Peer-to-Peer Effectiveness Seminar

Catalog description

Three hours seminar per week Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor This experiential seminar is for students interested in serving as peer leaders in a variety of forms, including: peer mentors, peer educators, peer advisors, academic coaches, orientation leaders, and resident assistants. The interactive course gives students an opportunity to study theories of student development, active-learning pedagogy and lesson-planning, the role of reflection in deep learning, literature on first-generation and underrepresented minority student success, and theoretical and practical perspectives on peer leadership and group facilitation. Students will apply what they learn to specific “students