Appendix A
GEN/105 Version 10
Associate Level Material
Appendix A
Final Project Overview and Timeline
Final Project Overview
Your final project for GEN/105 is a Student Survival Guide. To complete your project, you will
draw from skills and information you learned in the course.
Your Student Survival Guide should be a functional tool for you to use throughout your program—
include specific details to make your action plans as realistic as possible. You can create a formal
paper, a brochure using one of the templates in Microsoft® Word, or another format as approved
by your instructor.
Your Student Survival Guide is composed of personal action plans designed to achieve success
in six primary areas:
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Adapting work habits to fit your personality
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General internet skills
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Understanding University of Phoenix’s academic honesty policy
Understanding consequences of plagiarism
Avoiding plagiarism
Setting and achieving goals
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Identifying technological tools available to University of Phoenix students
Using the University Library to conduct academic research
Locating the Center for Writing Excellence and the Center for Mathematics
Excellence
Upholding academic honesty
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Using the Internet for academic purposes
Appropriately communicating with different audiences
University of Phoenix and University Library resources
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Using your personality type for distance learning success
Relating to others who have different personality types and intelligences
Identifying long- and short-term educational and career goals
How to reach goals despite obstacles
How a University of Phoenix degree relates to goals
Managing time wisely
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Balancing time at University of Phoenix
Juggling school, work, and family responsibilities
Prioritizing and avoiding time-wasters
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Appendix A
GEN/105 Version 10
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Fostering reading comprehension and retention
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Using reading comprehension techniques for successful reading
Using SQ3R and other study habits
Final Project Timeline
You should budget your time wisely and work on your project throughout the course. The course
activities are designed to assist you in creating the action plans in your Student Survival Guide. If
you complete your course activities and use the feedback provided by the instructor, you will be
on the right track to successfully complete your project.
 Suggested in Week One: Read the Final Project Overview and Timeline in Appendix A.
Begin thinking about the topics in Weeks Two through Eight, which you will be writing about
in the Survival Guide.
 Suggested in Week Two: Compile tips and best practices for applying your personality type
to maximizing success in distance learning and professional environments.
 Suggested in Week Three: Compile tips and best practices for using the Internet for
academic purposes.
 Suggested in Week Four: Compile tips and best practices for using University of Phoenix’s
technology tools and University Library.
 Suggested in Week Five: Compile tips and best practices for upholding academic honesty.
 Suggested in Week Six: Compile tips and best practices for setting and achieving goals.
 Suggested in Week Seven: Compile tips and best practices for managing time wisely.
 Suggested in Week Eight: Compile tips and best practices for developing reading
comprehension and retention skills. Review and edit your previous weeks’ notes.
 Due in Week Nine: Complete and submit your final project.
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