For this assignment, you will complete an interactive activity, Empowered to Learn – Set Your Path at Capella

For this assignment, you will complete an interactive activity, Empowered to Learn – Set Your Path at Capella. and then save your results as a pdf to submit. You will complete a planning activity first, and then a reflection activity that you’ll submit.

Preparation

Before you begin the interactive activity, please complete the following steps:

Step 1: Familiarize yourself with the requirements for your degree

Take some time to explore the Psychology Program Journey interactive. Then, select the most recent catalog on the University Catalogs web page and read about the degree program you are enrolled in (below) to learn about your degree requirements.

· General Psychology BS Degree Program.

· Applied Behavioral Analysis BS Psychology Degree Program.

· Pre-Counseling and Therapy BS Psychology Degree Program.

Take notes on the following items:

· How many general education credit hours will you need and are there any that are required for your program?

· What are your core courses?

· What are your specialization courses and do you have any specialization electives?

· What other required courses or additional requirements do you need to fulfill?

Step 2: Self-assess your current writing and math skills

To assess your writing skills, please complete this quick quiz: Writing Correctly. Once you’ve completed the quiz, reflect on your experience with it. Did you feel confident of your answers? Did your score match what you expected? This is not an empirically validated tool. The intent is to give you a chance to reach your own conclusion about your writing skills and choose an English course based on where you think you will be most successful. If you are looking for some general guidance:

· If you got 10 or more right, consider taking ENG1000: English Composition for your English class. This course focuses on how to improve writing skills at the level of composition (papers). It assumes learners have the basics of sentences and paragraphs mastered.

· If you got less than 10 correct, consider taking ENG1001: Essential Writing Skills for your English class. This course provides a refresher on basic English skills and helps with learning the essential components of academic writing.

To self-assess your math skills, please complete Math Skills Self-Assessment. As with the English quiz above, this is a tool for you to help self-assess your math skills and allow you to make better decisions about what math courses to take. It’s not a validated assessment of your skills. Reflect on your confidence in answering the questions and how you scored (compared to how you expected to score). If you are looking for some general guidance:

· If you got 25 or more correct, consider taking MAT2150: Data Driven Decisions (this is a required course). In this course, you’ll be expected to know the basics of equations and using them. Unlike algebra, you won’t be solving an equation for x. You will need to know the mathematical notations used in equations and how to complete the required math operations when given the numbers to work with.

· If you got less than 25 correct, consider taking MAT1150: Essential Math for Everyday Life before taking MAT2150. This course covers the essential math operations and basics of equations. If you struggled to remember the basics and don’t feel like you’d do so well brushing up on them on your own, you might want to take this course before taking MAT2150. It will count as 6 of your required 45 credit hours of general education courses.

Step 3: Become familiar with the General Education courses you might select

If you click the toggle button by “Show course descriptions” from your degree program portion of the catalog (see the links above), you’ll be able to read what each course is about. Start thinking about which courses might be interesting and which ones will help you reach your career goal. Remember your self-assessment of your writing and math skills. Note: If you have questions about your program, you can contact your Coach. The conversation may be more productive if you complete a first draft using the media piece and then ask the Coach questions based on what you have on your draft .pdf.

Step 4: Become familiar with where you can get answers to your financial aid questions

Review the information you have on your financial aid and look for answers to the following questions:

· How many credit hours must I be enrolled in each term to get financial aid? All forms of financial aid require learners to be enrolled in a minimum number of credit hours each term. Different forms of financial aid require a different number of credit hours. Unless you are paying for school out of pocket, you will need to know what that minimum is.

· What grades and/or GPA do I need to maintain my financial aid? Each form of financial aid has a different requirement for minimal grades and/or GPA. It’s important to understand what the minimum is for your specific form of financial aid.

If you aren’t sure where to find this information, you can use the following resources:

· Ask Ella. Simply click the red chat button in the lower right corner, type your question, and she will find your answer. She can’t answer all of your questions, but she often does have the answer.

· If Ella doesn’t know, go to Campus: Financial Aid and select one of the live help options.

Step 5: Listen

Listen to the podcast “ How to spend your time more wisely” if you haven’t already done so.

Instructions

Open the Empowered to Learn: Set Your Path at Capella activity. Complete each section of the activity, following the instructions provided. The first portion is focused on college and course planning. You will not be turning this portion in, but you should try to fill in the parts you know. It will help you successfully complete this assignment’s deliverable—a reflection on your planning process—as well as help you identify areas that you might want to learn more about or dig into later. Don’t worry though if you don’t know some of the answers—that’s ok! Remember this first part is for you—you won’t turn it in for this course. You may find it useful when having discussions with your academic coach about course and academic planning.

On the final tab, you will complete the second part—a reflection. Your responses to these reflection questions will be your submission for this assignment. Once your reflection responses are complete, download them as a PDF and submit it to this assignment.

Submission Requirements

Submit your .pdf through the assignment link.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

· Competency 1: Apply information literacy skills.

· Describe how to determine if a source is credible.

· Competency 2: Explain foundational psychological principles in psychology.

· Describe considerations needed to manage time for psychological health.

· Competency 3: Describe the role of critical thinking in the field of psychology.

· Describe how critical thinking helps with planning.

· Competency 4: Apply self-regulation skills to online learning.

· Describe considerations for course scheduling.

· Identify three resources that can help learners make good decisions about course scheduling and financial aid.

· Competency 6: Use effective oral or written communication skills.

· Write using proper sentence structure and grammar.

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