Course Basics
Syllabus Rules & Expectations
Points, Grades & Projects
Campus Resources & Support
Important Dates & University Policies
100

Your Instructor's name.

What is Professor De Leon.

100

Arriving this many minutes late (or leaving early) results in being marked absent for the day.

What is 15 minutes?

100

The total number of points possible to earn in UNIV 1301.

What is 1,000 points?

100

Located in CAB Room 202, this campus center offers free subject-area tutoring in person and via brainfuse.

What is the Academic Learning Center?

100

The holiday on September 7th when classes are canceled and the university is closed.

What is Labor Day?

200

Your Instructor's Office Location.

What is Patriots' Casa 2nd Floor, Room 206?

200

Accumulating more than this number of total absences may result in removal from the course.

What is 4 absences?

200

The minimum point total needed to earn an "A" in the class.

What is 900 points?

200

Located in Madla 120, this office provides free, confidential mental health services and 24/7 crisis support.

What is the Student Counseling Center (SCC)

200

The maximum number of non-punitive course drops allowed during an undergraduate career.

What is 6 Drops (Six Drop Rule)?

300
The weekly drop-in office hour time to visit Professor De Leon.

What is Wednesdays from 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM?

300

If an assignment closes after the due date on Blackboard, this person must request it to be reopened.

Who is The Student.

300

Worth 150 points, this is the single highest point-value project listed in the syllabus.

What is the Passport to Success?

300

This center helps students with reading, oral presentations, Spanish Compositions, and digital studio projects like ePortfolios.

What is the Writing, Language, and Digital Composing Center (WLDCC)?

300

The name of the last day to drop classes without receiving a "w" on your transcript.

What is Census Date?

400

What is your FYS instructor's University E-Mail?

What is jennifer.deleon@tamusa.edu?

400

The only project/assignment in the course which is not allowed an extension.

What is the Final Project?

400

The number of extra credit points added to your participation grade for attending an approved campus event/service and writing a 5-8 sentence reflection.

What is 5 points?

400

If a student faces food insecurity or housing instability, they are urged to submit this specific report for assistance.

What is a CARE Report?

400

To receive an excused absence for a religious holiday, students must notify their instructor before the end of this week of the term.

What is the Second Week of Classes?

500
The official 4-letter course prefix and course number for First-Year Seminar. (Ex: ENGL 1301)

What is UNIV 1301?

500

When allowed, no more than this percentage of a student's work may be generated using AI tools (with proper attribution).

What is 25%?

500

Name any 2 out of 4 100-point projects in this course.

What are (any 2 of): Clifton Strengths Profile & Presentation, Time Management Project, Career Awareness Majors/Minors Project, or the Final Project?

500

The mass notification system used by A&M San Antonio to send emergency and weather alerts via text/email.

What is JagE Alert?

500

The date range for final exams in Fall 2026.

What is December 5th - 11th?