LEAD 050 - Introduction to Oberlin Life and Learning

Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Credits: 1 credits
Attribute: CC

The Introduction to Oberlin Life & Learning course intends to build upon advising during first-year orientation and capitalize on the student cohort advising experience. The course is designed to assist students as they: (1) acclimate to college learning, (2) use institutional resources for holistic support, (3) navigate college life, and (4) create an educational pathway that connects past and present curricular and co-curricular experiences to goals for their future. Information offered and discussed in an informal seminar setting during the course includes: Understanding academic advising as an educational activity; training in technologies for holistic advising; planning a coherent curricular and co-curricular pathway from high school through college; understanding norms for academic and interpersonal integrity in our community of learning; and training in study skills, time management, and wellness.

Instructor: D. Hamdan

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes