First-Year Colloquium

Leaving high school behind to attend college at UALR is an exciting transition. To assist students in that transition, all full-time freshmen entering a college or university for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit are required to take a First Year Colloquium. Several versions of the colloquium are available, but all carry full academic credit and are designed to help put students on a path to success at UALR. Planning for graduation begins on day one!

All versions of the First Year Colloquium are small in size and require students to learn about and use campus and off-campus resources (libraries, career planning and counseling services, tutoring, etc.) and strategies for goal-setting and time management. Some versions include a service-learning project that applies academic learning to real-life situations.

Which course to take? Some specialized first-year colloquiums are aimed at students intending to major in particular subject areas. The table below indicates the appropriate colloquium for such students. Students intending to major in a subject area that is not singled out in the table should register for PEAW 1300, the first course in the table. All students should consult with their academic advisor before registering for a first year colloquium.

A few colloquiums are limited to students in other targeted special programs and those receiving particular scholarships. Such students will be advised through those programs and scholarships as to the appropriate colloquium for which they should register.