DVS 060 - College Academic Strategies
Credits: 2
2 Lecture Hours
Prerequisites: Reading placement test
Co-requisites: DVS 070
Description
This course helps students acquire strategies essential for college study including taking classroom notes, developing time management skills, preparing for tests, organizing a notebook and developing communication skills. In addition, students learn basic research skills.
Students must earn a “C” grade or better to register for the next course in this discipline or to use this course as a prerequisite for a course in another discipline.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Select appropriate study methods to meet the demands of the text.
- Apply independent learning strategies required for success at the college level.
- Record notes from lectures and textbooks using a variety of note-taking techniques.
- Identify and make use of effective time-management tools.
- Utilize effective test-taking strategies.
- Extract and synthesize information for research project
Listed Topics
- Study methods
- Organizational strategies: note-taking, outlining, mapping, annotating, and summarizing
- Improving time management and concentration
- Test-taking strategies
- Steps in research process
- Library skills
Reference Materials
Current recognized texts, transparencies, handouts, videos, study sheets, Internet resources and multi-media.
Approved By: Sutin, Stewart Date Approved: 01/16/2007
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