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RS100 2020-1
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STUDENT SUCCESS COURSE, PREP |
0.5
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course is designed to improve cadet academic performance and mental agility. Mastery of a variety of these strategies leads to development of a more self-regulated leader of character. Strategies presented include: help seeking (AI, Library, tutors), organization and time management, class preparation (text study system), test preparation, overcoming nerves, learned optimism and importance of attitude. The strategies mastered are implemented immediately into the cadets' present life at USMA and contribute to life-long learning. The course has no graded assignments. A final pass/fail grade determination is recorded on the cadet transcript. |
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RS101 2020-1
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STUDENT SUCCESS COURSE |
0.5
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course is designed to improve cadet academic, physical, and leadership performance at USMA. Mastery of a variety of strategies leads to this goal. Strategies presented include: effective thinking, goal setting, time management, textbook study system, concentration, test taking, visualization, memory, note taking, stress management, and others. The strategies mastered are implemented immediately into the cadets' present life at USMA and contribute to life-long learning. The course has graded assignments, a complete student success plan and a course portfolio. A final pass/no-credit grade determination is recorded on the cadet transcript. |
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RS102 2020-1
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READING EFFICIENCY |
0.0
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course develops flexible reading strategies. Increasing one's base reading rate while maintaining comprehension is accomplished through the use of computer programs, textbook reading, and recreational reading. Various pacing techniques and supervised practice lead to the increase of both reading rate and comprehension, but most of all to the development of a reader who has a variety of strategies to use depending upon the type of reading required. |
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RS103 2020-1
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INFO LITERACY & CRIT THINKING |
0.5
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course is designed to improve cadet information literacy and critical thinking performance at USMA. Mastery of a variety of strategies leads to this goal. Strategies presented include: effective thinking, goal setting, time management, understanding of the research process, academic/library research skills, evaluation of information sources, critical reading and reasoning. The strategies mastered are implemented immediately into the cadets' present life at USMA and contribute to life-long learning. The course has no graded assignments. A final pass/no-credit grade determination is recorded on the cadet transcript. |
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2 |
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RS104 2020-2
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INTRO PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY |
0.5
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course introduces cadets to the essential principles and skills of performance psychology and provides a framework through which these principles can be applied toward the pursuit of academic, athletic, and military excellence. The continuous cycle of conscious thought processes leading to unconscious mood states affecting physiological change and thus performance execution is examined in the context of each student's own experience of successful performance, and then specific skills which optimally leverage the mind-body connection are taught and practiced. Cognitive skills for confidence development, attention control methods, relaxation techniques, and imagery are taught and practiced. A detailed personal goal setting plan is completed by the course's end. |
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