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Student Success Seminar (SSS) I (Fall)
The SEBS Educational Opportunity Fund Student Success Seminar is designed to assist incoming freshman with a successful transition to collegiate life through class assignments, readings, and projects. Sessions will build upon each student’s individual skills as determined by discussions, academic performance and observed social skills. The curriculum will integrate various subject matter, along with the student’s personal life to promote and develop cognitive study skills necessary for course work in mathematics and science. Collaborations with university departments and community organizations will offer an adaptive instructional pedagogy that will encourage student self-directed learning. Seminars and out of class experiences will enhance the student’s ability to connect classroom activities with real life situation to develop communication and leadership skills, adding to their personal and intellectual growth.
Student Success Seminar (SSS) II (Spring)
A continuation of academic sessions designed to facilitate entering student’s successful transition to collegiate life. In addition to readdressing selected topics from SSS I in the fall semester, topics of graduation/career planning, financial literacy, and EOF legacy will be incorporated using both in-class and online sessions. Each session will build upon each student’s individual skills as determined by discussions, academic performance and observed social skills. The curriculum will promote and develop cognitive study skills necessary for course work in mathematics and science. Collaborations with university departments, academic/community organizations, and Alumni will offer an adaptive instructional pedagogy that will encourage student self-directed learning. Seminars in and out of class excursions will enhance student’s ability to connect classroom activities with real life situations to develop communication and leadership skills, adding to their personal and intellectual growth.