First Year Experience
Welcome to the First Year Experience (FYE) at Bluegrass Community & Technical College. FYE is in the Office of Student Success and Retention. As of Fall 2025, FYE 110 will satisfy both College Success and Digital Literacy graduation requirements.
Why take FYE?
A first-year experience course is not limited to first-year students! FYE is crucial for all community college students because it provides essential support for your academic, social, emotional, and career skills. It helps you adjust to the college environment, develop academic skills, and explore career options. Additionally, it introduces you to campus resources and fosters a sense of belonging, contributing to your overall success and completion toward your college degree. All AA/AS students are required to take an FYE course to meet the College Success graduation requirement.
Tailor your FYE Experience by Joining a Pathway Cohort!
A Pathway Cohort is a group of students that share common interests and take designated sections of specific courses. We have several sections of FYE 110 tailored for different groups that will allow you to meet and work with other students with similar goals or interests in class, socialize and form learning communities outside of class, and gain access to additional resources and special opportunities just for your cohort! Check out BCTC Pathway Cohorts for more information!
BCTC FYE Courses
Explores study skills, communication, problem-solving, education and career options, and practical life skills to be successful in today's educational and professional world. Demonstrates strategies that promote academic, personal, and professional success through the use of various digital tools and social-emotional strategies.
Note: As of Fall 2025, FYE 110 will satisfy both the College Success and Digital Literacy graduation requirements.
FYE 110 Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate study skills and academic strategies that utilize both conventional and digital tools, basic computer operating skills, file management, proper email etiquette, and productivity software, that facilitate success in college.
- Apply problem-solving and communication skills in the decision-making process, including how to set academic and career goals.
- Present education pathways and career opportunities using a wide variety of digital tools and strategies, including proper documentation of resources.
- Implement self-management skills necessary for academic, career, and life success.
- Demonstrate ethical and responsible use of technology including distinguishing between credible and unreliable sources.
- Demonstrate proficiency in using digital communication tools, including email, productivity software, cloud management, mobile apps, online course delivery systems, and other multimedia tools as appropriate, in academic and professional settings.
Introduces students to strategies and information that promote success in the college environment including educational planning, campus resources, and academic success skills.
FYE 100 Learning Outcomes
- Develop an educational plan that leads to a career path.
- Locate and utilize campus resources including information technology tools.
- Develop strategies and techniques for personal, academic, and career success
Note: Students may not receive credit for both FYE 100 and FYE 105.
Introduces students to strategies that promote academic, personal, and professional success in the college environment. Foster a sense of belonging, promotes engagement in the curricular and co-curricular life of the college, and provides opportunities for student to develop academic plans that align with career and life goals. Lecture: 3.0 credits (45 contact hours).
Note: This course will no longer be offered at BCTC after Summer 2025.
Contact
Hunter Chandler
College Success Coordinator
hunter.chandler@kctcs.edu
