COMX 101US, First-Year Experience Reading List
In Fall 2025, the former US 101US: First Year Seminar Program will update its title to COMX 101US, First-Year Experience: Place and Identity
2025-2026 Reading List
The topics listed below are a general guideline of what will be covered and can change/evolve as we are currently devloping the 2025-2026 curriculum. If you have specific questions, please reach out to the First-Year Experience Program Directors at seminar@montana.edu
General, used in Units 1-4:
University Studies. COMX 101US First-Year Experience: Place and Identity. (2025-2026). Hayden-McNeill, 2025.
Unit 1 Topics Include:
Becoming a Learner
Using Generative AI
Campus Resources
Creating Goals
Imposter Syndrome
Learning from Mistakes
Self-Advocacy
Self-Management/Time-Management
Wellness in College
Unit 2 Topics Include:
2025-2026 Topics are currently being decided- this section will be updated soon
Unit 3 Topics Include:
How to conduct college-level research
How to utilize the MSU library
Additional 2025-2026 Topics are currently being decided- this section will be updated soon
Unit 4 Topics Include:
Revisiting what it means to Become a Learner
Revisiting Campus Resources that can help with finals
End of semester self-reflection
US101US treats video as "texts" and discusses them in full alongside additional readings and outside sources that are determined and chosen by class discussion leaders (instructors and students) that will not appear here. Additional readings TBD and subject to change.