Tues.  12-12:50
MH 212

DECEMBER 5:   WE WILL MEET FOR THE LAST TIME

                           Leadership and Serving the Community
                           Reading:  Portfolio, Chapter SIX
                           Wrap up and evaluation

We hope and believe that your years here will be fun, exciting, and stimulating. Never again will you have the opportunity to involve yourself in such an environment where curiosity, exploration, experimentation, and growth are such routine parts of everyday life.  However, it is all up to you!  Whether and how much you learn and grow will come only from your dedication and your self-teaching:  the results of your years here are what you create them to be.  The faculty will guide you and stimulate your interests but only you will learn and grow.  Likewise, you must make your own decisions about everything that happens here and then take responsibility for the actions that follow from them.  Many people here at UD are ready tohelp you make good decisions, but the decisions are yours.

This course is designed to help you make the transition from high school to college life and learning.  It's an important transition from a basically hand-held learning and growing environment to a totally open, free, and self-directed invironment.  If all goes well, by the end of the semester you should:
 

• be able to make the distinction between the demands of high school and a university education;
• begin to understand the nature and value of the Liberal Studies curriculum, including the meaning of the liberal arts and their importance in helping you to understand yourself and the world;
• begin to develop an academic plan that coordinates and integrates your courses with your interest and goals through self-assessment, course selection, and career planning;
• continue to improve your time management, study, and learning skills;
• be familiar with the university computer network;
• have knowledge of the many university services provided for you;

There is no required book for this course, but we will be using the on-line text, The University of
Dayton First Year Experience Educational Planning Portfolio at http://www.udayton.edu/~fye

Grading: ASI 150 is “option 2" (to pass this course you must attend all classes and complete all
assignments)

Class Schedule:

August 22:       Introduction

August 29:      The first week: setting and reaching goals
                         Reading: Portfolio, Chapter ONE

September 5:  Setting Goals and Planning Ahead
                        Reading:  Protfolio Chapter THREE

September 12: Library Resources--GO STRAIGHT TO O’Leary Hall

September 19:  Using the Vast Human and Other Resources at the University

September 26:  Electronic Resources and Web Pages

October 3:       The Catholic/Marianist Tradition--GO STRAIGHT TO Sears Hall
                         Reading: Portfolio, Chapter TWO

October 10:     Taking Stock at Mid-Term: time management and study skills
                         Reading: Portfolio, Chapter FIVE

October 17:     The Hat Show--GO STRAIGHT TO O'Leary Auditorium

October 24:     UD’s Liberal Studies Curriculum
                         Reading: Portfolio, Chapter TWO

October 31:    NO CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 7:   INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS:  Scheduling for Winter 2000 term

November 14:  INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS:  Scheduling for Winter 2000 term

DECEMBER 5:   Leadership and Serving the Community
                           Reading:  Portfolio, Chapter SIX
                           Wrap up and evaluation

Important Dates:   August 31 Last day to change schedule
                                September 13: Last day to withdraw without a W record
                                October 11–Midterm grades due
                                November 8–Last day to withdraw with a W record
                                November 20–First year registration begins FOR FRESHMEN