This service learning course provides students opportunities to
obtain skills that lead to success in college and beyond in an
experiential learning environment and through engagement with the
community. Community-based activities will help strengthen the
learning, motivation, critical and creative thinking, decision
making, identify development, wellness, and career choice.
Athena Title
Learning for Success
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in UNIV 1201, UNIV 1201E
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up
to 25% of overall instruction time.
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will independently acquire and practice evidence-based learning strategies, increasing their skills as learners. (e.g., metacognitive learning strategies, active learning techniques, collaborative learning).
By the end of this course, students will demonstrate greater academic engagement within the behavioral, psychological, and cognitive domains.
By the end of this course, students will practice self-regulated learning skills and employ self-directed learning behaviors.
By the end of this course, students will assess and increase their current competencies in developmentally based life-skills across several domains germane to success in college and beyond (e.g., Chickering’s Vectors, Gazda’s life-skills).
By the end of this course, students will engage in service projects in the local community by assisting various nonprofits with fulfilling their missions while students complete various learning tasks linked to developmentally based life-skills research.
Topical Outline
•Service-learning
•Academic motivation for learning and engagement
•Identity development
•Time-management
•Stress-management
•Metacognition: understanding learning and using memory strategies
•Self-regulated learning
•Getting the most out of campus resources and support services
•Organization for the “best self”: goal-setting, boosting concentration, limiting distractions, and managing personal wellness
Institutional Competencies
Social Awareness & Responsibility
The capacity to understand the interdependence of people, communities, and self in a global society.
