Priorities:Brigham Young University Student Priorities

Fall 2018 Cohort

Priority 3: Redesigning the First-Year Experience

Design Your "Y" Class

Project Lead: Rachel Merrill

BYU Project Supporters:

Phillip D. Rash "First-Year Mentoring and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education at BYU"

Matt Duerden "Assistant Professor of Experience Design and Management"

Project Idea: A mentored class for first-year students focused on helping students find personally applicable resources--resources that tie to their personal motivations for being at BYU. A class that uses design thinking to help students prototype their experience at BYU and their impact in the world. A class that helps achieve the BYU aim "Enter to learn--go forth to serve".

Key Tactics:

• Work with Matt and other a few other faculty members to create and experiential curriculum for the class.
• Through the Office of the First-Year Experience enlist Y-group leaders to be mentors in these courses.
• Work with the office of General Education to have this course recognized at BYU.
• Prototype small versions of this class with groups of Freshman students.
• Work with the Career Center to find effective surveys to use for grouping students.

Additional Resources

BYU Landscape Canvas

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Written by: Dallas Anderson, Rachel Merrill, Ashley Paget, Gabe Walker