First Year Experience Course

STEP 1102: Create Your UW

STEP 1102 is a dynamic, interactive course designed to help first-year students navigate the transition to college by crafting a personalized university experience.

This course fosters a sense of belonging, develops academic and social skills, and connects students with campus and community resources. It helps build confidence, improve academic performance, and increase students' likelihoods of persisting to the second year and beyond! We invite you to learn more about this course and register today!

Freshmen class forms the letter W

Course Description

The subject of this course is you. This course provides an introduction and opportunity for you to transition to university life, as you discover the resources available (academic, co-curricular, community) and examine the principles of leadership. Using design thinking principles, this course allows you to promote your self-awareness and personal success in college and in life after college, this course will equip you with flexible skills and strategies that are applicable across subjects and across time. These transferable and durable skills—cross-disciplinary and lifelong-learning skills—will empower you to flourish in the pursuit of your goals.

We have a study abroad version of this course, too. Learn more about that:

FYE Abroad

Help with College Transition

This class will help you in these three areas:

Academic Success (Learning about Learning): connect you with the college—i.e., to promote (a) your appreciation of the meaning and relevance of the college curriculum (liberal arts & sciences), (b) your involvement in the co-curriculum (out-of-class experiential learning), (c) your use of campus support services (academic-support and student development services), and (d) information literacy - find, evaluate, and use information correctly in academic and real-world contexts;

Campus Engagement (Brown & Gold Experience): connect you with other students—i.e., to help you form peer-support networks and peer-learning communities;

Personal Growth and Wellness: connect your present college experience with your future goals and plans (to help you relate your current college experience with your upcoming decisions about your college major, your future career path, and your life beyond college); emphasize the importance of forming good habits such as active listening, time management, health, mindfulness, and mindset to your college experience and your life.
Information Literacy: find, evaluate, and use information correctly in academic and real-world contexts.

See this sample syllabus for more details.

Sample Syllabus

Meet the Instructors

How to register

To register, you only need to search for "1102" in course number since this is a unique class with that course number!

    1. From wyoweb.uwyo.edu log-in to WyoRecords, and click on Registration.
    2. You will be redirected to the Registration page. Click on Register for Classes.
    3. Select a Term Open for Registration from the drop down menu and click Continue.
    4. Click on Find Classes.
    5. In Course Number type 1102. Click on Search.
    6. The Register for Classes screen will display three panels.
    7. Top panel is search results for this course and the section offerings.
    8. Lower left panel is your schedule.
    9. Summary panel is on the bottom right.
    10. Once you find the section of STEP 1102 that fits with your schedule, click the Add button. Now the course is in your Summary panel.
    11. IMPORTANT! Just adding the course is not enough. You will need to hit the Submit button in the lower right panel (Summary) to confirm your changes and register.

See the registration guide for more details and screenshots.

Registration Guide