Introduction to College Study Skills

Catalog description

This comprehensive course is designed to cultivate the holistic student in developing effective academic study skills and critical thinking strategies necessary to reach desired educational goals. Topics surveyed include various educational learning theories; successful interpersonal communication techniques, sensitivity to diverse populations and examination of individual morals and values. Keystone to this course, students learn academic survival strategies such as principles of memory and learning, motivation and concentration, effective note-taking, textbook study methods, efficient time management and test-taking/test anxiety reduction. Emphasis is given to personal growth and development with academic, interpersonal, and professional success.