COL 100 - Introduction to College Skills and Survival Strategies.pdf

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University College of the Cayman Islands
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE NAME: INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE AND SURVIVAL
STRATEGIES COURSE #: COL 100
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to enable students to be familiar with the tools, skills, and
attitudes necessary to transition from high school to college, and provide tips for
navigating its complexities. Topics to be covered include dealing with change,
increasing self-esteem and motivation, goal setting skills, learning styles, multiple
intelligences, memory development, listening skills, note-taking skills, study skills, test-
taking, communication and speaking skills, critical thinking skills, and career issues.
Information gathered and topics discussed in this course will be useful to facilitate
growth on personal and academic levels. Students will also learn the importance of
understanding self, also their emotional responses and articulating their hopes and
goals.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to learn and adopt
methods that promote their success in college and life.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Discuss how they are responsible for their experience in college.
2. Describe ways in which they can create a successful, satisfying college
experience.
3. Discuss procedures for focusing attention on reading, listening, and note taking
tasks.
4. Identify personal learning style and its role in effective learning.

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5. List and describe specific methods to:
a. Improve the ability to recall information
b. Manage time more efficiently
c. Read a textbook with improved understanding and retention
d. Prepare for and take notes
e. Listen, with comprehension, to a lecture
f. Deal with changes in personal and professional life
g. Use personality typology to best advantage
h. Learn and practice how to change inappropriate habits and behaviors
6. Develop decision-making skills for effective goal setting
7. Learn tools for creating new ideas, problem solving, and thinking.
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Course Content
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 Introduction & Fundamentals of College and Survival Strategies
 Identify and apply the Essential Cornerstones for Success in a Changing World.
 Create Positive Change in Your own Life
 Set, evaluate, and adjust realistic and attainable SMART goals.
 Internal and External Motivation
 Dealing with adversity and failure
 Understanding Self-esteem, values and adjusting attitudes
 Understanding the Rules of College, professors’ expectations and the importance
of planning ahead.
 Understanding technology use and abuse, issues of self-disclosure, and develop
Information Literacy
 Critical and Creative Thinking Skills, steps in the process and develop tolerance
for uncertainty.
 Priority, Procrastination, & Time Management,
 Self-discipline and Identifying Values.