College Success Strategies: College Success Courses

In this course, you will explore five areas that will prepare you for achieving success as you pursue your goal of continuing your education. Modules include: Strategies for Staying on Course, Study Habits and Skills, Effective Communication, Initiative and Motivation, and Career Exploration.

This course will provide the opportunity for you to learn and practice methods that will assist you in identifying and reaching your academic and career goals.

Features the “big six” effective learning/study skills topics:
- Learning styles and preferences
- Time and materials management
- Critical thinking and reading
- Note-taking
- Memory principles and techniques
- Test-taking

College Success has a student-friendly format arranged to help you develop the essential skills and provide the information you need to succeed in college.

This book is designed to be a practical guide for first-generation college students as they navigate potentially unfamiliar topics such as understanding the costs of college beyond tuition, navigating college websites, and defining critical language needed to understand communication regarding the context and culture of college.

This text, designed to show how to be successful in college and in career preparation, focuses on study skills, time management, career exploration, health, and financial literacy.