The Common Experience
About the Program
The Common Experience is a seminar style course offered to freshmen in their fall semester. First-year students are given the skills necessary to become informed and active participants in their academic and post-collegiate career. Both faculty and staff serve as Common Experience Instructors. Students earn 3 credits for completion of The Common Experience. The classroom experience includes weekly 50 minute sessions.
To learn more about the Common Experience curriculum, please contact Liya Escalera, Director for Academic Outreach Programs.
A dedicated online intranet site serves as a repository for documents and resources, conversations - including those with peer mentors.
As a complement to the core academic curriculum, students benefit from Common Sessions that are scheduled throughout the year. Convocations built around the annual theme contextualize and enrich learning through speaker events and related activities.