Class
Schedule
URI 101, Section 3
Class Activities & Assignments
September 6 (MEET IN ADAMS 005) - First Day of Class: Intro, Icebreakers, Syllabus, & Sandra Pearlman (Learning Assistance Network) "Strategies for Success".
READINGS: Module 1 "From High School to College", "Webmail"
ASSIGNMENT: Due 8:00am, Tuesday, September 11: Download the following two
forms and complete them.
1. Semester Planner: Using your syllabi from your Fall 2000 classes and
your team's competition schedule, fill out a semester planner that
indicates when you have exams scheduled, assignments or projects due, and your
travel/competition schedule. Highlight conflicts.
2. Weekly Planner: Complete a weekly planner,
indicating when you have classes, practices, team meetings, study table, and
other regular appointments.
3. Webmail: Before 8:00am, Tuesday September 12, you must activate
your URI webmail account and send an email to your instructor at miscott@uri.edu
September 11 (MEET IN ADAMS 005) - Study Skills
QUIZ: Turn in Semester
Planner and Weekly
Planner before 8:05am.
READINGS: Module 5 "Strategies for Success", "Time Management"
ASSIGNMENT: Due 8:00am, Thursday, September 13
1. Internet
Scavenger Hunt: Download this form and find the answers!
2. Substance Abuse
Survey: Fill out the online survey before the Health and Safety
presentation scheduled for your class on September 13. Complete the survey and
your answers will be forwarded to a database. On the confirmation page, which is not linked to your
responses in any way, fill out your name and their class section. When you complete the confirmation
page, I will get an email noting that you have done so.
September 13 (MEET IN ATRIUM II, MEMORIAL UNION) - Health
& Safety Presentation
QUIZ: Turn in Internet
Scavenger Hunt and complete the Substance Abuse Survey
before 8:05am.
READINGS: Module 6 "The College Culture: Does it Encourage Drug Abuse", "Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs", "Alcohol Exercise", "A Mother's Story"
ASSIGNMENT: Complete questionnaire in Module 6: " Learning Styles for College" and print out your results
September 18 (MEET IN ADAMS 005) - Learning Styles
QUIZ: Quiz over readings and presentations
READINGS: Module 6 "Learning Styles for College", "Assessing Your Learning Style"
September 18 (MEET IN ADAMS 005) - "Nutrition
for the College Athlete" by Sue Ash
QUIZ: Quiz over readings and presentations
ASSIGNMENT (Due by 8:00am Tuesday, September 25): Journal response to Sue Ash's "Nutrition for the College Athlete" presentation. A journal response is reflective writing that shows you've thought about the assigned subject. For the purposes of this class, a journal response requires a minimum of three paragraphs (each paragraph must contain a minimum of three sentences). The first paragraph should describe the speaker and the major topic of discussion. You should then write a paragraph each about two things that you learned from the presentation or two things that you found interesting and how they apply to you.
September 24, 7:00pm (MEET IN KEANEY GYM) - Robin Sawyer Presentation (MUST ATTEND); check in with your mentors near the training room following the conclusion of the presentation.
ASSIGNMENT: Journal response to
Robin Sawyer presentation. A
journal response is reflective writing that shows you've thought about the
assigned subject. For the purposes
of this class, a journal response requires a minimum of three paragraphs (each
paragraph must contain a minimum of three sentences). The first paragraph should describe the speaker and the
major topic of discussion. You
should then write a paragraph each about two things that you learned from the
presentation or two things that you found interesting and how they apply to
you.
September 25 - NO CLASS; Must attend September 24 Robin Sawyer presentation
QUIZ (due by 8:00am): Email a
journal response to miscott@uri.edu about Sue
Ash's "Nutrition for the College Athlete" presentation.. A journal response is reflective
writing that shows you've thought about the assigned subject. For the purposes of this class, a
journal response requires a minimum of three paragraphs (each paragraph must
contain a minimum of three sentences).
The first paragraph should describe the speaker and the major topic of
discussion. You should then write
a paragraph each about two things that you learned from the presentation or two
things that you found interesting and how they apply to you.
READINGS: Module 6 "What Every Student Should Know about Sexual Assault", "Sex Yes = Rape"
September 27 (MEET IN GALANTI LOUNGE, LIBRARY) - Career
Services/Internships/Study Abroad Presentation
QUIZ (due by 8:05am): Journal response to Robin Sawyer presentation. A journal response is reflective
writing that shows you've thought about the assigned subject. For the purposes of this class, a
journal response requires a minimum of three paragraphs (each paragraph must
contain a minimum of three sentences).
The first paragraph should describe the speaker and the major topic of
discussion. You should then write
a paragraph each about two things that you learned from the presentation or two
things that you found interesting and how they apply to you.
READINGS: Module 3 "Using Career Services", "Internships and Experiential Education"
Project Part I due 12:00noon
September 28 at instructor's office (17C Roosevelt)
October 2 - NO CLASS;
Must attend a Diversity Week presentation; check out the Multicultural
Center's website for a detailed schedule
QUIZ (due by 8:00am Friday, October 5):
Email a journal response to miscott@uri.edu
about the Diversity Week presentation that you attended. A journal response is reflective
writing that shows you've thought about the assigned subject. For the purposes of this class, a
journal response requires a minimum of three paragraphs (each paragraph must
contain a minimum of three sentences).
The first paragraph should describe the speaker and the major topic of
discussion. You should then write
a paragraph each about two things that you learned from the presentation or two
things that you found interesting and how they apply to you.
READINGS: Module 6 "Educating
Citizens for a Multicultural Society", "Case Studies
about Community and Environment"
October 4 (MEET IN ADAMS 005) Academic Advising
QUIZ: Quiz over readings and presentations
READINGS: Module 1 "University College",
Module 3 "That
Major Decision"