If you complete this course and do well, you will :

• Articulate three potential careers in Information Technology based on their interests, values, and abilities
• Describe and apply technology tools for academic success
• Articulate the step(s) they need to take in order to achieve their career goal(s) in Information Technology
• Select the appropriate curriculum based on their career goal(s)
• Develop an academic plan related to Information Technology
• Identify their preferred learning style and how it can be applied in Information Technology
• Identify their optimal time, place, and setting for studying and identify three strategies for managing reading
• Identify three to five aspects of critical thinking such as: identifying faulty logic, problem-solving, and asking questions/probing etc. and how it applies to Information Technology
• Review two to three strategies and tools for managing time and articulate their preferred method
• Articulate the benefits and risks of the three aspects (e.g. credit, savings, and budgeting) of money management
• Articulate three to five ways individuals are diverse and how diversity impacts society and Information Technology
• Identify three to five elements of effective communication (e.g. active listening, verbal and non-verbal messages, etc.)
• Identify three to five techniques/strategies for managing anxiety / stress

Possible Assignments Include: (Subject to change each semester. The actual assignments are available in the Syllabus in the Blackboard course site on the first day of classes.)

Grades will be based on completion of the following assignments:

Your final grade may be based on the following scale. Please note that you must also pass the proctored exam in order to pass the course, regardless of your scores on the other assignments.

The grading scale is:

Last Updated: August 19, 2013