COURSE DESCRIPTION:  The second part of the university orientation class designed to prepare students for success by focusing on more discipline-specific issues

TEXTBOOK  INFORMATION:  (You should still have this on your Ipad)

Allison, Jay, and Gediman Dan, eds. This I Believe II. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2009. Available on your iPad.

COURSE EXPECTATIONS:

At CMU we take special care to make sure that incoming freshmen adjust successfully to university life. Helping students make the crucial transition from high school to college is the major goal of our First Year Program. In addition to summer and fall orientation activities, the academic part of the First Year Program consists of two interlinked orientation classes, CMU101 and CMU102. CMU101 concentrates on study skills and life skills necessary for academic success, familiarization with campus facilities and activities, coverage of the CMU catalog and prospective degree plans, and introduction to the students’ chosen major The second class in the sequence, CMU102, concentrates more exclusively on issues related to the major (if applicable), as well as introducing leadership principles and discipline specific skills associated with a career in the major.

Transition, Familiarize, Acclimate, HonorTransitionto college and college level work.Familiarizestudents with campus facilities and offerings.Acclimatestudents to Fayette and the CMU communities.Honorour institution and its traditions, history, and future.