Goals - Outcomes & Objectives
Course Description
This course teaches success strategies to enhance academic and lifelong learning. Explore personality, interests and values to increase self-understanding and select an appropriate major and career. Learn about careers of the future. Identify your learning style and apply psychological principles of learning and memory to academic study strategies. Apply life management techniques such as time and money management to accomplish personal goals. Examine adult stages of development and develop a plan for wellness and living a long and healthy life. Learn strategies for motivation and stress management. Practice creative and critical thinking techniques.
Course Credit
General Education Credit for California State Universities, Area E; UC transferable
Course Objectives
You will be able to:
1) Describe various motivational strategies and apply them to their success in college.
2) Describe vocational interests, values and personality theory to evaluate appropriate careers and college majors.
3) Identify learning strategies that will facilitate productivity in college.
4) Demonstrate lifelong success skills that facilitate optimal communication, critical and positive thinking.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
Evaluate career, academic and personal goals through in class activities and written assignments.
Create an educational plan using various academic resources such as the college catalog, transfer resources and/or career research websites.
Course Content
1) Personal Growth and Life Management
a. Self-Assessments
b. Life Management: goal setting, decision making, time/money management, behavior modification
c. Motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic; locus of control
d. Interpersonal Communication: speaking, listening, conflict resolution
e. Diversity: social diversity, prejudice and discrimination
2) Career Assessment, Educational Planning, and Research
3) Lifelong Learning
4) Health and Wellness
5) Critical and Creative Thinking
a. Critical Thinking
b. Creative Thinking
c. Methodology of a Social Science
