FYS 5200:History of First-Year Studies

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSFYS program or permission of the FYTS Graduate Program Director.
This course begins with the development of the trivium, discusses the quadrivium in classical Greece and Rome, and progresses through John Dewey before focusing on recent changes in higher education to explain the development and growth of first-year programs. Topics include general history and trends regarding The First-Year Experience® and the development of first-year studies as a discipline.