20 3-127 T 5:00:00 PM 5:50:00 PM This course, required for all first-year matriculating students, is designed to promote awareness of issues critical to student success within and beyond Roxbury Community College. Students are introduced to college resources, and each student develops an education plan outlining all courses needed to earn a degree or certificate. For the final project, students develop career plans for the five years after leaving Roxbury Community College. Cultural awareness and appreciation are woven into the course. This course is required for graduation.

Course Description: An interdisciplinary course which provides students with the foundations for a successful university experience by integrating an introduction to the liberal arts with an orientation to APSU expectations. Emphasis is given to the meaning, values, and goals of a liberal education as students engage in academic and career planning, use the tools for information literacy, develop good academic habits, and become involved in campus life. Class begins during Freshman Orientation. Required for all first time freshmen and students who enter APSU with fewer that 12 hours earned in a college/university setting. Student must remain enrolled in APSU 1000 until a grade of C is earned;no student who has earned 12 hours or more may enroll except those students who have two DSP requirements.