First-Year Experience

Ready. Set. Learn! At Molloy University, you'll begin your first semester as part of a freshman learning community which is a group of student learners in linked courses.

Freshman learning communities at Molloy allow freshmen to:

• Explore an interest or become acquainted with a major field of study
• Participate in a community of learners, fellow freshmen enrolled in the same courses
• Form friendships with fellow students and bonds with faculty as you learn
• Sharpen skills necessary to succeed in college
• Fulfill general education or major degree requirements
• Learn how to make the best use of resources available to Molloy students

Freshmen become part of a learning community built around a particular theme or course of study.

First Year Learning Communities

• Making a Difference: Education Students
• Business and Communications
• Culture and Performance: Theatre Arts Cap 21
• Keeping America Healthy
• Study and Spirituality in America the Beautiful
• Cultural Engagement
• Empower Yourself: Pursuit of Justice and Wisdom Learning Community
• Healing Through Art: Our Changing World
• Our Living World: STEM
• Our Digital World
• First Year Success: STAP
• First Year Success: Communication
• First Year Success: Music
• First Year Success: English Composition
• First Year Success: College Preparation
• Business Honors Community
• Honors Learning Community: Global Challenges
• Honors Learning Communities: Global Challenges for Nursing Students
  Each First Year Learning Community includes a course called FST 1000, The College Experience, a one-credit course required for all Molloy first year students.
• Aids students in making a successful transition to college studies
• Sharpens important skills needed for college success, such as note taking, time management and library research
• Explores major and career options
• Answers student questions about advisement and registration
• Helps students become involved in campus activities
• Helps students make the best of wide array of campus services
• American Studies
• Law and Order
• One To Many: An Exploration in the Social Sciences
• Two Perspectives on History
• The Logic Behind the Message
• Male? Female? Human? Living in a Gendered World
• St. Thomas Aquinas Program:
  • American Innovation
  • Psychology
  • Social Behavior
  • The Power of Words and Images
  • The Write Stuff
• Business Honors Community
• Honors Learning Community: Global Challenges
• Honors Learning Communities: Global Challenges for Nursing Students

Each Freshman Learning Community includes a course called FST 101, The College Experience, a one-credit course required for all Molloy freshmen. FST 101:

• Aids students in making a successful transition to college studies
• Sharpens important skills needed for college success, such as note taking, time management and library research
• Explores major and career options
• Answers student questions about advisement and registration
• Helps students become involved in campus activities
• Helps students make the best use of a wide array of campus services

A member of the class of 2019 has her book, March, signed by Congressman John Lewis.