Year First Enrichment (FYE)
First
College of Applied Science & Technology
ECT ET Learning Community
ECT
Instructor: Eve White
Office Location: 47-1033 (Sol Heumann Residence Hall, first floor)
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
*Visit the MyCourses FYE class link for updates*
Other Learning Community Faculty:
NAME
E-MAIL
Mike Eastman
[e-mail]
Steve Ciccarelli
[e-mail]
Jim Hurney
[e-mail]
Tony Trippe
[e-mail]
Sydney Seaver
[e-mail]
CLASS
Department Chair
Intro to ECT
Intro to ECT
Tech Program. I
Academic Advisor
OFFICE
70-1101
70-1121
70-1373
70-1345
70-1101
PHONE
475-7787
475-4736
475-5726
475-6537
475-2172
Required Text:
THE ENGINEER OF 2020; VISIONS OF ENGINEERING IN THE
NEW CENTURY. National Academy of Engineering of The National
Academie. The National Academies Press. Washington, DC.
www.nap.edu
At RIT we are invested in you being successful from the very start. Meeting once a week during
fall and winter quarters, the First Year Enrichment (FYE) course will focus on providing you
with proven strategies to enhance your personal, academic and professional success and facilitate
your transition to the RIT community.
Your FYE instructor will also serve as your performance coach for the year. In this unique role,
your instructor will be available to provide assistance with any issues you may experience this
year and will help you to establish academic and personal goals to maximize your potential to
achieve academic success and meet the challenges frequently presented by collegiate life.
Goals of the course:
a) Transition and Community Involvement. To support students as they make the
transition from high school and assist them in their acclimation to RIT community by
fostering student engagement and involvement within academic programs, colleges
and the university as a whole.
b) Campus Resources. To promote awareness and utilization of campus resources and
services as a means toward achieving academic and personal success.
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c) Academic Personal Success Strategies. To assist students in the development of
personal and academic success strategies.
d) Ethics, Values, and Information Management. To provide students opportunities
to understand and develop their ability to locate, evaluate, synthesize and use
information effectively and ethically within a collegiate setting.
e) Global Society. To foster a community that appreciates the view points of diverse
personal experiences and prepares students to succeed professionally in an
increasingly global society.
f) Professional Development. As appropriate, to introduce college specific material
that reinforces students career objectives and establishes a foundation for continued
professional development and success.
g) Personal Responsibility & Decision Making. To improve students personal selfmanagement by providing opportunities for students to develop personal goals,
examine their responses to adversity, and accept responsibility for their own learning
and wellness.
Course Expectations:
As stated in the RIT Rights and Responsibilities Handbook, RIT is a learning community where
time, energy and resources are directed toward learning and personal development. It is our
intent with this course to create a safe and respectful classroom environment in which all ideas
can be expressed and exchanged, where individual members continually strive to exceed their
personal best in academic performance and the development of interpersonal and professional
skills.
Course Requirements:
Attendance/Participation (REQUIRED)
o Class attendance is required and will be recorded at each class session.
o 3 absences = D, 4 absences from this course = F.
o Attendance/participation equates to:
arriving to class on time and remaining for the full class period,
If you are more than 5 minutes late = an absence.
respectfully following the course expectations, and
participating fully in class discussions and activities.
FYE Performance Coaching (REQUIRED)
o Students are required to participate in at least one hour performance coaching
session per quarter with their FYE Instructor.
o Non-attendance of the coaching appointment requirement is an automatic failure
of the course.
o Please note that TEN POINTS will be deducted for each scheduled appointment
missed.
Assignments (REQUIRED)
o Assignments are to be indicative of college level work. (See rubric below)
o Assignments are to be submitted on or before the due date.
o No late assignments will be accepted.
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FYE Course Evaluation: To Be Completed Online
o The FYE course evaluation process is very important as your is feedback valuable
to the program and for your FYE experience. We highly value your input and
will use that information to tailor the FYE experience to your needs and
experience.
o The online course evaluation is a confidential process and will NOT affect your
final grade. Your instructor will NOT receive results until grades have been
submitted.
o INCENTIVE CONTEST:
If 75% of the class (based on class enrollment) fills out the course
evaluation online, every student in the class will get 5 points added to
their final FYE grade!
The instructor will receive reports from the online system as to who has
completed the evaluation. This report will NOT be connected in any way
with your answers so confidentiality will be secured.
o Any questions regarding the evaluation process can be directed to Online
Learning: [e-mail] or 475-5089.
Student Responsibility/Class Protocols
o Cell phones and other electronic communication devices (INCLUDING
LAPTOPS) must be turned off before entering the classroom.
o It is the responsibility of the student to obtain any information missed due to
absence from class.
Academic Accommodations:
Rochester Institute of Technology is committed to upholding and maintaining all aspects of the
Federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973. If you are a student with a disability and wish to request accommodations, please
contact the Office of Disability Services located in the Eastman Building, Room 2342, or call
475-7804. Any information regarding your disability will remain confidential. Because many
accommodations require early planning, requests for accommodations should be made as early
as possible. Any requests for accommodations will be reviewed in a timely manner to determine
their appropriateness to this setting.
Academic Integrity:
Rochester Institute of Technology does not condone any form of academic dishonesty. Any act
of improperly representing another persons work as ones own is construed as an act of
academic dishonesty. These acts include, but are not limited to, plagiarism in any form, or use of
information and materials not authorized by the instructor during an examination. If a faculty
member judges a student to be guilty of some form of academic dishonesty, the student may be
given a failing grade for the piece of work, depending upon the severity of the misconduct.
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Grading:
The final grading distribution is as follows:
A: 100-90
B: 89-80
C: 79-70
Course Element Per Quarter
Assignments:
Autobiography
Questions for Alumni/Student Panels
Action Planning Guide
Choose 2 assignments from the list below:
*Review instruction sheet on mycourses for below
assignments*
Start of class activity
Lunch-n-Learning
Article Review
Meet the Author: Ghost Map (Oct. 11, 2007)
Book Review
Coaching - COURSE REQUIREMENT
Community Development
Class Attendance - Required
Course Evaluation
Final Grade
D: 69-60
F: below 60
Point Value
60 pts to be earned:
10pts
10pts
20pts
20pts
10pts
10pts
10pts
10pts
10pts
30 Points
10 Points
Required
**5 Points extra credit if at least 75% of
class completes course evaluation
100 Points
Grading rubric for written assignments
A paper is well organized, demonstrates original thinking, has minimal grammar or spelling
problems that do not distract the reader, is interesting to read and fully meets the expectations of
the assignment.
B paper has few grammatical or spelling errors, is clearly written and fully or mostly meets
the expectations of the assignment.
C paper has moderate organizational, grammatical or spelling problems and/or only partly
fulfils the expectations of the assignment.
D paper is difficult to read because of organization, grammar or spelling and only partly
fulfils the objectives of the assignment
F paper does not fulfill the objectives of the assignment or is plagiarized.
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FYE Fall Quarter 2007 (Subject to Change)
Week
Week 1
9/3 - 9/7
Topic
Introduction to FYE
Insider Knowledge
Comments
HW: Autobiography (Due 9/10 by 9am)
Library Tour
TODAY: MEET IN LIBRARY
Week 2
9/10 9/14
Week 3
9/17 9/21
Week 4
9/24 9/28
HW: Choice Assignment #1
(Due 10/1 by 9am)
Week 5
10/1 10/5
10/4 10/7
Week 6
10/8 10/12
BRICK CITY WEEKEND
Co-op Poster Presentation
Week 7
10/15 10/19
Registration
HW: Finalize your questions for the Alumni
Panel
Week 8
10/22 10/26
Alumni Panel
HW: Choice Assignment #2
(Due 10/29 by 9am)
Week 9
10/29 11/2
HW: Questions for Alumni Panel
(Due 10/15 by 9am)
HW: Action Planning Guide
(Due 11/5 by 9am)
Week 10
11/5 11/9
Week 11
EXAM WEEK
11/12 11/17
Activity TBD
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