Undergraduate Education

302 MSRB
(801) 422-3037
Email: ugrad@byu.edu
Website: http://ue.byu.edu

Dean: John D. Bell, Professor, Physiology and Developmental Biology
Associate Dean: Rory R. Scanlon, Professor, Theatre and Media Arts
Assistant Dean: Heather Hammond
Assistant Dean: Carolyn Tuitupou

The Office of Undergraduate Education supervises and fosters essential university-wide elements of the baccalaureate: General Education, Honors Program, First-Year Experience, and Freshman Mentoring. These interrelated programs together promote and champion teaching and learning within an integrated university education. They aim to enrich the educational experience and to benefit the life of each undergraduate student.

General Education

350 MSRB
(801) 422-5641
Email: gened@byu.edu
Website: http://ge.byu.edu

The General Education (GE) components of the University Core are overseen by the Dean of Undergraduate Education and the administrative assistant for General Education. The Faculty General Education Council, consisting of faculty members from a variety of disciplines and chaired by the dean, regularly reviews general education courses and has final authority to decide which courses meet GE requirements. From time to time the dean and the administration initiates a broad-based, systematic evaluation of the GE program that may result in recommendations for changes.

General Education requirements are set forth in the University Core section of this catalog. Beyond this and the more detailed listing in the current class schedule, the recommended source of information and advice about General Education requirements is the individual college advisement center. The college advisement centers, together with the University Advisement Center (2500 WSC), provide assistance with registration, graduation requirements, policies and procedures, fields of study, changes of major, appeals, and many other aspects of academic life. The General Education Office (350 MSRB) regularly consults with each advisement center on issues related to GE.

General Education promotes the university forum assemblies, which are designed to complement specific GE components of the University Core or the idea of liberal education itself. A forum speaker may be nominated by any member of the university community (student, faculty, or staff). Nominations are evaluated by the Forum Committee, comprising faculty and student representatives, which recommends speakers to the university administration.

In an ongoing effort to strengthen the GE offerings in the University Core, General Education is engaged in faculty development projects and provides grants for course development and enhancement. It also oversees faculty teaching awards for excellence in general education (including honors GE courses): the Alcuin Fellowships and the General Education Professorships. General education courses are taught by faculty from throughout the university, and General Education works closely with the colleges in a collaborative effort to foster a strong and engaging GE offering within the University Core.

Honors Program

102A MSRB
(801) 422-5497
Email: honors@byu.edu
Website: http://honors.byu.edu

The Honors Program, open to all BYU students following a brief orientation, complements the university's expansive educational agenda by providing the benefits of a small liberal arts learning community. These benefits include participating in small classes with high-quality teaching and learning that challenge students to reach their highest potential; fostering a spirit of ongoing inquiry that includes undergraduate research in a mentored environment; and underscoring the importance of combining personal excellence, faithful discipleship, and meaningful service. See the Honors Program section of this catalog for details concerning the program's requirements, offerings, benefits, administration, extra-curricular opportunities, and student-operated advisement center.

First-Year Experience

2006 JKB
(801) 422-4243
Email: fye@byu.edu
Website: http://fye.byu.edu

The Office of First-Year Experience (FYE) exists to assist new students in their transition to university life. This includes helping new students to develop habits of learning that will deepen and enrich their BYU experience, make connections with peers and university personnel, become acquainted with campus and available resources, and improve their sense of purpose and motivation by increasing their understanding of BYU's unique mission and history. These efforts span the time between students' first contact with BYU and the end of their first year on campus.

Before students arrive at BYU, FYE provides students and their parents with electronic information through Web sites and e-mail. In collaboration with other university units, the office also provides information about campus resources through mailings and telephone contact. FYE also coordinates the BYU First-Year Reading Program in which all incoming students are invited to read a common text and participate in a variety of supplemental activities. Participation in the First-Year Reading Program is intended to facilitate students' integration into the BYU community and to promote the development of behaviors and attitudes that lead to success at the university. When students arrive on campus, FYE coordinates New Student Orientation to help students make social connections, introduce various academic resources, and help them develop a vision of "the BYU experience." Throughout the student's first year, FYE provides additional assistance through freshman seminar (Univ 101) courses, and other first-year programming.

Course (Univ)

Freshman Mentoring

2014 JKB
(801) 422-8176 or 1-877-890-5451
Email: freshmanmentoring@byu.edu
Website: freshmanmentoring.byu.edu

The Freshman Mentoring program is a key part of a university-wide initiative to strengthen undergraduate education at BYU. It gives all first-year students easier access to high demand University Core (General Education plus Religious Education) classes and provides every freshman with strong peer mentor support. Beginning Summer Term or Fall Semester 2010, all incoming freshmen will participate in the two-semester Mentoring program, which guarantees

• Priority selection and enrollment in 2-bundled courses, both fall and winter semesters
• Access to a peer mentor who will encourage, support, and model habits of academic success
• Connections with other students who share the same bundled classes and have similar living arrangements
• Progress toward fulfillment of foundational University Core requirements

Freshman students starting BYU during summer will have the additional advantage of a mentored summer term experience and selection of a general education class from a slate of options. They will then select "bundled or envelope" courses for the fall and winter semesters.

For more information on Freshman Mentoring, please visit http://freshmanmentoring.byu.edu.

Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships

102B MSRB
(801) 422-6136
Email: prestigious_scholarships@byu.edu
Website: http://opsf.byu.edu

The Office of Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships assists students in finding and applying for major externally funded scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate and graduate study (e.g., National Science Foundation, Fulbright, Rhodes, Goldwater, Truman, etc.) and scholarships for research opportunities, summer programs, and study abroad. Students are encouraged to review the online information describing each scholarship at www.byu.edu/scholarships. For more information contact Carolyn Tuitupou in 102B MSRB or e-mail prestigious_scholarships@byu.edu.