Introduction to Academic Skills II

Full course description

The transition from secondary to tertiary education is often experienced as a rather challenging one for students, especially considering the expectations at university with regard to students’ academic skills, such as essay writing, critical and analytical thinking, or skills such as argumentation. It is therefore imperative to support and train students right from the start to take on a professional ethos with regard to their university studies and their personal and academic development.

The second part of the Introduction to Academic Skills series will focus on honing the skills learned during ItAS I, and exploring skills necessary to surviving not just the first period but an entire semester at UCM. For this, we will continue exploring study skills, fine-tuning academic writing skills, and practicing information literacy skills. In the final part of the course, students will come together in groups to set up their research and writing project in anticipation of the Introducing Academic Communication: A Writing Project.

Course objectives

To analyze and apply principles of academic writing at UCM.
To understand and apply information literacy skills, such as formulating a research question/thesis statement and conducting a systematic literature search.
To be able to determine what makes a good argument at UCM and apply tools to construct these.
To analyze fundamental components to working in a PBL environment and apply these.
To be a safe space where freshmen students can ask questions and compare notes on their experiences.

Prerequisites

This course is not open to exchange students

SKI1008 Introduction to Academic Skills I.

Introduction to Academic Skills I

Introduction to Academic Skills II