Choosing the Right First Courses

The first course a student takes sets the tone for everything after it — which is why it's worth choosing deliberately rather than defaulting to whatever sounds most impressive.

Foundations of Academic Writing is the most common recommendation for a first course, regardless of eventual major, because the seminar-style composition and argumentation skills it builds transfer directly into every other course that follows.

Beyond that first course, sequencing depends on the psychometric assessment results and the pathway a student is leaning toward — a counsellor's job is matching course order to both readiness and eventual major, not just interest.