FYS 1000 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR SKILLSSUPPORT LAB

credits: 2.0
This course will be offered as a hybrid course, on-campus and on-line asynchronous instruction. Instructor’s Signature Required. Will be graded on a pass-fail basis. Supplements the First Year Seminar and supports the student transition from high school to college. The lab provides instruction and workshop practice in the fundamentals of college discourse, with emphasis on study skills, reading, writing, and information literacy. Students will meet once per week for guided workshops and will complete tutorials and assignments in an online, asynchronous format. Objectives: A) Demonstrate effective academic success strategies required throughout their collegiate experience, such as time management, test taking strategies, study skills, etc.; B) Identify and utilize campus resources to create and manage their successful path towards graduation; C) Practice critical reading strategies to engage with college-level material, including reading to understand and reading to analyze; D) Use paraphrasing, quotation, and summarization practices in order to compose a response to critical reading or college discussions; E) Practice proofreading skills in order to identify sentence-level errors such as comma splices, run-ons, and fragments, as well as other comma usage errors, in their own writing and in the writing of peers; F) Employ basic college-level information literacy and information technology skills that will be a foundation for conducting college-level research, such as understanding library database search options, Boolean search strategies, and how to navigate peer-reviewed, academic sources; G) Identify and avoid academic dishonesty, especially plagiarism, and learn the ethical responsibilities of college-level communication. Method of Instruction: Online asynchronous instruction via Canvas (readings, interactive modules, short videos) and in-person discussion and workshops. Some one-on-one conferences between students and instructors may also be scheduled to supplement class sessions. Note: this will be a hybrid or blended learning course: instruction of core content will be delivered primarily online; in-person time will focus on workshop activities, such as facilitated work on skills or assignments, including troubleshooting challenge areas that arise for students, one-on-one guidance, peer group work, etc. Method of Evaluation: 50% Portfolios/Major Assignments; 25% Mini-assignments (homework, quizzes, forum discussions); and 25% In-person workshops: Attendance and participation; completion of activities. Will be graded on a pass-fail basis.