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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ??(SLS 1101) College SuccessFall 2020______________________________________________________________________Instructor: Ms. BushEmail: rbush@______________________________________________________________________Catalog Course Description:This course is designed to help the student transition into a college environment. It helps the student to develop successful academic and personal strategies in order to succeed both in and out of the classroom.Textbook:"College Success:" Saylor Foundation/ University of Minnesota Press/ Creative Commons License.Course Program Outcome:The student will demonstrate effective reading, writing, and speaking skills/Student Learning Outcomes:The student will:Develop skills for classroom success;Navigate the college environment, including important departments, selecting classes;Developing skills for time management;Prepare for possible assessments and manage test anxiety;Demonstrate knowledge and proficiency about the learning environment, in effectively taking advantage of their respective learning styles, handling a variety of collegiate assessments, and gaining vital life skills on their way to self-efficacy, such as dealing with diversity and managing stressful situations;Use proper grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation;Use of proper reading strategies, main ideas, and inferring from text to formulate decision making skills;Proper use of vocabulary and main ideas to communicate and formulate a well thought plan and goals for college plans.Assessments:Student competency will be assessed through the use of the following:Classwork assignment from the textbook and work assignments posted on the course page;Exams and quizzes.All written assessments will comply with the Gordon Rule.Grading Scale:??DescriptionLowHigh?AExcellent94.5100?A-Excellent90.094.49?B+Very Good88.089.49?BGood82.587.99?B-Good80.082.49?C+Average78.079.99?CAverage70.077.99?DBelow Average60.069.99?FFailing0.059.99???Writing Assignments ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? 35%Question and Answer Review ? ? ?? 30%Quizzes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 5%Exams ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? 20%Discussion ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? 10%Academic Integrity:Students in the class must know, observe, and not compromise the principles of academic integrity. It is not permissible to cheat, fabricate, or falsify information, to submit the same academic work in more than one course without prior permission, to plagiarize, to receive unfair advantage, or to otherwise abuse accepted practices for handling and documenting information. The grade for this course includes the judgment that the student's work is free from academic dishonesty of any type. Violations or infractions will be reported to the Chief Student Affairs Officer and may lead to failure of the course and other sanctions imposed by the of FormBottom of Form ................
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