Course Details

Course offered Autumn 2004

HA&S 350C: Making the Most of Your UW Experience

HA&S 350C: Making the Most of Your UW Experience

SLN 4440 (View UW registration info »)

Juliana Villegas (Honors Program; English)
Office: MGH 211, Box 352800
Phone: 206-543-7172
Email: villegas@uw.edu
Mona Pitre-Collins (Undergraduate Scholarship Office)
Office: 310 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
Phone: (206) 221-6023
Email: mpitre@uw.edu
Nichole Fazio (Undergraduate Research Program)
Office: 310 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
Phone: (206) 616-3586
Email: njfazio@uw.edu

Credits: 2

Credit Type

This seminar provides a venue for students to explore opportunities and resources available at the University of Washington that will support their personal and professional goals. At an early stage in your UW experience, you will actively engage in the development of a personal vision for your future. Through interaction with faculty, staff and students, you will craft a mission statement and investigate opportunities and programs in leadership, service, research, mentorship, and scholarships. You will begin to develop the tools necessary to craft a cohesive, evolving plan of action to use while at the UW. These tools will be useful for graduate school and the professional fields.

Course Objectives:

1) Develop a map and plan of action 2) Develop a mission statement, which will lead to a personal statement; 3) Effectively present academic and personal goals to mentors, faculty, scholarship committees and graduate schools 4) Become more engaged in achieving goals–take a pro-active role by understanding resources available and how to use them well.