BAC - Baccalaureate Experience

BAC 100 (Baccalaureate Digital Skills) is an on-line class for incoming students.  The course covers basic digital proficiency in Microsoft Office programs – Word, Excel and Powerpoint.  These skills are needed for future course work.  It is a requirement in the first seven weeks of the semester.  Graded on a Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory basis.

First-Year Seminar I is a required course for all incoming first-year students. Students learn the necessary skills for college transition, time management, and critical thinking. Grades in the first-year seminar courses are awarded under the A-F graded system.

First-Year Seminar II is a required course for all second-semester freshmen. The course emphasizes major and career research and exploration, and general preparation for life after college. Grades in the first-year seminar courses are awarded under the A-F graded system.

Transfer Students Seminar is an elective course for all first-semester transfer students regardless of age or previous college-level coursework. The fundamental goal of this course is to help transfer students (1) make a successful transition from another institution of higher learning to UT, (2) make the transition more meaningful and successful and (3) integrate the student into the UT community of learners. Students learn the necessary skills for successful transition to college life at UT, including college success strategies, schedule and degree planning, student involvement, as well as career and major decision-making. Grades in the first-year seminar courses are awarded under the A-F graded system.

Military Veterans Seminar is a required course for all first-semester undergraduate military veterans regardless of age or previous college-level coursework. The fundamental goal of this course is to help make the transition from being a military veteran to college student more meaningful and successful, as well as to integrate students into the UT community. Students learn the necessary skills for successful transition to college life at UT, including course planning and student organization involvement, as well as career and major decision-making. Grades in first-year seminar courses are awarded under the A-F graded system.

This course substitutes the required BAC 101/102 or HON 101/102 sequence for first-year students in the Spartans Abroad program only. Students learn the necessary skills for college transition, time management, and critical thinking. This course also prepares students for a semester abroad introducing them to the culture and customs of the host country. Grades in this seminar are awarded under the A-F grading system.

This course is designed for students interested in obtaining peer leadership roles and is open to any student with an interest in leadership. Over the course of the semester, Spartan Ready components will be infused with peer leadership. Students completing this course will receive the level I College of Reading and Learning: International Mentor Training Program Certification. This course fulfills an elective credit toward the leadership minor. This course is graded Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory (S/U.)