GS 111 - College Success Skills

Credit Hours: 3

This course provides an opportunity for students to adopt methods and strategies to promote personal growth and success in college and in life. Topics include managing learning styles, problem-solving and creativity, cultural diversity, library instruction, time/task management, methods of inquiry and critical thinking, study skills, and academic policies and procedures. Career exploration and research culminating in a final project is required. It is recommended that this course be taken in the student’s first semester.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

identify what the campus has to offer academically, socially, culturally, and recreationally;
utilize resources that can assist students with problems related to health, finances, academics, course changes, and social issues including support services such as the Learning Resource Center, Learning Skills Center, Counseling Center, Library, and Financial Aid;
recognize and distinguish his/her commitment, motivation, responsibilities, and limitations in relationship to college, self, employer, friends, and family, and recognize multicultural diversity and stereotypes;
develop short-term and long-term goals based on attitude, interest, and resources;
create realistic time/task management schedules and use them effectively in fulfilling short-term and long-term goals;
identify the existence of student anxiety, especially in test taking, and discuss strategies to alleviate it;
use methods of inquiry/critical thinking to develop a research paper and/or presentation;
apply problem-solving and creativity techniques to everyday decision-making and specifically to the study of application problems;
use specific strategies and develop a logical and organized method of responding to essay questions and objective test questions; and
apply techniques of listening, concentrating, and communicating in the classroom.

F/S (C, N, S)