Promoting Student Success Through Orientation Courses
Developing orientation courses to foster a sense of community, enhance personal skills, introduce academic resources, and familiarize students with the biology major. Explore challenges and feelings about transitioning to UWSP.
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A Proper Welcome: Developing Orientation Courses to Promote Student Retention and Success
Key Determinants in Student Retention and Success
Biology 190: Introduction to the Biology Major
Course Goals 1. To foster a sense of community among biology students and to increase student success within the major and at UWSP. 2. To help students develop greater personal responsibility, self-motivation, self-awareness, and stress-management skills. 3. To introduce students to academic resources to support learning and familiarize students with tools to help improve study skills and engage in the learning process. 4. To introduce students to the biology major and what it means to be a biologist. 5. To acquaint students with biology faculty and staff from different disciplines and with on campus and off campus opportunities in research, internships, student organizations, etc.
Course Goal 1: To foster a sense of community among biology students and to increase student success within the major and at UWSP.
Name 1: Getting to Know You Survey Results Name 2: Name 3: o o o
Transitioning to UWSP Please write about the experiences and challenges you experienced when you first came to UWSP. What has been difficult or challenging for you?
Transitioning to UWSP Please write about how you feel about your future at UWSP. What thoughts about the future make you excited? What thoughts about the future make you anxious or worried?
Course Goal 2: To help students develop greater personal responsibility, self- motivation, self-awareness, and stress-management skills.
Course Goal 3: To introduce students to academic resources to support learning and familiarize students with tools to help improve study skills and engage in learning.
Course Goal 4: To introduce students to the biology major and what it means to be a biologist .
Course Goal 5: To acquaint students with biology faculty and staff from different disciplines and with on campus and off campus opportunities in research, internships, student organizations.
Course Results I think a good way to help people make friends is to make a group with like minded people and have them sit next to each other in class Being forced to create a 4-year plan was perhaps the most beneficial thing I ve been assigned this year Guest speakers were very beneficial, I learned a lot of new things based off the people Dr. Alger brought into the lecture The engaging assignments were what taught me the most, because they forced me to use different student resources
Course Results Talk more about internships or clinical hours instead of just classes More about careers More guest speakers from companies, etc. Shifting the content to be geared more towards biology careers, internships, programs, and grad programs would be helpful Career exploration was not effective when I knew what I liked, it felt like busy work
Course Results Most found value: This class was very helpful as an incoming freshman A lot of the preparation for college topics was very helpful, especially when it came to getting our schedules ready for next semester Some did not: This class felt like a waste of my time. The "lessons" seemed to be meant for high schoolers. Some of the information was of value, like the different kinds of clubs. Anything else was a waste of time Make it a weekly email
Course Results Declared Program in September Declared Program in December 81 63 Biology major (35 with another major or minor) (38 with another major or minor) Pre-professional with no major 3 1 Other majors 7 19 Undecided 2 8
Course Results Declared Program in December Pass Fail Withdraw Biology major 63 47 (75%) 16 2 Pre-professional with no major 1 1 0 0 Other majors 19 13 (68%) 5 1 Undecided 8 4 (50%) 3 1
