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Course
Calendar Spring Semester 2007 |
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| Date | Topic |
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January 10 |
Introductions/Ice Breakers |
| Overview of Course and
Student Support Services |
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| Academic Information,
Rules and Regulations |
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January 17 |
Academic Information, Rules and
Regulations, cont’d. |
| Financial Aid, Campus
Life, and Student Services, Student Handbook |
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| Textbooks will be distributed. |
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| January 24 | Chapter 1—Strategies for Success 3 |
| Chapter 2—Time Management 19 |
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| January 31 | Chapter 3—How We Learn 43 |
| Chapter 4—Engagement with
Learning 63 |
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| February 7 | Chapter 5—Critical Thinking 79 |
| Chapter
6—Listening, Note Taking and Participating 103 |
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| February 14 | Timeline
for Meeting Graduation Requirements (Jean Silva) |
| February 21 | Chapter 7—Reading Strategies 127 |
| Chapter
8—Improving Your Memory 145 |
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| February 28 | Chapter 9—Taking Exams and Tests 159 |
| Chapter 10—Effective
Writing and Speaking 183 |
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| March 7 | Motivational Session/Guest
Speaker Course Essay Assignment Due |
| March 14 | Chapter 11—Research and College
Libraries 205 |
| Chapter
12—Majors and Careers: Making the Right Choices (Building a Résumé) 227 |
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| March 19-23 | SPRING BREAK |
| March 13 | Chapter
13—Relationships 253 |
| April 4 | Chapter
14—Diversity: Appreciating Differences among Us 273 |
| April 11 | Step-by-Step Transfer Process (Jean
Silva) |
| April 18 | Chapter 15—Exploring Your Values 293 |
| April 25 | Chapter 16—Staying Healthy 315 Course Evaluation; Chapter Journals (1–16) Due |