COURSE OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course, students will:

• Demonstrate their commitment to fulfilling classroom responsibilities by reviewing the ACAD101 syllabus and comparing/contrasting the policies and responsibilities laid out in each of their other syllabi.
• Demonstrate their commitment to fulfilling university responsibilities by reading “Academic Freedom and Educational Responsibility” and composing a reflection on their nature of their personal commitment.
• Demonstrate their academic responsibility by participating in the College Connection meetings related to majors, preparing for and completing advisement, and completing course evaluations in which they examine themselves in terms of the Student Goals in the Touchstone Program.
• Demonstrate their commitment to responsibility through completion of money management exercises related to personal finances, budgeting, credit history, and career ramifications.
• Demonstrate knowledge of library services as an academic resource through completion of a tutorial and standardized quiz.
• Demonstrate knowledge of support services and learning opportunities through active participation in class discussions and activities focused on academic problem-solving.
• Demonstrate knowledge of college stress, coping skills, and campus resources through active participation of classroom discussion of stress, emotion-focused coping, problem-focused coping, self-handicapping, and aids to coping.
• Demonstrate knowledge of alcohol use problems among college students and related resources through exploration of the “Facts on Tap” website and through composition of a reflection on the knowledge gained.
• Purposefully build their personal bond with the campus community by participating in Convocation and exploring campus life through the community picnic following Convocation.
• Purposefully build their personal bond with the campus community by attending the Clubs and Organizations Festival,  identifying campus clubs and organizations that match their interests, attending at least one meeting of their choice, and reporting on the connection of that experience to their academic and personal development.
• Purposefully build their personal bond with the campus community through completion of a campus involvement plan.
• Purposefully build their personal bond with the campus community through classroom practice with communication skills.
• Demonstrate successful academic skills and attitudes through reading the common book, participating in related classroom activities, passing a related test, and attending a related event.
• Demonstrate successful academic skills and attitudes through creation of a Turnitin account, use of Turnitin as an integrity tool, and adherence to instructions and timelines for submission of work.
• Demonstrate applied knowledge of academic integrity through active participation in collaborative examination of vignettes related to academic misconduct.
• Demonstrate successful academic skills and attitudes through connecting academic choices and career planning during an in-class reflection exercise related to skills, interests and values and during exploration of related resources on the website of the Center for Career & Civic Engagement.
• Demonstrate successful academic skills and attitudes through active participation in a jigsaw teamwork exercise focused on time management skills.
• Demonstrate successful academic skills through participation in classroom activities related to college reading, writing, and test-taking.
• Demonstrate a connection of personal and social responsibility to their own academic efforts through participation in self-regulation exercises related to goal-setting and self-monitoring.
• Demonstrate a connection of personal and social responsibility to their own academic efforts through completion of a service learning project and reflection on its connection to their academic and personal development.