Developing Your Academic Smarts
What makes it tick? Dissecting a college course and syllabus
Building positive relationships with your professors
What is my instructor thinking? A look under the tassel
Making the most of lecture
If you (have to) miss class
Reading
General comments on reading academic texts
The SQ3R reading method
Two other reading methods (Study Reading Summary and First, First, Last)
Marking your text (what to do and how)
Listening
Good Listening (both Academic and Personal)
Note-taking Skills
Taking notes for yourself or for someone else
Cornell note-taking system
Five note-taking systems compared (at http://sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl.html)
Writing
Links to pages within the college website
English Department Resource Center
The Alma College Writing Center (link to the Center's page)
