University Of California, Riverside CHASS F1RST

University of California, RiversideCHASS F1RSTFirst Year Experience Programs2021 - 2022

Table of ContentsMission Statement 231T31TFrosh Program 331T31TWhat is a Learning Community? 531T31TLearning Community Workshop Series 6Campus Resources 2131T31TStudent Success Tips 2231T31T

Frosh ProgramCHASS F1RST, First-Year Experience Programs, prepares students for a successful transitioninto a large research university environment that promotes academic and student success.CHASS F1RST provides first-year students with the tools, experiences, and opportunities to besuccessful at UCR and beyond. The program encourages student academic achievement, socialintegration, and cultivates self-development along with a strong supportive network of peers,staff, and faculty.Goals:1. Achieve Academic Excellence: Develop academic pathways and strategies toincrease student success through transitioning successfully to a university setting.2. Foster a Sense of Community Engagement: Become familiar with the campusculture, navigating resources, and foster positive relationships by engaging with faculty,staff and other students in a diverse college environment and beyond.3. Preparation for Life Possibilities: Prepare to become self-sufficient by establishingpersonal goals, making productive choices, and exploring different majors, careers andlife options.Meet the CHASS F1RST staff:UUNelly CruzAssistant Directornelly.cruz@ucr.eduDr. Christina AcoffDirectorchristina.acoff@ucr.eduShellee StewartAcademic Specialistshellee.stewart@ucr.edu

Frosh ProgramCHASS FIRST FROSH PROGRAM: All students will be enrolled in the learningcommunity workshop series during Day 2 of Highlander Orientation.Learning Community WorkshopSeries (LC Series)LC Series for UndeclaredProgramLC Series for CHASS MajorsLC Series for Pre-BusinessProgramStudents will be enrolled in one of the following throughout the academic year:Fall Quarter 20211) Learning CommunityWorkshop Series- Major/BreadthCourse- CHFY 007Winter Quarter 20221) Learning CommunityWorkshop Series- CHFY 007Spring Quarter 20221) Learning CommunityWorkshop Series- CHFY 007

Frosh ProgramBelow is a list of majors offered in CHASS. Please note that Undeclared and Pre-Business areprograms, not majors.

What is a Learning Community?A learning community builds a community of learners among students, faculty, teachingassistants and peer educators. Learning communities allow students to be actively engaged in asustained academic relationship with faculty and other students.Students start together in their selected learning community and move through a set of coursestogether. The central component of the learning community program is CHFY 007: CHASSF1RST Learning Community Workshop, a 1-unit course.Benefits of participating in a learning community: Greater sense of belonging and Improves student retention andmotivation Increased student-faculty interactionpersistence Mentorship from current UCR Development of higher order analyticskillsRundergraduates Guaranteed courses each quarter**Number of guaranteed courses varies each quarter depending on which program a student enrolls in.RCHFY 007The CHASS F1RST Learning Community Workshop (CHFY 007) is a 1-unit course linked toeach learning community. Workshops meet weekly for 50 minutes and are led by peereducators who are current undergraduate students. Students will be provided with clearexpectations of what will be expected of them as college students and members of the UCRcommunity. Embedded in the curriculum are collaborations with campus partners like CHASSAcademic Advising, the Library, and the Career Center to connect you to this resources earlyon.In the workshop, you will adopt new study strategies conducive to succeeding in university levelcourses, become a more fluent and persuasive writer and thinker, learn how to budget yourtime, and connect with the many resources and services offered at UCR. In addition, you willhave the opportunity network and to develop a sense of community among new students atUCR who can become academic partners as well as friends.The following are some of the topics that are covered in CHFY 007: Time ManagementResumes, Curriculum Vitae, & Cover LettersJob Search & Interview SkillsPersonal FinanceCareer Exploration5

Learning Community Workshop SeriesThe learning community workshop series provides CHASS first-years with seats in highly,desirable large lecture courses in the fall quarter and the means to make the large coursesseem smaller and more manageable. Sometimes class days/times may change due to unexpectedcircumstances, please visit classes.ucr.edu to view the most up to date class schedule.AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES, ASIANSTUDIES, CHICANO STUDIES, NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES, LATINAMERICAN STUDIES, & ETHNIC STUDIES majors:BLOCKTrack G Block 1Track G Block 2SUBJECT COURSE SECTIONBEGIN 001050 W1050 TR1050 M140CHFYETSTETST007001001008001023100093010001050 W1050 TR1050 F140COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKRACE ÐNICITY:INTROCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKRACE ÐNICITY:INTROANTHROPOLOGY major:BLOCKTrack A Block 1Track A Block 2SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN ENDANTH00100111001220ANTH001024900950DAYS UNITMW 01150TMWT140CHFY00701411001150R1COURSE TITLECULTURALANTHROPOLOGYCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKCULTURALANTHROPOLOGYCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRK6

Learning Community Workshop SeriesART major:BLOCKTrack T Block 1Track T Block 2SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN ENDART00600117001950ART00602311001150DAYS 5019501050TTF140ART03200113001550R4COURSE TITLEINTRO-CONTMPRY CRITISSUS-ARTCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO-CONTMPRY CRITISSUS-ARTCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKART HISTORY major:BLOCKTrack S Block 1SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN ENDAHS017A001800920AHS017A02210001050DAYS UNITMW 4F0CHFYM007041100010501COURSE TITLEWSTRN ART:PREHISTTO BYZANTINECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKBUSINESS ECONOMICS major:BLOCKTrack P Block 1Track P Block 2Track P Block 3SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN ENDCHFY00703014001450ECON00200112301350DAYS 0COURSE TITLEINTRO TOMACROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMACROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMACROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRK7

Learning Community Workshop SeriesBUSINESS ECONOMICS major continued:BLOCKTrack P Block 4Track P Block 5TRACK P BLOCK 6SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN ENDCHFY00704410001050ECON00200112301350DAYS OURSE TITLEINTRO TOMACROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMACROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMACROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKCOMPARATIVE LITERATURE and CHINESE, CLASSICAL STUDIES,COMPARATIVE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE,FRENCH, GERMANIC STUDIES, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN STUDIES majors:BLOCKTrack X Block 1SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN ENDDAYSUNITCHFYCPLTCPLTTTRR140SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN 0145016501450COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKMODERN JAPAN ANDPERSONAL NARRATIVECREATIVE WRITING major:BLOCKTrack C Block 1COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRODUCTION TOCREATIVE WRITINGINTRODUCTION TOCREATIVE WRITING8

Learning Community Workshop SeriesCREATIVE WRITING major continued:BLOCKTrack C Block 2Track C Block 3SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN 110001250T4CRWT05602215001550T0SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN ENDDAYSUNITCHFY007041M1DNCE007001DNCE007023COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRODUCTION TOCREATIVE WRITINGINTRODUCTION TOCREATIVE WRITINGCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRODUCTION TOCREATIVE WRITINGINTRODUCTION TOCREATIVE WRITINGDANCE major:BLOCKTrack M Block 110001050410001050F0SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN R5ECON00302114001450F0COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKDANCE: CULTURES ANDCONTEXTSDANCE: CULTURES ANDCONTEXTSECONOMICS major:BLOCKTrack Q Block 1COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMICROECONOMICSINTRO TOMICROECONOMICS9

Learning Community Workshop SeriesECONOMICS major continued:BLOCKTrack Q Block 2Track Q Block 3Track Q Block 4Track Q Block 5Track Q Block 6Track Q Block 7SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN 14001800135015201850TTRR150SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN TR5ENGL020C02316001650T0COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMICROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMICROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMICROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMICROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMICROECONOMICSCHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOMICROECONOMICSENGLISH major:BLOCKTrack J Block 1COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOALTERNATIVE CRITICALPERSPECTIVES ONLITERATURE10

Learning Community Workshop SeriesENGLISH major continued:BLOCKTrack J Block 2Track J Block 3SUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN 0C00113301450TR5ENGL020C02713001350W0COURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOALTERNATIVE CRITICALPERSPECTIVES ONLITERATURECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRKINTRO TOALTERNATIVE CRITICALPERSPECTIVES ONLITERATUREGENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES, LIBERAL STUDIES, & SUSTAINABILITYSTUDIES majors:BLOCKSUBJECT COURSE SECTION BEGIN ENDDAYSTrack H Block 50950F1MWF 012501450F1MWF 012501150T1MWF 5F0Track H Block 2Track H Block 3UNITCOURSE TITLECHASS 1ST LEARNGCOMMNITY WRK

personal goals, making productive choices, and exploring different majors, careers and life options. UMeet the CHASS F1RST staff: U Nelly Cruz Assistant Director nelly.cruz@ucr.edu . Dr. Christina Acoff Director christina.acoff@ucr.edu . Shellee Stewart Academic Specialist . shellee.stewart@ucr.edu .