First-year students
Including first-time freshmen & transfer students in their first year at Chico State
Students who are interested in:
Interactive, hands-on learning
Purposeful small-group coursework where building community is a key factor in course design
Sharing their learning beyond the walls of their classroom with others who are interested in similar topics
Course Description:
This course examines communication in small group processes such as group development, group climate, leadership and roles, problem solving, and conflict. Student participate in a small group and practice gathering, organizing, and presenting research-based group speeches.
Projects will be displayed at the end of the semester at the Sense of Place event.
Course Description:
This course is a survey of the basic processes that determine flows of energy through the atmosphere and examines the subsequent interactions among water, landforms, soil, and vegetation that create and modify the surface of the earth. Students develop a recognition of landscape patterns, as well as an understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological principles and functions that create those patterns, in order to understand the natural environment in which we live and the role of humans affecting that environment.
Projects will be displayed at the end of the semester at the Gateway Science Museum event.
