Inside College Success COLLG110 3 Credits Section# 9064 - AAH 138-9am Section# 9068 - ADM 137-11am Pg. 2. Contacting the Professor Pg.3. Canvas Online Classroom & course outcomes. Pg. 4. Disability Accommodations, Assignments & Late Work, Academic Honesty Pg. 5. Paper Formatting Safety & Emergencies Pg. 6. Course Format & Grading Pg. 7. Schedule Overview INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Stanley Williams, BM, MMusEd Assistant Professor of Music Office Hours: By appointment. Email: smwilliams@pierce.ctc.edu Phone: 253-677-1705 REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS *Blue or black pens *Notebook (for taking notes during class) *Folder or 3-ring binder (for organizing class handouts and related materials) *3x5 white notecards (for in-class activities and assignments) *A computer with Internet access and Microsoft Word or knowledge of and access to Google Docs. You are expected to bring the items marked with asterisks (*) to class every day. Please note: There is no required textbook for this course Pg. 8. Grading Rubric COLLG110 College Success 1
CONTACTING THE PROFESSOR If you have a question, first check the course syllabus to see if it covers the information you need. If it does not, feel free to make an appointment for a visit. If you need to contact me online, I prefer Canvas messages. I ll try to respond to you within 24 hours. However, it may be up to 48 hours. I will try to respond in a more timely manner when possible. Be detailed in your message and provide me me with the course and item number or schedule for our class; this will assist me in providing accurate and timely responses. Contacting professors is a great way to practice professional communication skills. Your communications should have a greeting, succinct information about the course, your question, correct spelling and grammar, and include your name and contact information. Here's a template to follow: Hi Professor Williams. This is Bill Gates and I am in your College Success class that meets on M-W-F on the Puyallup campus. My section number is 7777. I would like to make sure I understand our upcoming assignment, due next Thursday. We are supposed to write a personal reflection paper in response to the class discussion and the article that was assigned, correct? You can reach me at the Gates mansion. You may have to work your way through a bit of security, but please be patient and you will get through. Or you can email me at billgatesgazillionaire@pierce. ctc.edu. Thank you! Bill Gates COLLG110 College Success 2
CANVAS (Online Classroom) While our course meets face-to-face several times per week, we will be "web-enhancing" the course by using the Canvas classroom. Canvas allows you to submit assignments, review feedback, and check your scores. You can access Canvas from the Pierce College website (https://www.pierce.ctc.edu) by clicking Shortcuts, then ecampus/canvas Login. If you experience technical difficulties when using Canvas, please report them to the elearning Team by contacting dltechhelp@pierce.ctc.edu or 253.964.6244. COURSE OUTCOMES During this course, students will... 1. Continually assess individual strengths, skills, characteristics and interests in order to pursue personal, academic and career goals. 2. Identify and use college resources and services in order to aid in personal and academic success. 3. Utilize study skills in order to comprehend, retain, and apply class content. 4. Demonstrate productive self-monitoring habits in order to make sound decisions about personal, career, and academic choices. 5. Engage with peers, instructors, and college community in order to build culturally diverse relationships that foster personal, academic, and career success. 6. Apply their understanding of the rigorous expectations of college in order to achieve success as a student. CORE ABILITY OUTCOMES: RESPONSIBILITY Pierce College has identified five core ability outcomes that graduates of Pierce College should possess in order to thrive and enrich our world: critical, creative, and reflective thinking; responsibility; information competency; effective communication, and multiculturalism. This course is designed for students to develop the core ability responsibility, which means: Students will be able to respond by examining the relationship between self, community, and environments; evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions; and making choices and contributions based on that examination and evaluation. COLLG110 College Success 3
ACCOMMODATIONS 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 experience 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. Assignments & Late Work Written Handwritten assignment s will not be accepted. All assignments must be either typed or scanned for submission. 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). 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. All assignments will be submitted through Canvas, our online learning management system, by 11:59 pm on the due date. Late work can be submitted up to one week (7 days) late for 50% of the points you earn. There is no extra credit in this course unless instructor deems appropriate. Place your attention and effort on the assigned material and plan to complete your work in advance of the due date this will support your success! COLLG110 College Success 4
TYPED PAGES & FORMATING INFORMATION Typed assignments must be completed and submitted in Microsoft Word in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins, and a standard single- spaced header at the top left with your name, the course/item, instructor, the date, and name of assignment. Your First & Last Name College 110, Section #9xxx Professor Stanley Williams Month/Day/Year Assignment Name Assignment text should be double-spaced and typed in 12-point Times New Roman font. The header is the only part of the paper that is single-spaced and it should only appear on the first page. Create a cover page based on the example that I have placed at the bottom of the Modules link in Canvas. It will demonstrate all of the details that I'm looking for. SAFETY & EMERGENCIES In the event of an emergency, call 911 and then Campus Safety. Save both of these numbers in your cell phone: (253) 840-8481 Puyallup (PY) Safety, (253) 964-6751 Ft. Steilacoom (FS) Safety. In the event of inclement weather, check the Pierce College website, local news/radio reports, or call (253) 840-8400 (PY), (253) 964-6500 (FS) for a recorded message about whether or not campus is open. If you are unable to attend class, you are responsible for any material that you miss. If you know in advance that you will miss class, please do me the courtesy of sending me an email or Canvas message ahead of time. When you have to miss class, I recommend identifying a partner who can share notes with you. Keep in mind that due to the nature of our course activities, some in-class work cannot be made up. 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. COLLG110 College Success 5
COURSE FORMAT & OVERVIEW My teaching style promotes student interaction and dialogue. In this course, not only will you do individual reading, writing, and reflecting, but we will also have conversations with one another. You can expect me to be invested in your learning and growth during this course. I expect you to take responsibility for your learning and growth during this course. You should arrive to class prepared, ready to participate in conversations, and ask any questions that you may have. A note about civility: The classroom is a special place where students and teachers come together to learn and grow. It is essential that the classroom be a place of respect, courtesy, and civility. Please be mindful of the effect your words have on our classroom community. Significant and/or continued disruptive behavior prevents us from meeting our course outcomes and may result in disruptive students being asked to leave the classroom. GRADING Your grade will be based upon your attendance, participation (e.g., completing in-class notecard activities, journals, worksheets, and positively contributing to group discussions) and completed homework. I will use the point/percentage table below to calculate the grade you have earned. I encourage you to pay attention to the scores posted in Canvas so that you can keep track of your progress in the course. I aim to grade student work within 10 days. Please see grading rubric on last page. COLLG110 College Success 6
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