Success Initiatives

Course Syllabus
Monday 10:00am-12:00pm--- January 9, 2012-February 27, 2012- 1 credit hour-Centennial Court B Conference Room

Contact Information Audrey Batista 125 Wright Hall 330-672-6005 audrey.batista@kent.edu

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Office Hours: Monday: 1:00-5:00pm Tuesday: 9:00-11:am Thursday: 1:00-4:00pm Appointments by request

Required Text Title:SUCCESS:Adviceforachievingyourgoalsfromremarkablyaccomplishedpeople Editor:J.Pincott ISBN:0375425896

Course Description
Thiscoursewillprovidestudentsatthecollege/universitylevelwiththeessentialskillsneededtodefine aclearpathforasuccessfuleducationalandprofessionalcareer.Theemphasisofthiscoursewillbeon theelementsofstrategicallyplanningandimplementingasuccessactionplanthroughgoalsetting,time management,leadershipandstressmanagement.

Course Objectives
Bytheendofthecourse,studentswillhavetheabilitytodemonstrateandimplementthefollowing: GoalSetting TimeManagement CultivatingCharacter Workingwithothers Leadingothers Projectinganimage StressManagement StayingSuccessful

Teaching Philosophy
Itismyphilosophythatwithhardwork,dedicationtolearning,andthroughcreativecommunication thatlearningtransformsintoawayoflife.Wecanlearninanysituationifourmindsouropenandour goalsareclear.Itiswithpassionthatweabsorbknowledgeintoourminds,anditiswithdetermination thatwesetouttoputthatknowledgeintopositiveaction.Theabilitytolearncanbetaught.Itisthe abilitytotakewhatyouhavelearnedanduseittomakeanimpactonyourpeersandcommunitythatis entirelyuptoyou.Myphilosophyrevolvesaroundhelpingstudentstorealizetheirfullpotentialand helpingthemtomakethechoicetostandupandbeanactivememberoftheirlearningenvironment andtopromotetheideathatsuccessbeginsinside.Whenastudenthasacceptedthemselvesandtheir abilitytolearnonlythenhasmyjobbegun.

Grading
Thiscoursewillbebasedona100pointscale.Threeassignmentswillmakeup60percentofyourgrade. Areflectionessaywillmakeup15percentofyourgrade,andafinalportfoliowillmakeupthefinal25 percentofyouroverallgrade. Grading Scale Percentage Breakdown A=90100 B=8089 C=7079 D=6069 F=50andbelow GoalsStatement:20% ActionPlan:20% AchievementPhilosophy:20% ReflectionEssay:15% FinalPortfolio:25% Total:100%

Absences
Eachunexcusedabsencewillresultinadroppedlettergrade.Ifyoumustbeabsentduetoan unavoidablecircumstance,pleasecontactAudreyimmediately.

Course Calendar
Date TopicsofDiscussion Reading/Assignments
AllreadingswillbefromthePincotttext andaredueontheweekinwhichthey appear.

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Introductions DefiningSuccess Findingyourpassion Settingyourgoals CultivatingCharacter TimeManagement BeingDetermined BeingCompetitive WorkingwithOthers WorkingHard LeadingOthers TakingRisks ProjectingyourImage GettingFeedback BeingFearless SurvivingSetbacks ManagingStress StayingSuccessful

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Read: Pages166 Read: Pages6786 Due:GoalsStatement Read: Pages87112 Read: Pages113150 Due:ActionPlan Read: Pages151188 Read: Pages189216 Due:AchievementPhilosophy Read: Pages217236

Due:ReflectionEssayandPortfolio

Assignment Descriptions
GoalStatement Inthisassignment,studentswillreflectonanddiscusstheircurrentcontextandtheirpassion.Inaddition,students willclearlydefinegoalsinthecategoriesofacademics,professionaldevelopmentandpersonalachievement.The statementwillincludeandintroductionandconclusionsection.Goalsmustbestatedforthenextfive,10and15 years.Thisstatementshouldbethreetofivepageslongandwillbeadraft. Example:InfiveyearsIseemyselfgoal,goal,goal In10yearsIseemyselfgoal,goal,goal In15yearsIseemyselfgoal,goal,goal Format:12pointfont TimesNewRoman 1margins Doublespaced ActionPlan Theactionplanwilldescribethemethodsyouwillusetotakethebeginningstepsofachievingthegoalslistedin thegoalstatement.Theplanmaybeformattedforyourpreference.Forexample,youmaychoosetomakea calendar,bulletpoints,ayearlybreakdown,etc.Theactionplanshouldbeverydetailedandshouldbetwoto threepagesinlength.Theactionplanwillbeadraft. Format:PersonalPreference AchievementPhilosophy Theachievementphilosophyshoulddiscussyourpersonalstyleforachievingyourgoals.Thephilosophyshould includemethodslearnedinclassandareflectionofwhyunderstandingyourpersonalachievementstyleis important.Thephilosophyshouldbetwotothreepagesinlength.Thiswillbeadraft. Format:12pointfont TimesNewRoman 1margins Doublespaced ReflectionEssay Thereflectionessayshoulddiscussyourplantostaysuccessful,methodsyouhavelearnedtokeepyourgoalson trackandhowthecoursehasorhasnotchangedyourperceptionsofsuccess.Thisessayshouldbetwotothree pagesinlength.Thisessayisnotadraft. Format:12pointfont TimesNewRoman 1margins Doublespaced FinalPortfolio Thefinalportfolioshouldbedeliveredinthefollowingorder. ReflectionEssay GoalStatement ActionPlan AchievementPhilosophy Toreceivethehighestgradepossible.Eachassignmentshouldbeinafinalcopyformatcompletewithedits.The portfolioshouldbedeliveredinathreeprongfolder.TheportfoliomaybeturnedintoAudreysofficeinadvance ordeliveredtotheclassroomonFebruary27th.Youmustsigninyourportfolioupondelivery.DONOTslipthe portfolioundertheofficedoororleaveittobepickedup.Ifyouturnintheportfoliopriorto22711youdonot havetobepresentintheclassroomonthatday.

Academic Honesty
Plagiarismisaseriousacademicoffense.Anystudentwhoisfoundguiltyofplagiarismwillreceivea failinggradeinthecourseandissubjecttostudentconductandorremovalfromtheUniversity.

Technology
Useofanyelectronicdevicesisprohibitedduringclassmeetings.Thesedevicesincludebutarenot limitedto,cellphones,iPods,iPads,laptops,mp3playersandanyotherdevicedeterminedtobeof distractionbytheprofessor.