UCC 101-024 SYLLABUS - Fall 2007

First Year Seminar

 

Professor June Pomann                                        Office: E-718A

Class:                         M W  11:15 am-12:10 pm                           

Classroom:                E-423                                     Voicemail: (908)659-5121

Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday: 11:00 am-12:00 pm         

                                    Monday: 12:30-1:30 or by appointment                            

E-mail:                        jpomann@ucc.edu

 

Prequisite: ENG 087 if required.

 

Course Description: This course is designed to help students adjust to college by giving them the information, support and strategies they need to feel secure in their college classes. It will help students clarify their goals, become familiar with the academic environment, and sharpen their ability to learn and think critically.     

 
Student Learning Outcomes: By the end of the semester it is expected that each student will
1-understand what is expected of college students and how to meet these expectations

2-clarify both short and long term educational and career goals
3-utilize learning strategies in individual courses
4-understand ways of thinking critically about articles, books, and other materials in the UCC Library, in databases, and online

5-apply critical thinking strategies to learning and life situations

Student Resources: The following is required for this course:
UCC 101 First Year Seminar, edited by Rosemarie Lewandowski and John Russell

Academic Planner - publisher is Houghton Mifflin
A pocket folder to keep all written assignments
Looseleaf paper for written work


FINAL GRADE EVALUATION:

Final grades: A+, A, B+, B, C+, C, D+, D, F will be calculated in the following way:

Homework, journals  (including two self-evaluations), and portfolio
Midterm
Quizzes
Class Participation
Final exam (includes oral report on careers)                                                                                      

25% 
15%
15%
10%
35%


At mid-semester, you will put together your folder of work, and write an evaluation of the course and what you’re learning. There will be another version of this assignment at the end of the semester. Each student will discuss these evaluations with me in two private conferences, one at mid-semester, and one at the end of the semester. These conferences are designed to keep you informed of your overall average for the course. 
If your achievement is not satisfactory, you will receive a grade of  “F” and will have to repeat the course.

Plagiarism: See student handbook


COURSE REQUIREMENTS/ASSESSMENT:

1.  The six core chapters must be read. These chapters include: Self-evaluation, Time  

      Management, Strategies for Listening and Note Taking, Strategies for Improving  

      Reading, Strategies for Remembering and Test Taking, and Setting Career Goals and

      Preparing for Next Semester.

2.   The common final will be given to every student in every class.

3.   Every class will be taken to the library at least twice.
4.   Information literacy and library use will be integrated into an assignment focused on

      selecting a career.

5.   Every class will be taken to the ALC and its importance discussed.

6.   By the end of the semester, every student will have explored what possible major they

      could declare and in some detail a career they think they might pursue.
7.   Every student will make a verbal presentation to the class at some point during the 

      semester.

8.   Every student will use the Internet at some point in the course.

9.   Every student will have an e-mail address and will be part of a distribution list for their 

      class and use e-mail to communicate with their classmates and professor.

10. Writing will be done in every class.

11. Early in the semester every student will learn every other student’s name in the class.

12. The classes are meant to be seminars with an emphasis on class discussion.

Regular attendance and preparation for each class is required. More than one unexcused absence may jeopardize your final grade. Students are expected to fully participate in class activities and group work. You are also expected to complete all reading, writing, library and Internet assignments on time. Quizzes and graded in-class writing can not be made up. Any work handed in late will be graded down.

WHEN YOU ARE ABSENT, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT  ONE OR MORE  STUDENTS IN OUR CLASS, GET THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT, AND RETURN TO CLASS HAVING DONE THE ASSIGNMENT THAT IS DUE ON THAT DAY. YOU ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING UP ANY CLASSWORK MISSED.

Dates to Remember:
 Last date to withdraw:          October 31st

College Closed:                     November 22nd-November 25th

College open but no classes: November 21st and December 11th

Midterm:                               During the 7th week of class

Final:                                     December 17th or 19th


Tentative Schedule:

This is a tentative list, and may change as we progress through the semester. We will be scheduled for two ALC visits and 2-3 Library visits which may change the schedule below.

WEEK:          

CHAPTER DESCRIPTION 

1
2
3-5
6 & 7
8
9
10
11 & 12
13
14
15

Introduction to UCC 101 and Chapter 1 Self Evaluation
Chapter 2 UCC library & Chapter 7 Time Management

Chapter 7 Time Management  & Chapter 3 Exploring Faculty and Student Relations
Chapter 5   Strategies for Listening and Note Taking
Mid-term examination.  “Taking a Mid-semester Pulse.”
Chapter 6   Strategies for Improving Reading Visit to the UCC Library
Chapter 9   Strategies for Remembering and Test Taking

Setting Career Goals and Preparing for Next Semester
Oral Reports on Careers
Oral Reports on Careers
Final Exam


Assignment Due

September 10

Journal:

Each week you will write a journal about our class. You will include what you learned in that class. Include your thoughts about the topic- what you liked or disliked- and why. You will also include how your other classes are going. Most of the topics we will discuss are related to your other classes.

 

Your journals will be handed in a folder. Put your name and class (UCC 101-024) on the front cover. Number your journals and date them. The date will always be the day you had the class.

 

Today’s journal will be number 1. Tell me what you thought about today’s class. What- if anything- surprised you? What do you want to learn in this class? How are your classes going? What are your thoughts about being a new student? Many students work and go to UCC. How can you be successful here and at work? Many students get stressed at the beginning of a new semester. What-if anything- is stressing you? 
 

The First Year Seminar:  Read Pages 2-20     Choose one of the 8 students described in this chapter.  Choose one of the Activities: 1.2,  1.4,  or 1.6.  Complete the story. Tell what the student needs to do to be successful. Also include what the student is doing that is interfering with his or her success.

In order to prepare for our ALC and Library sessions please read pages 21-27 in Chapter 2.

 

The Scavenger Hunt is due on September 26th. Extra credit if you hand it in before the date due. Click here to download the Scavenger Hunt.

 

 

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