Veterans Education Program

Veterans Onboard Program

Welcome The Veterans Education Program provides returning veterans with a parallel admission route into Fresno State. The Program offers the required coursework necessary for admission into the University. After successful completion of this program, student veterans may transition to matriculation status at Fresno State.

The Program identifies first-year student veterans from two populations: veterans who have been denied admittance into Fresno State and veterans who are eligible for admittance but lack transfer credit. Eligible veterans may be service-connected and/or honorably discharged.

There are two tracks available for student veterans. Additional coursework may be available to students with an established military career specialization.

The program is designed for first-year student veterans looking for part-time coursework as a stepping-stone to a full-time course schedule. Students in this program would otherwise not meet Fresno State’s entrance requirements—often due to low test scores or insufficient space in the freshman class.

All course sections are reserved exclusively for veterans. Veterans will take classes as a cohort.

Program Coursework

Fall

Fall
Course	GE	Description	Units
UNIV 1 - An Introduction to Learning and the University	GE Area/Graduation Requirement: Lifelong Understanding & Self-Development (L/S) (formerly GE Area E)	Assists students in acquiring attitudes and skills needed to be effective lifelong learners. Individual and group activities focus on adaptation to change, study skills, goal setting, time management, career planning, information competence, community engagement, health, and wellness. Exposure to campus resources.	3
ENGL 5A - Academic Literacy I	GE Area/Graduation Requirement: GE Area 1A (formerly GE A2) – Part 1 of 2	Practice in reading and writing processes, making literacy decisions based on audience, context, and purpose. Direct instruction on reading comprehension; genre analysis; planning, composing, and revising writing; research strategies; paragraph development, sentence competence, and grammatical conventions. With ENGL 5B, equivalent of ENGL 10.	3
COMM 3 - Fundamentals of Public Communication	GE Area/Graduation Requirement: GE Area 1C (formerly GE A1)	Theories of human communication and their function in contemporary public settings; experiences designed to enhance fundamental communication skills – research, organization, reasoning, listening, and problem solving – through a series of oral presentations.	3

Spring

Spring
Course	GE	Description	Units
Math 45: What is Mathematics?	GE Area/Graduation Requirement: GE Area 2 (GE B4)	Covers topics from the following areas: (I) The Mathematics of Social Choice; (II) Management Science and Optimization; (III) The Mathematics of Growth and Symmetry; and (IV) Statistics and Probability.	3
Communication 5: Argumentation	GE Area/Graduation Requirement: GE Area 1B (formerly GE A3)	Logical analysis, evidence, reasoning, and proof are used in arriving at rational decisions as demonstrated through the presentation of public speeches and debates.	3
English 5B: Academic Literacy II	GE Area/Graduation Requirement: GE Area 1A (formerly GE A2) – Part 2 of 2	Continued study of reading and writing in various genres. Focus on research, analysis, synthesis, argument, and evaluation. Students are guided to analyze the rhetorical qualities of academic literacy and language. Longer papers, portfolio assessment.	3