CTL 100 The Next Three Years: Making the Most of Stanford [This version: June 7, 2011] 2010-2011 Spring Quarter, Stanford University 1 unit Grading: S/NC only Wednesdays, 8:15-9:45 pm in the Wilbur Meeting Room Instructor: Todd Davies Instructor email address: davies at stanford.edu Course website: http://www.stanford.edu/~davies/ctl100-syllabus.html Course blog: http://ctl100.wordpress.com

Overview:

This course is designed for frosh approaching the end of year one at Stanford. The goal is to help you think more broadly and more deeply about the remainder of your Stanford undergraduate education, reflecting on what you have learned so far. Weekly meetings will consist of presentations and discussions, emphasizing an integrated approach to making the most of Stanford. The course will include guest lecturers and background readings. Aspects of a student's life that will be discussed include coursework, residential life, personal health and development, extracurricular groups, different types of relationships (friends and close others, teacher-student, advisor-advisee, peer mentoring), community and public service, and career development. The course should build your knowledge of and ability to use the many resources at Stanford designed to assist you in all these areas, as well as connecting you with the experiences of other students, helping you to peer into your own future.

Prerequisites:

There are no explicit prerequisites for this course, but it is intended for freshmen. Enrollment is limited to 30 students.

Format:

Each course session will begin with introductory remarks from the instructor, followed by a main lecture of approximately 30 minutes. These parts of the session will be posted in audio format (with slides if available) on this website. The remaining 45 minutes or so of each session will generally consist of student discussion, which will not be recorded.

Background materials will be posted in advance on this website for each session, and you are advised to read them. The course will also have a blog, which will be opened during the first week when the class meets.

Course Requirements:

The course meets for 9 weeks, April 6 - June 1. You must fully attend at least seven of the sessions, and post a comment on the blog entry for each of those sessions, to receive credit. If you miss more than two sessions, you may make them up, with approval, by writing a 3-5 page paper (double spaced) reflecting on that week's audio recording for each one you miss beyond two.

Course Outline (check back each week for updates):

Date	Topic	Guest Lecturer(s)	Background Material	Media
April 6	Course Overview: Questioning Everything
April 13	Choosing Courses and Majors	Cari Costanzo Kapur and Glenn Brody Magid, Academic Directors, Undergraduate Advising and Research	Academic Planning [from the Undergraduate Academic Life website]	audio [.mp3]
April 20	Being Well	Carole Pertofsky, Vaden Health Center	Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability [TED Talk recommendedy by Carole Pertofsky] Be Well @ Stanford Virtual Wellness Library [from Vaden Health Center's website] Courses to Help You Be Well at Stanford (and Beyond) Stanford Student Health Profile, April 2011 [.pdf]	audio [.mp3]
April 27	Managing Your Time	Adina Glickman, Center for Teaching and Learning	Quick Help for Undergraduates [from the Center for Teaching and Learning website] Procrastination [from the Virtual Wellness Library] How to Stop Procrastination [.pdf] "The Perfectionist's Script for Self Defeat" by David D. Burns, M.D. Course: Working Smarter (CTL 53)	audio [.mp3]
May 4	Getting to Know Faculty	Clifford Nass, Communication Department; and Mark Musen, School of Medicine	Working with Faculty [from the Undergraduate Academic Life website] Interview with Richard Light, author of Making the Most of College	audio [.mp3]
May 11	Doing Good and Doing Well	Thomas Schnaubelt, Haas Center for Public Service	Doing good: Haas Center for Public Service "Soup Kitchen Volunteers Hate College-Application-Padding Brat" [from The Onion, April 2, 2003] "Editorial: Create A Public Service GER" [from The Stanford Daily, April 27, 2011] "Postgraduate Service Rising in Popularity at Stanford" [by Sarah Jacobsen, The Stanford Daily, October 21, 2010] The University as a Local and Global Citizen [Sophomore College course website from 2006, Tom Wasow and Todd Davies] Service Learning Courses [list from ExploreCourses] Doing well: "100 Personal Finance Posts Every College Student Needs to Read" [by Angela Martin, CareerOverview.com, March 23, 2010] Course: Financial Literacy (MS&E 41)	Schnaubelt-slides [.pdf] Davies-slides [.pdf] audio [.mp3]
May 18	Finding Your Identity	Tania Mitchell, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Student panel: * Roseann Cima ('11, Symbolic Systems) * Michael Cruz ('12, History) * Jordan Dickson ('12, Political Science) * Ernst Fattakhov ('12, Biomechanical Engineering) * Martin Padilla ('12, Biology) * Emily Vogel ('11, Psychology)	Stanford University - Student Affairs SparkCollege: Your College Identity Student development theory (aimed at student affairs professionals and college educators): Student development theories [from Wikipedia] "Definitions and Historical Roots of Student Development" [chapter 1 from Student Development in College: Theory, Research, and Practice (2nd edition), by Nancy J. Evans, Deanna S. Forney, Florence M. Guido, Lori D. Patton, and Kristen A. Renn, 2009] "Emerging Adulthood: A Theory of Development from the Late Teens Through the Twenties" [by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, The American Psychologist, May 2000] Course: Student Development and the Study of College Impact (Educ 382) "A Student Development Perspective at the University of California, Berkeley" "Working With College Students & Student Development Theory Primer" [from University of North Carolina, Wilmington] Undergraduate Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Stanford Program in Feminist Studies	Davies-slides [.pdf] audio [.mp3]
May 25	Maintaining Relationships	Alejandro Martinez, Counseling and Psychological Services	Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Overview Relationship Abuse [From the Vaden Health Center website]	Davies-slides [.pdf] audio [.mp3]
June 1	Stanford - Then What?!	David Evans, Stanford Design Program	Course: Designing the Authentic Life (ME 104B) Career Development Center (CDC) What Are You Going to Do After Stanford? [video]	Evans-slides [.pdf] audio [.mp3]