Faculty First Year Seminars 191EDU30 - How Learning Happens

This course, How Learning Happens, provides an in-depth exploration of the habits and practices that will make you a successful college student. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, readings, and practical activities, students will engage with the educational psychology underlying those habits and practices including how to get the most out of lectures, how to read hard texts, how to prepare for a test, and how to manage academic anxiety. The course aims to equip students with the executive function skills that are essential for any field of study. Upon completion of the course, students will have identified and put into practice the behaviors that will allow them to maximize their potential as college students.

First-year (R1ST)