| Course ID: | UNIV 1201E. 1-3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Learning for Success at the University |
Course
Description: | This course provides students opportunities to obtain skills that
lead to success in college and beyond including learning how to
learn, motivation, critical and creative thinking,
decision-making, identity development, wellness, and career
choice. The hallmark of this course will be an active-learning
environment focused on application of skills and content. |
| Oasis Title: | Learning for Success |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in UNIV 1201, UNIV 1201S |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | •Students will be able to independently acquire and practice
evidence-based learning strategies, increasing their skills as
learners. (e.g., metacognitive learning strategies, active
learning techniques, collaborative learning).
•Students will be able to demonstrate greater academic engagement
within the behavioral, psychological, and cognitive domains.
•Students will be able to practice self-regulated learning
skills, and employ self-directed learning behaviors.
•Students will be able to 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). |
| Topical Outline: | •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 |
| Honor Code Reference: | As a University of Georgia student, you have agreed to abide by
the University’s academic honesty policy, “A Culture of Honesty,”
and the Student Honor Code. All academic work must meet the
standards described in “A Culture of Honesty” found at:
https://ovpi.uga.edu/academic-honesty/academic-honesty-policy.
Lack of knowledge of the academic honesty policy is not a
reasonable explanation for a violation. Questions related to
course assignments and the academic honesty policy should be
directed to the instructor. |