Student Handbook - Southern University New Orleans

Class topics include Study Skills, Effective Writing and Time Management,among others. Motivational speakers from on and off campus are frequentguests in Freshman Assembly and College Survival Skills classes. Thecourse requires students to participate in a range of campus activities and islimited to no more than 20-25 students to ensure that students are able toparticipate as well as to receive intended nurturing.Note: All incoming freshmen students and transfer students with less than 30credit hours are required to participate in a first year seminar.Course Goals• Enhanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills• Broadened worldview and experiences• Increased campus involvementUpon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:• Describe and explain academic expectations related totheir proposed course of study• Communicate the history, culture, and historic contributionsof individuals from the University’s past• Demonstrate appreciation of convocations, lectures, andrecitals through thoughtful consideration of the experiences• Examine financial decision making choices• Demonstrate use of social etiquette in appropriate settings• Conduct library research and computer literacy• Communicate orally and through writing• Analyze readings from two selected books61