New
Student Seminar INTRAUNV 140, sect. 031x
Hyer Hall,12:05-1:55 pm. Fridays
Paula Mohan
The time of life in which you attend college, especially the first
year, is an exciting time but also incredibly stressful due to all the
challenges and changes. Academic demands are more stringent just as
issues in your personal life get more complicated and more undefined.
In this
way, college represents not just the maturing of your intellectual
self,
but also marks the transition period in which you mature as a person
and
prepare for adulthood. A significant proportion of students who
enroll
as freshmen in college do not finish for various reasons. This course
is
designed to make it more likely that you will be successful in
beginning,
navigating university life, and eventually graduating with a degree,
prepared
for a career in a profession of your choice.
As such, this course is designed to help give you the practical skills
and make you aware of campus resources that can aid you in making
the personal decisions and choices that will help you more successfully
navigate the various pitfalls of university life. As such, the
design of the course will be concentric; we'll move from issues dealing
with more personalized problems to those arising in broader
contexts. We'll
focus initially on issues of personal space,- residence halls and
social
life-, move on to cover resources available for help in the classroom
and
extra-curricular activities, and finally, will focus on how best to
decide
on a major and prepare for a professional career beyond campus.
The
structure of the class will be informal and highly interactive with a
great
deal of input from class members about what topics to cover.
Class requirements: Regular
attendance is required and is a necessary but not sufficient means of
successfully completing this course. In addition, students will be
expected to keep a weekly journal and post their remarks via email.
Contact Info:
Office : 402 White Hall
office hours:
phone: 262 472-5772
Email: mohanp@uww.edu (Email is the best way to reach me. If
you have a question, please email me anytime, even on weekends, and I
will respond as quickly as I am able).
UWW
Non-Discrimination Policy
COURSE SCHEDULE & WEEKLY
TOPICS:
September 5, 2008 week1
Introduction and welcome:
September 12, 2008. week 2
Information about Whitewater
Faculty Obligations and Expectations
Structure of the University-How does it work?
What does "shared governance"
mean? What rights do students have?
Whitewater
info
Whitewater-stats
Notes on Faculty
Obligations/Student Rights(cont).
September
19, 2008. week 3
Negotiating
your Living Space: Surviving Rez Halls
Roommates and conflict: Your options
Getting Along with
your Roommate
Res Life at UWW.
september
26,
2008. week 4
Study skills.
Time management/ Campus Resources
Study skills notes
october 4, 2008
'make a difference' day.
October 10, 2008. week 5
student employment options.
October 17, 2008. week 6
financial aid
October 24, 2008. week 7
study abroad options
field trip to International Education office
October 31, 2008. week 8
Career Services and Internships
field trip to Career services-
guest speaker: Ron Buchholz
November 7, 2008. week 9
registration for spring semester
guest speaker:
November 14, 2008.
week 10
Sexual Assault- information and prevention
November 21, 2008. week 11
civil rights of
students-
guest speaker- Curt Weber, Business law
November 28, 2008- no class. Thanksgiving break.
December 5, 2008. week 12
Office of Student Life
guest speaker- Tisa Mason
December 12, 2008. week 13.
final
session- wrap
up and party.
What advice would you give to incoming freshmen?