INTS 1000 - First-Year Experience

1. Demonstrate self-awareness of abilities, beliefs, and emotional intelligence that hinder or enhance the ability to be successful in college.
2. Demonstrate proficiency in how to use Learner Management Systems (LMS).
3. Understand college resources and how to utilize them.
4. Learn and practice self-management skills and techniques.
5. Examine personal skills and values to begin to develop career and academic plans.
6. Learn and demonstrate personal responsibility skills as they relate to expectations for college students.
7. Gain an understanding of self-motivation and skills that perpetuate self-initiative to set short and long-term goals.
8. Identify and demonstrate basic study strategies.
9. Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills through building relationships with faculty, staff and other students.
10. Develop an awareness of critical-thinking and problem-solving procedures.

1. Computer skills (for example: D2L Brightspace)
2. Self-management techniques such as time management, schedule planning, goal setting, balancing self/time/stress, and decision-making
3. Skill and strategies for developing self-awareness, values, and emotional intelligence; understanding of strengths using CliftonStrengths for Students
4. College resources focused on developing an academic and/or career plan
5. Personal responsibility skills like self-advocacy, autonomy, taking ownership of self and education
6. Personal motivators, motivational strategies, and how they impact setting short and long-term goals
7. Study strategies, such as note-taking, test-taking, text-book reading, and writing
8. Communication skills such as active listening strategies and intra-inter-and public communication skills
9. Development of critical-thinking and problem-solving skills through active engagement and open-ended problems and scenarios
10. Resiliency and self-care skills such as social support, GRIT, health and wellness