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Creation Date
11-2024
Description
The topic I chose to teach was "How to Register for Classes." My presentation focused on essential tools that I believe would benefit every student in my class, including schedule builder, course schedules, and degree works. By breaking down these tools, I aimed to equip students with a strong understanding of how to create their schedules efficiently. As a sophomore, I remember the confusion of making my first schedule, especially since, for much of our lives, someone else has handled it for us. Temple University offers an excellent outline for success among first-year students, providing helpful tips to navigate registration. They emphasize that while registration can be confusing and overwhelming, it doesn’t have to be when you plan, know yourself and what works for you, and take your time to focus on the details (Temple, 2024). Oded Gurantz notes that late registration often reflects a weaker commitment to earning a college education, explaining its correlation with lower retention rates (Gurantz, 2016). We want students to feel confident in their choices and comfortable when making their schedules. Overall, this process is one of the many steps toward independence that college students will face on their journey to a degree, making it crucial to create pathways for informed and thoughtful decision-making. My goal of the lesson was to make sure the students felt at ease when it came time to register.
Keywords
Undergraduates, college life, registration