UNI 120: Academic Success
1 Credit
This course assists students in developing creative problem-solving strategies for success in their academic lives. Students learn ten mindsets and attributes that are necessary for building a strong creative problem-solving practice. They also explore personal and academic strengths and barriers that impact success as well as tackle common problem-solving roadblocks.
What you'll learn
To apply the creative problem-solving process to various personal, academic, and professional problems
Evaluate proposed solutions through the prototyping and iteration cycle
Build your skills within the 10 mindsets and attributes necessary for strong creative problem-solving
Select a problem and complete a semester project to answer the question, “How might we solve this problem?”
Curriculum sneak peek
Here are some examples of things you’d do in this course
- Each class period covers 10 mindsets and attributes: Awareness, Empathy, Collaboration, Optimism, Creativity, Rebellion & Confidence, Prototyping, Risk Taking, Self Care, and Motivation
- Introduction to Empathy: Empathy Mapping
- Lecture: Creating an Optimistic Mindset
What students think
The topics we talked about have helped me improve my time and broaden my knowledge. Topics like stress management, grit, [and] stress management were helpful because I got the opportunity to learn how to manage and balance my stress out and also enjoy college.
UNI 120 Student