GS 100 College Seminar (1)

The College Seminar is a course designed to provide students strategies for successful learning in college and beyond. Topics in the course include: learning styles, learning and study strategies, cognitive strategies, time management, goal-setting, note-taking, test-taking strategies, overcoming test anxiety, cultural diversity, and other issues that focus on enabling students to become better achievers.

The course will be graded on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis. First-time college students and students without a previous college degree are required to take this course the first semester at Trocaire College.

(Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters)

GS 101 Information and Research Basics (1)

This course is an introduction to the organization of the physical and electronic library. Through hands-on games and in-class exercises, the student will learn the basic skills needed to access, retrieve, organize, evaluate, and communicate information in any academic library setting and how to use Trocaire College Library print and digital resources. Areas covered include: How to search and find materials using the Trocaire College Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC); specific location and use of special resources pertaining to programs of study at Trocaire College; Trocaire's Library circulation, materials and technology policies; inter-library loan procedures; standard steps of the search process; use of Library of Congress Subject Headings; standard search strategies for retrieval of Databases articles; strategies for evaluating and retrieving information from the Internet and proper formats for bibliographic citations. At the completion of this course the student will understand what it means to be Information Literate in a digital information age and will know how to use standard technologies and general information resources as a life long learning skill.

GS 102 College Success (2)

The College Success is a course designed to provide students strategies for successful learning in college and beyond. It is part of the Transitional Studies curriculum. Central to the course is students' use of the diagnostic tool, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI). Topics in the course include: learning styles, learning and study strategies, cognitive strategies, time management, goal-setting, note-taking, test-taking strategies, overcoming test anxiety, cultural diversity, and other issues that focus on enabling students to become better achievers.

The course will be graded on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis. First-time college students and students without a previous college degree are required to take this course the first semester at Trocaire College.
(Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters)

GS 150 General Studies Transition (1)

This course is designed to assist the student in the transition from college by developing the kowledge and skills necessary for future success. Topics include: establishing career goals, work-related values, skills and job search strategies. A professional portfolio will be developed in the class.  Students will meet individually or in small groups with the instructor.  (Offered as needed)

GS 201 Information Fluency and Research Skills (2)

This course will include in-depth steps in the research process through the learning and application of critical/analytical thinking skills used to formulate effective standard searches, and to understand the organization and evaluation of information in print, electronic, and other formats. The students will learn how to use the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) at Trocaire College Library as well as how to locate materials in ANY Library through through the use of Dewey Decimal Classification, the Library of Congress Classification and the Library of Congress Subject Headings; how to search a variety of electronic databases and Internet resources and the correct MLA and APA citation styles for a works cited page. Students will evaluate the quality of web-based (including bogus sites) and print information. At the completion of this course the student will be "information fluent" by knowing how information is produced, organized and accessed within the practical and ethical aspects of intellectual freedom and copyright guidelines.