Establishing core competencies for "Stragies for Academic Success" course

Abstract

This study examines the course “Strategies for Academic Success” (TRDIS-120) offered at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The research plans to interview the lead teacher of the course Ms. Holli Hebl to gain a better understanding of the concepts practiced on this campus. The researcher will then study the University of Wisconsin-Stout’s sixteen peer universities. A list of these universities will be obtained from the University of Wisconsin-Stout budget and analysis office. The researcher will then conduct an extensive search of information regarding courses similar to the course “Strategies of Academic Success” held on the University of Wisconsin-Stout campus. When the collection of data from this research is completed, the researcher will then format the data into a table. The table will chart out the various competencies covered in the course “Strategies for Academic Success.” The study will also describe what each of the sixteen peer universities includes into their curriculum. The researcher expects to make a connection between what the University of Wisconsin-Stout is teaching and what their sixteen peer schools are teaching. It is the anticipated that the data will reveal areas where improvement is needed for the University of Wisconsin-Stout, as well as those areas where they excel.