Related topics:
• Communication / reflection
• Relationships: parents, friends, faculty, etc.
• Personal goals
• Identity
• Problem solving
• Personal responsibility
• At-risk behavior

Objective Two
To expand students' understanding of the nature and purposes of a university.

Related topics:
• What is college thinking?
• Roles of a university
• Structure of a university
• Who are the faculty?
• Evaluating faculty
• History of Texas State
• Vision of Texas State
• Diversity and the university
• Value of a broad education

Objective Three
To identify practical learning skills and concepts that will promote students' academic success.

Related topics:
• Time management
• Study skills
• Note taking
• Listening
• Test taking
• Using advising; calculating GPA
• Using campus resources
• Academic honesty
• Choosing a major
• Academic policies
• Managing money

Objective Four
To encourage students to explore the connection between university study and life enrichment, life-long learning, and civic responsibility.

Related topics:
• Civic responsibility
• Identity development
• What is an educated person?
• Intellectual curiosity
• Defining life-long learning
• Idealism / practicality balance
• Value of a broad education
• Cultural opportunities and exposure
• Volunteerism and community service
• What is success? / Self actualization

Objective Five
To promote respect for diversity issues and concepts.

Related topics:
• Diversity examined: What is this concept? (culture, age, ethnicity, religion, political, gender, sexual preference, geographical, physical characteristics, economic class, etc.)
• Impact on you the person
• Impact on your life
• Impact on society (communication, relationships, quality of life, perceptions, etc.)
• Ethnocentricity
• Stereotyping and discrimination
• Latent discrimination
• Affirmative action

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