First-Year Experience (FYE)

Navigating college for the first time can be confusing. Here at FYE, we believe that no student should feel like they are alone in their college journey. We believe that every student should have a support group that guides, encourages, and challenges them along the way. That's why we created FYE!

The FYE Program is a specialized one-year program designed for first-year college students to help them start off strong at Moorpark College. Our mission is to keep you on track in achieving your academic goals, help you get involved on campus, and give you a built-in social circle of peers who you will journey with– ultimately making your experience at Moorpark College a time of great academic and personal growth. 

This program is intended to both support and challenge students. To view the benefits and requirements of FYE, click the tabs below.

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

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 (offered once campus re-opens)

• 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

• Arrival Survival (1-day Summer Orientation)
• Student Success Workshops 
• Virtual Community Hours (casual online hangouts to meet and connect with peers) 

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

REQUIRED: Complete a College Strategies class during the fall semester (COL M01, COUN M02, COUN M05, or LS M03)

 You are required to be enrolled in this class in order to be part of FYE.

• College Strategies is a class on the basics of time management, study skills, financial skills, etc. (everything you need to be successful in college and beyond).
• Note: College Strategies is 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.

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

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

 Schedule and attend at least three (3) FYE Student Success Coaching appointments per semester

For continued eligibility once in the program, students must:

 Maintain a 2.0 GPA

 Be a full-time student (enrolled in 12 units or more)

IMPORTANT: Failure to meet these requirements may put students at risk of losing some or all benefits of the FYE Program.

STUDENTS: Please be sure to have read ALL the requirements of the FYE Program BEFORE signing up for FYE. Signing up for FYE means that you agree to fulfilling all of these requirements. 

Sign up for FYE!