Monday and Wednesday 6:00-6:50 p.m. in Room D326
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Critical Thinking
- Responsibility
Foundations for Student Success focuses on a learner's role and responsibility in the learning process. Students will develop active learning strategies and effective study skills to become broadly educated individuals who are creative, critical thinkers able to solve problems and competently communicate. Upon completion, students will understand the purpose of higher education and the value of a college degree in lifelong learning.
Faculty Contact Information
By appointment or drop in (please email or call ahead)
Melany Duax
Assistant Director TRIO Talent Search
mduax@kcc.edu
815-802-8565
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Evaluate their strengths and weaknesses as college students.
- Identify strategies for managing their time, money, and stress.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills appropriate to the situation.
- Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills in a variety of contexts.
- Demonstrate proficiency in a variety of study skills.
- Develop effective and ethical strategies for locating, evaluating, and using information to inform their ideas.
- Articulate what it means to become a learner.
| TOPICS: | EXAMPLES: |
| College Foundations: Suggested Week 1 | Understanding the value of higher education |
| Campus resources | |
| Using Canvas | |
| Growth Mindset and Belonging | Skills, values, and interests inventories |
| Community building | |
| Equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging | |
| Social interactions and relationships | |
| Campus events and involvement | |
| Self-Advocacy | Setting goals and identifying priorities |
| Time management | |
| Communication strategies | |
| Managing stress | |
| Career Exploration | Career Coach |
| Career exploration | |
| Money | |
| Preparing for Success | Critical thinking and problem solving |
| Information literacy | |
| Active reading |
Bhargava, Rohit and Jennifer Brown. Beyond Diversity. Ideapress Publishing. (2021).
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Attendance and Participation 15%
Discussion Forums 10%
Quizzes 10%
Assignments/Projects 65%
1. Student Passport to Online Learning
2. LASSI Inventory
3. Information Literacy
4. Career Exploration and Academic Mapping
5. Campus Event Participation (2)
6. Financial Literacy
7. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging writing assignment
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Artificial Intelligence Policy: In this class, you are expected to use your own thoughts, ideas, and effort and submit your own work. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be helpful for generating ideas, studying, brainstorming, and learning. However, AI should support your learning, not replace your thinking, effort, or participation.
AI may be used only when permitted by the instructor or assignment instructions. Unless specifically permitted, AI should not be used to:
- Write an entire assignment, reflection, discussion post, or paper for you
- Complete an assignment, quiz, test, or exam that is intended to demonstrate your own knowledge or skills
- Submit AI-generated work as your own
- Fabricate personal experiences, information, sources, citations, or data
- Complete work without developing or demonstrating your own understanding
- Use another student's work or personal information in an AI tool
- Use AI to avoid completing assigned readings, activities, or other course requirements
If AI is used to assist with an assignment, its use must be appropriately documented or cited as required by the instructor. You are responsible for reviewing and verifying any information generated by AI before submitting your work.
If you are unsure whether AI may be used for an assignment, ask the instructor before using it or submitting the assignment.
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty: All assignments submitted must represent the student's own work. Plagiarism is defined as representing the words or ideas of another person as one's own. This includes using information from sources without proper citation or documentation and using AI-generated content without appropriate documentation or citation when required.
Submitting work from Internet sites or databases as your own, submitting work written for another course, or submitting work acquired from other students, family members, or friends constitutes cheating and/or plagiarism.
Other forms of academic dishonesty, including altering fonts, type sizes, letters, or punctuation to lengthen papers, are also prohibited.
Any incidence of plagiarism or academic dishonesty will result in an immediate final grade of F in the course, without exception and with no opportunity for withdrawal. Incidents will be reported to the Director of Student Affairs and may result in additional academic discipline, including possible academic suspension. See the KCC College Catalog, Section 16.2b.
Attendance and Participation: Foundations for Student Success is a course where regular class attendance and active participation are of critical importance to your learning and to the experience of your classmates. Additionally, research has shown that regular attendance (in this class and all your classes) is a strong predictor of your academic success. Therefore, you are expected to be in every class
and on time (in your seat when class begins) each day your class meets on campus and to actively participate online and in your face-to-face class meetings with course content, your peers, and your instructor. Attendance/participation is worth 15% of your final grade. Being on time is a skill that must be mastered early in your college career.
Expectations for Classroom Behavior: To ensure an enjoyable, inclusive, and engaging learning environment, you are expected to openly share your ideas and express your opinions in class; respect the opinions, values, and identities of your classmates, instructors, and guests; and honor the open environment of the class by respecting confidentiality when appropriate. You are expected to do your best
work, meet assignment deadlines, engage regularly in class discussions and activities, and treat other members of the class with courtesy and respect. Please be respectful of others by contributing to the safe space and actively listening to those speaking.
- Assignments and Late Work: As a rule, late work is not accepted. Exceptions may be made for valid reasons but must be arranged in advance. You may ask for exceptions if needed but be advised, that they may not always be granted. All late work will start at 50% credit and be graded accordingly unless documentation is present.
- In-Class Assignments: In-class work may or may not be collected for points. In-class quizzes may be given at any time. These opportunities are only available to those who are present in class at the time and will not be available for make-up work.
- Missed Classes: Please contact me in advance if you will be missing class, so we can go over any work you will need to make up. Please refer to the attendance policy above.
- Technology: I will be using Canvas regularly. It’s important to understand how to complete common tasks in Canvas. Please reference the Online Passport to Student Learning course or visit Tutoring Services if you need Canvas support.
- Cell Phones and Texting: Respectful behavior includes giving the class your full attention. Please put phones away during class time. If an emergency has come up where you need to answer your phone/texts, please leave the classroom to do so.
Work Submitted Electronically: Please submit work through Canvas when directed to do so. If you are absent from class, you are still responsible for submitting your work in Canvas by the due date unless previously arranged by the instructor. - Canvas and KCC E-Mail: Please contact me through Canvas or my KCC email: mduax@kcc.edu. I will respond using whichever method you used to contact me.
TOPICS: Discussions
Week 1 Getting to Know You/Communication
Week 2 Connections/Soft Skills/Library Tour
Week 3 Preparing for College/Career Exploration
Week 4 Advising/MAP
Week 5 Procrastination/Managing Stress and
Anxiety/Transformative Growth Counseling
Week 6 Financial Literacy/Campus Resources/Navigators
Week 7 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Week 8 Tying it all together: End of Course Evaluations
College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
KCC offers various academic and personal resources for all students. Many services are offered virtually, as well as in person. Please visit Student Resources - Kankakee Community College to access student resources services such as:
- Clubs and organizations
- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
- Student complaint policy
- Transfer services
- Tutoring services, etc.
The materials on this course are only for the use of students enrolled in this course for purposes associated with this course. Further information regarding KCC's copyright policy is available at https://kcc.libguides.com/copyright.
|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.