Course

Arts Connections – Skills for Success

Faculty
Language, Literature & Performing Arts
Department
Student Success
Course code
STSU 1105
Credits
1.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
28
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course is intended to assist students in the Arts Connections program to improve the skills associated with student success in an academic environment. The content of the course is designed to help students to become more independent learners and maximize their educational opportunities. Students will learn how to enhance and integrate effective learning strategies and study skills within the context of the other Arts Connections courses.
Course content

This course will expose students to a number of first semester issues and topics within the context of the thematic approach taken by the Arts Connections program.

Students will receive information and develop competencies in the following areas:

  1. Introduction to student success and college resources
  2. Managing time and study schedules
  3. Note taking from lectures
  4. Examination preparation and objective style examinations (Matching, True/False, Multiple-Choice)
  5. Writing subjective style examinations (short-answer and essay format)
  6. Textbook and journal reading strategies
  7. Giving oral presentations
  8. Procrastination and stress
  9. Memory and visual organizers (mind maps and hierarchies)
  10. Concentration and motivation
Learning activities

The course is application-oriented and will link the concepts and skills learned to their application in other courses in the Arts Connection program. Students will master course objectives through guided self-discovery, readings, presentations, and discussion. 

Means of assessment

Students will be graded on a minimum of five different evaluations.  No single assignment will be worth more than 30% of the final mark. 

Learning outcomes

As part of the Arts Connections program, this course is intended provide a structured experience for exploring and integrating key strategies for being successful as a student.

By the end of the course the student will be able to:

  • Define personal and academic goals for success
  • Increase self-confidence and meta-cognition as a learner
  • Identify and use the college resources available for providing support to learners
  • Design productive ways to manage study time
  • Select appropriate methods to enhance information processing in class and from textbooks
  • Prepare for and succeed under typical examination conditions
  • Understand and overcome factors that impede effective studying
  • Employ effective learning processes and participation in other courses in Arts Connections

Textbook materials

Students may be required to purchase a textbook and/or course package of materials.

Requisites

Prerequisites

No prerequisite courses.

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer details for STSU 1105
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025