Abstract
First year college students are challenged both socially and academically in their transition to college life. The literature suggests that social and emotional competence skills can help with this transition. This article describes the course content for a University freshman seminar that teaches skills in social and emotional competence in order to ease the transition into college and facilitate academic success. This paper discusses instruction about five core components of social and emotional competence: knowledge of emotions in self and others; self-management, relationship, and tolerance skills; and behavioral and perceptual flexibility. Specific content, assignments, and pedagogical techniques are discussed and implications for helping freshman are considered.
Highlights
This paper will discuss the infusion of social and emotional competence education into a first-year seminar at a metropolitan university
The social and emotional competence material was incorporated into three sections of an existing Freshman Seminar course
First year seminars have been correlated with increased retention and success rates for college students (Parker et al, 2005; Petrides, Fredrickson, & Furnham, 2004)
Summary
This paper will discuss the infusion of social and emotional competence education into a first-year seminar at a metropolitan university. The reasons that universities offer these seminars vary, yet there is an overarching desire to help new students transition successfully to academic and campus life. Colleges and universities are consistently looking for ways to increase the retention of students. The addition of social and emotional competence content can further facilitate the attainment of these goals as the skills involved are analogous to those required for the academic and personal success of college students
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