School: North Georgia College and State University
Department: Psychology & Sociology
Instructor: Chuck Robertson, Ph.D.  
Course #:  UNIV 1000
Title: Strategies for COllege Success
Semester Hours: 3 credit hours
Office: 102B Dunlap Hall
Phone: 706.867.3220   
Office hours: check my Google Calendar, and By Appointment
Web Site: http://radar.ngcsu.edu/~clrobertson/index.htm
Email: clrobertson@ngcsu.edu
 
 
Prerequisites: None
 
Co-requisites: None
 
Course Description: A course designed to assist new students in making a successful transition into college life by teaching academic and personal success skills and by introducing them to university resources. The course consists specifically of three components: academic skills; personal skills; and discussion, research, and writing on special topics.
 
Course Objectives: Learn how a university works and how to be a successful student.
 
Methods of Instruction: This class is listed as an hybrid class as part of our Learning Community. We will orient in our Intro Psych class and complete assignments online at the SFCS blog or by using twitter.
 
Evaluation Methods: 50% of you grade will come from commenting on blog assignments. 25% of your grade will come from responding to twitter assignments. 25% of your grade will coem from your final examination.
 
General Guideline for grades: 90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C; 65%=D; 0-65% Is an F 
 
General Expectations:
 
Attendance: I do not take attendance (other than roll verification). That being said, you
should never miss class or be late.  
 
Withdrawal: You may not drop this class without dropping all LC classes. I will not automatically drop you from the roll for excessive absences. It is
your responsibility to complete all withdrawal forms..
 
Participation: You are expected to be a part of our classroom/academic community. Most of your grades will come from Twittering an commenting on blog posts
 
Individual/Collaborative Work: 
 
Cheating is not acceptable behavior. If you are in doubt as to what constitutes cheating on
homework assignments or tests then you need to come and clarify it with me before you
cheat. Anyone caught cheating will be sent to Academic Affairs and I will ask them to fail
you and remove you from my class for the remainder of the semester. Should you decide
to be a psychology major after this, you will need to take my classes.
 
All tests will be a product of your individual work/processing. They will never be open book
or open note... although sometimes they will be open collaboration.
 
Working on your own: You need to read the textbook and you need to take some decent
notes that will allow you to ascertain what in the textbook is important to me. 
 
 
Course Content (by week) we will make adjustments as needed. You will find a link on my website with a tentative weekly schedule on it.
 
Important Dates: 
 
FINAL EXAMINATION!... you are responsible for attending the final examination during
the time scheduled by the VPAA’s office. You may find the time to all your exams by
visiting the Calendar section of the NGCSU website and viewing the final exam matrix.
http://www.ngcsu.edu/vpaa/Main%20Pages/Calendars.shtml
 
Knowledge base: Our blog and twitter network.

Other: I may make readings available on our class blog site; http://SFCS.edublogs.org/
 
Class evaluations:  Class evaluations at NGCSU are now conducted on-line through Banner. 
Evaluation of the class is considered a component of the course and students will not be
permitted to access their course grade until the evaluation has been completed.   The
evaluations will be accessible beginning one week prior to Final Exam week.  Specific
instructions will be made available when the surveys are activated.  
 
 
Academic Integrity Policy:
 
Honor Code:  "On my honor, I will not lie, cheat, steal, plagiarize, evade the truth or
tolerate those who do." 
 
Suspected violations of the Academic Integrity policy should be referred by students to
the instructor.  If the instructor concludes that a violation of the Academic Integrity
policy has occurred, the instructor will either (1) penalize the student and file an incident
report with the Academic Integrity Council or (2) refer the matter directly to the
Academic Integrity Council.  If an incident report is filed by the instructor, the instructor
will review the completed report with the student and will request that the student sign
the report as an indication that the student is aware of the contents of the report.
 
Accommodation for Students with Disabilities: 
 
North Georgia College & State University (NGCSU) is committed to the full inclusion of
individuals with disabilities and to the principle of individual rights and responsibilities.  To
that end, the policies and procedures of NGCSU reasonably ensure that a person with a
disability is not, on the basis of that disability, denied full and equal access to and the
enjoyment of academic programs and co-curricular activities or otherwise is subjected to
discrimination in such programs and activities.
 
The policies for access by individuals with disabilities at NGCSU are designed to
ensure full compliance with all pertinent federal and state legislation, specifically to
include Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) of 1990.
 
To receive disability accommodations, the student should contact the Coordinator
of Disability Resources, Office of Academic Support Programs, Room 207 Barnes Hall. 
Approval of reasonable accommodations will be made on a case-by-case basis.