What is IFE?

NEW - Check out this video all about Freshmen Innovation in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science!!

The Innovative Freshmen Experience (IFE) represents a whole new way of learning. Here's IFE in a nutshell:

• Unique student-centered, free-form learning environment
• Hands on, experiential learning and real world preparation
• NO lectures, NO textbooks, NO exams
• Focuses on researching, designing, and building a complete imaging system in time to exhibit at Imagine RIT
• Builds interpersonal and teamwork skills in addition to knowledge
• Multidisciplinary: students come from multiple majors across campus
• Unlike any freshmen experience at RIT!

IFE students come away from the class with a skill set unmatched by any first year students at RIT. Their knowledge extends far beyond what's possible under traditional classroom settings, and the students share a personal bond that lasts for years to come - not only with each other, but also with the faculty, staff, graduate students, and upperclassmen who serve as their mentors. Just ask any IFE student - the Innovative Freshmen Experience is truly an adventure unlike any other.

Check out the video below created for ImagineRIT by some IFE2011 students!

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