Oral and Written Communication Skills: students will state clearly and defend orally and in writing their ideas, arguments, and research questions.
College and Career Readiness. Students will: gain an understanding of the philosophy, function, and value of the General Education curriculum in the overall context of their degree program; gain an understanding of their own career goals and the relation of these to their choice of major and to General Education; identify—and utilize when appropriate—available student services and locations of support units offering academic assistance, health and wellness support, financial aid, technology resources, and career counseling; know and apply time management techniques and effective learning strategies.
Community Engagement and Service Learning: the course will provide students an understanding of their location in community and foster in them a desire to contribute to the community in a meaningful way.
Global Competence: the course will allow students to reflect on the global implications of the career choices and, through the process of exposure to cultural diversity, to develop strategies for intercultural understanding and communication.
Ellis, D. B., & Toft, D. (2018). Becoming a master student. Boston, MA, USA: Cengage Learning.
Statement about use of Blackboard at KSU. Course Syllabus will be posted on the course Blackboard site.
How specifically it is used in the course [state if “not applicable”]
If you need help learning how to use Blackboard the following tutorials are available for students:
A helpful tutorial for learning to use Blackboard can be accessed below:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLontYaReEU1seUE3ACG3sEc3zR7Br7URU
For other tutorials over other KSU software systems (e.g. Turnitin, Smarthinking, etc.): https://kysu.edu/academics/distance-education/online-resource-portal/
KSU Library main page: https://kysu.edu/academics/library/
All students must conduct their studies at KSU honestly, ethically and in accordance with accepted standards of academic conduct. See Academic Honesty section of Standards Governing Student Conduct in the KSU Student