Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 WWCC College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 WWCC College Catalog

FYE 101 - First Year Experience


Credits: 3
LEC hours per week: 3
Students become active, responsible, and successful learners through this course. Upon completion, students will articulate a clear understanding of strategies required to meet their life goals and be prepared to take necessary steps.
Course Outcomes:
  • Explain your purpose and intentions for attending WWCC.
  • Articulate personal challenges to college success.
  • Evaluate multiple strategies as well as resources to meet articulated challenges.
  • Imagine and develop possible solution(s) to remove barriers to success.
  • Implement at least one solution to a personal challenge and evaluate your solution(s) and results.
  • Name approaches to make connections with people who have different experiences, perspectives, beliefs, and values.
  • Examine financial goals including personal budget and paying for college.
  • Respond to an activity that fosters a Sense ofBelonging with peers and/or with the greater college community.
Course Topics:
  1. College Goals and Challenges
  2. Community and College Resources
  3. Time Management
  4. Active Learning
  5. Habit Building
  6. Fixed vs. Growth Mindset
  7. Health and Well-being
  8. Building Relationships
  9. Financial Literacy 
  10. Advising and Career Planning
Course Attribute(s): None