THE FIRST YEAR PROGRAM

At CMU we take special care to make sure that incoming freshmen adjust successfully to university life. Helping students make the crucial transition from high school to college is the major goal of our First Year Program. In addition to summer and fall orientation activities, the academic part of the First Year Program consists of two interlinked orientation classes, CMU 101 and CMU 102. CMU 101 concentrates on issues of campus orientation, academic success, and orientation to the major. The second class in the sequence, CMU 102, concentrates more exclusively on issues related to the major, as well as leadership principles associated with a career in that major. By devoting extra effort to these details, we are carrying out the campus mission of training students to exercise ethical leadership in order to make a difference in the world.Both CMU101 and CMU102 are required components of Tier 1 of the CMU General Education Program.

FRESHMAN SURVIVAL SKILLS II 1 credit hour.