Transcript End of Semester Brief

UNIV 100:
End of semester debrief
Wayne Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Management
CSU Northridge
[email protected]
Updated: Fall, 2011
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What is a StudentProfessional?
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Privileges preparation and readiness
Is persistently ahead within any given project
Sweats the details
Embraces theory, eschews ideology
Can hold opposing viewpoints and understand
differing perspectives
Espouses values, eschews ego-status
Evades less, focuses more
Learns rapidly in teams
Takes (and gives) leadership role
Gives (and receives) constructive feedback
Can identify strengths of others, weaknesses in self
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Progress and Development
• “Matriculation”
– “to enroll as a member of a body especially in a
college or university”
• “Accretion”
– “the process of growth or enlargement by
gradual buildup”
• Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Matriculation and Accretion
More
learning
Integrate Subject Matter
and
Synthesize Processes
Intrinsic Knowledge
And
Extrinsic Value Proposition
Accretion
Less
learning
Breadth of
Foundational
Skills
Lower
division
Depth of
Professional
Skills
Matriculation
Upper
division
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Complementing “specialist”
skills with “generalist” skills
• It’s naïve to think that you’ll only (or mostly)
work with individuals with same skills,
knowledge, or abilities
• You really learn a topic when you have to
teach it to someone else
• The honest truth is that nobody (including
you) knows what you’ll be doing in the halflife of your career, much less near the end
of it
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Student Portfolio
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Analogies from “athlete” to “student”
Concept as an “Athlete”
Concept as a “Student”
“Conditioning”
“Preparation/GE classes”
“Practice”
“Studying/Applying”
“After-game/meet review”
“Feedback/Learning”
“Position/Event”
“Major/Career Focus”
“Injury”
“Contingency”
“Measures”
“Scores/Grades”
“Kinesthetic excellence”
“Cognitive excellence”
But these are these accurate and complete?
(for example, do measures define your identity?)
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Post-UNIV 100 Portfolio
• The “hard” stuff
– Portfolio as a Professional
– Beyond a Résumé
• From learned capability to demonstrated ability
• You tell the story of performance
• The “soft” stuff
– Portfolio as a Student
– Beyond a Grade
• Again, from learned capability to demonstrated ability
• Again, you tell the story of performance
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Ethical Considerations
• Consequentialism (“evaluated by the results”)
– Utilitarianism
– What is the greatest good for the greatest number?
– Benefits ÷ Costs → “Best Ethical Decision”
• Deontology (“inherent duty”)
– Categorical Imperative, Reciprocity
– What is right, fair, and just for another individual?
– Endowments ÷ Burdens → “Best Ethical Decision”
• Nicomachean (“moral virtues”)
– Courage, Temperance, Liberality, Generosity, Magnamity,
Immoderation, Gentleness, Friendliness, Wittiness,
Truthfulness/Integrity, “Sense of Shame”, …
– What descriptive attributes can be ascribed to me?
– Good Virtues - Bad Virtues → “Best Ethical Decision”
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Nicomachean Ethics
• Nicomachean (“moral virtues”)
– Courage, Temperance, Liberality, Generosity, Magnamity,
Immoderation, Gentleness, Friendliness, Wittiness,
Truthfulness/Integrity, “Sense of Shame”, …
– What descriptive attributes can be ascribed to me?
– Good virtues - bad virtues → “Best Ethical Decision”
• In addition to doing the right thing…you need to
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Know it’s the right thing to do
Know why it’s the right thing to do
Do it in the way other ethical individuals would do it
Always do that same thing in all future, similar situations
Enjoy doing that thing
• Whew!...But that’s what the faculty require of students and
what employers require of professionals (and you are both!)
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Key Differences between
UNIV 100 and other classes
• From: Small Class (N ~ 20) To: Large-lecture Hall (N ~ 150)
– You’ll need to stand out and distinguish yourself
– Learn to ask for feedback--early and often
– Leverage the Instructor Office Hours
• From: Breadth of UNIV 100 To: Depth of your Major
– You’ll need to do everything in UNIV 100 without being asked,
including:
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Excel at both quantitative tools and qualitative tools
Strong written communicator
Effective oral presenter
Strategic thinker
Ethical decision-maker
• From: Face-to-Face To: (occasionally) Online
– Requires extreme self-discipline and focus
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December Delights;
January Jubilee
• Prepare for Spring semester success during late December
and early January.
• Design a Strategy
– Obtain course syllabi, outline, books
– Understand how success is defined in each course
– Understand how to think about that course (remember
paradigmatic v. pre-paradigmatic and pure v. applied?)
– Understand what pre-requisite course material is needed
• Execute your Strategy (E.g., going to Tournament of Roses
parade?)
– Bring noise-cancelling headphones
– Re-read key prior material as needed
– Read each first chapter for each new course
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Extra-curricular activities
matter…deeply
• Join a University-wide organization or club
aligned with your student interests.
• Join the student organization for your major
– http://www.csun.edu/getinvolved/clublisting/directory.php
• Take a leadership role if you can
– This helps distinguish you—especially for your
first professional job
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Key Leadership Skills from
“Good to Great”
What drives your
economic engine?
What are
you deeply
passionate about?
What can
you be
the best in the
world at?
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Fall in love…
(yes, this needs some explanation…)
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(explain final grades
and
associated timelines)
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