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/Institutions/Gardner-Webb-University/json/2023-2024/Academic-Catalog.json

First-Year Programs

Mission Statement

Keeping with the mission of Gardner-Webb University, the First-Year Experience course, University Life, is designed to help students make a successful transition to university life by fostering a sense of community, nurturing development of faith, inspiring service-based leadership, and promoting success in academic and life skills.

 

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Utilize skills in clear and effective communication.
2. Demonstrate proficiency in navigation of Blackboard and usage of integrated applications.
3. Participate effectively as a team member within a service-learning activity.
4. Identify and discuss self-assessment and skill development with regards to academics and employability.
5. Describe nine areas of wellness and related University resources, evaluate personal wellness, and establish a plan for improving overall well-being.

 

All first-year students are required to take University Life (UNIV 111/ 2-hour credit) in their first semester of enrollment at Gardner-Webb University regardless of AP credit or advanced first-year status.

 

A traditional first-year student is one that is entering college within a one-to-three-year span after graduating from a high-school program.

An advanced first-year student (i.e., early college high school) is one who has completed high school and college-level studies concurrently.

Students with more than 15 hours of transfer work (non-AP credit or dual-enrollment credit) are not required to take UNIV 111. For academic advising purposes, a transfer student is a student with 15 hours or more that is not considered dual-enrollment or AP credit.