University College

Second Year Initiative

Students in their second year at FSU have a resource: the Second Year Initiative (SYI). SYI is designed to assist undeclared students between the end of their first year and the point at which they are accepted into a major program. We do this in a variety of ways:

• Second-Year Advisement: Undeclared students in good academic standing will continue to be advised by their former Freshman Seminar instructor. Students in academic difficulty will be advised by the SYI Coordinator.
• Career Counseling: SYI works with Advisement and Career Services to provide guidance in choosing careers and majors. SYI organizes other events where second-year students can talk with advisors, faculty, and practitioners of different professions to help students gain more information about their career and major options.  Click here for Career Services: http://www.uncfsu.edu/career-services.
• Sophomore Events: SYI includes a number of events tailored to the specific needs of second-year students. These include celebrations and recognition of the achievements of second-year students.

Academic Support:

Supplemental Instruction (SI) targets courses in which second-year students typically enroll and in which they often experience difficulty. Click here for SI webpage: http://www.uncfsu.edu/learning-center/supplemental-instruction.

Major Exploration: Graduation is your goal!!!How do you get from here to there???

• Still looking for a major?
• Trying to decide on a career or a second career option?
• Consider some of the newer options for a major or a minor that are offered at FSU.

Have you considered:

• The Professional Writing Certificate Program
• Healthcare Concentration or Minor
• Biotechnology
• Digital or Sequential Art
• Art Education
• Management Information Systems
• Intelligence Studies
• Social Work minor

For more information about SYI, contact the SYI Coordinator:

Zelphia Hinnant-Jones, M.Ed.
Coordinator for Second-Year Initiatives
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC 28301

Office: Chick 1321 Phone: 910-672-1639
Fax: 910-672-2115
E-mail: zhinnant@uncfsu.edu