COLA 100E Course Syllabus Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, course details, textbooks, assignment structures, policies, and university resources outlined in the COLA 100E syllabus.

COLA 100E

A 3-credit First-Year Seminar Exploring Majors course designed to assist first-year students in their academic, personal, and social exploration, development, and transition to university life.

University Undergraduate Learning Outcomes (UULOs)

Five university-wide outcomes defining what UNLV graduates should know and do: Intellectual Breadth and Lifelong Learning, Inquiry and Critical Thinking, Communication, Global/Multicultural Knowledge and Awareness, and Citizenship and Ethics.

Open Educational Resource (OER)

Teaching and learning materials that are either in the public domain or licensed to provide everyone with free and perpetual permission to engage with them.

College Success (2nd ed.)

The required free OpenStax (2023) textbook for the COLA 100E course.

Connections Are Everything: A College Student's Guide to Relationship-Rich Education

The supplemental textbook for COLA 100E authored by Felten, Lambert, Artze-Vega, and Miranda Tapia (2023).

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

The university Common Read book written by J. Green (2021).

Habits of Respect and Mindful Engagement

A 50-point grade component assessing a student's intentional and respectful classroom participation, punctual arrival, active listening, and professional communication.

Project Exploration

A 400-point semester-long culminating project consisting of four parts, requiring students to present a final deliverable at the First-and-Second-Year Seminar Symposium.

First-and-Second-Year Seminar Symposium

An exhibition-style campus event where first and second-year seminar students share and present their semester work.

COLA 100E Conference

A 20-point required class event held during finals week (week 16) in lieu of a traditional final exam.

Plagiarism

An act of academic misconduct defined as using the words or ideas of another person from any source without proper citation.

Writing Center

A free campus resource in Campus Resource Center (CRC) Room 216 offering one-on-one or small group writing assistance to UNLV students.

Disability Resource Center (DRC)

A UNLV office located in CRC Room 136 that provides academic accommodations for students with disabilities, medical needs, or pregnancy.

Academic Success Center (ASC)

An academic support hub at the Claude I. Howard Building providing UNLV undergraduate students with tutoring, coaching, and other resources.

Rebelmail

UNLV's official student email system used by instructors and staff to send official communications, deadlines, and announcements.

Incomplete Grade ("I")

A temporary grade granted when a student satisfactorily completes three-fourths of the course but cannot complete the rest due to acceptable circumstances beyond their control.

Auditing a Course

Attending class lectures and discussions without receiving a grade, credit, or taking evaluative examinations.