First Year Seminar in Honors (FYSH)
HONR 1100: First Year Seminar in Honors (FYSH) is your introduction to the collaborative, interdisciplinary, you are more than your major ethos of the UMass Lowell Honors College. FYSH is a Lecture/Recitation Course. For this course you have both a Recitation section (synchronous in-person) and a Lecture (asynchronous online).
Your Recitation appears on your schedule, your Lecture appears only on Blackboard.
A few more details about FYSH
- Fulfills either the College Writing I Requirement or a Core Curriculum Arts and Humanities Requirement (H1) if you have AP credit for College Writing I
- Provides information about on and off-campus opportunities and experiences (Internships, Fellowships etc.) as well as university resources
- Assists with cohort-building, getting to know faculty, and familiarizing yourselves with the University and the City of Lowell
- Is a space for reflection on and consideration of what you want out of your experience at UMass Lowell
- Introduces you to interdisciplinarity and experiential project-based learning
- Encourages engagement with the Honors Community
- Uses the City of Lowell and the University as a text and living laboratory
- Introduces concepts of critical AI literacy
| Lecture | Recitation |
|---|---|
| Online and On-Demand (asynchronous) | Meets In-person weekly for 75 Minutes |
| No Set Meeting Time, though most of the FYSH Badge activities you complete for lecture happen at scheduled times | Has a Set Meeting Time |
| 20% of your HONR 1100 Grade | 80% of your HONR 1100 Grade |
| Complete FYSH Badge in Suitable and short action items in the weekly lecture announcements to earn this 20% in your HONR 1100 Grade | Complete 3 papers as well as low-stakes recitation assignments to earn this 80% of your HONR 1100 Grade |
| Each week you will be sent an announcement with Lecture information for the week | Meet with your Recitation instructor one-on-one at least once during the semester |
| All students enrolled in HONR 1100 complete the FYSH Badge as part of their grade, but there are many ways to complete the FYSH Badge | Recitations are taught by different faculty and sections may not have identical assignments, though they all involve research and writing |