Course: Personal Learning Experience (EDUC-495)
2008 Spring: Registration and Course Offerings - Tuition-waiver
NEW COURSE OFFERING for ASPIRE Eligible Students!
REMEMBER you MUST be eligible to register for the course. We still have openings for the 2008 Spring Term.
Contact: Sharon Franklin , Director
Register for the following section (only for students who are anticipating to graduate in 2008 or 2009):
EDUC-495 Personal Learning Experience (Kimberly Giertz-Karis) 3:00-3:55 T/TH (2 credits)
(This section has a have tuition-waiver. Students must be eligible for ASPIRE in order to enroll for this course).
Personal Learning Experience (EDUC-495) This section of Personal Learning Experience is a two-credit semester course designed for juniors and seniors at UW-Stout through Student Support Services-ASPIRE. The course will involve ethical decision and investigates decision-making process as it prepares you for ‘life after college’. This is a regular discussion, critical thinking and personal self-development learning experience course.
The course is broken down into three main learning objectives:
- An exposure to theoretical and practical framework of personal and professional ethical decision-making;
- An understanding of the self-management of ‘life after college’; and
- An understanding of personal core values and the ability to apply and articulate them with responsibility to community, professional work world and new personal relationships.
Sample topics covered in this course:
- Theoretical framework of personal decision-making
- Personal Mission Statements: Core Values
- Articulating Personal Character
- Making Choices
- Evaluating your College Experience: "What does it mean to be a college graduate"
- Managing transitions from college to what's next: 'What to bring with you; what to leave behind'
- Developing Professional Character
- Career Fitness Program and Career Readiness
- New Community.. new beginnings
- Civic Responsibility: 'Road to Citizenship'
- Confronting Moral Challenges
- Interpersonal Communications
- Personal Finances and Money Management
- Healthy Lifestyle
- Office environment and meeting expectations
- Communicating with boss and co-workers
- People Process Culture
Tuition Waivers - granted for two-credits
Student Support Services is waiving tuition on two-college credits for eligible students enrolled in Personal Learning Experience (EDUC-495). Eligible students will NOT be charged tuition for the two-credit course if all of the following apply:
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Undergraduate UW-STOUT Student is full-time.
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Student is coming from a limited income family (usually means you are getting a PELL grant through Financial Aid) and first generation-college student or has a documented disability. Waivers will also be granted to students who are first-generation only.
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Student agrees to participate in the Student Support Services Program and activities during the 2007-2008 academic year.
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