UNIV 001C 14 - Introduction to the University 3.0
Day: Time: Location: TRACS No.:	Tuesday and Thursday 3:30PM - 4:45PM PLMS 106 OCNL 133 (Computer Lab) 14994

Course Description:
UNIV001C is designed to provide first-year students with strategies to help insure success in college. Main components of UNIV 001C include activities to enhance computer competency and information seeking skills. In addition, the class will research social and personal issues of interest to college students, academic study skills, and University services and activities. A wide variety of teaching/learning methods including: lecture, class discussions, library assignments, reading assigned articles and textbook, tests, homework, and presentations will be used. All methods are designed to familiarize students with the variety of course requirements they may encounter while attending the university.

Course Requirements:

Course Textbook
Information Literacy Student Workbook
Diskette (provided by instructor)
Attendance
Email Account
Homework/Computer Lab Assignments
Two Exams
Writing Assignments
Oral Presentations
Final Exam

In addition to the above requirements all students must be responsible and self-motivated, possess a strong desire to learn, be timely in producing and handing in the required assignments, and maintain professional conduct in class.

Course Textbook
Gardner and Jewler, Your College experience, Wadsworth Publishing Company. ISBN: 0-534-53748-0. Available at the A.S. Bookstore. Reading assignments will be given on a weekly basis.

Information and Computer Competency Student Workbook
Dixon, Blakeslee, and Owens, Information and Computer Competency Student Workbook, 2^nd Edition 1998 California State University, Chico. Available at the A.S. Bookstore. This workbook is required.

Diskette
One 3.5" high density diskette will be provided. If you lose or damage this diskette you will need to replace it at your own expense. Instructions for handling, formatting, and using will be part of the information literacy curriculum.

Attendance
Mandatory. No class may be missed except for a serious and compelling reason as outlined in the university catalog. The following are examples of what in NOT considered serious and compelling: weddings, job interviews, studying for another class, oversleeping, Halloween, great snow, work, or anything else that is not considered serious and compelling according to university guidelines. Students who must miss class due to a verifiable and legitimate reason must notify the instructor, Lori Dixon, PRIOR to the missed class. Failure on your part to notify the instructor will result in zero attendance points for the missed class period.

Email Account
To obtain your email account you must take your valid student ID card to a card reader terminal in one of the following locations: MLIB 116. For more information please refer to the handout, Getting Started With E-Mail.

Homework/Computer Lab Assignments
Homework will be assigned throughout the semester. The assignment and due date will always be specified in the corresponding handout. No late papers will be accepted.

Exams
Two exams will be given during the semester. They will cover the material already covered in the course. Missed exams due to not attending class is a zero and may not be made up under any circumstances. If you miss a scheduled exam you may substitute your final exam score for the missed exam score.

Writing Assignments
One five-page research paper with a Bibliography and several smaller writing assignments will be assigned during the semester. Details will be provided when assigned.

Oral Presentations
Three brief presentations will be presented individually or in a group to the class on various topics selected by the instructor.

Final Exam
A one hour comprehensive final exam will be given during finals week.

Evaluation and Grading Scale:
During the course of the semester you will have the opportunity to earn 900 points through a variety of exercises, journal activities, presentations, tests and other projects.

900 - 828 -- A Superior College Level Work
827 - 810 -- A-
809 - 792 -- B+
791 - 738 -- B Above average College Level Work
737 - 720 -- B-
719 - 702 -- C+
701 - 648 -- C Average College Level Work
647 - 630 -- C-
629 - 540 -- D Questionably Unacceptable College Work
       <540 -- F Unacceptable College Level Work

A point adjustment for the entire class will be made on each exam to obtain a class mean within the range of seventy-two (72) to seventy-five (75) percent. No other curve will be used. Your grade is reflective of your efforts and achievements. All projects are due on the assigned due date, late work is not accepted.

Class Participation:
I reserve the right to increase any student’s final course grade by up to three percent for quality class participation.

Extra Credit:
You will have the opportunity to earn extra credit points throughout the semester by attending a variety of workshops and lectures and other campus and community events. I will inform the class prior to an event that qualifies as an extra credit opportunity.

Conduct:
Discipline problems are not tolerated. You are an adult and you will be treated and respected as an adult. Respect for other’s opinions and attitudes will be the "law of the land." Discipline problems will result in you being removed from the class with no questions asked. They may also result in disciplinary action being taken at the university level.

Honesty in the Classroom:
Ethical standards as established by the university will be strictly upheld (see page 77 of THE UNIVERSITY CATALOG).

Tobacco Products:
The use of any type of tobacco product (smokeless, chewable or otherwise) is not permitted in any building at California State University, Chico.

Electronic Devices:
The use of pagers, phones or other "beeping" devices is not permitted in class.

Withdrawal From Class:
After September 4, 1998, a "serious and compelling reason" as defined in THE UNIVERSITY CATALOG and the examples stapled to this handout is required to drop a class.

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