HD 112 Study Skills Syllabus
Instructor Lucy Tribble MacDonald, M.A.,M.A.

Email: lucy@chemeketa.edu

Vmail: 503/399-5242

Office: Building 38, Room 105

Office Hours: Virtual
Quarter Hours: 3 Transfer Hours
Prerequisites: Access to the Internet / World Wide Web Best viewed with Netscape 4.0 or above
Access to the Classroom Message Area on WebBoard
This is an intensive reading/exploring course. Students should allow the standard from 6 to 9 hours a week for class, homework, reading the textbook and studying, of course. Exploring the Internet takes time, even when you know where you are going!
Required Text and Materials: Wong. Essential Skills. 3rd Ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. This is a brand new edition and the chapters are different from the older edition.

Available at Chemeketa Community College Bookstore. This is a required text, which you must buy and read. Quizzes and tests will be based upon the book as well as the lecture/field trips.

Three ring binder to hold printouts of Web notes, paper copy of assignments turned in, copies of assignments returned, grade sheets and handouts.

Subdirectory or folder on your hard drive dedicated to this class.

Access to fax machine for notetaking project.
Course Description: Students will learn how to study efficiently and effectively in order to succeed in college. Students will explore campus resources at colleges and universities across the US and international sites on the Web. Topics include
Taking Lecture Notes Time Management Test Taking Skills
Textbook Study Reading Memory Improvement Reducing Test Anxiety
Learning Styles Concentration College Success
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

identify campus resources for both online and campus-based classes

apply effective notetaking techniques to classroom lectures

develop and apply an effective time management plan for a college student

apply an appropriate textbook study reading method to a textbook chaper

apply effective test taking strategies to objective and essay tests

assess personal level of test anxiety and select appropriate strategies for dealing with stress.

apply specific memory and concentration techniques to the study of college level materials.
Attendance Policy: Just like a regular class, you will be expected to participate in class discussion at least three times a week. You may do this by talking all at once or a little bit every day. The activities will drive the discussion questions (and sometimes answers.) Your attendance is tracked by the computer, when you post a message in the class discussion area. You can search by your name to see how many times and at what hour a day you came to class. All work should be completed by Saturday midnight of each week.

Warning: it is easy to get behind in online classes, because there is no Mom forcing you to go to class nor will the telephone ring and remind you that it's time for class. You will have to set up a schedule to make sure that you have a structure for attending class.
Grading Policy: Grades are composed of class discussion, field trips, homework exercises, projects, quizzes and the final exam
. See Study Skills Score Card for points.

Bonus points will be given each week to the student who starts the discussion first. Just want you to know that this instructor knows how to add as well as subtract. Insightful comments that apply the textbook and field trip concepts and demonstrate integration of skills into practice are eligible for bonus points.
Diversity Statement: We are a college community enriched by the diversity of our students and staff. Each individual and group has the potential to contribute in our learning environment. Each has dignity. To diminish the dignity of one is to diminish the dignity of us all.