Foundations -
Instructor:
Dr. Eloy A. Chavez
Office: Advisement Center - Rm 319
Phone: 878-5610
Office Hours MWF - 1:30 - 3:30
Email: eachavez@sgc.edu
Text: - Ellis , David. Becoming a Master Student. Ninth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York 2000.
Course Mission:
The mission of the Foundations Program at St. Gregory's University is to help students discover who they are, what they want, and how they will achieve it. This is accomplished through assisting the student, by means of self reflection, to explore his/her Temperament, Values, Interests, Abilities and by guiding the student in a process of Goal setting in the five areas of Life Development; emotional, social, intellectual, physical, and spiritual in a higher educational setting.
Course Objectives:
- By the end of the course the student will attempt to manifest an understanding of who he/she is and what he/she may want through self-descriptive journal entries.
- By the end of the course the student will set realistic and realizable goals for his/her personal success in the five areas of "life development."
- By the end of the course the student will develop effective strategies for the achievement of his/her success in college and in life.
- By the end of the course the student will demonstrate the ability to be self-reflective with regard to his/her personal values and goals.
- By the end of the course the student will attempt to manifest an ability to organize her/his time and work.
- By the end of the course the student will be able to work as part of a team and to function as a member of a group.
- By the end of the course the student will demonstrate an introductory level of computers skills. This includes word, power point design, and web page construction.
- By the end of the course the student will be familiar with the campus environment and available services.
- By the end of the course the student will understand how the curiosity and involvement of illegal and immoral activity may distract from his/her success in learning.
- By the end of the course the student will understand the importance of persistence and develop a willingness to learn from mistakes.
- By the end of the course the student will understand how the human senses contribute to one's intellectual development.
- By the end of the course the student will develop a willingness to accept ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty.
- By the end of the course the student will develop and understanding of the value of ""Whole Brain Thinking."
- Be the end of the course the student will develop a personal approach to physical fitness and poise.
- By the end of the course the student will manifest an understanding of the inter-conectedness of all knowledge and the interdependence of all people.
- By the end of the course the student will have collected informational experiences of her/him self and categorized them according to the five life development skills (social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual) in the creation of a freshman student portfolio (student-folio).
Projects:
- Portfolio construction and artifact collection (the box) to include journal entries towards building a Life Development Plan.
- Service Learning Project 8-10 hours. November 3rd St. Benedict Carnival,
Fall Semester - Fr. Theodore's Courtyard On-going the semester.
- Low Element Ropes Course.
- Spectrum Development project and interpretation.
- The understanding of Web Page construction, Email Transmission, and Power Point presentation.
- Abbey Tour and Library Understanding and Instruction
Assignments
Weekly Text Chapter assignments
Kersey Temperament Self Examination
Report on Life Skills Development
How to Study Report
Grading:
Attendance 20%
Portfolio/JE 30%
Assignments 20%
Service Activities 30%
100% - 95% A
94% - 90% B
89% - 80% C
79% - 70% D
69% - below F
Special Notations:
This course is not meant to invade anyone's privacy. All personal information asked for or shared is voluntary and should be kept within the confines of course description and university policies and procedures.
If any member of the class believes that he/she has a mental or physical disability and needs special accommodations of any nature whatsoever, the instructor and the dean of students office will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in this class. Please advise the instructor of such disability and the desired accommodations at some point before, during, or immediately after the first scheduled class or when the situation is recognized.
Enjoy our Foundations Class