COL 101 - Strengthening Navigational Skills

3 Credits

In this course, you’ll build connections with other students, faculty, and staff, and get to know resources and degree pathways at the college. Together, we’ll build strategies for effective learning, goal setting, and self-care for college. With a recognition of your own strengths and support systems, you’ll create plans for funding and your degree and career goals. You belong here at Highline.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Day, Evening, Online
Fall Day, Evening
Winter Day, Evening, Online
Spring Day, Evening, Online

Designed to Serve This course is intended for students in their first 30 credits of college courses who have not taken a college success course yet.
Active Date 20220330T15:33:25

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 20
Contact Hours: Lecture 33
Total Contact Hours 33
Degree Distributions:
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Belonging to College: community and identity development, mindset and motivation, power and empowerment, assets and strengths
College navigation: technology tools, campus resources, clubs, programs and degrees, funding for college
Success strategies: study skills, note-taking, time management, stress management, social and emotional wellness
Information literacy: finding, evaluating, and using sources
Career exploration: career interest assessments, research on career fields and jobs

Student Learning Outcomes
Formulate and practice communication strategies to build connections with other students, faculty, and staff.

Demonstrate effective use of technology tools required for college success.

Construct an actionable plan for involvement in campus resources and communities.

Articulate funding options for college that align with student’s needs.

Devise a plan to effectively manage academic workload based on an evaluation of a variety of learning and time management strategies.

Generate a process to confidently and competently navigate library resources to prepare for future information literacy assignments.

Construct a degree plan based on program options and evaluation of pathway/career goal assessments.

Examine facets of identity development and articulate personal strengths for positive self concept in college.