Course Information COLLG110 2964 5 credits Classroom: OLY 308/online Final: online COLLEGE SUCCESS About Your Instructor, MAEd Office: CAS 516 (Fort Steilacoom) Office hours: 12:20 12:50 pm MTWTh or by appointment Phone: (253) 964-6229 Email: mhobbs@pierce.ctc.edu Course Description College Success is designed to prepare students to navigate the college system and enhance opportunities for success. The course emphasizes college success strategies, self-assessment, goal-setting, career exploration, effective study habits, campus resources, and efficient use of online tools for learning, educational planning, and enrollment. Please feel free to ask me any questions you have about the content of this syllabus. Course Materials Access to Microsoft Word, Canvas, and the Internet Standard college notebook, pens/pencils, and a binder or folder for storing papers PLEASE NOTE: This course does not have a required textbook. Course Outcomes During the course, students will: Apply their understanding of the rigorous expectations of college in order to achieve success as a student. Continually assess individual strengths, skills, characteristics, and interests in order to pursue personal, academic, and career goals. Demonstrate productive self-monitoring habits in order to make sound decisions about personal, career, and academic choices. Engage with peers, instructors, and college community in order to build culturally diverse relationships that foster personal, academic, and career success. Identify and use college resources and services in order to aid in personal and academic success. Utilize study skills in order to comprehend, retain, and apply class content. Pierce College Core Ability Outcome Responsibility: Students will be able to critically examine the relationships among self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems. 1
Course Calendar Week Topics 1 Course overview and themes 2 Reading strategies; support resources 3 Support resources; self-assessment; growth mindset; motivation 4 Brain plasticity; growth mindset; goal-setting; self-assessment 5 Education planning; Pathways; career research 6 Principles of optimal learning; note-taking processes and formats 7 Principles of optimal learning; preparing for tests and assessments 8 Preparing for tests and assessments; working in teams; wellness 9 Finishing strong; educational goals revisited; support resources; social capital 10 Recap; final presentations 11 Wrap-up and closing Circumstances may require changes to this schedule at my discretion. Grading Scale You will be assessed in a variety of ways during this course, primarily through assignments. For specific information about each assignment, you should refer to Canvas. If you miss or fail to complete 20% or more of the graded work, you may have to retake the course. Successful completion (2.0 or higher) of College 110 is required for all programs at Pierce. The following scale determines your final grade (75% or higher is required to pass): A 100-95% 4.0 86% 3.1 C 69% 1.4 76% 2.1 94% 3.9 B 85% 3.0 D+ 68% 1.3 93% 3.8 84% 2.9 67% 1.2 A- PASS 75% 2.0 92% 3.7 83% 2.8 66% 1.1 D 91% 3.6 82% 2.7 65% 1.0 B- 74% 1.9 90% 3.5 81% 2.6 89% 3.4 80% 2.5 73% 1.8 88% 3.3 79% 2.4 72% 1.7 F >65% 0.0 B+ C- C+ 78% 2.3 71% 1.6 87% 3.2 77% 2.2 70% 1.5 2
Behavior Expectations Be engaged o Check Canvas regularly for new information o Keep your phone in your bag o Participate fully in class and online activities o Read all assigned materials o Respond to online discussions in a timely fashion o Treat every day as an opportunity to learn Be respectful o Be polite to your classmates and teacher o Listen when others are talking o Raise your hand if you wish to speak or ask a question in class o Use academic English in your work o Write your online posts in a manner fit for an academic setting Be responsible o Ask about what you missed if you are absent or if you fall behind o Attend all class sessions on time o Bring your book and homework to class every day o Talk to me about any issues you re facing that inhibit your work o Turn in all assignments when they are due Attendance Please come to class. Fifteen percent of your grade is based on attendance. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to contact me if necessary to find out what you missed I will not chase you down to help you catch up. Most of our assignments and class materials are posted on Canvas, so if you are gone, you should check Canvas and complete the work you missed as soon as possible. Some in-class assignments are harder to make up because the content they cover is based on a one-time experience that we have together in class. If you have an appointment or other reason you must miss class or a deadline for an assignment, please message me on Canvas to make special arrangements before you are absent. I am generally happy to accommodate you if you contact me in advance of an absence. Work is due on time whether you are present or not if you can t be in class, send me your assignment via Canvas before it s due. Assignments are due at the end of the class on the due date unless otherwise specified. If you are absent and have not contacted me beforehand to make arrangements, it is left to my discretion whether you can receive an extension for an assignment or not. Cell phones Texting, checking social media or email, playing games, or talking on the phone during class are considered rude behaviors, and can disrupt your learning and that of your classmates. When your eyes are on your phone, you are not listening or learning. Please do not use your phone during class. You will gain a lot more by being mentally present in the classroom. Your friends on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat/whatever can wait! Also, please don t sit in class with headphones in or hanging from your ears. It is important that you dedicate all of your focus and attention to what s happening in the classroom. 3
If you have a situation where you urgently need to make or take a call, it s no big deal. It happens. Please have the courtesy to step into the hallway to quickly take care of the issue, and quietly rejoin the class once you are finished. Cheating and plagiarism If you are caught cheating or plagiarizing in this class, you may be given a 0 grade on the assignment. If you are caught cheating or plagiarizing a second time, we will have a conversation to decide if you will fail the class or not. Please see the section on Academic Honesty (on page 7 of this syllabus) for more information. Civility The classroom is a special place where students and faculty come together to learn and grow. It is essential that our learning space be a place of respect, courtesy, and civility. Please be mindful of the effect your words and actions have on our classroom community. Treat one another with respect you may not always agree with other people, but listening respectfully to the thoughts and opinions of others is a skill that you will utilize throughout your academic and professional careers. Each person has ideas, wisdom, and experiences to share. Significant and/or continued disruptive or disrespectful behavior prevents us from meeting our course outcomes and may result in me taking disciplinary action to fix the problem. Communication with your instructor I expect you to check your student email account and Canvas account regularly (daily is best!). If I need to contact you about an assignment or project, I will send a message through Canvas. I check my inbox often during my workday, so if you send me a message on a weekday, you should expect a reply within one day. If you have problems connecting to Canvas or your student email, please speak with me as soon as you can so we can fix the issue. Discussions This course has online discussions as part of the curriculum. Students may also desire to discuss topics with other students on the General Discussion board. I may, as part of the course, publish discussion questions/topics and require your input. Should you desire to hold a discussion with other students enrolled in the course, you may be authorized to create your own discussion topics. Talk to me about this if you want to do so. Extra credit There will be one extra credit assignment during this class, near the end of the quarter. Additionally, if you do not use your LATE PASS during the quarter, you will automatically receive five points for turning in all work on time. No other extra credit will be offered, so please make your best effort to turn in every assignment on time, or within seven days if you are unable to finish it by the deadline. Do not ask me for extra credit work to make up lost points; I will not provide it. 4
Formatting assignments Any homework that is typed should be done with the following format considerations: double-spaced body text, normal margins (1 on all sides), 12-point Arial, Cambria, Courier, or Times New Roman font. Include this single-spaced header at the top left of your first page: Your first and last name month/day/year assignment name Incomplete/No credit grade I do not offer Incomplete or No Credit grades unless circumstances are provably dire. Please do not ask for these grades from me unless you honestly believe your life situation outside of class warrants an extension. You will need to provide documentation to prove that this is so. Late work Work is due at the end of the class period on the due date unless otherwise specified. After that time, I will accept work up to seven days (one week) late. However, your score will be cut by 50% on all late assignments. If you are absent from class or forget your work at home, you can send me your assignment through Canvas, but unless you have made arrangements with me beforehand, it will be considered late. Speak to me if you are ever unsure about a due date for an assignment or if it s too late to submit something. Each student will receive one LATE PASS they may use during the quarter. When submitted with an assignment, I will grade the assignment as though it were turned in on time, regardless of how late it is. Even assignments from the beginning of the quarter can be submitted near the end with your LATE PASS. There are a few exceptions; they are noted on the pass itself. Use your pass wisely because once it s gone, you don t get another! Participation You are expected to participate during class activities. This means asking questions, answering questions when asked, sitting and listening quietly when I or other students are talking, trying each activity or assignment when it is offered, and generally paying attention to what is happening. The more you participate in class, the more you will learn! Snow days If we have very icy or snowy weather, please go to the Pierce College website (www.pierce.ctc.edu) to check for closures or late starts. Tardiness Please be on time to class. We meet for only 75 minutes, which might seem like forever if you re bored but is actually not very much time at all. If you are even ten minutes late, you have already missed over 10% of the day s material! I often give important instructions or make announcements at the beginning of class, and if you aren t there, you will miss these items. You should treat your classes like a job: would you show up late to work and not expect any repercussions? If you are 15 or more minutes late without prior approval from me, I will mark you absent for the day. 5
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College and Department Policies The following college and department policies apply to this class: Academic Honesty As a Pierce College student, you are expected to comply with the Pierce College Student Code of Conduct. This code states that students are subject to disciplinary action as a result of conduct violations, including academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty is defined as plagiarism, misrepresentation of self or student work product or representation of work of others as your own, cheating, or other acts of academic dishonesty. You are expected to take responsibility for your own work. Cheating, plagiarism, and other acts of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in this course. Student work that violates the code will earn 0 points. Any subsequent incidents of academic dishonesty may result in a failing grade for the course. I will report academic dishonesty to the Dean of Student Success. A full list of possible disciplinary sanctions is outlined in the Student Code of Conduct. Access & Disability Services Your experience in this class is important to me, and it is the policy and practice of Pierce College to create inclusive and accessible learning environments consistent with federal and state law. If you encounter barriers based on disability, please seek a meeting with the Access and Disability Services (ADS) manager to discuss and address them. If you have already established accommodations with the ADS manager, please bring your approved accommodations (green sheet) to me at your earliest convenience so we can discuss your needs in this course. ADS offers resources and coordinates reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are established through an interactive process between you and the ADS manager, and I am available to help facilitate them in this class. If you have not yet established services through ADS, but have a temporary or permanent disability that requires accommodations (this can include but not be limited to: mental health, attention-related, learning, vision, hearing, physical, or health impacts), you are encouraged to contact ADS at (253) 964-6526 (Fort Steilacoom) or (253) 840-8335 (Puyallup). Safety and Emergencies In the event of an emergency, call 911, and then Campus Safety. You may wish to save one or both of these numbers in your phone: (253) 840-8481 Puyallup Campus Safety (253) 964-6751 Ft. Steilacoom Campus Safety If I am unable to attend class due to my own emergency or illness, I will do my best to send a message to the entire class in advance and a sign will be posted on the classroom door. 7