LA 100 College Strategies and Career Development Freshman Seminar
This course will prepare entering freshmen to succeed in college. This will be accomplished through a variety of instructional modalities, one focus of which will be to increase exposure to information literacy. This will development students' ability to recognize, retrieve, and use information that is needed to effectively accomplish a specific task while preparing them for the rigors of effective research necessary for more advanced and major-specific coursework. Additionally, throughout the course, the second focus will be a strong emphasis on assisting students in the development of a meaningful career direction through self-assessment, decision-making, and goal setting. This will lead to the development of a career portfolio, which will allow students to hone their written, oral, research, critical thinking, and human relations skills through a variety of exercises and assignments. Active classroom participation, an oral presentation, and a field experience project are required.
Prerequisite
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