UNIVERSITY 100 - FALL 2002
SYLLABUS
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Assignment Page
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Instructor
David Otis Castonguay
Director of Choral Activities
Room 143 Powell Hall
831.5260 (studio) 831.5177 (secretary)
email: dcastong@radford.edu
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Peer Instructor
Katie Gieselman
Junior Elementary Education Major
209 Heth (Yearbook Office) 831.3778
e-mail: cgieselma@radford.edu
Email or call anytime.
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Office Hours
Monday 11-12; Tuesday 9-12;
Thursday 9-10
other times by appointment
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Office Hours
by appointment
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- Students who wish to meet with both instructors
at the same time may do so by appointment
Please Note:
I am usually on campus 8:00 4:00 p.m. M F, but am often in class or private
lessons. When my office door is open please feel free to stop by to discuss
the class or chat about anything. If the door is closed, I am in conference
or teaching a private lesson. Please do not interrupt private lessons.
Required Text & Materials
- UNIV. 100: Celebrating You and RU, Nancy Taylor, editor.
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- 1 bound journal book.
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- Purpose of Course and Description of Content
- UNIV. 100 is designed to assist students with the transition from secondary
school to collegiate life. Each student who attends RU brings a unique
background to their college experience, and all face challenges during
these years. The multifaceted content and flexible structure of UNIV. 100
provides a vehicle, which will carry students through this transitional
period addressing topics of common importance and individual need.
We will cover topics central to academic life the student's rights
and responsibilities under the academic syllabus; time management; choosing
a major and a career; study skills; university resources such as the library,
computers, other media; and tutoring.
We will also discuss topics central to a university student's life
extra-curricular activities, cultural events, sporting events and intramurals;
relationships with roommates and issues of living within the diverse society
which is the university. Sensitive subjects such as alcohol, drugs,
and sexual activity will be discussed from the perspective of the university's
policies and how these policies relate to the every day realities of these
highly personal issues.
What can you expect of us?
The professor, David Otis Castonguay
and the peer instructor, Katie Gieselman, work as a team. We share the responsibility
for course content and while a portion of the syllabus is specified by the
Office of New Student Programs, the balance is left up to us. We enthusiastically
seek to include topics brought forth for discussion by the class members.
Most importantly, we are here as your advocates, to listen and facilitate
the solution of problems which you might encounter during your first 12
weeks of university life.
What do we expect of you?
Grades are based upon class
attendance, conditional upon student's active participation; participation
in all scheduled activities, and satisfactory completion of assignments.
Unless otherwise noted on the class schedules and calendars which will be
handed out, class will be held in the student lounge in Trinkle.
Students will be required to attend FIVE presentations or events
outside of class.
Grades are based upon class attendance, conditional upon student's active
participation; participation
in all scheduled activities, and satisfactory completion of assignments.
Unless otherwise noted on the class schedules and calendars, which will
be handed out, class will be held in the student lounge in Tyler.
These are the main assignments for this class:
A. Students will be required to attend FIVE presentations or events
outside of class
Attendance is required at these TWO presentations in the
Success Starts Here series.
1. Reach for the Stars - August 18th Preston Hall, 7:00
PM.
2. Get Outta Your Box Creative Thinking - September 16
th Preston Hall, 7:00 PM
Students choose to attend ONE of the remaining presentations
in the Success Starts Here series.
3. Making College Count September 10th Preston Hall,
7:00 PM.
4. Strange Like Me October 9th Preston Hall, 7:00
PM.
5. He Said She Said October 16th Preston Hall,
7:00 PM.
6. 7 Secrets for College Success October 22nd Preston
Hall, 7:00 PM.
7. The Real Buzz October 28th Preston Hall, 7:00
PM
Students will choose to attend TWO other events:
Students will write a 1-page informal reaction essay to each of
the FIVE events they attend. This essay will be submitted by e-mail
to the teaching team within 24 hours of the event. This essay must be submitted
from your own email account. In the subject header write your name and Essay
1, or Essay 2 etc. For reference and security send yourself a copy of the
email and save it on your own storage media (disk or hard drive).
B. A weekly journal entry about your personal experiences - turned in
to Katie each Monday. Journals will be returned on Wednesday.
C. The class will be divided into teams. Each team will create a group
project to be presented in class for a grade.
D. WRITTEN PROJECT NUMBER 1 - Interview a faculty member of your choice.
Write a 2-3-page paper (double spaced and typed) which describes the interview
and your reaction to what you learned in the interview.
E. PROJECT NUMBER 2 Topic TBA.
- No student will receive a grade greater than
D if more than 4 classes are missed.
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- Grading Scale
- A = 90+ B = 80 + C = 70 + D = 60 + F = 50
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- Important Date
- October 25, 2002 is the last day it is possible
to withdraw from UNIV. 100.
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- Class Schedule
Beginning on Monday, 30 August we will provide a monthly calendar which
will detail class assignments, outside events and other important dates.
These monthly calendars and the assignments listed therein are addenda
to this syllabus.
- Initial Class Schedule & Important Dates
- 19 AUGUST, MONDAY
- Introduction/Syllabus/? Cards
- Assignment: Fill out class schedule sheets by Wednesday
- Read page 1-5 before class on Wednesday
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- 21 AUGUST, WEDNESDAY
- Bring Text Read page 1-5 before class
- Roommates - Katie
- Complete Roommate exercise in the text, p. 6-9
- Over the weekend, write an entry in your journal that reflects upon
your first week at RU and how you spent your weekend.
- Attend the Club Fair collect fabulous prizes
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- 26 AUGUST, MONDAY
- P. 12-13 in Text in class
- Journal Entries Due
- Pass in Schedule Forms
- First Week in School Q & A
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28 AUGUST, WEDNESDAY
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- By accepting admission to Radford University,
each student makes a commitment to understand, support, and abide by the
University Honor Code without compromise or exception. Violations of academic
integrity will not be tolerated. This class will be conducted in strict
observance of the Honor Code. Refer to your Student Handbook for details.
This page was created on: 28 August 1999
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- Last modified: 29 August 2002
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