Fall 2025 RAPs

The following RAPs do not require an application. Students can register for one of these programs during Priority RAP Registration in May. Program information is organized by residential area and then by residence hall. Please note all eligibility requirements when reviewing the list of RAPs.

Priority Registration begins Monday, May 19 at 9:00am. Explore fall 2025 programs and begin identifying your top five RAPs!

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Central Residential Area

Butterfield Hall

Society and Literature RAP
Required course: English 131: Society and Literature
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (AL, DG)
Eligible students: first-year students

World Literature in English RAP
Required course: English 144: World Literature in English
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (AL, DG)
Eligible students: first-year students

Gorman Hall*

Modern Computing RAP
Required course: FYS 191MCS17: RAP First Year Seminar
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year students in the College of Information and Computer Sciences
*This residence hall offers break housing.
Learn more about the program.

Derivatives & Designs RAP
Required course: Math 131: Calculus I in the fall, and Math 132: Calculus II in the spring
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (R2) & 4-credit Gen Ed (R2)
Eligible students: first-year engineering students
*This residence hall offers break housing.

Van Meter Hall

Good and Evil RAP
Required course: Comp Lit 141: Good and Evil
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (AL)
Eligible students: first-year students

Ancient and Medieval Art RAP
Required course: ART-HIST 100: Ancient and Medieval Art
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (AT, DG)
Eligible students: first-year students

Wheeler Hall

Isenberg Fellows RAP
Required courses: Economics 103: Introduction to Microeconomics and School of Management 191: Business in Global Society in the fall, and School of Management 192I: Business in Global Society II Seminar in the spring
Course types: 4-credit Gen Ed (SB) and 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year students in the Isenberg School of Management
This is a roommate restricted program. Students must live with another student in the Isenberg Fellows RAP in Wheeler Hall.

Northeast Residential Area

Crabtree Hall

CNS First Year Seminar RAP
Required course: FYS 191: CNS RAP First-Year Seminar
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year students in the College of Natural Sciences

Dwight Hall

Derivatives & Designs RAP
Required course: Math 131: Calculus I
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (R2)
Eligible students: first-year engineering students

Engineering First Year Seminar RAP
Required course: FYS 191ENG36: RAP First-Year Seminar
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year students in the College of Engineering

Hamlin Hall

Engineering First Year Seminar RAP
Required course: FYS 191ENG36: RAP First-Year Seminar
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year students in the College of Engineering

Knowlton Hall

Intro to Philosophy RAP
Required course: Philosophy 100: Intro to Philosophy
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (AL)
Eligible students: first-year students

Problems in Social Thought RAP
Required course: Philosophy 170: Problems in Social Thought
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Leach Hall

Engineer Better Decisions RAP
Required course: ECE150: Making Better Decisions by Humans and AI
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DU, SB)
Eligible students: first-year engineering students

Mary Lyon Hall

Education & Film RAP
Required course: Education 167: Education & Film
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DU, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Intro to Resource Economics RAP
Required course: Resource Economics 102: Intro to Resource Economics
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Schooling in the US RAP
Required course: Education 101: Schooling in the United States
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Orchard Hill Residential Area

Dickinson Hall

Ancient Civilizations RAP
Required course: Anthropology 150: Ancient Civilizations
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DG, HS)
Eligible students: first-year students

Animal Science Majors RAP
Required course: FYS 191: RAP First-Year Seminar
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year animal science majors

This is a roommate restricted program. Students must live with another student in the Animal Science Majors RAP.

Calculus for Natural Sciences RAP
Required course: Math 131: Calculus I
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (R2)
Eligible students: first-year College of Natural Science students

Culture, Society, and People RAP
Required course: Anthropology 104: Culture, Society, and People
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DG, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Webster Hall

CICS FIERCE RAP
Required course: FYS 191MCS: New Voices in Computing
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year students in the College of Information and Computer Sciences
Learn more about the program.

Race, Gender, Class, and Ethnicity RAP
Required course: Sociology 106: Race, Gender, Class, and Ethnicity
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DU, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Social Problems RAP
Required course: Sociology 103: Social Problems
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DU, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Southwest Residential Area

Cance Hall

CNS First Year Seminar RAP
Required course: FYS 191: CNS RAP First-Year Seminar
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year students in the College of Natural Sciences

Great Challenges in Public Health and Health Sciences RAP
Required course: SPHHS 150: Great Challenges in Public Health and Health Sciences
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DU, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Healthcare for All RAP
Required course: Public Health 129: Healthcare for All
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DU, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Emerson Hall

Introduction to Media and Culture RAP
Required course: Communication 121: Introduction to Media and Culture
Course type: 3- credit course
Eligible students: first-year students

Introductory Psychology RAP
Required course: Psych 100: Introductory Psychology
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Sustainable Living RAP
Required course: NRC 185: Sustainable Living: Solutions for the 21st Century
Course type: 4- credit Gen Ed (I)
Eligible students: first-year students

James Hall

Impact RAP
Required course: SRVCLRNG 192: Self-Awareness, Social Justice and Service in the fall and SRVCLRNG 193: Leadership and Service in the spring
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DU, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

John Adams Hall

Transfer RAP
Required course: UNIV 125T: Transfer Success Seminar
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: new incoming transfer students

Kennedy Hall

Intro to Kinesiology RAP
Required course: Kinesiology 100: Intro to Kinesiology
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (BS)
Eligible students: first-year students

Medical Ethics RAP
Required course: Philosophy 164: Medical Ethics
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (AT)
Eligible students: first-year students

Melville Hall

Intro to Legal Studies RAP
Required course: Legal 101-2: Introduction to Legal Studies
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DU, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Moore Hall

Hunger in a Global Economy RAP
Required course: Resource Economics 107: Hunger in a Global Economy
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DG, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

This is a roommate restricted program. Students must live with another student in the Isenberg Fellows RAP in Moore Hall.

Pierpont Hall

Intro to Comparative Politics RAP
Required course: Political Science 111: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DG, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

This is a roommate restricted program. Students must live with another student in the Isenberg Fellows RAP in Pierpont Hall.

World Politics RAP
Required course: Poli Sci 121: World Politics
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DG, SB)
Eligible students: first-year students

Thoreau Hall

Atlantic World RAP
Required course: History 155: Atlantic World
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DG, HS)
Eligible students: first-year students

Latin American Colonial Period RAP
Required course: History 120: Latin America: The Colonial Period
Course type: Gen Ed (DG, HS)
Eligible students: first-year students

Middle East History II RAP
Required course: History 131: Middle East History II
Course type: 4-credit Gen Ed (DG, HS)
Eligible students: first-year students

Commonwealth Honors College Residential Community (CHCRC)

Oak Hall

Engineering Honors RAP
Required course: FYS 191ENG36: RAP First Year Seminar
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: first-year honors engineering students

Sylvan Residential Area

McNamara Hall

Transfer RAP
Required course: UNIV 125T: Transfer Success Seminar (formerly OASIS for Transfers)
Course type: 1-credit seminar
Eligible students: new incoming transfer students

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