Course Outline/Calendar

CSUN
University 100
Freshman Seminar

Fall, 2012
17651
Mon/Wed 9:30am - 10:45am (Mon 8/27 - Wed 12/5, 16 weeks)
JH2230

Wayne Smith   [ wayne.smith@csun.edu ]

Creative Commons License
The text on this web page is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
[updated: Thursday, December 6, 2012]

"There are five managerial roles; they are to set objectives, organize, motivate and communicate, measure, and develop people."
-Peter Drucker (1909-2005)

Course Outline/Calendar

The purpose of this web site is to provide information and materials for students enrolled in Wayne Smith's University 100 course, Class #  17651, for the Fall, 2012 semester. This course meets Mon/Wed 9:30am - 10:45am (Mon 8/27 - Wed 12/5, 16 weeks) in JH2230 [ Campus Map, Google Maps, Google Earth ].

The following summary identifies the key terms used in the course outline.

Note: Materials listed as (CSUN only) are restricted to CSUN students, faculty, and staff only. To access these restricted materials, CSUN stakeholders will need to enter their full CSUN email address and their CSUN password.

Question:
A general organizing question to place this particular material in context
Topic(s):
General topic(s) to be discussed
Beiderwell:
Readings from the textbook
Divakaruni:
Readings from the novel
Supplemental:
Readings from the supplemental materials (or occasionally, a direct, online resource)
Informational:
Web page links of general interest
Due:
Assignment due at the immediate beginning of class
Activity:
done individually or in teams (announced and done in-class)
Lecture:
presentation and discussion led primarily by the instructor
Homework:
Assignment to be completed before the beginning of the next class
Review:
Usually a student-led review of an assignment
Exercise:
done individually or in teams (announced and collected in-class)
Quiz:
a relatively short test
(contingency)
Slack time embedded during the course to cover unforeseen events

The following is the detail of the course in chronological order.

Week 1: Mon. Aug 27, 2012
Question: How is success defined in this course?
Week 1: Wed. Aug 29, 2012
Question: How do we acknowledge, understand, and leverage the student diversity in this course?
Week 2: Mon. Sep 3, 2012
Week 2: Wed. Sep 5, 2012
Week 3: Mon. Sep 10, 2012
Question: How does a student discern the thesis (key idea) and "takeaway" (individual learning) of a reading?
Question: What is reading comprehension and how does it improve with maturity?
Week 3: Wed. Sep 12, 2012
Question: How does GPA change over time at the University?
Week 4: Mon. Sep 17, 2012
Question: How do students--and the instructor is also a student--learn from feedback?
Week 4: Wed. Sep 19, 2012
Question: How do professionals, managers, and executives get heard above the organizational noise?
Week 5: Mon. Sep 24, 2012
Question: How can understand college life and college success better?
Week 5: Wed. Sep 26, 2012
Question: What elementary Literary Terms are useful for the Divakaruni reading? (e.g., Character, Plot, Setting, Style, Theme)
Question: What intermediate Literary Terms are useful for the Divakaruni reading? (e.g., Analogy, Antagonist, Conflict, Diction, Humor, Imagination, Irony, Protagonist, Sarcasm, Soliloquy, Symbol, Transition)
Question: What artful reading techniques can we identify and/or use? (e.g., pre-reading, scene/summary, subtext, ambiguity, realism, interpretation)
Week 6: Mon. Oct 1, 2012
Question: What resources does CSUN provide to assist students in all aspects of College life?
Week 6: Wed. Oct 3, 2012
Question:
Week 7: Mon. Oct 8, 2012
Question:
Week 7: Wed. Oct 10, 2012
Question: How do students locate and retrieve electronic articles via the CSUN Library online databases?
Week 8: Mon. Oct 15, 2012
Question:
Week 8: Wed. Oct 17, 2012
Question:
Week 9: Mon. Oct 22, 2012
Question: What constitutes ethical decision-making and ethical behavior?
Week 9: Wed. Oct 24, 2012
Question: How does a strong student both study for and evaluate the performace of a quiz or test?
Week 10: Mon. Oct 29, 2012
Question: How does a student become a strong researcher using the resources of the CSUN Library?
Week 10: Wed. Oct 31, 2012
Question: How do we leverage the Library?
Week 11: Mon. Nov 5, 2012
Question: How do we leverage the academic resources of the Library?
Week 11: Wed. Nov 7, 2012
Question: How do students research and present together?
Question: What is an Argument?
Week 12: Mon. Nov 12, 2012
Week 12: Wed. Nov 14, 2012
Question: How does a student maintain wellness?
Week 13: Mon. Nov 19, 2012
Question: How does a successful student craft a nurturing and productive study space?
Question: What kind of career might I like?
Week 13: Wed. Nov 21, 2012
Question: What kind of career might I excel at?
Week 14: Mon. Nov 26, 2012
Question: How do students demonstrate research skills and present findings in spoken form as a team?
Week 14: Wed. Nov 28, 2012
Question: How do students demonstrate research skills and present findings in spoken form as a team?
Week 15: Mon. Dec 3, 2012
Question:
Week 15: Wed. Dec 5, 2012
Question: What kinds of relationships matter?
Week 16: Mon. Dec 10, 2012
Question: How can students prepare for success after the first semester?
Finals Week: Wed. Dec 12, 2012 (12:45pm - 2:45pm)

Valid XHTML 1.1!