Information for Incoming First-Years at Rose Hill

All FCRH students complete a liberal arts core curriculum that is designed to develop critical thinking, clear expression, scientific understanding, an awareness of historical perspective and contemporary challenges, and an appreciation of religious, philosophical, and moral values.

We encourage you to consult our "Essential Resources," either as a glimpse of what your Fordham education will look like, or for helpful guidance on your specific questions here and now.

Transfer students, please check out our Transfer Orientation Guide.

  • Incoming FCRH first-year students self-register using extensive guidance from their summer adviser. Together, advisers and students consider students' DegreeWorks course selection guidance, drawing from responses on the required First-Year Survey and online placement tests.

    We offer a Blackboard (Bb) resource page to help students navigate the registration process and in-depth materials about course selection. Full details are found in the "Incoming Student Registration Tutorials (Fordham College at Rose Hill)" Bb course. Please be sure to check your Fordham email account daily and connect your email account to your smartphone.

  • Students who plan to participate in the Pre-Health Program (pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-veterinary, pre-optometry, pre-physical therapy, pre-physician assistant, etc.) should specify their interest in this program in the First-Year Registration Survey. Pre-Health Program participants will be given the appropriate Degree Works registration guidance, which includes majors-level biology and chemistry courses, as well as the Pre-Health Symposium.

    Pre-health is not a major and students who are interested in pursuing this program are encouraged to major in the subject of their choice while completing pre-health studies.

    Students participating in the Pre-Health Program are strongly encouraged to consider living in the Science Integrated Learning Community (SILC) inside Alumni Court South.

    Learn more about Pre-Health Advising and other Specialty Advising (Pre-Law, Athletics, etc.).

  • Incoming students who intend to take French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, or Spanish to satisfy the language requirement must take an online placement exam. Information regarding the language placement exam will be sent from the Office of Academic Records during the month of May. Students who intend to take Arabic, modern Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, or Ancient Greek will be placed appropriately by the Office of Academic Records and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Your Degree Works guidance will inform you of which level you should take.

    All entering Fordham College at Rose Hill students who intend to major in a STEM field (biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, integrative neuroscience, mathematics, physics, engineering physics, psychology, or any other closely-related science program) as well as all students who are interested in a pre-health program of study (regardless of intended major) must complete the math placement test.

  • Transfer students and incoming students who wish to receive credit for AP and IB exams should ensure that official scores are sent to Fordham as soon as they are available. Transfer students must have a separate AP/IB score report sent directly to Fordham by the testing institution. Fordham's College Board CEEB code is 2259.

    Students who have taken college courses while in high school should 1) review the criteria Fordham uses to accept them on the First-Year Registration Survey, 2) ensure that official transcripts and supporting documentation are sent directly to [email protected] as soon as possible.

  • Academic Orientation will be held on Monday, August 26. We are excited to share more details soon! On this day of welcome to our academic community, there will be many opportunities to connect with FCRH faculty and staff.

    Students in special academic programs will also have the opportunity to meet with faculty and advisers of those programs in a series of mid-morning meetings.