GENL 110 - College Success Skills

3 Credits: (3 lecture)

Course Description
This course, designed to assist students in the transition to college life, will provide strategies for success including study skills, textbook reading techniques, note taking methods, and stress and time management skills. Students will develop career plans through the implementation of inventories and assessments, as well as utilization of Internet and software applications. Emphasis is placed on the identification of college resources and policies that can assist students in their academic success. 

Text
Feldman, Robert S. P.O.W.E.R. Learning Foundations of Student Success. 4th Ed., Mcgraw-Hill Education, 2023.

          

Objectives
The student will be able to: 

A. Identify College resources and policies. 

B. Discuss stress and time management skills. 

C. Evaluate effective strategies for textbook reading, note taking and test taking. 

D. Develop an appropriate career plan based on career self-assessment and exploration of the world of work. 

E. Utilize a computer word processing software package, as well as career exploration applications and Internet resources, in the production of a written career plan.

Content
College policies 

College resources 

A. Stress management 

B. Time management 

C. Textbook reading techniques 

D. Note taking skills 

E. Test taking techniques 

F. Career inventories, surveys and tests 

G. Career information 

H. Basics of Word Processing  

I. Career Exploration via Software and Internet Applications 

J. Basics of Word Processing  

K. Career Exploration via Software and Internet Applications 

Student Evaluation
Evaluation will be based on tests, quizzes, written assignments, projects, attendance, and class participation. Bibliography
Ellis, David.  Becoming a Master Student.  10th ed.  Boston:  Houghton  Mifflin, 2003. 

Shepard, James F.  College Success Skills.  6th ed.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin,1998. 

Van Blerkom, Dianna L.  College Success Skills: Becoming A Strategic Learner.  4th ed.  Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2003.   

United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Occupational  Outlook Handbook 2002-2003 Online.  http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm,  January 2002. 

Choices CT 2002.  2002 Edition.  Toronto: Bridges.com, Inc., 2001. 

Career Occupational Preference System (COPS), Form P.  San Diego:  Education & Industrial Testing Service (EdITS), 2000.