| Get Connected! | |
| Get Involved! | |
| Get Ready to Set Sail on a Fabulous Journey! |
| CSU Channel Islands provides many programs that will enrich your college experience. The following programs or courses are available to help you explore, dream and discover! |
| Get Connected! Enroll in University 101, Critical Thinking and the University. This three-unit course has been designed to help you develop your critical thinking skills. Through lecture and class discussion, you will learn to form different kinds of argument, rhetorical usage about the relationship of language to logic. You will learn how to express your ideas and accept feedback from your peers. In addition, this course will assist you with the transition to university life. It will orient you to university academic structure, discipline programs and degrees. The class exercises and lectures will also provide you with means to acquire or improve your communication, academic and professional skills. Included in this course is assistance with academic advising and career planning. The University 101 course will fulfill the A3 General Education requirement. As an added bonus, you will have opportunities to establish a peer support network and develop friendships that will last a lifetime. |
Get Involved! Library 101, Introduction to Information Resources will provide valuable tools that will help you on your academic journey. This two-unit elective course provided by the University Library will provide an overview of information resources and services. You will acquire skills that will assist you throughout your experience at CSUCI and will obtain life-long learning skills. You will learn how to find, evaluate and apply information to scholarly research and everyday life situations. Use of online catalogs, databases and web search engines to find print and non-print resources will be introduced. You will learn how to formulate a research question for a project, and how to determine the information requirements for a research project. You will learn how to find and evaluate both print and online resources. Information about how to cite and document both print and online resources will also be covered. |
Get Ready to Set Sail on a Fabulous Journey! Service learning can be a rewarding way for you to map out a rich and rewarding academic journey. You will have an opportunity to put your academic skills and talents into action by serving local communities. On this campus, a high priority has been placed on service learning. Service learning happens within classes where you will work on pressing community issues. Studies show that students often improve dramatically when they learn academic skills through service to the community. Consequently, both you and the community will learn from the process! Ideas for service learning classes for the coming year include oral history projects in local communities, a documentary film about environmental activism, a family math project for immigrant parents, working with high school youth on social issues, or a freshman class in learning to experience the life of a teacher. Talk to your academic advisor about available courses each semester or visit the Office for Service Learning, located in the Bell Tower Building to learn more about future courses that incorporate service learning. |
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover...” -Mark Twain |
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