RIT's First-Year Enrichment is an academic program that supports students' scholastic and social transition from high school to college. FYE is instructed by professionals who are experts in student transition. Credit-bearing FYE classes focus on topics including independent thinking and problem solving skills, ethical decision making, personal and social responsibility, and professional networking, as well as academic fundamentals such as time management, study skills, and library research methods. Classes meet once-per-week during the fall and winter quarters and are composed of students in the same major.

Additionally, FYE instructors provide coaching on academic, personal and social issues. This element of the FYE program sets the RIT FYE program apart from other first-year programs around the country. Coaching is not counseling. Rather than being a problem-based meeting with a counselor, the goal of coaching is to provide an academic and career focused meeting with a knowledgeable expert in the area of transition who can connect students to departments or services around campus.