Arts & Sciences: Academic Success Strategies

Overview of core skills needed to help students achieve academic success, at any point in their educational journey. Students will have the opportunity to both strengthen and practice essential academic skills including time-management, note taking, testing, effective listening, goal setting, and study skills.

First year and sophomores only during the week of registration Open to degree and PACE students; Asynchronous Online Course

CAS1100 Academic Success Strategies is an asychronous 1 credit course that provides an overview of core skills needed to help students achieve academic success, no matter where you are in your educational journey. Through this course, students will have the opportunity to both strengthen and practice essential academic skills including time-management, how to tackle assignments, set routines, as well as how to prepare for tests, and other academic demands. Additionally, it will review tips and resources for supports and self-advocacy.The skills you learn here are meant to be useful to your academic experience, as well as help you prepare and build a bridge to your post-college, professional, and personal life. 
This course is meant to complement and support the work you are doing in other classes. For example using the Test Preparation steps to help you prepare for a test or quiz in one of your classes, or the Writing strategy to apply to a writing assignment for another class.

The structure of this course is based on the academic needs relevant to the period of the semester. Each week specific assignments will be given, and you will be asked to complete the assignment, submit the evidence, and discuss the topics posted for each week in Yellowdig. Discussions are where you can solidify your understanding, or clarify, or ask questions, or celebrate success within our classroom community. Additionally there will be a weekly Q&A opportunity where this community of students will submit questions about things that may not have been answered the video tutorials and assignments, but also about academic, professional, or life-balance questions. The course load is bigger in the beginning of the semester as students are learning and applying the new skills, and the second half of the semester focuses on applying the skills as relevant for preparing for the completion of classes in order to finish the semester successfully.

Grades based on the following elements and percentagae: Weekly Evidence submissions demonstrating applications of strategies. (45%) Yellowdig discussions about what insights or questions come from applying strategies, as well as opportunities to share common challenges and supportive environment. (45%) Weekly Questions submitted for Q&A and Weekly responses to Q&A recorded responses. (10%)