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OASIS First-Year Seminar (UNIV 125) is designed to help undeclared students make a smooth transition to college, identify programs of interest, and be successful at UMass Amherst. The curriculum covers the process of declaring a major (self-assessment, career & majors exploration), as well as time management, essential skills and how to navigate university requirements, opportunities, resources and procedures.  OASIS instructors also serve as the student's academic advisor for the semester. 

OASIS seminars are offered to first-year students in both fall and spring semesters, and have a class size limit of 20 students.  In the fall, some sections are affiliated with the Focus Connections or Focus Enterprise Residential Academic Programs (RAPs).  Additionally, there is a version of the OASIS seminar offered for veterans (UNIV 125V), for incoming transfer students (UNIV 125T), and another version offered to students whose performance in their first few semesters resulted in their being placed on probation (UNIV 192G).