The Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers first-year and upper-class students several interdisciplinary programs that provide academic opportunities not available anywhere else in the curriculum. One of these programs, FYC or First-Year Connections program, is open to first-year students exclusively.

Each unit in FYC consists of three courses from different departments, offered in a cluster, where the instructors coordinate and integrate the subject matter and style of teaching. Those who enroll in one of these units have the advantage of joining a small community in which students get to know one another and work together throughout the semester. Because students take the same courses, they engage in a close and intimate learning experience. Information about these programs can be obtained from the University Office of Academic Advisement.