NGL 101 - Live Learn Grow I

(1 unit)

This course is a first-year experience devoted to orienting international students to the university, its surrounding area, and the embedded national cultural context. The FOUNDATION term provides students with essential logistical and academic planning information and exposure to key services and helps familiarize them with their physical and cultural surroundings.

Maximum units a student may earn: 1

Prerequisite(s): Current enrollment as Shorelight student

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 1
Offered: Every Spring and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. describe campus resources for managing transportation, financial transactions, and technology.
2. explain the process for getting assistance through campus resources, such as the student activities center, counseling center, and career center.
3. participate in and describe Signature Student Experiences that expose them to aspects of university life.
4. identify and describe similarities and differences between their home culture and U.S. and university culture and apply intercultural communication strategies to bridge differences.
5. discuss and compare cultural expectations for scholarship, including U.S. universities’ expectations for academic integrity.
6. develop strategies for managing transition stress, including culture shock and homesickness.
7. assess their competence with and develop success qualities, focusing on personal responsibility, time-management, self-motivation, and growth mindset.
8. develop a semester plan for managing assignments and deadlines and an educational plan outlining required courses to complete their major.
9. evaluate the effectiveness of their study habits and test preparation strategies, setting goals to improve areas of weakness.
10. reflect on and present experiences in the Accelerator program by developing a digital story, presentation or other final project.

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