Academic Support

Workshops

Studying for Success Workshops focus on enhancing critical study skills, improving time management, and mastering effective techniques for academic success. Whether you're a first year student aiming to optimize your study techniques for university, or an upper-year student aiming for top grades, our workshops offer practical tools and personalized strategies to help you excel. 

Benefits of attending a workshop:

  • Content of workshops is directly relevant to students' performance in their academic lives.
  • Workshops are offered in small groups. 
  • Individualized coaching is offered as a follow-up to or instead of workshops, at no additional cost.
  • If you attend at least 5 workshops, you will recieve recognition on your Co-Curricular Record (CCR).

Learn more about available workshops below:

A, B, or C? Strategies for Multiple Choice Exams

This workshop will help you develop a systematic approach to taking multiple choice exams. Exam-writing strategies can be applied to any discipline.  

Building & Maintaining Motivation

Learn strategies that can help you build motivation to get things done faster.

Effective Reading Strategies

Learn how to read with purpose and how to use your course textbook/reader to study more effectively.

Get Focused: Concentration & Memorization

Learn strategies that will help make it easier for you to process, understand, and remember class content and reading material.

Managing Time & Avoiding Procrastination

This workshop will provide you with practical tips to help you manage your time well and address goal setting and procrastination.  

Note-taking & Listening Techniques

This workshop will help you understand the importance of lectures and help you develop a systematic approach to note taking.

Presentation & Speaking Skills

Learn tips on choosing your topic, organizing your material, using visual aids, and delivering your presentation.

Setting SMART Goals

Learn how to make effective and realistic daily and weekly goals, and how they affect our motivation, priorities, and success.

Short Answer & Essay Exams: Avoiding the Blank Page

This workshop will help you develop a systematic approach to answering essay exam questions. Exam-writing strategies can be applied to any discipline.

Studying 101: How to Study Effectively

This workshop will provide you with a system and structure that you can apply to any course in order to achieve your overall academic goals.

Working in a Group

Learn about group roles, good communication skills, cultural sensitivity, and how to avoid (and solve) common group work problems.

     

See the full Study Skills Workshop Schedule (netID login required)