FYEX-101 First Year Experience: A Pathway to Personal & Academic Success

Credits 2 / 2 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD-080.
In this course, students explore and experience their role in creating personal success. Students will learn and apply strategies for adjusting to college and academic performance. Participation in the course facilitates the development of critical thinking, study routines and academic preparation skills. Students will explore self-management methods, including time management, emotional intelligence, and diversity, equity and inclusion. Focus is placed on developing intrapersonal skills in grit, perseverance, and resiliency.

Course Outcomes
Describe the impact on student attitudes and academic success as it relates to emotional intelligence and a growth mindset.

Learning Objectives
•Describe emotional intelligence and key personal qualities
•Describe a positive attitude and motivation as they relate to student needs and desires
•List the benefits of a higher education

Performance Standards
•Define civility, empathy, ethics as they relate to student success.
•Apply the Adult Learning Cycle to self-control
•Define student needs and desires and how they influence attitudes and motivation.
•Define motivational strategies
•Realize the benefits of higher education

Identify, evaluate, and effectively use institutional and community resources.

Learning Objectives

•Identify internal institutional “people” resources
•Identify internal institutional programs and online resources
•Identify external community resources
•Identify external online and information resources

Performance Standards
•Research and identify internal institutional “people” resources
•Research and identify internal institutional program and online resources
•Research and identify external community resources
•Research and identify external online and information resources

Identify critical thinking and problem-solving strategies.

Learning Objectives
•Identify the essentials of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies
•Explain the problem-solving process
•Apply critical thinking to develop problem-solving strategies
•Describe common fallacies and errors in judgement
•Explain the importance of creativity in problem solving

Performance Standards
•Understand and apply Bloom’s Taxonomy to critical thinking skills
•Demonstrate the use of the Problem-Solving Process (Define, gather, develop, evaluate)
•Evaluate and use problem-solving strategies to foster and positive growth mindset
•Apply the ABC Method of self-management
•Practice creating a positive, open mindset that focuses on growth and effort

Cultivate self-management skills, including time management to create academic and personal goals.

Learning Objectives
•Use personal goals to identify priorities
•List time-management strategies
•Overcome obstacles with better time-management habits
•Practice self-management to create results

Performance Standards
•Create short tandlongtermgoalsasit relatestoacademic,personalandprofessionaldevelopment
•Demonstrate strategies to improve time management skills
•Practice identifying better time-management habits by using the Habits Cycle (procrastination, studytime, support system and positive attitudes)
•Complete time analysis to determine how to manage time

Cultivate comprehensive career goals and explore college major alignment to these goals.

Learning Objectives
•Explain career resources, including self-guided career assessment tools
•Explain the various career resources to identify career pathways and options
•Explain the information needed to develop a comprehensive career development portfolio

Performance Standards

•Investigate inventories, assessments, websites and other career resources
•Use available resources to research and evaluate career options
•Complete a career development portfolio

Cultivate supportive and diverse relationships.

Learning Objectives
•Identify strategies for communicating and building rapport
•Identify strategies for overcoming communication obstacles
•Explain the importance and benefits of diversity, equity and inclusion

Performance Standards
•Implement strategies for building communication and rapport based on respect, empathy and trust
•Practice attentive listening
•Appreciate diversity, equity and inclusion
•Practice using communication methods for respecting cultural differences

Apply positive growth mindset strategies that enhances perseverance and resiliency.

Learning Objectives
•Demonstrate how a positive open mindset creates perseverance
•Identify skills and competencies for school and job success
•Identify multiple learning styles and how they can be applied
•Describe how to overcome obstacles with positive habits and better focus

Performance Standards
•Complete self-assessment to measure resilience (GRIT)
•Define/differentiate how GRIT impacts learning
•Practice self-management
•Complete a learning style self-assessment andhowit canbe appliedto youracademic success
•Adapt and change by developing positive habits