First Year Experience

The First-Year Experience at the College of Charleston is an academic program designed to integrate new students into the academic and cultural community of the College.  All of the courses give new students an opportunity to work closely with top-level faculty, to meet other new students at the beginning of the school year, smooth their transition to college, and provide them with the skills that will help them succeed throughout their academic careers.  To delve more deeply into the First-Year Experience courses, please visit our courses section of the webpage.

Experience Interdisciplinary Connections

Experience Learning in Context

Experience Community Engagement

Experience Research in the First Year

If you are entering the College of Charleston during the 2013-14 school year, and feel that you should be exempt from the First-Year Experience requirement, download the waiver form and either email it to fye@cofc.edu or deliver it to the New Student Programs office.