Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
First Year Seminar*
IVY 101
PREREQUISITES: None
DIVISION: General Education and Support Services
PROGRAM: General Education
CREDIT HOURS: 1
CONTACT HOURS: Lecture: 1
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Spring, 2005
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REVISION: Fall, 2006
CATALOG DESCRIPTION: 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.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the
student will be expected to:
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Identify learning style and personality type and apply this information to develop a
personal study and learning strategy.
Demonstrate proactive strategies in achieving educational goals.
Adjust to and successfully navigate the college infrastructure and its social environment.
Develop effective application of study skills such as note taking, listening, textbook
usage, test preparation, concentration, memory skills, and time management.
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.
Locate and utilize a variety of resources on and off campus.
Demonstrate knowledge of distance education options and expectations.
Explore and apply critical and creative thinking strategies.
Set goals and explore career and educational options.
Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of human diversity.
Examine personal and wellness issues that can have an impact on college success and
develop stress management and other strategies for handling those issues.
Increase awareness concerning information and academic integrity.
Demonstrate knowledge of financial resources and goals for managing financial
resources.
Demonstrate familiarity with library resources both on campus and online and be able to
effectively access those resources.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include-Campus orientation
Time management techniques
Utilizing technology
Evaluation of Internet resources
Goal setting
Information integrity
Career exploration
Academic Integrity
Library skills
Career skills
Test taking strategies
Diversity in society
Note taking
Textbook usage
Memory
Distance Education
Personality Types
Learning styles
Managing finances
Group process
Listening skills
Concentration
Proactive Strategies
Health and Wellness Issues
Methods of Delivery:
Course material will be conveyed via lecture, lab activities, small group
work, guest speakers, class discussion.
Textbooks:
Leonard, Enid. College Success Simplified. New York:
Pearson/Longman, 2005.
Clifton, Donald O. and Chip Anderson. StrengthsQuest. Washington
D.C.: The Gallup Organization, 2001.
Materials and Supplies: 3½ disks or flash drive. Loose Leaf Notebook, notetaking materials
Methods of Evaluation: Assignments, Attendance/Participation, Cumulative Notebook
Make-up Policy:
You will not be allowed to make up any in-class assignments. All work
must be submitted by the last class meeting.
Grading: Letter grades will then be determined based on the following scale:
90% - 100%
80% - 89%
70% - 79%
60% - 69%
59% and below
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B
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D
F
Grades will be weighted on the following scale:
Attendance
Assignments
Notebook
10%
40%
50%
Your notebook will consist of all assignments and a 3-5 page paper in which you analyze how you
can use your strengths in your academic career and as a basis for career planning.
Attendance: Your attendance is crucial to your success. Ten percent of your grade is based on
your attendance and class participation. Being tardy and leaving early may impact your
attendance grade. A Student Status Report may be written after three hours of absence.
Academic Honesty Statement: The College is committed to academic integrity in all its
practices. The faculty value intellectual integrity and a high standard of academic conduct.
Activities that violate academic integrity undermine the quality and diminish the value of
educational achievement. Cheating on papers, tests or other academic works is a violation of
College rules. No student shall engage in behavior that, in the judgment of the instructor of the
class, may be construed as cheating. This may include, but is not limited to, plagiarism or other
forms of academic dishonesty such as the acquisition without permission of tests or other
academic materials and/or distribution of these materials and other academic work. This includes
students who aid and abet as well as those who attempt such behavior
ADA Statement: If you need an accommodation because of a documented disability, you are
required to register with Disability Support Services at the beginning of each semester. If you will
require assistance during an emergency evacuation, notify your instructor immediately. Look for
evacuation procedures posted in your classrooms. In South Bend, call Cathy Cassady, 574-2897001, ext 5340, ccassady@ivytech.edu. Her office is in 1213 (in the Learning Lab) on the South
Bend campus.
Learning Environment: The primary purpose of the college classroom is to provide an
environment in which students can learn efficiently and effectively. Be respectful of your
classmates and professor by avoiding side conversations, turning off cellular phones and
beepers, and refraining from other behaviors that would likely cause disruption to the class. If
you need to leave the room for any reason, you do not need instructor permission, just do so as
quietly as possible and return as soon as and quietly as possible.
Virtual Library: Ivy Tech State College Virtual Library: For students on- and off-campus, the
Virtual Library offers full-text journals, books, and other resources essential for
completing course assignments. Access through Campus Connect https://cc.ivytech.edu. Click
on the library tab then chose the Virtual Library link for your campus.
General Education Outcomes: Ivy Tech State College is committed to graduating students who
have the appropriate technical and general education skills. General Education skills are
assessed in selected courses through an authentic assessment project to evaluate curriculum
effectiveness.
Copyright Statement: Students shall adhere to the laws governing the use of copyrighted
materials. They must insure that their activities comply with fair use and in no way infringe on the
copyright or other proprietary rights of others and that the materials used and developed at Ivy
Tech Community College contain nothing unlawful, unethical, or libelous, and do not constitute
any violation of any right of privacy.
Syllabus, notes and grades will be posted on elearning. Access elearning through
Campus Connect, https://cc.ivytech.edu. Click on courses to be connected to the
elearning page.
First Year Seminar
IVY 101
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Topics
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Course Introduction/ Overview
First Week Survival, College Success
Simplified (CSS) Chapter 2
Procedure for completing
StrengthsQuest (SQ)
Xx
Goal Setting, Read CSS Chapters 4,16
Activity 1, CSS p. 16 DUE
Your Goals Activity DUE
SQ text, p. 1-22
SQ Five Signature Themes and
Reflection DUE
Xx
Proactive Strategies
CSS Chapters 1, 19
Program Planning Checklist DUE
Develop Strategy for completing items
not checked off
SQ Affirming Your Talents DUE
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Learning Styles
CSS Chapter 6
Activity 1, p. 23 DUE
SQ Exploring Signature Themes DUE
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Study Skills
CSS Chapters 9, 10, 11, 13
Five test questions DUE (2 MC, 2 T/F,
1 Essay)
SQ How Talents Work Together DUE
Xx
Wellness Issues/Stress Management
Read CSS Chapters 5, 11
Being Successful DUE
SQ text p, 279-283
Xx
College Infrastructure, Computer
Functions, Distance Education
Student Handbook
Distance Ed materials
Distance Ed Questionnaire and
Reflection DUE
Xx
Campus and Library Resources
Student Handbook
Library Home page
Xx
Diversity
Read Chapter 15
CSS Activity 1, p. 87 in-class, Reflection
on Activity 1 to be included in notebook
Diversity Exercise DUE
Xx
Financial Resources
Money Savvy Quiz DUE
Xx
Critical Thinking/ On-Going Success
Read Chapter 3
Notebooks DUE