semester, students in the Honors Program will be exempt from the First Year Seminar (FYS) requirement upon successful completion of HON-H 100. The proposal for this change was granted provisional approval for Fall 2023 during the summer of 2023, with support from the Director of the Honors Program, the Director… Read more »
FYS for Students with 30+ Credits
Starting with Fall 2021, students are required to complete a First Year Seminar (FYS) within their first year at IU South Bend as part of the First Year Experience (FYE). The FYS designation is a “tag” added to a course that meets another general-education requirement, and enrollment in such courses is restricted to students with… Read more »