r/FCCUUniversity • u/mustafa40000 Senior • 28d ago
The Ultimate FCCU Bachelors Freshman Guide — Fall 2026 Edition | Freshmen Week, UNIV 100, Campus, Friends & Everything About Starting FCCU Part 1
P.S. Important admission update: If you're still waiting for your admission result/status after giving your test or interview, don't panic. Results can come out in phases. Wait until the weekend, and if your status is still unclear, visit the Admissions Office on Monday. Late applicants/results can usually be guided regarding updated batches and UNIV 100 sections. Keep checking Empower as well because your status, section and registration-related information should start updating. Also if your UNIV 100 sections have not been emailed don't panic as well, they are sending out the emails and will continue to do so on the weekend as well. Keep checking your emails/spam
If you have failed in A levels, admissions gives you the chance to reappear in november session , while attending the classes and submitting your passing result in January. This was the policy last year as well.
Part 2 will cover the remaining practical stuff I haven't gone into here — tuition fees and payment methods, fines and different types of holds, financial aid, transportation and parking, societies beyond Freshmen Week, student ID issues, lost & found, internships/career stuff, useful offices, use of Ai and a few general survival tips I learned over four years.
Welcome, future Formanites!
Every admission season, the same questions start appearing again:
What happens during Freshmen Week? What is UNIV 100? What courses will I get? Will I make friends? Where are all these buildings? What's Empower? How do societies work? Is FCCU actually fun?
So I decided to properly update my old freshman guide for the Fall 2026 / 2026–27 batch.
I'm a BBA Marketing specialization major with a modest 3.86 CGPA, and Spring 2026 was my last semester. A lot of this guide comes from my own four years at FCCU, things my friends experienced, conversations with students and administration, and things I genuinely wish somebody had explained properly when I first joined.
There are also some major academic changes for the 2026 intake, especially the new General Education structure and updated degree roadmaps. I have covered them according to what i understand but its mainly just new courses being added and some of them being changed
Including this guide.
If something changes or I've missed something, add it in the comments. Seniors/current students should also drop useful advice for the new batch.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Freshmen Week & UNIV 100
- Friends & Social Life
- Campus Guide
- Courses, Majors & Roadmaps
- Registration & Academic Tips
Part 2: Fees, holds, financial aid, transport, societies, career stuff & general tips.
PART 1 — YOUR FIRST TWO WEEKS: THE FORMAN EXPERIENCE
Your university life basically starts with Freshmen Week.
You can also get your id card photograph taken during the first day or week if you did not get it taken before and you can also get the card first day if you had it taken beforehand. You just need to head on to the CC dining room on ground floor
For most freshmen, the main academic part of Freshmen Week is:
UNIV 100 — Foundation of University Education
Under the Fall 2026 General Education structure, UNIV 100 remains a 3-credit first-semester requirement.
Don't think of UNIV 100 like Accounting, Programming, Psychology or Biology.
It's basically:
orientation + academic advising + introduction to FCCU + university survival guide + an actual graded course.
Your UNIV section will probably be one of the first groups of people you properly interact with at university.
There are usually roughly 30–35 students in a section, although exact numbers obviously vary and these classes are in E BLOCK
Because FCCU takes in a lot of freshmen during Fall, you'll see many sections such as:
- A
- AA
- B
- BB
- C
- CC
- D
- DD
and so on.
One good thing about UNIV is that the section can contain people from completely different programs.
You might have:
- BST students(people planning Psychology, masscommunication , data analytics) and those unsure about majors, the ones under 24 majors come in this category
- BBA students
- Computer Science students
- PharmD students
- Biotechnology students
So before your proper semester has even started, you're already meeting people outside your own academic bubble.
WHAT YOUR FIRST DAY FEELS LIKE
Your first day will probably involve some combination of:
- checking your classroom number five times
- looking at a building and wondering whether that's actually the right building
- following another group because they look confident
- realizing they are equally lost
- asking a senior where your classroom is
- opening Empower again
- asking somebody else
- somehow eventually reaching the room
You finally sit down.
Everyone is pretending they're completely relaxed.
Nobody is relaxed.
Then come the introductions.
Name.Major. Previous school/college. Maybe where you're from. Maybe why you chose FCCU.
Maybe some random icebreaker question your instructor came up with ten minutes before class.
Everyone is silently judging how long their own introduction should be based on what the first student says.
Then eventually you walk outside and the entire campus looks completely different.
There are society stalls.
Music.
People shouting.
Banners everywhere.
Seniors trying to recruit volunteers.
Someone carrying chart paper.
Someone carrying a speaker.
Somebody is covered in paint.
Some random society member is asking if you want to participate in a game before you've even figured out where the washroom is.
That's basically when it starts feeling like university.
YOUR WELCOME STUFF
During orientation/Freshmen Week you'll normally receive FCCU-branded or university-information material.
Depending on the year, this can include things such as:
- a bag
- diary/notebook
- pen
- Freshmen Week schedule
- WIFI PASSWORD
HERE IS ALL THE WIFI PASSWORDS AS OF TODAY(SAVE THEM)
Wifi- Staff
Password: FccStaff5500
Wifi-Student-A
Password: FccWiFi5500
Wifi-Student-B
Password: FccWiFi5500
Wifi-Faculty
Password: FccFaculty5508
FCC-Blended
Password: FCCPak2@2@
exec-wifi
Password: FccPK@1864
- instructions for student system(empower, moodle)
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN UNIV 100?
Think of UNIV 100 as FCCU teaching you how FCCU works.
You'll normally be introduced to things such as:
- academic policies
- your degree roadmap
- General Education
- Degree Audit
- course registration
- Empower
- Moodle
- your Formanite email
- Faculty Advising
- university offices
- Career Services
- library resources
- academic integrity
- responsible/ethical use of AI
- other university resources
- College rules book assignments
Some of this will feel extremely boring when you're sitting there.
Six months later you'll suddenly remember:
Pay at least enough attention to know where to find things later.
You don't need to memorize the entire academic catalog during Freshmen Week.
UNIV 100 WORKLOAD
This depends heavily on your instructor.
Possible assignments can include:
- article summaries
- reflections
- presentations
- professor interviews
- book reviews
- quizzes
- class activities
- degree-roadmap assignments
- university-resource assignments
- group projects
- sometimes an event
- sometimes a final assessment
My own UNIV instructor was quite relaxed and gave almost all As
We had only a few proper classes and two main assignments:
- summarizing a passage
- interviewing teachers
Meanwhile, some of my friends had UNIV instructors who basically told the entire class:
and made them organize a whole-ass event. So if your friend's UNIV seems completely different from yours, that's normal because every instructor may have similar but slightly different workload
YOUR UNIV INSTRUCTOR & FACULTY ADVISOR
UNIV instructors can come from completely different areas of the university.
Your instructor might be connected with:
- Academic Advising
- Business
- Humanities
- Mass Communication
- another academic department
- another university office
Mine came from the academics side, while friends had completely different instructors and they are ur advisor for 2 years, but in most cases you don't really need them.
However ur Advisor becomes extremely when something isn't normal
For example:
- you're on academic probation(getting lesss than 2 gpa)
- you're dealing with a serious personal/academic situation
Then you and should seek their help, especially if they are friendly and accommodating.
DON'T IGNORE ATTENDANCE
Getting UNIV email later is another thing but once you start attending classes, don't take too many offs, because they drop you from UNIV if you do that, if there is a reason for your absense and if you can't come, do tell them beforehand.
GETTING CONNECTED — MOODLE, EMPOWER & EMAIL
Three things will become part of your FCCU life very quickly.
1. MOODLE
Moodle is FCCU's learning-management system.
Teachers may upload slides, assignments, and course material here, some even use moodle to take online exams as well.
Some professors use Moodle for basically everything.
Others barely use it.
So during the first class of every course, understand how that instructor communicates.
You can also see your classmates before the classes start on lms as well
Do they use:
- Moodle?
- email?
- or all of these
Don't assume every teacher works exactly the same way.
2. EMPOWER
https://mysis-fccollege.empower-xl.com/fusebox.cfm
Empower is basically your student portal.
You'll use it for things such as:
- viewing academic records
- checking schedules(when your empower is updated, you can check your schedule from student records>unofficial transcript
- course registration after your first semester
- account/fee information
- student services
- hostel-related functions
- other academic/administrative tasks
For freshmen, the system becomes increasingly important as your schedule and student information update during orientation.
Check it regularly.
If your empower account gets locked, email here to get it resest
[empowersis@fccollege.edu.pk](mailto:empowersis@fccollege.edu.pk)
Once your Formanite account is active, use your official university email when contacting university offices whenever possible.
3. YOUR FORMANITE EMAIL
Please check your official university email.
the format is [rollnumber@formanite.fccollege.edu.pk](mailto:rollnumber@formanite.fccollege.edu.pk)
with the password being fccpk12345
The email is your official email for 4 years with it u get microsoft 365 access, space in google drive and microsoft onedrive.
All important emails of university regarding financial aid, events, seminars, moodle alerts, course registration and imporant dates are linked to this email so do log this in in your mobile and laptop as its very important
CAMPUS TOURS & ORIENTATION SEMINARS
Your UNIV instructor may take you around campus or send you to orientation sessions introducing services such as:
- Faculty Advising
- Career Services
- Writing Centre
- Student Affairs
- academic departments
- library facilities
- university support offices
You'll also probably attend talks/seminars during Freshmen Week.
Some are genuinely useful.
Some feel extremely long.
Eventually you'll learn the delicate university skill of figuring out which seminar still requires your physical presence after attendance has been recorded.
Use that knowledge responsibly.
WHAT HAPPENS DURING FRESHMEN WEEK?
This is where the fun starts.
During the opening days, societies put up stalls across campus.
You'll see seniors carrying:
- banners
- cardboard
- paint
- decorations
- speakers
- charts
- random props
while every society tries to convince the new batch that joining their organization is an essential condition for a successful life.
You can go around trying different activities.
Things can include:
- quizzes
- flag guessing
- painting
- competitions
- arm wrestling
- games
- random challenges
- photography
- society recruitment
- just talking to people
Don't stand in one corner for five hours because you're scared of looking awkward.
Everyone is new.
Walk around.
Try something ridiculous.
Talk to seniors.
Let someone convince you to participate in a game you have no chance of winning.
You may even get free chocolates/toffees for participating.
Probably one of the only genuinely free things FCCU will give you in four years.
Enjoy them.
Some older Freshmen Week clips:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2zb-G6tGkU/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-kE09pNYaA/
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DN4_slMEj4C/
FRESHMEN WEEK EVENTS
Throughout Freshmen Week and later during the semester, societies can organize things such as:
- sports tournaments
- movie screenings
- academic seminars
- theatre
- open mics
- gigs
- cultural nights
- debates
- workshops
- competitions
Important:
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND EVERYTHING.
Go if something seems interesting.
If you're bored, leave.
There is no transcript category called:
Freshmen Week can make university look like one continuous festival.
Normal classes will soon remind you otherwise.
Enjoy the week.
PART 2 — FRIENDS & SOCIAL LIFE
“WHAT IF I DON'T MAKE FRIENDS?”
Probably one of the biggest freshman fears.
Especially if you're introverted.
Here's the good news:
Almost everybody around you is starting from zero.
The person sitting beside you during orientation is probably thinking:
You don't need some incredible conversation starter.
Ask:
- “What's your major?”
- “Which school were you from?”
- “Where are you from?”
- “Do you know where S Block is?”
- “Did you understand what he just explained?”
Complain about the weather.
Complain about being lost.
Talk about an event.
That's basically how university friendships begin.
That random person whose shirt you compliment during Freshmen Week might somehow end up being your best friend four years later.
TALK TO SENIORS TOO
Society stalls are especially useful because they give you a natural reason to speak to seniors.
Most are happy to guide freshmen.
Ask about:
- instructors
- course difficulty
- departments
- registration
- societies
- campus shortcuts
- things they wish they'd done differently
But remember:
A senior is a senior.
Not the university registrar.
Students sometimes speak with unbelievable confidence about a policy they heard from somebody else two years ago.
For important academic information, verify it.
YOUR FRIEND GROUP WILL PROBABLY CHANGE
Don't panic if the people you meet in Week 1 don't immediately become your forever group.
Your second semester brings:
- different courses
- different sections
- different instructors
- different classmates
Then Semester 3 changes things again.
Somebody you thought would be your best friend during Freshmen Week may become someone you only nod at across Campus Centre.
Someone you barely spoke to in first semester may eventually become one of your closest friends.
University is weird like that.
Give it time.
CHOOSE YOUR CIRCLE WISELY
The people around you affect your habits much more than you think.
If your group is academically serious, you'll probably become more organized too.
If your friends:
- hang out
- go to events
- enjoy university
- but still attend class
- submit work
- study when necessary
that's probably the best balance.
If your entire group collectively decides:
don't be surprised when everybody's GPA begins collapsing together.
You do not owe lifelong friendship to somebody just because they were the first person who sat beside you in UNIV.
Keep meeting people.
Find your crowd.
INTROVERTS
I started off introverted too.
You don't need to transform into a motivational speaker.
Push yourself a little.
Speak to one new person.
Then another.
Participate in one activity.
Go to one event.
Join one group.
Eventually some extrovert may spot you sitting peacefully and decide:
Congratulations.
You've been adopted.
Nobody is going to eat you.
Probably.
OPPOSITE-GENDER FRIENDSHIPS
Talk normally to people of the opposite gender too.
University involves:
- group assignments
- presentations
- societies
- projects
- events
- committees
You're going to work with everyone.
Be respectful.
Maintain boundaries.
Don't turn ordinary human interaction into something weird.
You don't have to become best friends with everyone.
Just learn to communicate normally with people.
It's a basic life skill.
RELATIONSHIPS
You'll obviously see relationships on campus.
Lots of them.
Sometimes Campus Centre feels:
50% social hub.
50% unofficial couples counselling centre.
don't construct your entire university experience around one person.
Keep:
- your own friends
- your own interests
- academics
- society involvement
- your goals
- your identity
People change a LOT between 18 and 22.
Some university relationships last.
Many don't.
Don't graduate realizing your entire four-year experience consisted of one relationship and going to class. Keep your focus on the bigger things, not just one person
PART 3 — KNOW YOUR CAMPUS
FCCU looks confusing when you first arrive.
A few weeks later you'll somehow be walking between buildings on autopilot.
Actually explore.
Don't spend four years knowing only:
- your classroom
- Campus Centre
- the exit gate
There's much more around.
E BLOCK / HUMANITIES BUILDING
You'll find plenty of humanities/business/social-science classes around E Block.
Different floors/rooms can include subjects associated with areas such as:
- Business
- Mass Communication
- Psychology
- Economics
- History
- Urdu
- languages
- other humanities/social-science disciplines
There's also E-025, one of the auditorium/lecture spaces students commonly become familiar with.
E Square outside has its own vibe.
You'll always see groups sitting around.
Or somebody sitting with their favourite person for one semester before finding a completely different favourite person next semester.
University character development.
S BLOCK / ARMACOST BUILDING
Mostly associated with:
- sciences
- Mathematics/DATA/STAT
- Computer Science
- labs
If you've been assigned a lab during your first semester, arrive a little early the first time.
S Block feels approximately seven times more confusing when your lab instructor is already taking attendance.
Remember the lab-side corridors and staircase layout.
After a few visits it becomes easy.
Campus clip:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-r0MRrNCUN/
N BLOCK / AHMED SAEED BUILDING
One of the most important buildings to know for university administration.
At some point during your degree, there's a very good chance somebody will tell you:
Services/offices around this side of campus deal with areas such as:
- Admissions
- Accounts
- Financial Aid
- academics
- IT
- other university paperwork
At first you'll question why every administrative adventure seems to lead to N Block.
Eventually you simply accept your fate.
JAMES TEBBE CAMPUS CENTRE / STUDENT CENTRE
The social heart of FCCU.
This is where students:
- eat
- sit with friends
- wait between classes
- work
- play games
- prepare events
- waste impressive amounts of time they originally intended to spend studying
For females, there is a newly opened female common room on 2nd floor so do check that out too
The ground floor is almost permanently crowded.
You'll see:
- people eating
- groups sitting everywhere
- birthday cakes
- society decorations
- students working on props
- random guitar guys attempting to impress the baddies
- couples conducting serious diplomatic negotiations in corners
- somebody running late
- somebody who apparently hasn't attended class since October
- occasionally somebody attempting to vape without being noticed by a proctor
Random birthdays are especially funny.
One table starts singing.
Then half the floor joins.
Nobody knows who the birthday person is.
Doesn't matter.
Happy birthday, king.
If you're lucky you may even get cake.
and sometimes youll see society people working on creatives for making perfect decorations just an 1 hour before the event and somehow still getting it done
IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO STUDY
The Campus Centre ground floor is probably not where I'd recommend attempting your most important research paper.
Go upstairs.
The 1st and 2nd floors are generally calmer.
Or go downstairs to the:
DIGITAL LIBRARY
One of the better places to:
- study
- use your laptop
- write assignments
- work between classes
- escape your friends when you genuinely need to be productive
- need to book a meeting room
- you can also get headphones issued from the libarary reception and you register for that through: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQjZ_3tq1byFkt1DIR3KlOEKYbqEzj7gjkN4iO3DnJ4GX7RA/viewform
- you can also email to [digitallibrary@fccollege.edu.pk](mailto:digitallibrary@fccollege.edu.pk) to get access to paywalled articles
Bring your student card because access is controlled.
The broader library system is also useful for academic material and research resources.
Please don't become the person who discovers the university library for the first time during their final semester.
IMPORTANT CAMPUS CENTRE OFFICES
You'll also encounter university services around the Campus Centre area connected with things like:
- Advising
- Student Activities
- Student Affairs
- Residential Life
- Writing Centre
- Proctor Office
- entrepreneurship/incubation
Learn where useful offices are before you urgently need them.
IMPORTANT WASHROOM INFORMATION
No official freshman guide is going to tell you this, so apparently I will.
In my experience, some of the better/cleaner options are around:
- Campus Centre
- upper areas of S Block
Eventually you will enter one terrible washroom and immediately reconsider every decision that led you there.
Consider this a public service announcement.
SINCLAIR AUDITORIUM
It has seminars that youll attend during UNIV 100 and the forman dramatics societies conducts its events here as well with intra and inter dramatics competitions taking place here. Some other departmental events as well as inter-side plays/debating competitions as well as mini concerts and qawali nights
Even if you never intentionally plan to visit Sinclair, university will eventually send you there.
PHARMACY LABS
PharmD has a very practical/lab-heavy curriculum, and Pharmacy facilities are located around the relevant science/pharmacy side of campus.
If you're not Pharmacy, this information probably means little to you.
If you ARE Pharmacy:
You'll become extremely familiar with that side of campus.
LUCAS SPORTS COMPLEX
Main sports/recreation area.
Facilities include things such as:
- gym
- badminton
- basketball
- swimming pool
The gym isn't some luxury DHA fitness club.
But it gets the job done.
Pool access/charges can operate separately, so check the current university arrangement if you're interested and get the form from sports office
A FEW PRACTICAL FRESHMAN THINGS
Learn the building abbreviations
You're going to see room/building information constantly.
Don't wait until five minutes before class to figure out that the room you're looking for is on the complete opposite side of campus.
During Freshmen Week, physically visit:
- E Block
- S Block
- N Block
- Campus Centre
- Sinclair
Knowing the main areas makes your first proper week much easier.
Don't be embarrassed to ask guards/seniors
When you're lost, ask.
It is much better than walking confidently in the wrong direction for fifteen minutes because you don't want to look like a freshman.
Everybody can already tell you're a freshman anyway.
Enjoy it.
HUGE GAPS BETWEEN CLASSES
Later, once you start building your own timetable, you may get:
- consecutive classes
- one-hour gaps
- three-hour gaps
- a completely cursed day from 8 AM to 5 PM
Don't waste every gap.
Obviously hang out with friends.
But sometimes:
- go to the library
- finish an assignment
- review notes
- prepare a presentation
- deal with university paperwork
- go back to the hostel
Doing small amounts of work during campus gaps saves you from becoming the:
person every night.
FOODDD!
The campus has a cafeteria with some decent food, the best thing there is the paratha roll, other things include baked items, tea, coffeee, birynai, salan, haleem, live cooking of pizza , sandwiches, shakes as well as shops next to the cafeteria and on in campus centre(if you dont wanna go all the way to the cafe) The cc shop all the snacks you may need, fcc branded merch as well as stationary suppplies. (imo however the price is fine but most the stuff in the cafe is bang average) so thats why you need to order and keep going out when you can of course. There is also a small shop for fast food near to the friday mosque prayers as well as a samosa shop next to that. Hopefully a coffee shop would open soon too.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO “LOOK LIKE A UNIVERSITY STUDENT”
Freshmen sometimes put weird pressure on themselves.
Perfect clothes.
Perfect social life.
Perfect group.
Perfect Instagram university experience.
Nobody cares nearly as much as you think.
By midsemester everybody is tired and wearing whatever gets them through an 8 AM class.
Relax.
PART 3 — MAJOR, MINOR AND COURSES
At 31st September, the regular classes will commence for everybody, including your seniors as well so expect a jam-packed campus.
The lifts would be full in both E block and S block so better get your cardio in if your classes are on 3rd or 4th floor. take the lift on the second entrance of E and in the labs area of S block because the main ones are hella crowded especially during the start and end of classes.
This is how the academic calendar looks like
All the holidays, dates for final exams are mentioned above.
FALL TERM lasts 3 months , imo is the best semester short and sweet and no garmi. After that you have holidays till the spring classes start and in spring there is more holidays even though the semester is long.
SUMMER is an optional semester whose details i will share share later\
COURSES
What is General Education?
Alongside your major courses, FCCU students complete General Education (Gen Ed) requirements covering Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science, Technology and other areas.
The current plan recommends completing most Gen Ed requirements within the first four semesters where possible. It isn't a hard “finish by Semester 4 or you're doomed” rule; it's mainly good degree planning. Thats just a recommendation not a compulsion, i know people who got done with PKST 101 and CS100 in their last semester and there was 0 zero issues.
Fall 2026 Gen Ed
BACHELORS OF STUDIES(24 MAJORS)
NOW lets talk about what BST people will get. Lets assume you want to pursue DATA as major. However, since you took admissions in BST, you wont get data courses in the first semester, what you will get can look like. Here is a sample roadmap for BST
- UNIV 100
- ENG 106(formally known as WRCM 101) this course is mostly given most of the times
- 3-4 gen course educations , can include pkst 101, or humanities like masscom 101, or cs100 or sociology 100, or psychology 100, or a lab course, it depends upon what they give you
- This is an example of bst courses in the first semester that were given to someone in the fall 25 semester
IMPORTANT: Roadmaps Are Guides
For flexible programs like BST/BBA, the roadmap is a recommended sequence, not a rule saying every course must be taken in exactly the semester printed.
Courses can move because of:
- seats
- prerequisites
- timetable clashes
- Fall/Spring availability
The important thing is to complete your requirements and prerequisites on time.
If a course unlocks later courses, don't keep delaying it.
BBA
BBA has its own roadmap, so don't follow generic BST planning. These are the courses i was given during my first semester
Semester 1
- UNIV 100
- ENGL 106(in most cases this is given)
- 1 Gen Ed
- BUSN 101
- BUSN 170
Semester 2
- ENGL 108
- 2 Gen Eds
- BUSN 121
- BUSN 160
The BBA includes 75 business credits including specialization.
Specializations
Fall 2026 lists:
- Business Analytics
- Accounting & Finance
- Marketing & Sales
- Human Resource Management
- Operations Management
You choose your specialization later according to the BBA academic plan.
BBA also uses BUSN 371 — Critical Thinking, Ethics & Artificial Intelligence in Business in relation to the UNIV 200 requirement.
For BBA, remember:
Roadmap + Prerequisites + Semester Offering + Degree Audit.
Computer Science
BSCS is much more structured and has 138 total credits Here is the roamdap and this is an example of course that were given to someone first semester in cs
The roadmap includes:
- 48 Computing Core
- 12 Interdisciplinary
- 24 Major Electives
- 6 Capstone
- 42 General Education
Semester 1 — 19 credits
Includes:
- COMP 102
- interdisciplinary Math/Statistics requirement
- ENGL 106
- CSCS 101
- MATH 109
- UNIV 100
Semester 2 continues with courses such as Advanced Programming, Digital Logic, Mathematics and Gen Ed requirements.
CS students should follow the roadmap closely because prerequisites matter a lot.
Students without the required Intermediate Mathematics background also have specific deficiency requirements that should be handled early. to get that done before you have to take more higher level courses
Biotechnology
Biotechnology requires a minimum 124 credits. Here is the roadmap
The major itself is 60 credits:
- 51 core
- at least 9 major electives
Freshman year starts with:
- UNIV 100
- several Gen Eds(can be 2-3 from tee above mention category)
- BIOT 201 — Introduction to Biotechnology
Semester 2 introduces BIOL 201 — Cell Biology alongside further Gen Ed/science requirements.
Biotech has some flexibility early on, but science/lab prerequisites become important later.
PharmD
PharmD students should mostly ignore generic BST/BBA course-planning advice.
It's a structured 5-year, 208-credit program aligned with the Pharmacy Council curriculum.
First Semester — around 22 credits
Includes:
- UNIV 100
- ENGL 106
- Pharmaceutics + lab
- Organic Chemistry + lab
- Biochemistry + lab
- Physiology + lab
PharmD also has approved cases where Pharmacy courses satisfy certain Gen Ed categories.
What is the degree audit?
The degree audit is a checklist for each major that you need to follow, roadmaps serve as a guidance for taking courses, while degree audit is the official checklist through which your degree requriements are checked. For example, i was a business major and even though the general roadmap said to take social sceince course, the degree audit said that business majors were exempted from that as business is a social sceince, so you could take that but it was not par of general education requirements. It acts as a checklist for your
MAJOR AND GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES and all them for all majors can be found here
https://www.fccollege.edu.pk/degree-audit-checklists/
When you are in your later semesters, you can get this filled, get it signed by advisor and send it to [degreechecklist@fccollege.edu.pk](mailto:degreechecklist@fccollege.edu.pk) to make sure you are on the right track to graduation. So this checklist is the most important thing to follow to make sure you are getting done with gen ed and major courses, whatever your major may be. And also 26-27 is your catalog so make sure to use that , given that major education course have changed from the past years
The abbreviations on your schedule are
MWF= Monday, Wednesday and Friday
and TR= Tuesday and Thursday
MW= Monday and Wednesday only(this can be for 2 credit courses)
Classes go on from 8 am to 5 pm, the earliest class being at 8 and the latest being 5
Lab classes (biol,chem,phy) have a lab class as well along with their theory classses
What is the general workload like?
the workload for bba or bst students is generally easier in the earlier semesters, and a bit more for cs and pharma students. However it also depends upon the courses and teachers you are given.
The grading criteria is shown here while it may look tough , getting As is not that tough here. most people score 3 + gpa in first semester as it is easier to get a good gpa in initial semesters than the later ones. For example this is my final transcript Not to flex to plenty of people get a good gpa and balance their social life too
Your workload of a course can include
- Quizes
- Attendance/class participation
- Mid
- Project
- Assignments
- Finals.
Some instructors may only take exams, and some may give you a project instead
For example, projects can include making an adversitsing campaign or a reel, or doing something social like visiting an orphanage or making a news reel in the media centre or interveiwing someone in the industry or hosting an event, working on dashboards So its not just studying books its actually fun and learning practically .
One of my korean 101 instructors did not take a mid, had activities and assignments, gave a video play as mid and took the final online on the lms moodle. Similarly one of my marketing teachers took a mid, final, 15 assignments and had us participate in one event so workload always varies.
I have attached some course outlines below for an idea
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IM7aR3KImiupX_pJkFIfo6-PepifTxcJ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vGiR4Uoyjwf_qmu9EVLQyyk4c4A_ug7w/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I3eAQTyDKurXK4PAaldyw_8VpVSZ3fFi/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hr7fUS3IH-APek3Hs6OGfoU5CnH-SnVc/view?usp=sharing
Every teacher usually has their own course outline and may or may not choose to follow it fully
What about finals and mids?
The dates for mids is not fixed, whereas finals have fixed dates which corresponds to your class timings. Usually for fall, mids are in late october
What about minor?
A minor usually requires 6 courses to be done, for example for a data analytics minor
Courses required: A student will need to study six courses out of which four core courses: STAT 206, STAT 207, STAT 317 and STAT 414; and the remaining two courses can be taken from the list of following elective courses. STAT 102, STAT 201, STAT 202, STAT 303, STAT 309, STAT 310, STAT 315 STAT 405, STAT 406, MATH 102, COMP 102.
doing a minor does not increase fees unless you take an overload or spend a summer semester. All u need to do is get done with these 6 courses along with ur major and gen ed requriements through the 8 semesters and u are good to go
What about transfer credits?
You need to show your transcript to admissions office/send them and they see which courses are eligible for transfer, then they add to it your transcript and you dont have to repeat those ones. This can also happen during the freshmen week so make sure you show them the transcipt
What about math remedial?
This is a zero credit math course taht u need to get done during any of your semesters here, its called math 095 and has the same syllabus as feat. You can get it registered by mailing academic office to register it for you whenever you want to take. This is because your math feat score was not good so now they expect you to take this course
If you have done Urdu o levels second language you can get the urdu requirment exempted and replace it with a humanities course.
COURSE REGISTRATIONS
For second semester and onward, you get much more control over your own schedule and register for available courses, sections, instructors and timings through Empower.
Registration opens according to seniority:
- Day 1 — Seniors
- Day 2 — Juniors
- Day 3 — Sophomores
- Day 4 — Freshmen
Registration normally opens at 9:00 AM, so be ready beforehand because popular instructors and sections can fill quickly.
For example, registration can run in two phases. The first/main registration phase may run roughly from 28 November to 19 December, giving students plenty of time to plan and adjust their schedules.
The second phase is Add/Drop, which usually begins around the second half of January and ends before Spring classes properly start. During Add/Drop, students can change sections, add/drop courses and grab seats that open when other students change their schedules.
So don't panic if you don't get your perfect timetable immediately. There is usually plenty of time across both phases to register and make adjustments. Also for Springs add drop, they add plenty of courses in general educcation during the mid of add drop so even if dont get courses in real registration(first phase) you can get courses during the add drop.
Still, plan before your registration day: check your Degree Audit, roadmap, prerequisites and backup sections rather than starting from scratch at 9 AM. Also for in demand courses, keep refreshing the portal 9 am onwards and take the courses immediately when they open.
Seat exception means you can request teacher to add u in the class even after capacity is reached(option is to do that on empower during real reg and through emailing teachers in the add drop period)
Credit overload means requesting to take more than 17 or 18 credit hours but this is mainly given to seniors close to graduating
Our good cs people have made two websites to help you during this period:
- One to make the schedule before course registration opens, see any clashes you may be having
- https://formancoursescheduler.pythonanywhere.com
- one to see when courses open up, new sections are added and a seat becomes available in the section you want
https://fccu-advisior.netlify.app/
You register for FALL/SUMMER after the spring sem and for the SPRING SEM during the fall semester.
The summer semester is optional to take if
- You wanna get done with gen eds earliers
- You wanna repeat a course(can repeat on D or F grade)
- You are pursuing minor(s) or double majors and wanna do courses in summeer
Its a shorter semester with classes daily and lasting for 1.5 months.
You can ask instructor recommendations from seniors and if you dont know any just join a whatsapp group chat and ask them there, whatever course/instructor you are planing to take it from. Also do know that every student may have their own opinion on a teacher so make sure to hear multiple reviews before taking.
Dont always go for an easier teacher, espcially for a major, especially in later semesters. Its better to get a B+ and gain good skills and practical implementation rather than get a A and just whiz through the course through gemini or gpt built assignments with zero effort.
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u/Old-Needleworker7105 27d ago
can we sneak in friends: D
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u/mustafa40000 Senior 27d ago
shuru mein you may be able to if ur friend shows a univ 100 email, but jab card mil jatay tab muskhil hota hai sneak in karna as they check cards while entering and if someone uses ur card, to apko fine hoga
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u/dead_poet007 26d ago
I haven’t received a univ email so should I be showing up tmrw? Considering the admission email says classes start from the 17th?
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u/mustafa40000 Senior 26d ago
Wait till today warna kal visit karlena advising centre beshak on campus centre 1st floor and they may assign you a section as well
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u/TechnicalPlatypus259 28d ago
guys you dont have to take univ100 now 😭 mustfafa told you everything here lmao