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SLS1122: Strategies for Academic Success

SLS1122, Strategies for Academic Success, is a one-credit course designed to facilitate academic success and promote retention for students who are in academic difficulty or who want to improve their academic performance. The focus is on the development and application of study skills required for college-level work as well as the identification and minimization of barriers that impede individual student achievement. Because this is a graded course, a student’s effort will directly impact his or her GPA.

After completion of the course, students will be able to: establish study goals and priorities consistent with the courses in which they are enrolled each semester; articulate short- and long-term academic and career goals; practice the principles of effective time management and organization; develop appropriate learning strategies for different types of courses and teaching styles; apply active reading techniques to understand and retain information in textbooks and other print sources; demonstrate effective note taking from both textbooks and lecture; evaluate and synthesize information from multiple sources.

This course is taught using a combination of classroom lecture and discussion, small group activities, ongoing personal reflection, independent readings and assignments, and individual meetings with the instructor.

Any undergraduate student may register for this course after their first semester at FSU. However, it is designed to help students who are struggling with time management and/or study skills. Freshmen who earn less than a 2.0 GPA in their first semester at FSU will be automatically enrolled in a mandated section of the course.

Click here for a sample agenda from a previous course.


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