Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21 [Archived Catalog]

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UC 1100 - Learning Strategies


Helps students assess current study behaviors and attitudes and then adopt techniques that increase effectiveness in managing time, taking notes, reading and comprehending test material, and preparing for exams. Emphasizes regular practice and application of strategies discussed. Especially recommended for new students who did not study very much in high school and/or do not have a well-developed system of effective studying.

Requisites: (Fr or Soph) and WARNING: No credit for both this course and the following: UC 1101 and UC 1102
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will become aware of various factors affecting their abilities to concentrate on their academic coursework. They will describe ways to manage the stress levels in their new, independent lives.
  • Students will demonstrate how to set and achieve short-term and long-term academic, personal, and career related goals.
  • Students will demonstrate how to take efficient lecture notes using at least three different formats and will develop useful techniques for studying and learning from each format.
  • Students will develop and apply critical reading and thinking skills to reason-based arguments. They will develop decision-making skills for use while in college and in their future lives.
  • Students will develop and apply strategies for taking objective, essay, and problem-based exams.
  • Students will develop strategies to improve both the learning and recall of information at all levels of learning.
  • Students will identify their personal learning styles and will apply this knowledge to the various teaching styles they will encounter at college.
  • Students will use library and internet resources for academic research and will evaluate the respective quality of such information.
  • Students will use the various levels of learning (from factual and applied to analysis and synthesis) to meet the expectations of college level learning.
  • Students will use various reading and study systems, such as SQ3R, and will apply these techniques to become more efficient readers of their textbooks.
  • Students will use various time management strategies by developing weekly and semester length time management plans.



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