orientation course
- noun
- /ˌɔːrɪənˈteɪʃən kɔːrs/
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curso de orientación
- Before starting classes, all incoming students must complete a mandatory orientation course that covers university resources and support services.
- college orientation course
Examples
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This student wrote that, "It would be more helpful if the college announced it was having an orientation course through the mail or by distributing flyers around campus.
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Others offer first-semester college orientation courses, freshman seminars, or library research and information retrieval courses with an ethics focus.
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Examples of such supports are college orientation courses or "student success" classes that focus on learning styles, study skills, time management, and successful habits.
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College personnel may outreach to these students in College Freshmen Seminars or Orientation courses and Black student organizations.
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Although OSU-ATI also offers an Associate of Sciences (A.S.) transfer program, students in that program are required to enroll in a different orientation course.
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The orientation course grade could be a very early gauge of the probability of retention and graduation because it is available at the midpoint of the students' first quarter, an important period in their transition to college.
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This study also clearly illustrates the ability of the grade in a five-week orientation course to point to student intentions (Zimmerman, 2000).
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The final grade in the required five-week orientation course has been another sound early-college predictor of persistence and graduation (Zimmerman, 2000) at OSU-ATI.
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The following four achievement variables were examined in the study: high school rank (a percentile), ACT composite score (almost all entering students take the ACT instead of the SAT), earned grade in the required orientation course (12 grade categories, with plus and minus, from F to A, inclusive), and first-quarter GPA.
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Many universities offer an orientation course to help new students adjust to campus life and understand academic expectations.
Synonyms
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A session that introduces someone to a new place or group
A short program that helps new students get used to campus before term starts
How Comprehensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably derived from combining 'orientation' (an introductory program) with 'course' (a series of lessons), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to an introductory course for newcomers. This is a common, compositional noun + noun pattern seen across languages and standard English usage, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Orientation course comes from the word orientation, which means finding your direction, like using a map to see where you are. So an orientation course is a short course that helps new people 'find their way' in a new place or organization.