Campus orientation
time management techniques
utilizing technology
evaluation of internet resources
goal setting
information integrity
career exploration
academic integrity
library skills
personality types
career skills
learning styles
test taking strategies
managing finances
diversity in society
group process
note taking
listening skills
textbook usage
concentration
memory proactive strategies
distance education
health and wellness issues
(from syllabus)
Welcome to the libguide for IVYT 101, Life Skills First Year Seminar, for the East Central region! Please explore this guide to find tips and strategies that will help you succeed both in the First Year Seminar course as well as your college career as a whole. The skills you will build here are fundamental to all college-level courses, and they will help prepare you also for life after college - for that great trek into the unknown called the "real world."
From the syllabus, "This course provides students with specific skills and strategies necessary to reach their educational, career, and life objectives. Topics include time management, study skills, learning styles, campus and community resources, critical thinking, utilization of technology, career skills, and diversity in society."
Contact Information
Karen Lang
Humanities Assistant Professor/Pgm Chair
klang@ivytech.edu
(765) 289-2291
Ext. 1442
Upon successful completion of this course the student will
be expected to:
1. Identify learning style and personality type and apply
this information to develop a personal study and learning strategy.
2. Demonstrate proactive strategies in achieving
educational goals.
3. Adjust to and successfully navigate the college
infrastructure and its social environment.
4. Develop effective application of study skills such as
note taking, listening, textbook usage, test preparation, concentration, memory
skills, and time management.
5. Demonstrate the use of basic computer functions
including the ability to send and receive email with attachments, access
institutional web sites, use internet search engines, and use technology for
communication and research.
6. Locate and utilize a variety of resources on and off
campus.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of distance education options and
expectations.
8. Explore and apply critical and creative thinking
strategies.
9. Set goals and explore career and educational options.
10. Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of human
diversity.
11. Examine personal and wellness issues that can have an
impact on college success and develop stress management and other strategies
for handling those issues.
12. Increase awareness concerning information and academic
integrity.
13. Demonstrate knowledge of financial resources and goals
for managing financial resources.
14. Demonstrate familiarity with library resources both on
campus and online and be able to effectively access those resources.
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