Each semester, the Academic Success Center offers a three-credit course called Strategies for Success in College (REA 2930). Students learn achievement strategies that successful people use when they face challenging situations.

For registration information, view the College of Arts & Sciences course listings or speak to your academic advisor.

REA 2930 Selected Topics: Strategies for Success in College (3 credits)

This course is designed to teach students what are often referred to as "study skills": those strategies or approaches that enable one to better learn, understand and retain what is being taught, and the ways to manage one's time and life, in the new environment of college. The strategies and approaches covered utilize the following basic skills: Take Reasonable Risks, Take Responsibility for Your Outcomes, Search the Environment, and Use Feeback. These skills are applied to learning from lectures and textbooks, preparing for exams, researching and writing papers, managing tasks, making career decisions, and managing oneself and one's life at college.