No. FASTrack happens during the fall and spring semesters of your first year. Some students take summer courses through UM’s Jumpstart program. Just remember not to take Writing 101, 102, EDHE 105, Psychology 201, and Sociology 101. You will take these courses in FASTrack!
FASTrack Advising
Helping you plan your courses, stay on track, and reach your academic goals.
What is Academic Advising?
Academic Advising is a collaborative educational process to ensure students meet academic, personal and career goals. You and your advisor will develop a partnership during your first year at Ole Miss.
Academic advising is required for all undergraduate students prior to registration each semester. Incoming FASTrack freshmen will be given instructions for registering during Orientation.
FASTrack Freshmen: Please schedule an appointment with one of our academic advisors through the links below.
Upperclassmen: Please check your academic advisor in your myOleMiss > Student Tab > Academics > My Advisors
Academic Advisor
Advisor for last names A-L: College of Liberal Arts, School of Accountancy, School of Business, School of Education, School of Applied Sciences, School of Journalism, School of Pharmacy, Health Related Professions, General Studies, and Freshman Studies
Brandee Bradley
Academic Advisor
Academic Advisor
Advisor for last names M-Z: College of Liberal Arts, School of Accountancy, School of Business, School of Education, School of Applied Sciences, School of Journalism, School of Pharmacy, Health Related Professions, General Studies, and Freshman Studies
Dakota Robertson
Academic Advisor
What are FASTrack classes?
FASTrack classes include an EDHE 105: The Freshmen Year Experience (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) and at least one other course chosen from First-Year Writing or Collegiate Writing, African American Studies, Public Speaking, Psychology, Sociology, or U.S. History. EDHE 105 classes are small, limited to 25 students, and students see many of their FASTrack cohort classmates daily in other classes during their first semester. This allows FASTrack students to connect quickly! Often, our students form informal study groups, easily work together on class assignments/projects, and meet their closest college friends in FASTrack.
Each FASTrack cohort has a professional Academic Mentor and a Peer Mentor, a former FASTrack student and upperclassman who assists current FASTrack students individually, guiding them through their first year.
How do my FASTrack courses work?
FASTrack students are placed into cohorts. Each cohort takes two FASTrack specific classes together during the fall semester. The cohorts are comprised of a diverse group, and the core classes cannot be changed. Additionally, FASTrack students will take general education and major course requirements to maintain full time schedules.
FASTrack Fall Semester
- EDHE 105 (Mandatory): First Year Experience – Designed to help first-year students adjust to the university, develop a better understanding of the learning process, acquire essential survival skills, and begin the major/career exploration process. The course also introduces students to the mission, values, and constituencies of the University of Mississippi, and to ethical and social concerns affecting its functioning.
FASTrack students are required to enroll in at least one other FASTrack-only course from the options listed below depending upon major, advanced placement credit, dual enrollment and transfer credit:
- WRIT 101: First Year Writing I – Prepares students to write in college by focusing on writing as a process for a variety of contexts and audiences. Develops information literacy, awareness of conventions, skills of inquiry, exploration, and argumentation. Includes multimodal writing presented in ePortfolios. *Recommended
- WRIT 102: First Year Writing II – Writing processes, skills on inquiry, exploration, and argumentation, with special emphasis on research, information literacy, and writing for a variety of contexts and audiences. Includes multimodal writing presented in ePortfolios. *Recommended
- WRIT 205: Writing for College and Exploration – This course will allow students to explore ideas and identities through academic and personal writing. *Recommended
- AAS 201: African American Experience I - General overview including focus on race, economy, institutions, and key historical periods.
- HST 130: Introductory to US History to 1877 – Introduction to political, cultural, social, and economic development of the US to 1877.
- PSY 201: General Psychology – Introduction to individual development, motivation, emotion, motor function, sensory and neural functions, intelligence, learning, perceiving, thinking, social behavior, and personality.
- SOC 101: Introductory Sociology – Concepts and methods necessary for studying society.
- SPCH 102: Fundamentals of Public Speaking – Fundamentals of organizing, preparing, and delivering speeches in a variety of public forums.
Classes & Registration FAQs
You will register for classes during your summer orientation. As a FASTrack student, three classes will be reserved for you, no matter your orientation date. This is a major advantage of FASTrack!
FASTrack classes include an EDHE 105: The Freshmen Year Experience (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) and at least one other course chosen from First-Year Writing or Collegiate Writing, African American Studies, Public Speaking, Psychology, Sociology, or U.S. History. You will take these classes with your cohort of less than 25 students. FASTrack makes our big university feel much smaller during the fall semester.
You can still participate in FASTrack. We have other course options.
Yes, we have many Provost’s Scholars who participate in FASTrack. The programs are complementary.
Two classes will be chosen and reserved, ready for when you arrive to orientation. At summer orientation, you will work with your FASTrack advisor to register completely for the fall semester. We will always recommend courses that will move you closer to graduation.
FASTrack offers optional spring semester classes. WRIT 102: First Year Writing II and EDHE 101: Academic Skills for College will be offered.