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Features
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Assistant features editor
For some freshmen, entering the college atmosphere
is no more tedious than a trip to the corner
grocery store. For others, beginning college is
comparable to their worst nightmare.
For all of them, various classes and programs exist
at USC, which help new students adjust to the
unknown world of college.
Perhaps the most well-known and popular program
for freshmen is the University 101 course, offered
as a three-credit elective. A. Jerome Jewler,
co-director for instruction and faculty development
) for University 101, said the class covers all aspects
tk of development ? social, vocational and physical
? a new student needs to survive college.
"It's just coming to a totally new environment,
having to cope with disses that are more demanding
than what they (freshmen) had in high school,
having to socialize with people from all over the
country or all over the state, especially if they're
from small towns," Jewler said.
"Where they may have been an important figure
in their class, they feel just sort of swallowed up in
this mass of people here."
To help freshmen cope, University 101 was first
offered at USC in 1972. The course involves planning
for careers, being introduced to all of the helpine
resourcpc on ramnns. nnd hrushino un r>n such
* skills as writing, studying and researching in the
library, Jcwler said.
"It's taught by an instructor who's there because
he wants to be, whether it's a faculty member, or a
student affairs professional or an administrator.
They really care about helping students persist, so
they becomc a mentor figure for the students," he
said.
The University 101 program has been a big success,
Jewler said. "A total of 44 percent of the incoming
freshman class enrolled in this course lasi
fall, which is pretty incredible when you considei
that it's not required.
"We have been at the forefront at this university
in csiaousmng programs 10 improve ine quality oi
the freshman year, and it's become nationally anc
internationally significant," he said.
A less-recognized course is the two-credit Readinj
100 class offered through the College of Education
which is open to all class levels.
"It's basically a reading course designed to hel|
students develop their reading comprehension
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because that's where a lot of students have
problems.
"The study skills component involves listening
and note-taking, and we do a little on formal study
systems for test preparation. We also cover
vocabulary development, which is part of the
reading skills," she said.
Reading 100 is not remedial, but is designed for
any student who has inadequate study skills, Pattison
said. "We have had a few juniors and seniors
come through who said they wish they had taken it
at the freshman level."
Pattison coordinates the academic skills program,
which is offered through the university's Counseling
and Human Development Center.
"It's a developmental assistance program for
freshmen through graduate-level students, so this
program has a much broader range of services and
broader range of student clientele than the (Reading
100) course does," she said.
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Other vocational assistance is offered at the
center, including a speed-reading program, and a
skills enrichment program for minorities, Pattison
said.
"We offer students individualized assistance in
reading and study skills. If students want to come in
and get tutorial-type help, it's entirely free."
The center also offers confidential social adjustment
help for students, said Don Swanson, director
of the center.
Coordinators serve as consultants and give
presentations to the University 101 course, as well as
to fraternities, sororities and various dormitories
and groups, he said.
"We talk about friendships, how to get along
with people, learning how to relax, learning how to
handle stress, and lcarniniz how to deal with snccific
issues that may come up in a life span."
The university's Career Center offers vocational
assistance to students. Ed Smallman, assistant
director of career planning, said the center's staff
works with students on an individual basis to help
them choose majors or careers.
"There may be lots of things that have to do with
a student's individual difficulties in choosing a major.
It could be that they don't know themselves
very well. It could be that they don't have an idea of
what their options are. It could be that they don't
know what kinds of careers follow certain types of
majors," he said.
The Career Center can help a student's decisionmaking
process, provide source materials, or offer
inventories which evaluate his interests and occupational
values, Smallman said.
The number of students who come in for
assistance nas oeen rising rapiuiy, ne saia.
"Freshmen aren't really sure of what's available. j
For example, they may want to be an accountant,
but they don't know what an accountant does.
That's where we try to help."
Uppcrclassmen in the honors college began a program
called "Contact" for its incoming freshmen in
1985 which has been very successful, said
psychology sophomore Catherine Watt, who coordinated
the program last semester.
Honors students volunteer to get in touch with
the college's incoming freshmen over the summer,
and many develop a friendship, she said. "When
they get to USC, they don't feel quite so lost, which
is our main point. You don't feel like all of a sudden
you're in the midst of 23,000 people."
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