COLL 200 Syllabus Spring 2022 Beggs FINAL-2.docx - Academic...

Academic Support Division
College Success Department:
College Success Strategies
COLL 200 (3 credit hours)
Course Syllabus Spring 2022
Professor: Dr. Chris Beggs
Location: Midwest Trust Center 229
Telephone: Email preferred
Office: Virtual E-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours: In person or Zoom (link inside Canvas)
*Preferred Communication: Inbox through CANVAS
COURSE INFORMATION
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an elective course that counts towards graduation requirements. This course meets
elective requirements.
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisite: Concurrent enrollment in another academically-based college course to which
the principles and techniques in this course can be applied.
Required Text: Beiderwell, B., Tse, L.F., Lochhaas, T. & deKanter, N.B. (2020). College success
strategies. Boston, MA: Boston Academic Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4533-3679-3
Version 2.0.3. Buy the physical textbook (not digital) from the bookstore.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides students with opportunities to develop skills
and habits that will help them establish and maintain effective learning systems. Students first
learn and practice the learning methods in class and then apply these methods to appropriate
situations in their other college coursework. The methods, which are based on valid learning and
thinking principles, will help students meet the higher-level demands of the subjects encountered
in college courses. College Success courses offer students opportunities to acquire the thinking
and learning skills needed to be a successful learner, including reading textbooks, taking notes,
organizing information and preparing for tests.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Analyze complex learning tasks and separate into components.
2. Identify the levels of cognition required of various types of learning tasks.
3. Compare and contrast a variety of learning style theories and instruments.
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