Course Description
Academic Prep
How to Be a University Student
Next course: August 19-23, 2024
Jumpstart your university journey with Carleton University’s Academic Prep: How to Be a University Student!
Who Should Enroll?
Whether you’re gearing up for your first year or looking to sharpen your skills after taking a few classes, this non-credit course is tailored just for you. It’s designed to ease your transition into university life and set you up for success.
What is Academic Prep?
Dive into five days of dynamic lectures, thought-provoking readings, and interactive workshops. Academic Prep is your gateway to mastering university-level skills and strategies, covering essential topics like student mental health, effective note-taking, time management, and problem-solving.
Beyond the course, you’ll have access to optional group check-ins and personalized sessions with an academic coach, ensuring you’re well-supported and connected to valuable campus resources.
Topics include:
- Study skills and habits assessment
- How to form and maintain habits for success
- Student mental health: Managing stress & building resiliency
- How learning works I: Learning styles and other learning myths
- How learning works II: CIDERS for success
- Advanced goal setting: What’s a WOOP?
- Metacognition: The ultimate study skill
- Collaboration skills for higher education
- (Arts students) Reading & writing for university: How to adapt to any writing assignment
- (Science students) Conceptual problem-solving: Beyond plug & chug
Ready to take charge of your academic future? Visit our website for more details, and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Academic Prep is coordinated by Carleton University’s Centre for Initiatives in Education and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with support from the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs and the Faculty of Science.