Official Course Outline
Discipline Prefix: SDV
Course Number: 100
Course Title: College Success Skills
Credit Hours: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Clinical Hours:
Lab Hours:
Contact hours: 1
Studio Hours:
Course Description:
Assists students in transition to college. Provides overviews of college policies, procedures, and
curricular offerings. Encourages contacts with other students and staff. Assists students toward
college success through information regarding effective study habits, career and academic
planning, and other college resources available to students. May include English and Math
placement testing. Strongly recommended for beginning students. Required for graduation.
Textbook: College & Career Success at Tidewater Community College, Second Edition, (A
Customized Version of College & Career Success Fourth Edition), Marsha Fralick, Kendall Hunt
Publishing, 2010.
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None
General Education Core Competencies supported by this course:
Students will be able to:
Demonstrate written and oral communication skills between students and the
instructor and among students that promote understanding and comprehension.
Display critical thinking skills to evaluate evidence, apply reasoning, and offer
application potential.
Illustrate how the awareness, promotion, understanding, and appreciation of the
cultural and social dimensions have implications within local, state, regional, national,
and global communities.
Determine when to locate, evaluate, and apply information literacy within the context
of discipline specific situations.
Demonstrate personal growth through improvements in physical well-being and
evolving emotional maturity within an academic context.
Apply quantitative reasoning skills to knowledge based on logic, numbers, and
mathematics to solve common problems and issues.
Demonstrate and apply scientific reasoning skills to the interpretation of empirical
data to describe, predict, and manipulate natural phenomena.
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Measurable Learning Outcomes:
After the completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify a potential career and articulate the steps needed to achieve their career goal.
2. Identify online college resources, student support services, and college policies
regarding the rights and responsibilities of students.
3. Develop an academic plan identifying the steps needed to achieve their educational
goals.
4. Identify their preferred learning style and effective study skills (e.g. note-taking, testtaking, 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 Covered in this course:
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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Methods of Assessment used in this course:
Direct Assessments Used
Indirect Assessments Used
Tests/Exams/Quizzes
Essays
Projects
Studio/Lab Performance
Minute Papers
Conferences w/students
Mid-Semester Evaluations
Questionnaires to gather
feedback
Course Exit Surveys
Participation points
awarded
Research Report
Oral Examination
Other Assessments
(please describe below)
Journal Writings
Demonstrations,
presentations
Lab Practical
Portfolios
Check this box if standardized assessment instruments are used in this course. Check all
that apply:
Test required for certification or licensure:
Standardized test within course for formative evaluation:
Check this box if Common exam given to all sections of this course.
Methods of Delivery:
Face-to-Face
Online
Hybrid
Required Course Materials: (in addition to textbook)
TCC Catalog
TCC Semester Schedule Book
TCC Student Handbook
Discipline Chair Signature:
Academic Dean Signature:
Date Last Reviewed: Click here to enter a date.
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