Introduction to University Study (9514.1)

This unit is designed to equip students with the basic academic, professional and personal skills needed to be successful at university. The point of this unit is to give students a purposeful, thorough review of the many tools and skills needed for success and to help them understand how they can improve each of the tools and skills over time.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Clarify and state individual educational goals, and formulate specific plans to work towards these goals;

2. Design and implement personal time management plan;
3. Identify preferred learning style;
4. Describe and employ strategies for effective reading;
5. Adequately describe effective listening, note taking, memory retention, and writing skills, and methods for improving these skills;
6. Identify and accurately judge the credibility of websites;
7. Describe and use different methods of exam preparation;
8. Explain test anxiety and list strategies for reducing it;
9. Describe the interview process and strategies for successful interviewing; and
10. Create a resume and cover letter.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

NONE.

Equivalent units

NO.

Assumed knowledge

NONE