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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. 



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



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



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

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 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 

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 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



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



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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