First Year Seminar 191SBS01 - FYS- Topics in SBS

There's more than one way to find success in college and the path to getting there is different for every student. Our goals in this course are to connect with fellow students and the instructor as you become a contributing member of the community, both at UMass and beyond; start planning your individual academic goals and pathways toward achieving them; explore the different majors in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and start thinking like a social scientist.

Open to first-year students. First-year (R1ST) The Economics Department offers this seminar to first-year students to introduce the field of economics and aid students in the transition to UMass Amherst. This course follows the College of Social and Behavioral Science's Pathways framework for developing as a college student. We will discuss important topics such as independent living, academic success, and using University resources. At the same time, we will give students an introduction to economics by considering a new and major part of your life, higher education. Students will learn about major elements of funding, debt, structure, and more relating to higher education in the United States to develop critical economic thinking skills, institutional vocabulary, and political economic analysis.