First Year Experience Program Mission & Goals
Our Vision
UC San Diego’s First Year Experience Program prepares students for a successful transition and integration into a large research university.
Our Mission
The UC San Diego First Year Experience (FYE) Program offers first-years and new transfer students a two unit course that facilitates their success at a large research university. FYE equips students with best practices and critical skills on how to succeed and connects them to academic and co-curricular resources, programs, and opportunities, on and off campus. FYE empowers students to establish an effective and intentional plan which maximizes both academic success and personal well-being.
The FYE Program aims to achieve the following goals:
- Empowering students to become intentional, active, and engaged in achieving personal goals;
- Ensuring student understanding of academic expectations;
- Optimizing student involvement in co-curricular opportunities; and
- Strengthening students’ organizational, interpersonal, and wellness skills.