First-Year Experience

This collection of courses will help you make connections with USD faculty, staff and other students in addition to gaining useful time management and campus resources. USD 101 is one of the engaging First-Year Experience courses designed to help you discover new interests during your first year on campus.

USD 101 is a collection of courses intended to assist first-year students in their transition to life at USD. It's our goal to connect new students more quickly and easily to faculty, staff, students and resources at the University of South Dakota.  We also want to help new students earn higher grades in their first semester and feel more at home in Vermillion. Studies have shown that students who feel connected to their university are more likely to be academically successful.

USD 101 meets twice per week during the first half of the fall semester in an interactive classroom.

FYE seminar courses are designed specifically for first-year students at USD. With topics ranging from art to dental professions to connecting cultures, you will find the seminar topic to spark your interest and ignite your First-Year Experience.

Some majors and programs at USD offer credit for a seminar course designed especially for their first year. Meet weekly and enjoy the benefits of a small class connecting you to a professor who will mentor you, and other students who share this interest with you, through your first semester at USD.