Please be aware that the last day to Withdraw from a full semester course is this Monday, February 23rd.
I will be available all day on Monday to answer questions and talk about concerns regarding Withdrawals.
Please come by the Advising Center during this time and I will see students on a walk-in, first come first serve basis.
Students often use the first test of the semester to test their own test preparation and test taking skills: “Are the methods and strategies I am using working for me?” If the answer is “no”, it may be time to make some changes, so the results on the second test aren’t a carbon copy of the first test! But where and how do they begin to make changes to their study strategies? At this week’s Study Skills Seminar
Take your Best Test!
Wednesday, February 18 at 6 pm
Thursday, February 19 at 4 pm (repeated seminar)
Education Center 113
Snacks served!
students will have the opportunity to replenish their test preparation and test taking toolbox with New Strategies for both Objective and Essay Tests. We will focus on Tips to Try Before, During, and After the Test, and will emphasize Strategies that Encourage Thinking Critically, as opposed to simply memorizing mountains of material.
Many students report that academic reading falls to the bottom of the ‘To Do’ list fairly in the semester, in favor of more immediate homework assignments, projects, and papers. The intent is always to “catch up before the test”, but, alas, when pages and chapters pile up, it is often difficult to get back on track. At this week’s Study Skills Seminar
Read and Remember!
Wednesday, February 4 at 6 pm
Thursday, February 5 at 4 pm
ECTR 113
(Bonus Seminar: Study Skills Express: Read and Remember! Friday, February 13 at 12 noon in the Center for Student Learning Study Skills Lab)
Snacks served!
we will address ways to tackle academic reading before it becomes unmanageable, including suggestions for breaking up tasks, and a variety of Active Reading Strategies designed to improve reading engagement and retention, and also help you create study guides from reading assignments.
If you are struggling with reading in a class this semester, please bring your textbooks to the Seminar, so you may see how specific strategies can be applied to your reading assignments, giving you a ‘springboard’ for jumping into the text right away!
When you revolve through the doors of the Addlestone Library to begin researching topics for upcoming papers and projects, are you overwhelmed by the vast array of print and online resources available? Are you unsure of where to begin? Or do you approach the task with confidence, searching databases, locating periodicals, and scanning the stacks with ease? If this third scenario describes you, it is likely that they have already met with and received assistance from the friendly, knowledgeable staff at the Addlestone Library!
At this week’s Study Skills Seminar:
Re-Think Research!
Wednesday, January 28 at 6 pm
Thursday, January 29 at 4 pm
ECTR 113
Snacks served!
all students will have the opportunity to become more informed and less alarmed about library research as they meet with Tom Gilson and Phillip Powell, Addlestone librarians. Tom and Phil will guide students through the wide variety of resources available at the library, will teach them how to search more efficiently and effectively online, and will introduce them to the many ways that they may meet with and talk with real, live librarians about their papers and projects (the best resource of all!)
Whether your students are new to library research or are seasoned professionals, they will add to their knowledge of all things library this week!
Today, January 16th, is the last day to Drop and Add courses for the Spring 2009 semester. (Full semester courses and Express 1 courses.)
After Cougar Trail closes tonight, you can Withdraw from a course until February 23rd for full semester courses and February 2nd for Express 1 courses.
Contact me at buchheitt@cofc.edu if you have any questions
I hope everyone had a wonderful break and the new semester is starting great.
Just remember that this Friday, January 16th is the last day to adjust your schedule for this semester.
I will be available to answer questions with out an appointment on Friday until 4 PM.
Remember that you can now register for classes for Spring 2009. You can continue to add and drop courses and adjust your until January 16, 2009.
January 12, 2009 is the first day of classes for the Spring Semester.
Students in their 1st year at the College of Charleston can register only after meeting with their advisor.
I hope all first year students will consider one of these opportunities for the Spring Semester:
Here are the different offerings:
Learning Community #1
Math & Chemistry for Science and Math Majors (7 credits plus Lab)
Math120-F01 and CHEM-112-F01
MWF 9-9:50 CHEM 112
MWF10-10:50 & Tues 10:50-12:05 Math 120
Learning Community #2
Thinking and Writing for Success in Science (6 hours plus Lab)
ENGL102-F02 and CHEM 111-F02
MWF 9-9:50 CHEM 111
T/R 9:25-10:40 ENGL 102
First Year Seminars (FYSM) – 20 students
FYSM 124-001
Countercultural Literature of the 1960s and 70s – counts as English 102 credit or Humanities credit – 3
MWF 1-1:50
FYSM 138-001
Experiencing World War I – Humanities credit – 3
TR 1:40-2:55
FYSM 160-001
Religion and Traditions of Friendship – Humanities credit – 3
TR 9:25-10:40
FYSM 117-001
C.G.I.F. – Computer Graphics in Film – Elective credit – 3
TR 10:50-12:05
FYSM166-001
Considering the Performance – Humanities credit – 3
MWF 11-11:50
FYSM 134-001
Opportunities & Challenges in Medicine and Allied Health – Elective credit – 3
TR 10:50-12:05 T 1:40-2:40
For more information and descriptioms please go to: http://www.cofc.edu/fye/spring09.html
If you are a first year student at the College of Charleston, you must meet with an advior.
Please call the Advising Center at 843-953-5981 to schedule an appointment.