First Year Experience

The First Year Experience or FYE program is comprehensively designed curriculum that helps first year students’ transition towards success at Sullivan County Community College. The program is designed to begin the day before classes start and follow students through their entire first semester to help with any struggles they may have. The goal of this program is to act as a helper to first semester students through Orientation and Freshman Seminar Course work. This allows students to feel comfortable in an academic setting and allows them to have the ability to ask for guidance as they feel necessary.

Freshman Seminar Courses

Sullivan County Community College uses a very academic approach to support your transition to your first year of college. We use a series of courses that are designed to help you improve your ability to success in all core courses as well as enable you to gain basic skills including time management skills, study skills & career planning. Other topics include cultural diversity, student development issues and an introduction to campus resources.


At Sullivan County Community College, we use the course prefix IAS (Improving Academic Success) to indicate classes that are offered by our program. We also have one specialized course in Hospitality that enables students to gain these skills as well.

All of the courses listed above are taught by full time faculty or staff who have specific interests in helping first year students succeed. For IAS 1001, Freshman Seminar we offer some major or interest specific sections. Examples include but are not limited to: Business, Sports Management, Communications, Early Childhood Education, Non-traditional students, Criminal Justice, and math & science.

For more information on any of the First Year Experience programming feel free to contact:

Rose Hanofee