Course+Content

=Course Content= Subject lead: ?

Laundry list of possible topics
To start, here is the Table of Contents from the book by Ellis:

INTRODUCTION: MAKING TRANSITIONS 1. FIRST STEPS 2. TIME 3. MEMORY 4. READING 5. NOTES 6. TESTS 7. THINKING 8. COMMUNICATING 9. DIVERSITY 10. MONEY 11. HEALTH 12. WHAT'S NEXT?

New Items:


 * 1) Learning Styles - Have the students learn how they learn and give them strategies to cope when class activities do not match their preferred learning style (Added by D. Roach)
 * 2) could the course include some faculty specific skills ie. regarding analysis of text, or dealing with scientific data? (D Creelman)
 * 3) Lifestyle management
 * 4) Wellness
 * 5) Career (long-term) planning
 * 6) Academic skills
 * 7) Memory
 * 8) Communication
 * 9) Notemaking
 * 10) Test taking
 * 11) Critical thinking
 * 12) Research
 * 13) How do we learn
 * 14) Kolb's ?
 * 15) Learning styles
 * 16) Strategies
 * 17) University ?
 * 18) Relevance
 * 19) Sense of belonging
 * 20) Student Services (where to get help when you need it)
 * 21) Norms and expectations

Just a quick note -- I found todays meeting to be very productive. Not sure exactly where this fits but I wanted to speak to Dr Creelmans suggestion of teaching 'some' history of UNBSJ as part of the course curriculum. It was mentioned in the meeting but dropped quickly. I think this is a terrific approach to start building community and have students recognize that they are indeed part of something larger. We could give them a sense of how the University has grown since 1964 into what it is today. It would not have to take too much time but could be very valuable in starting to create a sense of community. -- Wayne

FYI - Spotted this list of Institutions with First-Year Specific Seminars and Programs at @http://u101tech.sa.sc.edu/NRC/resources/output/FYE_Add_Programs_list.php?goto=3 where some of them include their course outlines. Interesting to look through them. e.g. California State University, Fullerton lists their 3 objectives as - Academic Success; Campus Involvement; and, Community Engagement. ~Diane