NRLA 150 - First Year Orientation

Credit(s): 3
College is a journey marked by expectation and achievement. This required freshman orientation course introduces the central outcomes of the college degree: the development of critical, empathetic, and creative thinking skills. Through this course, students will refine these skills, along with associated habits of mind and routines critical to success throughout their undergraduate journey. Course activities and assignments will support independent research and critical problem solving and help students strengthen oral presentation skills. Students will be introduced to college-level academic expectations and professional prospects, objective analysis versus ideological thinking, and the benefits of global thinking.
In addition to assisting the adult learner with the development of those skills for success in college, such as accepting personal responsibility in an active student role, time management, and study skills that focus on quality versus quantity of time and effort. Each semester, the School’s faculty will choose a piece of fiction or non-fiction literature that will be required reading for this class. This text will be the central focus of the writing assignments for the class.

This course is only open to students in the B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences program.