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- 1. GEN 201 entire course For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com GEN 201 Week 1 Preparing for Academic Success GEN 201 Week 1 Student Resources Worksheet GEN 201 Week 1 Responsible Borrowing GEN 201 Week 2 Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet GEN 201 Week 3 Using Sources GEN 201 Week 4 Critical Thinking and Ethics Assignment Options GEN 201 Week 5 Career Interests and Market Research Worksheet GEN 201 Week 5 Continuing Academic Success =============================================== GEN 201 Week 1 Preparing for Academic Success (100% Score) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com GEN 201 Week 1 Preparing for Academic Success Submit your assignment by clicking the Assignment Files tab above. Preparing for
- 2. Academic Success Worksheet Answer each question below in at least 75 words per question, reflecting on your current abilities, and identify resources to strengthen your skills. Refer to the videos, readings, and other weekly assignments to help you compose your answers. Question Your reflection How would you define academic readiness? What concerns, if any, do you have with academic writing and reading? What two university resources will you use to strengthen your writing and reading skills (refer to your Student Resources Worksheet)? What is your personal learning style (refer to the Ch. 1 Aplia homework)? What is an advantage and disadvantage of your personal learning style? How does knowing your personal learning style help you be successful? How can you strengthen your personal learning style? Do you feel you are ready for the academic and financial commitment of attending college? How can goal setting and time management help you reach your goals? =============================================== GEN 201 Week 1 Responsible Borrowing (100% Score) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com As a result of completing the plan, what changes can you make to reduce the amount you might borrow? Why? Based on this plan, what is your estimated monthly payment when you enter repayment? Why is having an educational financial plan important? Step 3 Access the
- 3. Financial Plan (http://www.phoenix.edu/financialplanassignment). Enter your program, and respond to the questions. Explore the information about options for payment, reducing costs, and military students (if applicable). If you have already completed the plan as part of the enrollment process, you can use those results for this step. What did you find about student loan repayment plans? Creating an Educational Financial Plan (https://portal.phoenix.edu/social/thread/95046) Respond to the following questions: Minimize Student Loan Borrowing (https://portal.phoenix.edu/social/thread/94695) Know Your Repayment Options (https://portal.phoenix.edu/social/thread/94586) What effect does class attendance have on funding availability? Step 2 Navigate to the Your Student Loans category of the Financial Services PhoenixConnect Community. Explore the resources provided, as well as some of the discussions shared by community members. Pay special attention to the following posts, and use them to answer the follow-up questions. How do grants differ from loans? What is financial aid? GEN 201 Week 1 Responsible Borrowing Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Responsible Borrowing Worksheet. Submit your assignment by clicking the Assignment Files tab above. Responsible Borrowing Worksheet Many students acquire federal student loans to pay for college. The goal of this assignment is to help you learn how to borrow responsibly, which means that you do not borrow at all or that you may borrow only what you truly need. To borrow responsibly, you must understand your options and establish a financial plan for your entire program. With that plan in place, you can focus on your courses and make connections with instructors and other students. Step 1 Watch the “Responsible Borrowing (Financial Aid)” video on the orientation website (http://www.phoenix.edu/student-orientation.html). Respond to the following questions:
- 4. =============================================== GEN 201 Week 1 Student Resources Worksheet (100% Score) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com GEN 201 Week 1 Student Resources Worksheet Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Student Resources Worksheet. Submit your assignment by clicking the Assignment Files tab above. Student Resources Worksheet Resources provided by University of Phoenix can contribute to your academic, personal, and professional success. Support resources include a variety of helpful websites and tools that can assist you in completing assignments, connecting to other students, and searching for careers. Instructions Complete the following Scavenger Hunt Matrix regarding student resources provided by the university. In the first column, list the steps used to locate each resource. In the second column, explain how each resource might contribute to your success. Scavenger Hunt Matrix Student resource List the specific steps you used to locate each resource. Explain how you can use each resource to support your academic, career, or personal success. Course syllabus Academic policies Instructor policies University Academic Catalog PhoenixConnect University Library Center for Writing Excellence Student store University Marketplace Life Resource Center Phoenix Career Services Student workshops Technical Support phone number
- 5. =============================================== GEN 201 Week 2 Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet (100% Score) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com An explanation of the importance of academic integrity Thesis Statement This is a one-sentence summary of your Week 5 paper that will be based on the bulleted items above. Informal Outline Each topic below should be a main idea for a paragraph that might be in your Week 5 assignment (see bulleted items above). Each support point should be something that you plan to write about that relates to the corresponding topic. 1. Topic 1 1. Support 2. Support 2. Topic 2 1. Support 2. Support 3. Topic 3 1. Support 2. Support 4. Topic 4 1. Support 2. Support 5. Topic 5 1. Support 2. Support Which resources, inside and outside of the university, you can use to help you reach your goals and make you more successful How the writing process can help you advance your education and career Your personal learning style, as well as how knowing your learning style can help you be successful as you move through your program and career The benefit of creating educational goals, including at least one educational goal you set for yourself GEN 201 Week 2 Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet. Submit your assignment by clicking the
- 6. Assignment Files tab above. Thesis Statement and Informal Outline Worksheet In this course, you will write a 1,050- to 1,400-word comprehensive Continuing Academic Success essay, due in Week 5. The Week 5 essay will help you apply what you learned in this course and take responsibility for your success in your education and your career. Please review the requirements for the Week 5 assignment to become familiar with the instructions. Starting this week, and in the weeks to come, we will be building upon an outline with a thesis statement, subtopics, and research to assist in your final paper. For this week, using the Center for Writing Excellence resources, provide your thesis statement and begin creating the informal outline for your Continuing Academic Success essay assignment. Include the following in your outline this week: =============================================== GEN 201 Week 3 Using Sources (100% Score) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com GEN 201 Week 3 Using Sources Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Using Sources Worksheet using the three sources you located for the Continuing Academic Success paper. Submit your assignment by clicking the Assignment Files tab above. Using Sources Review the Continuing Academic Success assignment requirements from Week 5. Conduct research in the University Library to find at least three sources
- 7. that are relevant for your Week 5 essay. Complete the following table for each source you have chosen. Include the original passage when you provide the summary, paraphrase, and quote. Source 1 Title of the article Why did you choose this article? Is the article credible? How? Is the author biased? How do you know? Is the article relevant? How? Find a passage you might use and summarize it. Find a passage you might use and paraphrase it. Locate a direct quote that might fit into your paper. Formal APA citation (Try using the citation generator in the University Library for additional information. This formal citation is what you will use for your reference page in your Week 5 essay.) Source 2 Title of the article Why did you choose this article? Is the article credible? How? Is the author biased? How do you know? Is the article relevant? How? Find a passage you might use and summarize it. Find a passage you might use and paraphrase it. Locate a direct quote that might fit into your paper. Formal APA citation (Try using the citation generator in the University Library for additional information. This formal citation is what you will use for your reference page in your Week 5 essay.) Source 3 Title of the article Why did you choose this article? Is the article credible? How? Is the author biased? How do you know? Is the article relevant? How? Find a passage you might use and summarize it. Find a passage you might use and paraphrase it. Locate a direct quote that might fit into your paper. Formal APA citation (Try using the citation generator in the University Library for additional information. This formal citation is what you will use for your reference page in your Week 5 essay.) =============================================== GEN 201 Week 4 Critical Thinking and Ethics Assignment Options (100% Score)
- 8. For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com How ethics apply to professional and societal responsibilities Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines. Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab. How an examination of your own ethics relates to your decision making How the critical thinking process relates to your appraisal and recommendations for more community outreach and diversity in your organization A description of the steps in the critical-thinking process A definition of critical thinking Diversity in the workplace Persuade your CEO of the need for more training, volunteering or events centered around community outreach and diversity in the workplace and include discussion of the following in your letter: Community outreach An explanation of how ethics apply to professional and societal responsibilities Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines. Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab. Option B Write a 350- 700-word letter to the CEO of your current workplace or your imagined workplace in the future in which you lobby your organization for more of the following: An explanation of how your personal ethics influences your decision making A summary of your blind spot and preferred ethical lens from the Ethical Lens Inventory An explanation of how you can use critical-thinking when solving problems and the benefits of doing so A description of the steps in the critical-thinking process A definition of critical thinking GEN 201 Week 4 Critical Thinking and Ethics
- 9. Assignment Options Choose one of the following options to complete your Week 4 Individual Assignment: Option A Write a paper of at least 350 to 700 words describing the relationship between critical thinking and ethics. Include the following in your paper: =============================================== GEN 201 Week 5 Career Interests and Market Research Worksheet (100% Score) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com GEN 201 Week 5 Career Interests and Market Research Worksheet Refer to the Interest Assessment activity on the Phoenix Career Services website. Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Careers Interests and Market Research Worksheet. Submit your assignment by clicking the Assignment Files tab above. Career Interests and Market Research Worksheet Complete the Career Interest Profiler activity on the Phoenix Career Services website. To access the interest profiler, click on Set Your Goals. Then, complete Step 1.2. At the end of Step 1.2, Click Go to the Career Exploration tool to access the career interest profiler. Select two careers you are interested in based on the results of the Interest Assessment activity. Conduct labor market research on the two careers, and fill in the following table regarding the research you conducted. Career 1 Career 2 What is the career? What interests you
- 10. about this career? Is there a hiring demand? What are the educational requirements? What are the experience requirements? What are the skill requirements? Based on your research, which career path would you prefer to pursue? Why? =============================================== GEN 201 Week 5 Continuing Academic Success (100% Score) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com A reference page Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Run a Grammarly Report and proofread your paper. Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab A conclusion A body incorporating the ideas below as well as a minimum of three properly cited and referenced sources from the University Library An introduction As you conclude the paper feel free to include any other important lessons you learned in this course and summarize. The paper format should include the following: Highlight the university resources you will use to ensure academic success and also consider the benefits and challenges of working with outside sources. Elaborate on the steps will you take to improve your critical-thinking skills to help you advance academically. Use the critical thinking information you explored in GEN201. Share an example of how the information from
- 11. your Ethical Lens Inventory can help you make better decisions and how this impacts your educational and career success. Discuss how the writing process discussed in GEN201 can help you advance in your education and your career. Include at least one educational goal and one career goal and how setting goals can lead to greater educational and career success. Create an opening statement or thesis, developing a core theme for your paper (i.e. Continuing Academic Success). GEN 201 Week 5 Continuing Academic Success Write a 1,050- to 1,400- word comprehensive paper. A comprehensive paper should incorporate concepts from your previous GEN/201 coursework including but not limited to: The Continuing Academic Success Thesis/Outline, Critical Thinking/Ethics Inventory, and the Sources Assignments. Use the template provided to assist in your paper. The final paper’s focus is to help you share what you learned throughout your studies in GEN/201, including how you will apply this knowledge to take responsibility for your success in your education and your career. Include the following concepts and ideas in your final paper: ===============================================