First-Year Experience (FYE)

In order to qualify for the FYE Program, you must be a First-Time College Student. If you have any eligibility questions, please contact us at mcfye@vcccd.edu .

By signing up for the FYE Program, students will receive the following benefits:

Priority Registration

• Opportunity to enroll in classes before most students
• Priority registration will be awarded for one (1) academic year, starting the spring semester of the student's first year. This includes spring, summer, and fall semesters.
• Individual assistance with the registration process

  In order to receive priority registration, students must complete Math and English within their first year (summer, fall, or spring).

Personal Student Success Coach

• One-on-one support to connect students to resources on campus
• Advocate for student learning and excellence in achieving goals

Customized Academic and Career Counseling

• Easily accessible academic counselors
• Assist students to create education plans to reach transfer and degree goals

Student Success Center

• Home away from home
• Computers available and safe learning space
• All Student Success Staff housed in one convenient location

Academic and social events specific to FYE students

• New Student Welcome (1-day Summer Orientation)
• Student Success Workshops 
  • Past workshops:
    • Donut Know Your Major?
    • Transfer Agreement Guarantee (TAG) Basics
    • Finding an Internship
    • Professional Etiquette
    • Emotional Wellness
    • And many more...

IMPORTANT: These benefits are contingent upon whether students complete the requirements of the program. Failure to complete the requirements puts students at risk of losing some or all of the program benefits.

In order to join the FYE program, students must: 

 Apply for Admission to Moorpark College

Complete the three-part Student Success Checklist:

• Online Orientation
• English Self-Placement
• Abbreviated Education Plan

 Complete English and Math within the first year (fall, spring, or summer)

 Schedule and attend at least one (1) FYE Academic Counseling appointment per semester

 Schedule and attend at least two (2) FYE Student Success Coaching appointments per semester

 RECOMMENDED: Complete ONE College Strategies class during summer, fall, or spring semester. (COL M01, COUN M02, COUN M05, or LS M03)

All of these courses are a 3 unit course that is UC and CSU transferrable. This means that students may use these units toward the 60 unit requirement to transfer.

Course Descriptions:

COL M01: College Strategies

Develops students’ learning strategies for college and life skill success. Examines and practices critical thinking, study methods, learning styles, time management, test preparation and test taking, and self-regulated learning. Addresses psychological, physiological, and sociological issues that impact the culture of higher education and help prepare students for college readiness.

COUN M02: Career and Life Planning

Provides a thorough study for career development, academic goals, and life planning. Includes assessment tools for identifying personality type; clarifying interests, skills, and values; and establishing college majors and careers. Addresses psychological and social issues that impact career and life choices. Covers decision-making processes, labor market trends, career research, interviewing skills, and résumé writing.

COUN M05: College Strategies

Develops students’ learning strategies for college success. Examines and practices critical thinking, study methods, learning styles, time management, test preparation and test taking, and self-regulated learning.

COUN M10: Student Success: EOPS

Introduces college information, resources, and skills that promote student success. Presents the history of Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) and the role of past and current theory on social justice and advocacy that strengthens EOPS. Covers campus resources, and strategies to navigate the college system such as the college catalog, website, portal, and university websites. Provides instruction on educational planning to reach certificate, degree, and transfer goals. Identifies student learning challenges and examines study skill strategies to ensure student success. 

LS M03: Personal Development and Study Strategies

Note: Instruction designed to meet the educational needs of students with or without disabilities.

Introduces strategies and skills to enhance academic success and personal growth for lifelong learning. Includes gaining self-awareness of personal responsibility, motivation, learning style preferences, career and life planning, goal setting, communication, stress reduction and the development of a self-management system. Integrates self-awareness through learning specific study strategies, including note taking, test taking, and research. Emphasizes critical thinking skills and engagement with resources on campus and in the community.