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2024-2025 Catalog

IVYT 111 - Student Success in University Transfer


PROGRAM: Liberal Arts and Sciences
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 1
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 1
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2020

This course provides students with an overview of skills and strategies necessary to successfully complete a degree or certificate from Ivy Tech Community College and to transfer to a four-year institution. Students focus on developing an individualized transfer plan focused on reaching their educational, career, and life objectives.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:

  1. Increase self-awareness and personal responsibility through the development of personal and educational goals.
  2. Explore various career options and set career goals.
  3. Demonstrate computer literacy skills and basic computer functions.
  4. Locate and utilize a variety of campus and community resources.
  5. Explore the college’s social environment and the impact of diversity and a global society.
  6. Develop effective application of study skills and critical thinking.
  7. Examine personal, wellness, and stress management strategies.
  8. Examine transfer opportunities, single articulation pathways, and how they support the student’s transfer plan.


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -  

  • Campus orientation
  • Time management techniques
  • Utilizing technology
  • Evaluation of Internet resources
  • Goal setting
  • Information integrity
  • Career and Major exploration
  • Library resources
  • Personality types
  • Learning strategies
  • Test taking strategies
  • Diversity in society
  • Note taking
  • Textbook usage
  • Proactive strategies
  • Health and wellness issues
  • Degree Requirements
  • Core Transfer Library
  • General Education Transfer Core
  • College Entrance Essays

 
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)