First Year & University Programs

First-Year & University Programs designs, implements, and supports programs to help students achieve academic excellence in the classroom and develop a deeper understanding of, and commitment to, long-term academic and personal development.

We are dedicated to helping students make a successful transition from the high school classroom to the academic world of higher education.  Grounded in an asset-based approach that helps first-year students identify and build upon their academic and co-curricular interests, we are committed to helping students become more engaged lifelong learners within the classroom and beyond.  

FYUP offers:

• UNIVERSITY 101 - The First-Year Seminar - Our First-Year Seminar is a the most comprehensive college success course that CSUSM's has to offer.  By assisting first-year students in developing the skills, motivation, and self-understanding necessary to meet the demands of our rigorous undergraduate curriculum and ever changing world.  
• Academic Recovery Courses - Our innovative academic resiliency courses are designed to provide first-year and continuing students on Academic Notice with additional academic support and personal growth opportunities that focus on fostering campus connections, hope-building, and self-efficacy.
• UNIV Personal & Professional Development Courses - We offer a range of courses first-year and continuing students may take to deepen their academic and community engagement.  These courses include UNIV 495 University-wide Internships!

Our Program Goals: 

First-Year & University Programs aims to model servingness in our work with and support for first-year and continuing students.  Student success is at the center of our instructional, mentorship, and advising practices.

First-Year & University Programs aims to model servingness in our work with partners across CSUSM’s in delivering a co-curricular, student-centered First-year Experience through our First-Year Seminar!  

Questions? Contact us at: fyup@csusm.edu