Undergraduate
Mentor Development Courses
Student Learning Outcomes for UCOL-U 200 Foundations for Student Leaders (1 cr.)
Students who complete a University College Foundations for Student Leaders course should:
- Describe the leadership development process.
- Apply leadership skills to a variety of leadership experiences.
- Identify personal factors and behaviors that influence group and individual development.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills for working in groups.
- Recall the university’s structure, vision, mission, and goals as they relate to various academic services.
Student Learning Outcomes for UCOL-U 201 Introduction to Mentoring Techniques (1 cr.)
Students who complete a University College Introduction to Mentoring Techniques course should:
- Explain their role, responsibility, and contribution to the campus community.
- Explain and understand traits, functions, and activities associated with mentoring.
- Demonstrate how to access campus resources to support student success at IU Indianapolis.
- Apply active listening skills and communication principles when working with students in their mentoring program.
- Identify characteristics of diversity within the semester about our student community to promote an inclusive learning experience.
- Recognize two positive tactics to maintain life balance in order to stay motivated for themselves and their students.
Student Learning Outcomes for UCOL-U 202 Mentoring: Appreciative Mentoring for Student Learning (1 cr.)
Students who complete a University College Mentoring: Appreciative Mentoring for Student Learning course should:
- Demonstrate the collaborative learning process and understand the importance it has in the mentoring role and to others.
- Understand that all mentoring has an impact on academic success.
- Apply the appreciative mentoring model to support student growth and development.
- Differentiate and adapt the stages of group and individual mentoring techniques and strategies to one's role.
- Evaluate that students' outcomes are aligned to the desired goals as a result of their mentoring relationship.
Student Learning Outcomes for UCOL-U 203 Mentoring: Leadership and Transition (1 cr.)
Students who complete a University College Mentoring: Leadership and Transition course should:
- Increase self-awareness through the exploration and personal introspection of their skills, competencies, and personal leadership philosophy.
- Apply critical thinking to leadership theories and practices.
- Identify relational leadership principles and apply them when leading a group.
- Articulate values, qualities, and skills important to leadership positions.
- Build practical professional skills for leading and managing groups.
- Construct a leadership action plan for their use of theory learned to enhance their work as leaders and mentors.
Student Learning Outcomes for UCOL-U 204 Mentoring: Capstone Experience (1 cr.)
Students who complete a University College Mentoring: Capstone Experience course should:
- Investigate current mentoring literature by applying their comprehensive mentoring experiences (weekly group presentations).
- Reflect upon their mentoring experiences to evaluate the development of their skills and understanding of mentoring (weekly CATS).
- Describe how their work, role, experiences, and skills of mentoring have been developed and applied by focusing on a specific topic inspired by the literature within the larger mentoring context (digital story).