University First-Year Transition

UNIV 100
Mrs. Rasha Musalam

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 EXPECTATIONS
For our time together this semester

Turn your PUNCTUALITY

expectations into Be at least 1
REQUESTS minute early NO MOBILES

DIALOUGE

HYBRID ACTIVE
LEARNING RESPECT LISTENING
 Syllabus Overview

Personal Academic
AURAK Polices 02 01 Goals
and Procedures ( Self Efficacy)

overview
method
AURAK Academic AURAK School
Support
(Advisement, Peer Tutoring,
03 06 Tours
(Business, Engineering, Arts
Writing Center) & Science)

Academic Integrity People Skills

(Plagiarism)
04 05
(Leadership, Teamwork,
presentation skills)
 Syllabus and Resources

Click for the syllabus

Click for the e-book

 A Look Ahead: Fall 2021

Classes Begin

Letter to Future Team Data collection Student Reading

Self (5%) To Be Decided Writing Peer Tutors
formation assignment Presentation summary
(5%) Center Form
(5%) (5%) (5%) of weeks
Assignment guide 2- 4 Activities (5%)
and template will (2%) (5%) **Due in 1st
be posted on week of Nov.
Blackboard

Group A:
WEEK 4
WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8
Group B:
29 -Sept 4 5-11 Sept 12-18 Sept WEEK 5 26 – Oct 2 3-9 Oct 10-16 Oct 17-23 Oct.
19-25 Sept

Assignment Submission is due a day before the next class

 A Look Ahead: Fall 2021

International
Plagiarism Multiple Advisement General Business Engineering Education Final Test
Activity Intelligences Assignment Education School Team Activities Activity / (10%)
(5%) Assignment (10%) Competencies Building General
Activity (5%) (5% )
(5%) form Education
Reading Activity (5%)
(5%) summary of
weeks 5- 12 Gateway
(3%) Assessment
(5%)

WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11 WEEK 12 WEEK 13 WEEK 14 WEEK 15 WEEK 16

24-30 Oct 31 - Nov 6 7-13 Nov 14-20 Nov 21-27 Nov 28-Dec 4 5-11Dec 12-20 Dec

Assignment Submission is due a day before the next class

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 What do I want from university?

Please select all that apply

and take a screenshot of
the answer and upload to
the Blackboard
 What’s Next?

01 Reading: The Study Skills

Handbook: P. 1-7
Remember to keep track of your readings which should be
summarised in a word document, due in week 5.

“Letter to Future Self” Assignment 02

Assignment template
Assignment Rubric
University First-Year Transition
UNIV 100
Mrs. Rasha Musalam
Week_2

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 Attendance Policy

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• Students are required to:  Provide a medical certificate
or other corroborating
evidence to explain their

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• Notify and obtain permission absence, if required by the
from course instructors in University.
advance that they will be absent
from time-tabled class sessions.

03  Where a student fails to

attend classes for four or
more weeks cumulatively,
 Creating Diverse Discourse
Questions, Ideas, and Thoughts on
Goal Setting & Teams formation 10
minutes
discourse
Task: In groups of 4:
• Discuss the importance of goal setting and how to
achieve a goal
• WHEN and WHY do we work in TEAMS?

Select one person to present on behalf of the team

 Goal Settings
A goal without a PLAN is just a wish
• Why do we set goals?
• Too big or too small goals?
• Break your goals into chunks (Magic stairway)
• What is your goal?

S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Teamwork & collaboration

-Share a common goal

-Respect, trust, collaborate &
communicate with each other
-Know each other strengths and
use these strengths in achieving
the common goal
 What’s Next?

Reading: The Study Skills

01 Handbook: Chapter 8: Working with
Others
Remember to keep track of your readings which should be
summarised in a word document, due in week 5.

“Letter to Future Self” Assignment 02

“Team formation” Assignment
Deadline: 13 Sept @ 12:59pm
University First-Year Transition
UNIV 100
Mrs. Rasha Musalam
Week 3

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 EXPECTATIONS
For our time together this semester

Turn your PUNCTUALITY

expectations into Be at least 1
REQUESTS minute early NO MOBILES

DIALOUGE

ACTIVE
RESPECT LISTENING
 Attendance Policy

02
• Students are required to:  Provide a medical certificate
or other corroborating
evidence to explain their

01
• Notify and obtain permission absence, if required by the
from course instructors in University.
advance that they will be absent
from time-tabled class sessions.

03
 Where a student fails to attend
classes for four or more weeks
cumulatively, the instructor has
the option of deeming that the
student has failed the course
 What has been covered?
Reading:
01 The Study Skills Handbook: Page: 1-7

Chapter 8: Working with Others

02 Remember to keep track of your readings which should be summarised in a
word document, due in week 5.

Assignments:
01 “Letter to Future Self”

02 “Team formation”
 What is Data?
Task: In pairs:
Discuss the meaning of data and example of data? 3
minutes
discourse

Data is everywhere. It is a collection of facts.

Types of Data: Quantitative (Numerical)

Qualitative (Non-numerical)

Quantitative: Number of ladies & men in this class

Qualitative: Students opinion about UNIV 100
 Why we need Data?
Task: In pairs:
Mention up to three reasons for collecting data?
2
minutes

• To answer a question discourse

• Tell story

• Analyse, compare and improve

• Find solutions to problems

• Make informed decisions

• Draw conclusion ..etc.
 How do we collect & present data?
We collect data from two sources:
Primary (Data collected by researchers): Interviews, Surveys,
Observations, case study
Secondary (Existing data): previous research, official reports,
statistics, web information.
 What’s Next?

Reading: The Study Skills

01 Handbook: Chapter 1: Success as a
student
Remember to keep track of your readings which should be
summarised in a word document, due in week 5.

“Data collection” assignment 02

Deadline: a day before the next class
 Week 4 Presentation

Short presentation to work on next class:

Upload your PowerPoint to Blackboard before Week 4 class.

• Three slides:
• Who we are as a team - introduce members in more detail
• What questions we asked and why
• What data we collected (charts / graphs)

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