College 101: Changes,
Challenges, Choices
1
credit
Need Statement: College
101 is a comprehensive seminar grounded in research and
best practices in student success. Research has shown that
students who complete such a course experience more success
in college than those who do not. This course, rather than
being housed in any one discipline, is an integral part
of an entire college community in order to communicate the
idea that student success is integrated throughout all disciplines
and services.
Suggested University
Equivalent(s)/General Education Value(s):
ASU:
UNI 101 NAU:
FYE 101 UofA:
HED 197A
Course Description:
Strategies for how to create success in college and in life.
Methods for choosing and developing effective academic strategies,
increasing self-awareness and developing self-management
strategies. Focus on understanding human interdependence,
especially among persons of diverse values and perspectives.
Evaluating effectiveness of chosen strategies and making
decisions on continued implementation of strategies.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify educational, personal, and career
goals. (I)
2. Take responsibility for meeting goals. (I)
3. Increase self-awareness. (II)
4. Implement personal self-management strategies. (IV)
5. Evaluate effectiveness of selected learning strategies.
(III)
6. Develop interdependence. (VI)
Course Outline:
I. Goals
A. Identifying educational,
career, and/or personal goals
B. Assuming personal responsibility
for meeting goals
II. Self-Awareness
A. Identifying success strategies
and eliminating self-defeating patterns
B. Choosing habits that
support success
III. Personal Self-Management
A. Improving time management
B. Improving money management
C. Managing stress
IV. Learning
A. Understanding learning
styles
B. Using campus resources
C. Using effective study
strategies
D. Finding and using information
appropriately
V. Interdependence
A. Developing mutually supportive
relationships
B. Understanding various
aspects of diversity
VI. Next steps
A. Evaluating the effectiveness
of implemented strategies
B. Creating an action plan
to use what you have learned
Course
Proposal
