The Freshman Experience
All incoming freshmen and transfer students participate in the Freshman Experience program by enrolling in the following courses during their first and second terms: CAL 103 – Writing and Communications Colloquium and CAL 105 – Cal Colloquium: Knowledge, Nature, Culture. There is a special provision for incoming international undergraduate students that places them in CAL 101 – English Skills during their first semester, with CAL 103 and CAL 105 being taken during their second and third semesters.