Academic Programs
Student Learning Outcomes
200-Level Courses
Career Connections (U210)
Students who complete a University College Career Connections course should:
- Identify their career-related interests, personality preferences, values, and skills based on self-assessment exercises.
- Identify several academic and career options that are compatible with their self assessment information.
- Locate and utilize information resources and people to research and explore academic majors and career paths.
- Evaluate the suitability of several major and career options based on an integration of self-assessment and researched major/career information.
- Develop and implement a specific plan of action for subsequent semesters to assist them in confirming their tentative choice(s) of majors/careers.
Mentor Development Courses
Outdoor Leadership Experience (U200)
Students who complete a University College Outdoor Leadership Experience course should:
- Describe their leadership development process and goals for the future.
- Apply relational leadership skills in leadership experiences.
- Identify factors and behaviors that influence group development.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills for working in groups.
- Analyze through writing self-reflections their strengths and limitations of group role.
- Apply experiential learning skills to practical and everyday references.
Introduction to Mentoring Techniques (U201)
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 IUPUI.
- 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.
Active and Collaborative Learning in Groups (U202)
Students who complete a University College Active and Collaborative Learning in Groups course should:
- Summarize the appreciative mentoring process and its role in the mentoring experience.
- Implement developmental and holistic approaches for student learning and academic success.
- Apply positive relationship and communication skills to individual and group mentoring experiences.
- Differentiate the stages of group and individual mentoring techniques and strategies.
- Implement collaborative and assessment guided approaches to mentoring activities.
Leadership and Transition (U203)
Students who complete a University College Leadership and Transition course should:
- Identify relational leadership principles through readings, class discussions, and self-reflection.
- Describe the role of relational leadership.
- Compare and contrast relational leadership with other leadership theories.
- Apply relational leadership principles by characterizing the unique traits of themselves and their group members.
- Summarize the values, qualities, and skills necessary to being a relational leader through small group discussions.
- Analysis through writing your self-awareness of your mentoring skills, competencies, and leadership philosophy.
- Construct a leadership action plan by synthesizing the information gained from class readings and inventories completed.
Independent Study (U204)
Students who complete a University College Independent Study 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 (final paper).