SDV Learning Outcomes and Associated Materials
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completion of this course, students will be able to:
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Identify a potential career and articulate the steps needed to achieve their career goal.
Identify online college resources, student support services, and college policies regarding the rights and responsibilities of students.
Develop an academic plan identifying the steps needed to achieve their educational goals.
Identify their preferred learning style and effective study skills (e.g. note-taking, test-taking, memory strategies, and reading strategies)
leading to optimal academic performance.
5. Articulate strategies to effectively manage various aspects of their lives (e.g. goal setting, time management, financial literacy, social
interaction, communication skills, and wellness) in order to be successful.
TOPICS
1. CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Career exploration and planning (use of VA Education Wizard and other career assessments)
2. COLLEGE RESOURCES AND POLICIES
Online college resources and My TCC (SIS, Blackboard, and college e-mail accounts)
Student support services
Student rights and responsibilities (student civility, academic misconduct, and FERPA)
3. ACADEMIC PLANNING
Curricular offerings and academic planning
4. LEARNING STYLES AND STUDY SKILLS
Learning styles
Note-taking
Test-taking
Memory strategies
Reading strategies
5. LIFE MANAGEMENT
Goal setting
Time management
Financial literacy
Social interaction and diversity
Communications skills
Wellness
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SDV Learning Outcomes and Associated Materials
REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS FOR ALL SDV 100 COURSES
CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
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Complete Career Assessment and Career Exploration using VA Wizard or other tool
Submit Career report articulating the steps needed to achieve their career goals, including educational requirements, extracurricular
activities, and career exploration
Instructor will check the students stated curriculum on the roster to confirm the desired program of study. If incorrect, students
must submit a curriculum change form
Complete additional assignments from associated materials to measure learning
COLLEGE RESOURCES AND POLICIES
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Send the instructor an email using VCCS email accounts
Submit assignments, participate in group discussion, or retrieve grades using Blackboard
Submit printed SIS Advisement Report (degree progress report) and My Planner using SIS
Complete TCC Information Search
Complete additional assignments from associated materials to measure learning
ACADEMIC PLANNING
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Referring to the SIS Advisement Report (degree progress report) and My Planner, complete an Academic Plan Worksheet listing all
courses and prerequisites required by semester to complete their desired program
LEARNING STYLES AND STUDY SKILLS
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Complete a learning style inventory provided with the text to identify preferred learning style
Complete additional assignments from associated materials to measure learning
LIFE MANAGEMENT
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Complete assignments from associated materials to measure learning
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SDV Learning Outcomes and Associated Materials
LEARNING OUTCOME
Topic
Learning Objective
1.Career Exploration and
Development*
1.1 Career
Exploration and
Planning
Through the use of Virginia Education
Wizard and other career assessments,
students will articulate a potential career
based on their interests, values, and
abilities.
Students will be able to identify
a potential career and articulate
steps needed to achieve their
career goals.
Students will select or confirm their
preferred program of study based on their
career exploration.
Associated Materials to Measure
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
• Complete a career assessment
using VA Wizard or other tool **
• Complete Career Exploration using
VA Wizard or other resource **
• List careers based on results **
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2. College Resources and
Policies
Students will be able to identify
online college resources,
student support services, and
college policies regarding the
rights and responsibilities of
students.
2.1 Online College
Resources and My
TCC
Instructor will check the students
stated curriculum on the roster to
confirm the desired program of
study **
If incorrect, students must submit a
curriculum change form **
Students will articulate the steps they need
to take in order to achieve their career
goals.
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Complete a career report
articulating the steps needed to
achieve their career goals,
including educational
requirements, extracurricluar
activities, and career exploration **
Students will demonstrate competence in
using the Student Information System (SIS).
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Students will activate their college email
accounts.
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Submit printed Advisement Report
(degree progress report) and My
Planner using SIS **
Send the instructor an email using
their VCCS email accounts **
Students will access Blackboard.
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Submit assignments, participate in
group discussion, or retrieve grades
using Blackboard **
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SDV Learning Outcomes and Associated Materials
LEARNING OUTCOME
Topic
Learning Objective
2.2 Student
Support Services
Students will identify and describe three
offices / services that are available to them
(e.g. counseling, financial aid, learning
assistance).
2.3 Student Rights
and
Responsibilities
Students will identify three expectations of
student civility/conduct as members of the
college community.
Associated Materials to Measure
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
• Complete TCC Information Search
listing student services available **
• Complete an activity retrieving
information from three to five
student support services
• Quiz
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Student will identify three examples of
academic misconduct .
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3. Academic Planning*
Students will be able to develop
an academic plan identifying the
steps needed to achieve their
educational goals.
3.1 Curricular
Offerings and
Academic Planning
Students will identify two policies that
affirm their rights as members of the
college community (e.g. Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Final Grade
Appeal Procedure, Student Grievance
Procedure).
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Students will be able to distinguish between
university parallel/transfer and applied
programs.
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Complete TCC Information Search
identifying responsibilities of
student civility/conduct **
Quiz
Complete TCC Information Search
identifying examples of academic
misconduct **
Quiz
Complete TCC Information Search
identifying policies that affirm their
rights as students (FERPA and Final
Grade Appeal procedure) **
Quiz
Complete TCC Information Search
distinguishing the difference
between AA/AS transfer education
and AAS Career and Technical
Education **
Quiz
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LEARNING OUTCOME
Topic
Learning Objective
Students will develop an academic plan,
identifying all courses (including
prerequisites) required to complete their
desired curricular program.
4. Learning Styles and Study
Skills*
4.1 Learning
Styles**
Students will be able to identify
their preferred learning style
and effective study skills (e.g.
note-taking, test-taking,
memory strategies, and reading
strategies) leading to optimal
academic performance.
Students will identify their preferred
learning style.
Associated Materials to Measure
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
• Referring to the SIS degree progress
report and SIS My Planner,
complete an Academic Plan
Worksheet listing all courses and
prerequisites required by semester
to complete their desired
program**
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Students will identify their optimal time,
place, and setting for studying.
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4.2 Note-Taking
Students will identify their preferred
method of note-taking.
Complete a learning style inventory
provided with the text to identify
preferred learning style **
Journal assignment
Group activity
Identify optimal time, place, and
setting for studying
Journal assignment
Group activity
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Identify preferred method of notetaking
Journal assignment
Group activity
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4.3 Test-Taking
Students will identify three strategies for
test-taking.
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Identifying test-taking strategies
Journal assignment
Group activity
4.3 Memory
Strategies
Students will identify three memory
strategies.
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Identify memory strategies
Journal assignment
Group activity
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SDV Learning Outcomes and Associated Materials
LEARNING OUTCOME
5. Life Management*
Students will be able to
articulate strategies to
effectively manage various
aspects of their lives (e.g. goal
setting, time management,
financial literacy, social
interaction, communication
skills, and wellness) in order to
be successful.
Topic
Learning Objective
Associated Materials to Measure
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
4.4 Reading
Strategies
Students will identify three strategies for
managing reading.
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Identify reading strategies
Journal assignment
Group activity
5.1 Goal Setting
Students will articulate the steps in
developing and implementing personal
goals.
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Journal assignment
Group activity
5.2 Time
Management
Students will identify three strategies/tools
for managing time.
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Identifying strategies/tools for
managing time
Journal assignment
Group activity
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5.3 Financial
Literacy**
Students will identify three means of
financing their higher education objectives
(e.g. grants, scholarships, loans, military
benefits, payment plans).
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Students will develop a personal budget.
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Complete a Financial Plan
identifying means of financing their
higher education objectives
Journal assignment
Group activity
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Complete a Financial Plan with a
personal budget
Journal assignment
5.4 Social
Interaction and
Diversity
Students will articulate three ways
individuals are diverse and how diversity
impacts society.
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Journal assignment
Group activity
5.5 Communication
Skills**
Students will identify three elements of
effective communication (e.g. active
listening, vebal and non-verbal messages.)
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Journal assignment
Group activity
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LEARNING OUTCOME
Topic
Learning Objective
5.6 Wellness*
Student will identify three strategies for
maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Associated Materials to Measure
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
• Identify strategies for maintaining a
healthy lifestyle
• Journal assignment
• Group activity
* Reflects areas that are required by general education outcomes.
** Reflects mandated assignments required for all SDV 100 students
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