First-year Interest Groups

A First-year Interest Group (FIG) is a cohort of up to 25 first-year students who take two to four courses together. Typically, one of these classes is small, to allow students to get to know their FIG-mates. Each FIG cluster also attends a weekly one-hour seminar facilitated by a peer mentor and a professional staff member. Students take part in discussions about issues they encounter such as:

• study and time management strategies
• social opportunities and issues
• campus life and involvement opportunities

In addition to taking classes with a small group, students satisfy degree requirements, forge a link between academic and social experiences, easily form study groups, have regular contact with peer and professional facilitators, are introduced to academic resources at UT, develop a sense of community, and have fun.

• 97% of FIG students stated that participation in FIG “helped me feel more comfortable at UT”
• 97% stated that FIG participation made me “feel part of the UT community”
• 98% stated that they would recommend a FIG to new students

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