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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

AAS 1000 - The Student Experience & College Success

Credits: 1
 ”The Student Experience & College Success” is an optional one-credit course designed as a foundational orientation experience for adult learners returning to college. The course focuses on how to be successful while taking course work in an online learning environment by combining the scholarship of learning with a skills-based approach to navigating online learning tools in an asynchronous format. The course also addresses emotional, psychological, and practical issues faced by nontraditional students, preparing them to successfully navigate college-level work alongside professional and personal responsibilities. The course should be taken by any student in the BDC program who wishes to opt into this one-credit orientation experience. It is recommended that interested BDC students take this foundational course early in their academic experience in the Bachelor Degree Completion Program at Merrimack.