FIE's First-Year Program Model
British OR Irish Life and Cultures
College Writing
First-Year Forward 101
(2 - 3 x) FIE elective course / Partner's course (with your visiting faculty as an option)
A number of our partners also teach a 1 credit course on top of this model. FIE’s elective courses span business, communications, humanities, and social sciences.
- Has been delivering First Year Programs in the UK and Ireland for more than 10 years.
- Has extensive experience partnering with US colleges to deliver both one semester and full academic year programs.
- Guides you in crafting your own model in keeping with your traditions and requirements.
- Is confident our supportive advice will bring your first year aboard program off the ground smoothly.
- Assists with the delivery of any branded home course.
- In all cases, sends staff from the UK or Ireland to deliver a Pre-Departure Orientation to students and parents at a site of your choosing.
With each of our partners, we design a program that goes beyond the traditional model of a semester abroad. By working in collaboration with our partner institutions, we provide an experience that both delves into the riches of London or Dublin, but also fosters a student’s sense of institutional identity and an appreciation for and understanding of their home campus’ traditions and culture.
We build in university traditions, norms, institutional vocabulary, and imagery into the program delivery and see this as an important component of student development and their understanding of the college or university they will be returning to in the second semester / sophomore year.
The shape of a first-year program abroad is ultimately driven by the institutional requirements of you, our partner, who is developing the initiative. FIE has run first-year abroad programs for state, private, large and small institutions and in each case the final, customized models we have built with our partners is unique.