Study Skills Courses | Student Guide | BYU-Idaho

# Study Skills Courses

## Learn how to Develop Study Skills

If you need a little more help developing and implementing effective study skills, a Study Skills course could be just what you need.

There are several courses available that are designed to help you develop useful study skills that will help you in your college studies and career.

Most of the courses are 1-credit block classes. It's recommended that you take the study skills courses at the same time you are taking other courses so you can apply the skills you are learning in your other courses.

For more information about these courses, please visit us in the ****McKay Library, room 291****.

## Study Skills Courses Offered

Note Taking and Textbook Study

****Course Code:**** GS103L 
****Credits:**** 1 (block class) 
 
****Course Description:**** 

- Learn note-taking skills and strategies for increasing the quality of your notes
- Use your notes to improve your memory recall
- Identify essential points in classroom lectures
- Make your textbook reading more effective with textbook marking strategies, ways to improve vocabulary, and improving reading speed

****Note:**** **This module is********NOT********well suited to students who are********not********taking other concurrent courses.**

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Critical Thinking and Test-Taking Skills

****Course Code:**** GS103M 
****Credits:**** 1 (block class) 
 
****Course Description:**** 

- Examine your paradigms and why you think the way you do
- Question information received to identify fallacies in reasoning
- Learn fundamental problem-solving skills for life and college
- Learn test-taking skills, including how to predict possible test questions, strategies for answering multiple-choice, true-false, and essay-type questions

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Time Management and Concentration

****Course Code:**** GS103K 
****Credits:**** 1 (block class) 
 
****Course Description:**** 

- Realize your goals by using semester, weekly, and daily charts and schedules
- Schedule your study time for maximum efficiency
- Learn strategies for overcoming procrastination
- Assess your physiological preparation for learning, become more attuned to your learning style preferences, identify personal internal and external distractions, and apply strategies to overcome them
- Learn how good concentration can enhance your memory and what can be done to retain information

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Study and Life Skills

****Course Code:**** GE105 
****Credits:**** 2 
 
****Course Description:**** 

- Master effective study skills
- Take charge of your life, increase self-motivation, improve personal self-management, develop interdependence, increase self-awareness, maximize your learning, develop emotional intelligence, and raise your self-esteem
- Write more effectively and improve your creative and critical thinking skills

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Academic Success Planning

****Course Code:**** GS102R 
****Credits:**** 1 
 
****Course Description:**** 

- Students may register anytime during the first half of the semester for this 1.0 credit class.
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 credits.
- Meet weekly with their Academic Skill Coach for a total of 13 meetings during a semester.
- Students can expect: 
 - Canvas grade check,
 - to be held accountable for class attendance and missing assignments,
 - an academic plan for assignments and deadlines
 - setting/following up on academic goals,
 - and the teaching and implementation of study skills.
- Appointments are booked through I-Plan and are 30-50 minutes in duration.

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