First Year Experience Courses
Navigate your first year with ease
The First Year Experience provides two great in-class opportunities that are just for first year students! These opportunities are called First Year Only courses (FYOs) and Blugold Learning Communities. Explore your options for each here!
First Year Only
First Year Only (FYO) sections strictly enroll first year students. Your FYO will have a dedicated faculty member and a student mentor who is there to answer your questions, announce upcoming events, and help you navigate UW-Eau Claire.
First Year Only - Fall 2022
Business Administration 180: Foundations for Success in Business
Chemistry 106: General Chemistry I Laboratory
Chemistry 115: Chemical Principles
Communication Journalism 201: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
Communication Sciences and Disorders 150: Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders
Environmental Studies 101: Sustainability Basics and Beyond
Gen 250: Academic and Career Exploration
History 114: United States History Since 1877
History 124: World History to 1500
Interdisciplinary Studies 190: Leadership for a Better World
Kinesiology 200: Orientation to Kinesiology
Kinesiology 294: Anatomical Kinesiology
Physics 100: Physical Science
Physics 211: General Physics
Political Science 110: American National Politics
Psychology 100: Introduction to Psychology
Religious Studies 110: Basic Issues in Religion
Social Work 100: Introduction to Social Welfare
General Courses - Fall 2022
GEN 110: Strategies for Academic Success
Designed to assist student development of successful academic and personal strategies necessary to meet demands at the college level by formulating educational goals, examining effective learning strategies, and making informed decisions.
Blugold Learning Communities
First Year students may also consider enrolling in a Blugold Learning Community where students enroll in two courses, linked by a common topic or question. Learning Communities will connect personal experiences and multiple disciplines allowing you to apply knowledge between courses and better understand the value of a liberal education and connect with fellow classmates.
Blugold Learning Communities
Theme: College Connection
In this learning community, first year students will learn about campus resources and opportunities, as well as to practice critical thinking skills by looking at what we mean by “Liberal Education” at UWEC. Students will enroll in a “content area” class, and an IDIS 187 section, sometimes taught by the same faculty member. In the IDIS 187 seminar, students will connect their experiences of transitioning to the university to their learning in it, and to connect the various kinds of learning they will be doing in the first semester (and, we hope, throughout their time in Eau Claire). This will be a supportive, collaborative environment to apply new skills and build community as you transition into your first semester in college.
SEIP 200: Intro to Diverse Learners
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IDIS 187: Integrative Seminar
CSD 150: Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders (must be a CSD major to enroll)
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IDIS 187: Integrative Seminar
ENPH 110: Introduction to Environmental Health
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IDIS 187: Integrative Seminar
SW 100: Introduction to Social Welfare
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IDIS 187: Integrative Seminar
Theme: Exploring Health Professions
In this learning community, pre-health professions majors will have an opportunity to explore the variety of career opportunities in the healthcare field and work with this information as they learn to read and write critically in WRIT 116.
WRIT 116: Blugold Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing
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IDIS 187: Integrative Seminar
Theme: Information Literacy
In this learning community, students will critically evaluate and reflect upon their own use and selection of information, explore the social, economic and political context in which information is created, consumed, manipulated and used, and conduct research using a variety of resources to support their reading and writing in the Writing course.
WRIT 118: Blugold Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing
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IDIS 187: Integrative Seminar