Adjusting to US Campus Life

Catalog description

First-year international students learn about subjective cultural aspects of American university campuses, such as the American work ethic, the concept of time, and how to make a good first impression. In turn, students present their own cultures to other students and professors. They actively participate in conversations about other cultural values, campus life, and aspects of being a student here at Trine University. They learn about rules, laws, and policies, both on campus and in the local community, and they practice reacting to various emergency situations. They internalize important vocabulary to assist them in adjusting to life on an American university campus, and they learn to recognize the stages of culture shock and some strategies of coping with it. This course requires a lab portion that must be taken concurrently.