Cornerstone - Music
CORE100C
Fall 2013
Fridays, 8:00-8:50 AM, Heath 104
Teresa Dovel
Fine Arts Building
Email: tdovel@vanguard.edu
E
Moodle Enhances class – Check
the Moodle site and your
Vanguard email
EVERYDAY
Moodle Access – learn.vanguard.edu
Student Learning Outcomes
1.
To welcome new students to college life and acquaint them with Vanguard’s
history, purposes, rules and regulations, personnel, services and resources.
2.
To help students strengthen competence and learn independence in life skills
such as goal setting, management of time, management of finances,
information literacy, career planning and study skills.
3.
To encourage and assist students in the integration of their personal faith
and learning experiences including faith-building, intellectual and
community service activities.
4.
To introduce students to the Core Student Learning Outcomes of Vanguard
University: a)integration of faith and learning, and life; b)cultural
competency and citizenship; c) communication; d) critical thinking; e)
holistic living; and f) formation and technology.
Course Description
Introduction to university life
and learning to the
academic/study skills needed
for success. Required for all
first time freshmen, the course
is to be taken in conjunction
with other first-year-level
course allowing application of
the content in the course
sessions.
Cornerstone
Mission
Foremost, to help prepare new
freshmen students for academic
success and to improve the
educational experiences of firstyear students. As well, to help
students understand the
concept of a liberal arts
education and the role of a
Christian university in
integrating faith and learning.
The Cornerstone provides help
with the transition and
adjustment to university life,
encouraging first-year student
success and persistence toward
graduation.
Required Text
Why College Matters to God by Rick Ostrander, Abilene
Christian University
Premier Student Planner (available in the Bookstore)
Peer Mentor
Nathan Hayes
Course Requirements
Attendance – This course is meant to provide a sense of
community support, Your presence is vitally important!!
You are expected to attend every session and any more
than two absences will result in course failure. An
attendance sheet will be distributed during each class
session.
Participation in class discussions
Community Service Project
Successful Completion of all Course Assignments
Passing Grade on Final Exam
Grades
Course Assessment
90% or better = A
80-89% = B
Student Planner Assessment
70-79% = C
Annotated Bibliography
60-69% = D
Faith and Learning/Social Issues Essay
Below 60% = F
Community Service Project
Scores in the lower range of these
grades may be reflected by a “-“
Career Center Assessment
(minus) and in the higher range
Why College Matters to God; short answer questions
with a “+” (plus). A+ is not
Discussion participation
awarded in the A range.
Final Exam
Grades are determined as follows:
Disability Statement: The Disability Services Office offers resources and coordinates reasonable accommodations for
students with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are established through an interactive process between you, your
professor(s), and the Disability Services Office (DSO). If you have not yet established services through the DSO, but have a
temporary or permanent disability that impacts your learning, attention, mental health, vision, hearing, physical health, or other
disabilities that may require accommodations, you are welcome to contact the DSO, located in the Scott Academic Center, Office
244, 714-619-6483, disabilityservices@vanguard.edu.
Students with a documented learning disability who would like to request appropriate accommodations should contact Barbi
Rouse, Director of Learning Skills, Scott Academic Center second floor, 714-619-6478, barbi.rouse@vanguard.edu.
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Course
Schedule
Date
Session Topic
Week
1
2
Assignment Due
Introduction and Syllabus; Succeeding in College;
30-Aug Time Management Moodle Tutorial
Why College Matters to God, Chapter 1; Liberal Arts
Education…Why?
6-Sep
Why College Matters to God, Chapter 2; Where we
came from: a history of Christian colleges in America
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13-Sep
Why College Matters to God, Chapter 3; Living largly:
the doctrine of creation.
Incoming Student Assessment - Bring a computer or
20-Sep electronic devise
Plagiarism, Note taking, Annotated Bibliography
27-Sep
4-Oct Library
Why College Matters to God, Chapter 4: Not the way
it’s supposed to be: doctrine of the fall
11-Oct
Why College Matters to God, Chapter 5
Broadcasting Mozart: The doctrine of redemption
18-Oct
25-Oct Spring Registration, Financial Aid and FAFSA
Chapter 4 Quiz and
discussion Test
Performance Analysis
Faith and Learning
Essay requirements
Chapter 5 Quiz and
discussion
SPRING 2014 ACADEMIC REGISTRATION!!!
WORK ON SPRING
2014 CLASS
SCHEDULE...
Why College Matters to God, Chapter 6 Integrating Faith
8-Nov and Learning
15-Nov CAREERS
Chapter 6 Quiz and
discussion
1-Nov
*annotated
bibliography due
Along with... 3 page
paper properly
cited… Community
Service Paper Due
Final Exam
13
Student Planners and
Master Schedule
Moodle Tutorial
Certificate due
Chapter 2 Quiz and
discussion Learning
styles assessment
Chapter 3 Quiz and
discussion Student
Planner Check - In
class
Annotated
Bibliography Assigned
- and 3 page paper Due 11/15
22-Nov
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