This course is designed to equip the student with the basic academic, professional, and personal skills needed in college. Of course, some of the skills this course presents may take a lifetime to master! Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: clarify and state your individual educational goals, and formulate specific plans to work towards the goals; design and implement a personal time management plan; identify your preferred learning style; describe and employ critical thinking and creative thinking skills; adequately describe effective listening, note taking, memory retention, and writing skills, and methods for improving these skills; identify and accurately judge the credibility of websites; describe and use different methods of exam preparation; explain test anxiety and list strategies for reducing it; describe the interview process and strategies for successful interviewing; create a resume and a cover letter. This free course may be completed online at any time. It has been developed through a partnership with the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; the Saylor Foundation has modified some WSBCTC materials. (Try College 101)
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