This document summarizes Katherine Delgado's completion of an activity using her campus website and college catalog. In part 1, she finds information on the campus website such as campus events, student organizations, and financial assistance. In part 2, she examines her college catalog, identifying scholarships she may be eligible for and comparing course requirements for her first and final terms. She also defines several academic terms from the catalog glossary. In the final section, she describes resources available at different campus offices such as the bookstore, library, career services, and academic advising.

1. SLS 1001 Ref. #416209 Instructor: Leith Mazzochi
Name: Katherine Delgado Date: 11/16/2011
Activity: Using Your Campus Website and College Catalog
PART 1: Campus Website
Complete the following:
1. List three items you can find on the campus homepage:
1. Advising and Counseling.
2. Programs of Study.
3. Maps and Campuses.
2. Locate the following information from your academic calendar:
1. When is the last day to withdraw from courses? October 26, 2011.
2. What holidays occur this term? Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Holiday.
3. What is the last day of classes? December 12, 2011.
4. When do finals begin? End? December 6-12, 2011.
3. List three items you could find on campus library page:
1. Library hours and Phone Numbers.
2. Campuses Library Locations.
3. Lab Offerings (all campuses).
Does the library have an online catalog that you can use to see if a particular book is in the
library?
__x__YES ____NO
4. Find the list of degree or certification programs. List three that interest you.
1. Associate in Arts.
2. Culinary Arts Management.
3. Computer Systems Specialist.

2. 5. Find the calendar of campus events. List one event that you would like to attend and its
date/time.
- Event: Open Climb Challenge
- Date: November 19, 2011
- Time: 12:00pm
6. Find the student handbook. List three topics within it.
1. Students Rights and Responsibilities.
2. Physical Fitness and Recreation.
3. Student Code Conduct.
7. Find a list of student organizations. List one that you would be interested in joining
- Pre Med Club
8. Find information on financial assistance. Identify one type of financial assistance on your
campus.
- Student Loans.
9. Find information about any other campus office or service that interests you. List the office or
service and describe why it interests you.
- I am interest in the Book Store because is very quiet and I have notice that most of the people
working there don’t speak Spanish. Sometimes an ESL may feel uncomfortable or ashamed of
asking questions I know that because I had been in the same situation. So I would help them with
what they need and to feel more comfortable buying their books.
PART 2: College Catalog
Use your college print or online catalog to complete the following.
1. Find and record information about two scholarships/loans for which you might be eligible.
- I only qualify for the Marriott Scholarship Program because I am Hispanic, resident, freshman and
I plan to study full time. The awards for this scholarship is $9,000 to pay for tuition and books, they
offer internships in hotels this is the only scholarship I qualify of the Broward list scholarships. I am
also eligible for FAFSA because I have a younger brother and the income in my house is not enough
to pay for my classes.

3. 2. Find the curriculum in which you plan to major.
a. Compare/contrast courses suggested for your first term with those suggested for your final
term.
How do you account for similarities/differences?
- the differences between the courses suggested for this term is that I am taking remedial
classes, these classes are helping me a lot and SLS that is teaching me how to manage my time,
life, money and every key to help me have a better journey for my future. The classes that I will
take on my final term are going to be Math and Science because my Associate in Arts requires
many of these classes. The similarities is that I am building my future with little steps maybe I
am behind taking remedial classes but that doesn’t bother me. I see things from the bright side;
I am learning and preparing myself to take the other classes as good as possible.
b. Examine the curriculum carefully. Locate two courses in your major area and read their
descriptions. Which will you find more enjoyable? Why?
- CHM 1040 and CHM 2210
- I would find more enjoyable CHM 1040 (Chemistry) because this is the step of my career and I
love chemistry I haven’t taken this classes since I was in 11 th grade of High School. This is
general Chemistry without going to deep in the subjects the periodic table, ions, ionic and
covalent compounds, formula writing and more. I know the other subject is related to
chemistry but these courses are going deep so for me to be able to understand this subject
CHM 2210(Organic Chemistry) I need to begin with the basic.
c. Read the description for each of the courses in which you are now enrolled. How do the
descriptions compare to the actual content of the course? What conclusion(s) might you draw
about the courses and descriptions you identified in b?
- ENC0025: this class was a little challenging because I only have classes on Friday for four
hours, the professor is a good teacher the only problem is that in this 6 week classes the
professor rush and didn’t covered all the material that she wanted so I had to study by own
which is not a problem for me. She didn’t enforce in writing skills so it doesn’t covered all the
descriptions.
- REA0017: She is a great teacher and she covered everything since the labs and the class, we
finish with my book and the course description is the same as the class.

4. - SLS1001: Obviously the description with the course are similar because this class has taught
the students how to manage better our lives, college is another level high school is over we are
“growing ups” who need to put all of their effort in studying for our future. This class also has
taught me to communicate better with other personally.
- The courses I identified in B are the most important ones because are based on my careers but
as I said these courses have been the basic for me to grow up not only in knowledge but in
confidence with myself. I notice that college is not easy if you don’t put all your effort.
3. Using your college catalog glossary or other campus resource, define each of the following
terms in your own words:
-Academic calendar: important days during the term, including holidays, no classes, dropping
classes, midterms and finals.
-Drop: When a student doesn’t want to continue taking the class or cannot take the class, so
he/she stop attending to class or drop.
-Withdrawal: When the student drops the course, depending if the student drops the course
before the deadline they will receive a refund from their money. If they procrastinate and wait
after the withdrawal ling day the student will not receive their refund.
-Residency: A document that shows if the students resided in the state for 12 months after the
beginning of classes.
-Elective: Some electives are required in order to get a degree, others electives help you in the
weakest areas and strength the others. Students see the electives as a opportunity to relax.
-Syllabus: Deadlines and description of the course assignments, regulations, attendance policy
and rules depending on the professor.
-Transcript: A academic report that specifies all your classes taken during the years, including
the grades and the GPA.
-Prerequisites: Some professors require taking prerequisites classes to help the student
understand the main classes. Classes taking in order to take other classes.
-Transfer credit: Credit classes that can be used to study a major career in the university.
-Credit hours: Credits are courses taken in college/universities. Depend on the career, how
many credits the student can take.

5. GROUP APPLICATION: On a piece of paper Identify three to five additional words or phrases you’ve
heard around campus but aren’t sure you understand. Don’t sign your name to the paper. In class I
will assign groups after all the pages are collected and I will randomly select several words or
phrases for the class to discuss.
Activity: Identifying Campus Resources
Campus Resources
Now that you have completed the Scavenger Hunt of what’s on your campus. Go to each of the
following locations on your campus and find out what it offers in order to answer the following
questions:
1. College Bookstore. Other than textbooks, what does the bookstore sell?
- The bookstore sell scantrons, pen, pencil, new and used books, codes for the lab, blue book for
the finals, paper, binders and even ice cream and more. All the material a student needs in
order to learn in class.
2. Library. Other than books for checkout, what other materials and/or services are available at
your library?
- They have quiet rooms on the second floor and small rooms on the first floor so that the
students can concentrate better, they even sell bracelets, they have computers, they also have
the daycare area and obviously books everywhere. In order to use the computer and books of
the library the students has to have a Public Broward library card.
3. Career Services. What resources are available at your campus career services office?
- In the career center you can used the computer, with or without an appointment. There you
can find your advisor these persons are responsible of teaching the students even if they are
freshman or senior to take a class wisely and understanding that the students are paying for a
good advice.
4. Learning Resource Center. What resources are available at your campus learning resource
center?
- The Learning Resources Center offers the computer for the students to work on their
assignments, tutor for math, science, and reading and writing, there the students take the test
for their labs.
5. Student Life. What resources are available at your student life center?
- The student life has many resources for the students to feel comfortable, they have a room
with games, computers, chess games and study groups. It’s a place where the student can relax
and put stress aside.

6. 6. Campus Safety/Security. What resources are available at your campus safety/security office?
- In the Campus Safety/Security office you can find brochures about how safety, you also can find
graphics and percentages of bad situations like (robbery, rapping, etc). If the students is
getting late at night from their classroom, the students can request a person to escort them.
The security office also explains you how to use the emergency boxes.
7. Academic Advising. What resources are available at your campus academic advising office?
- They help you overcome stress, they also have stress management workshop, time
management, anxiety management, information about careers and workshops so the students
can be benefit to understand better what is taught in the workshops like (how to write a
resume, information about universities, help you how to skill a course that you are week on).
8. Registration. What resources are available at your campus Registration office?
- The registration office offers computer, they you can find any information about the
requirements for admission and residency. They also have brochures about the different
courses and paper the new students must complete. All of the students are familiar with this
place because they went first straight ahead to the Registration Office. There you can also find
information about FAFSA, loan or grants.
9. Dean of Student Affairs. What resources are available at your campus Dean of Student Affairs
office?
- In the Dean of Student Affairs office you can find help from people for example with alcoholism,
help you managing your money, feel accepted by the community and can help you understand
different cultures. Most of all you find someone you can talk with, they could help you in many
ways. They also offer peer mentee brochures.
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