Course Outline/Calendar
CSUN
University 100
Freshman Seminar
Fall, 2011
16695
Tue/Thu 12:30pm - 1:45pm (Tue 8/30 - Thu 12/15, 16 weeks)
JH2206
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
[updated: Tuesday, December 20, 2011]
"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 # 16695, for the Fall, 2011 semester.
This course meets Tue/Thu 12:30pm - 1:45pm (Tue 8/30 - Thu 12/15, 16 weeks) in JH2206 [ Campus Map, Google Maps, Google Earth ].
The following summary identifies the key terms used in the course outline.
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- Question:
- A general organizing question to place this particular material in context
- Topic(s):
- General topic(s) to be discussed
- Staley:
- Readings from the textbook
- Walls:
- Readings from the memoir
- 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: Tue. Aug 30, 2011
Question: How is success defined in this course?
- Topic(s): Enrollment Management, Class Materials
- Topic(s): Class Overview, Class in Context
- Informational: Tips Organized Specifically for First-time Freshmen [ .html ]
- Informational: Information Specifically Organized for UNIV 100 Students [ .html ]
- Tips from the "Learning Habits" Project [ .pdf ]
- Informational: CSUN Students can print 20 free pages per day in the University Student Union (USU) [ .html ]
Week 1: Thu. Sep 1, 2011
Question: How do we acknowledge, understand, and leverage the student diversity in this course?
- Topic(s): Class Introductions
- Activity: Class "Icebreaker" [ .ppt ]
- Additional/Optional Activity: (Thursday, Sep. 1) 11:30am-1:00pm and 5:30pm-7:30pm (Bayramian Hall Lawn) President's Picnic
Week 2: Tue. Sep 6, 2011
Question: How does a student discern the thesis (key idea) and "takeaway" (individual learning) of a reading?
- Due: Assignment: Moodle
- (Note: Please a printed copy of each of your course syllabi to class today)
- Staley: Ch. 1, Building Dreams, Setting Goals
- Supplemental: CSUN Provost Dr. Harry Hellenbrand's Message to Students (Fall, 2011) [ .pdf ]
Week 2: Thu. Sep 8, 2011
Question: How does GPA change over time at the University?
- Due: Assignment: Student Essay #1
- Lecture: Guest (Ms. Adriana Garcia-Marin, Peer Mentor Coordinator)
- Supplemental: University Diaries
- Supplemental: Student Success: Overcoming Pernicious Myths [ .ppt ]
- Additional/Optional Activity: Thu. Sep 8, 2011 - 6:00pm-7:15pm Freshman Convocation [ .html ]
Week 3: Tue. Sep 13, 2011
- Activity: Interactive Panel Discussion with Peer Mentors [ Icebreaker ] [ Panel Questions ]
- Informational: Activities with the Peer Mentors [ .pdf ]
Week 3: Thu. Sep 15, 2011
Question: How do professionals, managers, and executives get heard above the organizational noise?
- Lecture: Guest/Survey (Carissa Capello, Vice President of Social Development, Business Honors Association)
- Topic(s): Continuous Improvement for Writing
- Walls: pp. 1-66 (A Woman on the Street; Desert)
Week 4: Tue. Sep 20, 2011
Question: How does a strong student both study for and evaluate the performace of a quiz or test?
- Staley: Ch. 2, Learning about Learning
- Supplemental: Deresiewicz (Disadvantages)
- Supplemental: Shellenbarger
- Supplemental: (Six Professors)
- Additional/Optional Activity: (Tuesday, Sep. 20) 9:30am-1:30pm and 3:00pm-6:00pm (Between Juniper Hall and Knoski Aud.) COBAE Welcome Day
- Supplemental: Quiz #1 Sample Questions
Week 4: Thu. Sep 22, 2011
Question: What
intermediate Literary Terms are useful for the Walls reading? (e.g.,
Analogy,
Antagonist,
Conflict,
Diction,
Humor,
Imagination,
Protagonist,
Soliloquy,
Symbol,
Transition)
- Walls: pp. 67-125 (Desert)
- Quiz: Quiz #1
- Due: (Fri, Sep 23) By this time, each student must have met outside of class with her or his Peer Mentor (Peer Mentor will initiate contact)
- Supplemental: Student Success: How is College very different from High School? [ .ppt ]
Week 5: Tue. Sep 27, 2011
Question: What resources does CSUN provide to assist students in all aspects of College life?
- Staley: Ch. 3, Making Use of Resources: Finances, Technology, and Campus Support
Week 5: Thu. Sep 29, 2011
Question:
- Walls: pp. 126-179 (Welch)
Week 6: Tue. Oct 4, 2011
Question:
- Staley: Ch. 4, Managing your Time and Energy
- Supplemental: Drucker
- Supplemental: Seelig
Week 6: Thu. Oct 6, 2011
Question: How do students locate and retrieve electronic articles via the CSUN Library online databases?
- Walls: pp. 180-241 (Welch)
- Supplemental: Student Success: How does one complement the 'story-narrative' theme in life with the 'scientific-logic' theme in College? [ .ppt ]
Week 7: Tue. Oct 11, 2011
Question:
- Topic(s): Team Assignment, Information Competency Project
- Supplemental: Glass Castle Learning Suggestions [ .pdf ]
- Additional/Optional Activity: Tue. Oct 11, 2011 - 6:30pm-8:30pm 'Money Matters' .pdf (Community Center at CSUN Housing)
Week 7: Thu. Oct 13, 2011
Question:
- Walls: pp. 242-288 (New York City; Thanksgiving)
- Lecture: Guest (Ms. Naomi Ogaldez, CSUN Project DATE, sexual assault awareness and prevention)
- In-class Presentation [ .ppt ]
Week 8: Tue. Oct 18, 2011
Question:
- Due: Walls Reflection (Moodle)
- Staley: Ch. 5, Thinking Critically and Creatively
- Supplemental: Rossy
- Supplemental: TED Talks (Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code) [ .html ]
- Additional/Optional Activity: Tue. Oct 18, 2011 - 10:00am-1:00pm Career Center 'Fall Job Fair' (USU, Northridge Center) [ .html ]
Week 8: Thu. Oct 20, 2011
Question:
- Staley: Ch. 6, Engaging, Listening, and Note-taking in class
- Walls: (contingency)
- Quiz: Quiz #2
- Supplemental: Towards Insightful Questions
- Activity: Freshmen Celebration Preparation [ .ppt ]
Week 9: Tue. Oct 25, 2011
Question: How does a student become a strong researcher using the resources of the CSUN Library?
- Topic(s): (remind students about CSUN Library tour next week on both Thursday and the following Tuesday)
- Due: Discussion of at least two themes from the Walls book for Information Competency assignment
- Additional/Optional Activity: Student Online Readiness Test (Is an Online course a good fit for you?) [ .html ]
- Due: U100 Library Tutorial
Week 9: Thu. Oct 27, 2011
Question:
- Topic(s): Lecture/Tour of CSUN Library (meet there, Library Room 251--Lecture Room in the Music and Media--Second Floor, East Wing, up the elevators and make a right turn)
Week 10: Tue. Nov 1, 2011
Question:
- Topic(s): Lecture/Tour of CSUN Library (meet there, Library Lab 'B'--Main Floor, West Wing, make a left turn just after the coffee stand)
Week 10: Thu. Nov 3, 2011
Question:
- Due: (Fri, Nov 4) By this time, each student must have identified a possible academic resource (e.g., Learning Resource Center, Writing Center, etc.) with her or his Peer Mentor
- Activity: Freshmen Celebration Preparation (personal reflection, group discussion, and presentation strategy/logistics)
Week 11: Tue. Nov 8, 2011
Question: How do we refine and repurpose our Library research skills?
- Topic(s): Review of Library Searching
- Staley: Ch. 7, Developing your Memory
- Supplemental: Noe
- Supplemental: Active Listening (Wikipedia) [ .html ]
- Topic(s): (remind students about Student Health Center tour on Thursday)
Week 11: Thu. Nov 10, 2011
Question: How do students research and study together?
Week 12: Tue. Nov 15, 2011
Question: How does a successful student craft a nurturing and productive study space?
- Activity: Career Center (Part 1 of 2, Orientation) (meet at the Career Center, University Hall 105)
- Staley: Ch. 8, Reading and Studying
- Supplemental: Surowiecki
Week 12: Thu. Nov 17, 2011
Question: What is reading comprehension and how does it improve with maturity?
- Activity: Career Center Orientation (Part 2 of 2, StengthsQuest Interpretation) (meet in class as usual, bring your printed "StrengthsQuest" report with you)
- Supplemental: O'Neill
- Supplemental: Student Success: How does one 'switch minds' between Lower-Division Core courses? [ .ppt ]
- Supplemental: Student Success: How Does One Absorb and Create Culture? [ .ppt ]
Week 13: Tue. Nov 22, 2011
Question: How do students demonstrate research skills and present findings in spoken form as a team?
- Due: Information Competency Presentations (all teams)
- Activity: Freshman Celebration preview (Alexandra, Veronica, Syed, Kevin)
- (discuss "Thanksgiving Exercise")
Week 13: Thu. Nov 24, 2011
Question:
- (no class - Thanksgiving Break)
Week 14: Tue. Nov 29, 2011
Question:
- Due: "Thanksgiving Exercise"
- Due: Assignment: Cultural Event
- (student evaluations)
- Quiz: Quiz #3
- Supplemental: Deresiewicz (Solitude)
- Supplemental: Student Success: How does one think about GE Courses? [ .ppt ]
- Additional/Optional Activity: Wed. Nov 30, 2011 - 10:00am-3:00pm Freshman Celebration [ .html ]
Week 14: Thu. Dec 1, 2011
Question:
- Staley: Ch. 9, Taking Tests
- Activity: Thu. Dec 1, 2011 - 10:00am-3:00pm Freshman Celebration (meet in the USU, not in our classroom) [ .html ]
Week 15: Tue. Dec 6, 2011
Question:
- Due: Assignment: Student Essay #2
- Activity: Reflections by Peer Mentors (Colleen, Nicole)
- Staley: Ch. 10, Building Relationships
- Supplemental: Deresiewicz (Faux)
- Activity: "Faux Friendship" [ .ppt ]
- Staley: Ch. 11, Choosing a College Major and a Career
- Supplemental: Wadhwa
- Supplemental: Merriman
Week 15: Thu. Dec 8, 2011
Question: How can future business students improve their use of MS-Excel and MS-Access?
- Topic(s): What is College?
- Due: (Fri, Dec 9) By this time, each student should have been invited to at least one CSUN event (e.g., Student Club, etc.) with her or his Peer Mentor
- Supplemental: Student Success: The Multiple Perspectives of a Business Student [ .ppt ]
- Open Questions [ .ppt ] (Tue. Nov 30, 2010)
- Lecture: End of Semester Brief [ .ppt ] (Thu. Dec 6, 2012)
- Lecture: Materials for Further Study [ .html ] (Fri. Aug 16, 2013)
Finals Week: Thu. Dec 15, 2011 (12:45pm - 2:45pm)
- (no final exam, no class meeting)
