CLCS 185 - Vassar View: Vassar Advising Intensive

Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)

This course provides an intensive advising experience for first-year students with a faculty mentor who is also the pre-major advisor for students in the course. The course is designed to facilitate the transition to college and provide the time and guidance for students to discover more about themselves as active, engaged learners. The course emphasizes independent exploration. Class sessions address student interests and learning goals, academic skills, college practices, and community engagement. During this course, students begin to independently develop their educational goals and explore how Vassar’s mission as a liberal arts college and its curriculum can support their interests. Students are encouraged to advance essential academic skills, such as critical reading and writing, along with time management, and spend time outside of class becoming familiar with resources on campus designed to reinforce their academic success. Students are also introduced to college practices and policies and learn to navigate the college structure. Through attendance at a variety of campus events, such as lectures, performances, and athletic competitions, students develop a deep understanding of the college community and begin to build sustaining relationships with other first-year students and with their faculty advisor. Denise Walen.

One 2-hour period and individual conferences with the instructor.

Course Format: INT