SDV 129 - Transition to College

1. Demonstrate the ability to access college information, resources, and policies
   1. Locate information in a college catalog, student handbook and college websites
   2. Use common college terms used by students, staff, and faculty
   3. Describe the value of supportive faculty and staff relationships
   4. Identify the academic resources and services specific to the campus, including the library, computer lab, testing, student support services, tutoring, counselors, career center, campus health, disability services, and student activities/life 
2. Demonstrate the ability to identify and access college technology   
   1. Demonstrate the ability to access and utilize a college internet portal to find unofficial transcripts, grades, and degree audit 
   2. Utilize a college’s email system and learning management system
   3. Identify a college’s tech support and identify usage
3. Demonstrate the ability to access academic information  
   1. Demonstrate an understanding of college expectations and essential academic information
   2. Demonstrate an understanding of program admission and graduation requirements 
   3. Define the role of the course syllabus and competencies for determining faculty and course expectations
   4. Summarize the policies governing student academic standards, including satisfactory academic progress and the policies governing personal conduct
   5. Define the values of academic integrity, particularly related to cheating and plagiarism
4. Incorporate the concepts of student engagement and self-reliant learning 
   1. Describe the characteristics of active listening
   2. Survey important study skills in the areas of reading, writing, note-taking, memory, and test-taking
   3. Identify the skills needed to effectively work as a team on group projects and labs
   4. Explore multisensory learning
   5. Identify the skills involved in time management and making the most out of on-campus time for use of academic resources
   6. Determine one’s style for using a planner for organization and the ability to create a weekly schedule
5. Identify potential academic, financial, and personal barriers that may inhibit degree completion and how to manage them 
   1. Identify the skills which will enhance one’s ability to combine the competing priorities of college, family and work
   2. Describe the impact of physical and mental health on student success including the importance of sleep, nutrition, exercise, and the value of staying healthy
   3. Describe how valuing diversity in culture, race, gender, orientation, ability, and age can enhance student and personal success
   4. Identify the socially appropriate ways to ask others for assistance with problem solving
   5. Increase awareness of community, leadership, and citizenship through on-campus/off-campus learning opportunities
6. Demonstrate the ability to make use of academic planning tools to create and follow a comprehensive academic plan
   1. Define academic advisor and benefits of working with one 
   2. Identify college preparatory courses and other prerequisites/corequisites needed for subsequent courses, core courses, and electives for chosen program of study
   3. Locate college courses and programs and use information to build a degree plan 
   4. Learn how to utilize a degree audit or course planning tool 
   5. Summarize the process to change programs 
   6. Summarize the transfer process and reverse transfer process   
   7. Calculate cumulative and program GPA     
7. Develop skills related to financial literacy 
   1. Distinguish between the various financial aid resources available to students such as, grants, scholarships, loans, work-study, and student employment 
   2. Explain how financial aid is calculated and distributed
   3. Demonstrate the ability to access financial aid resources via the internet
   4. Give examples of academic and personal actions that may result in financial aid warning and suspension
   5. Summarize the policies governing student financial aid, as needed
   6. Identify debt and its relationship to financial aid and program outcomes