Welcome to First-Year Residential Education

Freshman year is the foundation on which rest of the college experience is built. And yet, overwhelmed by all sorts of personal, social, and academic changes, many students have a difficult time experiencing success during this initial period of their college career.

That's where we come in. Instead of allowing you to adjust to college feeling overwhelmed and alone, we have carefully designed UNV 100: The First-Year Seminar. Most colleges and universities offer a First-Year Seminar. Some are offered within academic departments and introduce students to the expectations of a major or a career. Others are an extension of orientation and provide students with a chance to become fully integrated in various aspects of college life. At UMass Dartmouth, however, UNV 100 combines the objectives of an extended orientation with the content of an academic seminar.