First-Year Success Courses

SE 1010: Freshman Academic Success

SE 1010 Freshman Success is a course every first-year student takes their first semester. It is designed to ensure first-year student success by providing you, the students, with tools needed to manage your emotional, social, and academic transition to the university. In SE 1010 you will learn to cultivate effective and adaptable behaviors, to develop successful academic strategies, and to connect with a professional academic advisor to explore career options and academic plans. 

To better connect with other students in your academic field, SE 1010 courses are divided into eight academic focus areas. This gives you the opportunity to meet other students in your academic focus area and learn more about how to succeed in that chosen field. In addition, your SE 1010 instructor also serves as your academic advisor for your entire first-year of college or until your reach 30 credit hours, whichever comes first.

Your SE 1010 Instructor/Academic Advisor will help you:

  • Provide one-on-one academic advising and career coaching
  • Develop behaviors needed to navigate in college including time management and prioritizing
  • Identify obstacles that may interfere with your academic success
  • Connect you to campus resources, organizations, and events.
  • Find your learning style and preferred learning environment
  • Learn effective strategies for studying, note-taking and test-taking
  • Manage your academic status by tracking grades, GPA, and degree progression
  • Make decisions that affect your academic standing
  • Choose a major and create a four-year academic plan
  • Guide you through course selection, registration, and enrollment
  • Serve as a mentor and resource for navigating your first year at Southeastern.

Here’s what students have said about SE 1010:
“SE 1010 really helped me learn how to become a better student. The instructor helped everyone know how to prepare for Southeastern as a freshmen student.” 

“This course really helped me feel welcomed to Southeastern. I now feel comfortable and confident enough to be successful in my major.”

“My SE 101 class was very helpful. Without it, I don’t think I would have learned all of these strategies or made it through this semester.”

SE 1020: Freshman Academic Seminar

SE 1020 provides student-focused academic coaching by engaging and encouraging students in the First-Year Forward Experience to identify the personal and academic strategies necessary to succeed as college students. Students will be provided with year-long (two semester) support in areas such as time management, test preparation, note-taking, and learning strategies. 

In SE 1020, students will develop strategies for becoming a successful college student, examine personal and academic concerns, perceived barriers to success, strengths, and needs, and will devise a personalized plan of action for succeeding academically to earn a Southeastern degree.

Your SE 1020 Instructor/Academic Advisor will:

  • Help you identify what you want to achieve
  • Encourage you to look within to learn more about yourself
  • Support you as you work to generate solutions and strategies to problems
  • Promote the development of resilience, determination, and grit
  • Assist you in developing the skills needed to achieve success under adverse conditions
  • Help you understand that you can be successful in spite of unexpected obstacles that appear insurmountable
  • Identify resources to enhance both academic success and personal development

SE 1017: Honors Freshman Academic Success

SE 1017 is specifically designed with the First-Year Honors student in mind. 

Through this course, students will develop the academic and personal skills needed to thrive in college, explore academic and career options, and build meaningful connections to campus resources and community. Students in SE 1017 will learn strategies for adjusting to the academic, social, and personal demands of college life while developing time management, study skills, and adaptable behaviors that promote success.

Students will create a 4-year degree plan and will learn how the Honors Program can fit into their intended degree path.  They will track their academic progress by learning how to calculate GPA, understand academic standing, and recognize the impact of performance as it relates to their academic, personal, and career goals.  Beyond academics, students will engage with Southeastern’s traditions, organizations, and campus events to foster a sense of belonging and connection, which is a primary goal for students in the Honors Program.

Your SE 1017 Instructor/Academic Advisor will help you:

  • Provide one-on-one academic advising and career coaching
  • Help you to learn more about the Honors Program and Honors Diploma requirements
  • Develop behaviors needed to navigate in college including time management and prioritizing
  • Identify obstacles that may interfere with your academic success
  • Connect you to campus resources, organizations, and events.
  • Find your learning style and preferred learning environment
  • Learn effective strategies for studying, note-taking and test-taking
  • Manage your academic status by tracking grades, GPA, and degree progression
  • Make decisions that affect your academic standing
  • Choose a major and create a four-year academic plan
  • Guide you through course selection, registration, and enrollment
  • Serve as a mentor and resource for navigating your first year at Southeastern