Take Five is an opportunity URoc provides for students to have a tuition free 5th year if they want to study something just for the pure love of learning. It needs to be outside their major field(s) of study and they have to apply and get accepted into the program.
Since sometimes the classes need to be sequential, courses can begin in their (normal) senior year and some of those they need to graduate get put into the fifth year, but in order to be accepted the student has to be able to have graduated in four years without the added year.
Here’s a FAQ page I came across:
https://www.rochester.edu/college/CCAS/students/opportunities/takefive/faq.html
My guy has always loved learning - just to learn - not just “what’s on the test,” so this program appealed to him from the beginning. He just had to figure out exactly what he wanted to study as he had several options that interested him. He was very pleased when his proposal was accepted and has enjoyed the classes he’s had so far.