CAS 111, CBT 111 or CED 111 - First -Year Success Seminar: Theory and Application of Learning and Critical Thinking (One semester hour)

The First -Year Success Seminar (FSS) is a one-hour required course, Theory and Application of Learning and Critical Thinking, designed to ease the transition from high school to university life and provide important academic, intellectual, and social skills to help ensure a successful first year in college. The course is designed to assist students in increasing their knowledge of and skill in critical thinking and acting behaviors. Concepts studied include perception, memory, creativity, and problem solving as they relate to critical thinking. The effects of attitudes, values, logical fallacies, and thinking errors on critical thinking and problem solving are examined. Assignments require students to apply critical thinking skills to real-life problems. Students who complete FSS have been empirically shown to have lower dropout rates and higher grade point averages than students who do not take the course.

The course is taught under the prefix CAS 111 for students majoring in disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences, CBT 111 for students majoring in disciplines in the College of Business and Technology, CED 111 for students majoring in the fields of education or human services.