| | UMass Course Catalog: The First-Year Experience |
 | | Summer OrientationóFor the first-year student, the academic year begins with a two-and-one-half day orientation period during the summer prior to their first semester at the University. |
 | | The residential campus at Amherst not only provides first year students with the convenience of living on campus, but it also provides a number of living options which allow students to live together who share a common academic, cultural, or social interest. |
 | | Academic options include Residential First Year Programs (a set of required general education courses taught in the residence hall for students living in the same hall), Foreign Language Suites, Arts Programs, the Honors Residential Cluster, and the First-Year Engineering Program (see Residential Academic Programs for details). |
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