CLAS Study Skills Workshops, Summer 2008

All workshops are free!

Advance sign up is required at SRB Room 3210 (Mon-Thurs, 9 am - 10 pm, Fri 9 am-3 pm), or at the MyCLAS website.

Workshop enrollment begins on June 23 at 9:00AM.

Click on a workshop below to view current quarter offerings.


Essay Exam Strategies

In this workshop you'll learn some valuable study strategies that help you anticipate essay questions and prepare your answers. This workshop is especially useful for when you get the essay questions in advance.

 Code   Date                   Time

100G Wednesday July 2 11:00-11:50AM
101G Wednesday August 13 1:00-1:50PM
102G Thursday August 14 7:00-7:50PM


Objective Exam Strategies

If you are boggled by definitions and overwhelmed by details, this workshop is for you. You will learn techniques for organizing course material so that you are prepared for your tests.

 Code   Date                   Time

114G Thursday July 3 4:00-4:50PM
115G Monday August 11 5:00-5:50PM
116G Wednesday August 13 7:00-7:50PM


Organize Your Time

In this workshop you'll learn techniques for scheduling and managing your time in the tight ten week quarter. These methods have helped thousands of UCSB students.

 Code   Date                   Time

121G Thursday June 26 2:00-2:50PM
122G Tuesday July 1 4:00-4:50PM
123G Wednesday August 6 4:00-4:50PM
124G Monday August 11 3:00-3:50PM


Reading Strategies: Efficiency and Recall

This workshop introduces students to methods for finding and remembering the most course-relevant information in their reading assignments.

 Code   Date                   Time

107G Tuesday July 1 2:00-2:50PM
108G Wednesday July 2 3:00-3:50PM
109G Thursday August 7 1:00-1:50PM
110G Tuesday August 12 7:00-7:50PM
111G Thursday August 14 2:00-2:50PM


Reading Strategies: Improving Comprehension

Students who come to this workshop will learn techniques for getting the most out of difficult reading assignments.

 Code   Date                   Time

103G Wednesday July 2 1:00-1:50PM
104G Thursday July 3 11:00-11:50AM
105G Monday August 11 1:00-1:50PM
106G Thursday August 14 4:00-4:50PM


Study Skills for Transfer Students

In this workshop, students will inventory their already successful study skills to discover how to adapt them to their new campus. Trained facilitators will emphasize time management under the quarter system, getting the most out of large classes, and answering student questions about how to achieve their goals at UCSB.

 Code   Date                   Time

112G Tuesday July 1 11:00-11:50AM
113G Tuesday August 12 4:00-4:50PM


Taking Good Lecture Notes

Learn how to take and organize notes to help you study for your exams.You'll also get some tips on figuring out what's important and what's not.

 Code   Date                   Time

117G Friday June 27 11:00-11:50AM
118G Monday June 30 1:00-1:50PM
119G Wednesday August 6 7:00-7:50PM
120G Thursday August 7 3:00-3:50PM


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