ICSM 10000 College: Learning to Learn (LA)

Interrogate your assumptions about education, conduct experiments on your own learning habits, and apply the science of success to your transformation from high school to college student. In this online summer course taken in the weeks prior to your arrival on campus, you will build the tools, mindset, and motivation to become a self-directed learner: to take control and shape the college experience you want for yourself; to take calculated academic risks; and to identify and build the habits and practices that will help you bring your personal best to your first year at Ithaca College. (U)
1 Credit

ICSM 10001 Community: The People and Places of IC (LA)

Welcome to the vibrant learning community of Ithaca College and its host community, Ithaca, NY. In this online summer course taken in the weeks prior to your arrival on campus, you will meet new students from every corner of IC and work together to explore what it means to be a part of a community––on campus and beyond. A range of disciplinary perspectives and case studies (stories, poems, essays, photographs, music, movies, etc.) will help us connect the different worlds and identities of our lived experiences and the new communities we now enter, imagine, and seek to build at the outset of a shared Ithaca College experience. (U)
1 Credit

ICSM 10020-10039 Deep Dive: Intellectual Explorations (LA)

Delve into a crucial issue, idea, topic, or debate in a focused and intentional way. In this online summer course taken in the weeks prior to your arrival on campus, you will be introduced to the forms and challenges of college-level coursework and the transferable critical skills (reading, writing, oral presentation, etc.) for future academic success at Ithaca College. (U)
1 Credit

ICSM 10500 Ithaca Seminar (LA)

An interdisciplinary liberal arts course that supports the academic and social transition to Ithaca College. The course will introduce the first year student to college level liberal arts inquiry and serve as an introduction to the Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC). This course is open only to first semester first-year students and students may not earn credit for more than one of ICSM 10500, ICSM 10800, ICSM 12000, ICSM 19000. (F,S)
4 Credits

ICSM 10800 Ithaca Seminar in Writing (LA)

An interdisciplinary academic writing and liberal arts course that supports the academic and social transition to Ithaca College. The course will introduce the first-year student to college-level liberal arts inquiry and serve as an introduction to the Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC). This course fulfills the Academic Writing competency requirement of the ICC. This course is open only to first-semester first-year students and students may not earn credit for more than one of ICSM 10500, ICSM 10800, ICSM 12000, ICSM 19000. (F)
4 Credits

ICSM 12000 Ithaca Seminar for Innovation Scholars (LA)

An interdisciplinary liberal arts course, offered as part of each of the Innovation Scholars programs, and which supports the academic and social transition to Ithaca College. The course will introduce the first-year student to college-level liberal arts inquiry and serve as an introduction to the Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC). This course is open only to first-semester first-year students accepted into one of the Innovation Scholars programs and students may not earn credit for more than one of ICSM 10500, ICSM 10800, ICSM 12000, ICSM 19000. (F)
4 Credits

ICSM 17000 Meeting the Challenges: Strategies for Success in College (LA)

An interdisciplinary liberal arts course that supports the continuing academic and social transition to Ithaca College. The course will examine topics to build academic success and relate academic success to wider considerations of student health and wellbeing in reflecting on the purpose and potential of a college experience. (F,S)
1 Credit

ICSM 19000 Ithaca Seminar for Transfer Students (LA)

An interdisciplinary liberal arts course that supports the academic and social transition to Ithaca College. The course will welcome transfer students to Ithaca College and its Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC) by discussing the role of the liberal arts in the 21st century, introducing students to reflective thinking, and developing awareness of on- and off-campus resources. (F,S)
1 Credit

ICSM 20000 Peer Leadership in the Ithaca Seminar (NLA)

This is an experiential learning course which assigns students to an Ithaca Seminar in the role of student Peer Leader (an ambassador or assistant who works with an instructor to engage Ithaca Seminar students in transition-to-college topics) and provides support, training, and reflection on this mentorship/leadership role. Students enrolled in this course will be assigned to an Ithaca Seminar course and collaborate with a corresponding instructor. In addition, students will attend sessions to identify and develop their own mentorship/leadership styles, discuss Ithaca Seminar classroom experiences, and begin to connect mentorship/leadership theory and practice. Prerequisites: Any ICSM 10500, ICSM 10800, ICSM 12000, or ICSM 19000 course, and instructor approval. (F)
0-1 Credits