Butler University Bulletin 2025-2026
First Year Seminar
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The First Year Seminar (FYS101 and FYS102) is a topics-based, two-semester sequenced course that serves as an introduction to the vitality of the liberal arts, to Butler University, and to life as a student. FYS101 is taken in the fall semester; FYS102 is taken in the spring semester. Students will develop, practice, and advance their abilities in critical reading and thinking, effective oral communication and academic writing, and information literacy.
Students transferring to Butler in the spring semester of their first year of college should enroll in and complete FYS 102. All transfer students must fulfill the requirement of any missed FYS semester (101 or 102) by another means. For transfer students, we accept any 3-credit 1st-year composition or literature class or first-year seminar course equivalent, or any writing or literature course at any level, unless it was completed as dual credit before matriculating as a first-year student. Transfer students may also fulfill their 6-credit hour FYS requirement with any combination of Butler University Texts and Ideas courses or 200-level or above courses in writing, cultural studies, or literature.
All non-transfer students are expected to complete the First Year Seminar during their first year at Butler.
Course Structure
A two-semester sequence taken in the first year. FYS course titles and descriptions can be found through the online Course Search utility using the FYS course attribute.
Learning Outcomes
- To develop the capacity to think and write clearly, critically, and creatively.
- To introduce the student to effective habits for academic success.
- To reflect on important issues of the self, and in relation to local and global communities.
- To recognize and reflect on their own personal perspectives and biases.
- To learn and practice civil discourse in a constructive community.
- To learn to evaluate the quality, accuracy and appropriateness of evidence.
Courses
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