The student will be able to:

1. Identify the basic tenets of the EOPS/CARE program, participation requirements, and student responsibilities
2. Complete the FAFSA and scholarship applications accurately
3. Compare and contrast campus resources, defining their advantages for students
4. Identify the challenges in managing money and develop a personal budget
5. Examine and clarify personal and academic goals
6. Describe personal cultural identity and experiences and identify potential hurdles to academic success
7. Differentiate between positive and negative self-esteem and create a plan for increasing self-esteem as appropriate
8. Identify the career life planning resources available at Foothill College
9. Manage time effectively

1. Identify the basic tenets of the EOPS/CARE program, participation requirements, and student responsibilities
   1. EOPS/CARE services
   2. EOPS mutual responsibility contract (mandated by Title V)
   3. Build a supportive community network amongst EOPS students and staff members
   4. The role of EOPS counselors
2. Complete the FAFSA and scholarship applications accurately
   1. The FAFSA website
   2. Tips for successfully completing the FAFSA application
   3. Other types of government aid to include Pell, Cal grants, loans, scholarships, BOGW, SEOG
   4. Successful scholarship application: letter of recommendations, personal statements and providing proof of financial background
3. Compare and contrast campus resources, defining their advantages for students
   1. Overview of 10 most important student services and how to access them
   2. Visit campus resources
4. Identify the challenges in managing money and develop a personal budget
   1. Calculate expenses vs. allocated monthly resources
   2. Prioritize expenses
   3. Develop a systematic plan to budget expenses
   4. Understand the cost of higher education
5. Examine and clarify personal and academic goals
   1. Establish long-term, mid-term and short-term goals
   2. Design effective goals using SMART, GPA, and WIN
   3. Identify intrinsic and extrinsic motivational strategies
6. Describe personal cultural identity and experiences and identify potential hurdles to academic success
   1. Discuss cultural influences
   2. Share personal cultural experiences
   3. Understand Foothill's cultural climate
7. Differentiate between positive and negative self-esteem and create a plan for increasing self-esteem as appropriate
   1. Distinguish between positive and negative self-esteem
   2. Strategies to enhance self-esteem
   3. How positive attitudes impact career/life success
8. Identify the career life planning resources available at Foothill College
   1. Self Directed Search (SDS) career assessment and Major/Minor Finder
   2. Present career/life planning courses and resources available at Foothill College
9. Manage time effectively
   1. Define time management techniques
   2. Time management problems/procrastination
   3. Creating a master, weekly, and daily schedule
   4. Establishing daily ABC to-do lists

Not applicable.

Class participation, including group presentations and activities
Minimum of two written quizzes and one final examination
Assigned weekly student journals reflecting upon reading assignments
Homework assignments
Class activities and projects

Lecture presentations and classroom discussion
Presentations of projects followed by in-class discussion and evaluation
Tests
Feedback on tests and assignments

Handouts and worksheets provided by the instructor.

Students required to read lecture and assignment handouts.