STSC1050 — Essential Study Skills for College Success
STSC 1050 - Essential Study Skills for College Success STSC 1050 - Essential Study Skills for College Success Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Course Description: This course provides instruction in effective academic and study strategies that students can implement in courses taken in the same semester and in the future. Course topics focus on learning strategies including memory techniques, content-specific reading and study strategies, and vocabulary development. Course activities and assignments provide opportunities to employ college success skills like self-management strategies and using college resources. MnTC Goals None Major Content Self-Assessment of Learning Learning Attitudes & Behaviors Personal Responsibility Science of Learning Metacognition Motivation Information Processing Memory tools Effective listening and note-taking strategies for lectures Text and lecture material synthesis Strategies for learning in small, large, and online classes Reading across Disciplines Critical perspectives of a discipline Organizational patterns Comprehend complex texts in academic disciplines Strategies for active reading: previewing, skimming, and structure Note Taking Annotating or Text Marking Adaptation of note-taking and study systems by discipline/program Vocabulary Development Building vocabulary strategies for comprehension Memorization and application strategies Discipline or program-specific vocabulary Test-taking Strategies for before, during, and after a test Reducing Test An
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0950, RDNG0940, ESOL0051, ESOL0052, ESOL1033, ESOL0041, ESOL0042, ESOL0043