Managed by Academic Affairs, General Learning Strategy (GLS) courses focus on approaches, methods, strategies, and techniques that empower students with success skills that encourage better academic, personal, and professional performance.
- GLS 180 - (1.5 cr/hr) - Strategies for improving student learning, including reading comprehension and memory techniques, effective note-taking and test-taking strategies, time and stress management, procrastination reduction and motivation enhancement, healthy lifestyle habits, self-advocacy skills.
- GLS 181 - (0.5 cr/hr) - Create a pathway for students to excel in their studies in general and their early-stage college mathematics, which is a cornerstone for success in STEM degrees.
- GLS 182 - (0.5 cr/hr) - Students meet bi-weekly with an academic coach to discuss a variety of topics that may impact their academics and receive guidance through effective strategies, techniques, methods and resources.
GLS students are supported by both graduate and undergraduate peer-coaches. Students may receive additional academic subject-specific assistance provided via the Academic Resource Center (ARC).
Open coaching sessions are also offered to students who would like to work with an academic coach on a semi-regular or one-off basis with no obligation and without registration. These personalized sessions with a coach can help you become a more effective student by exploring strategies that increase the awareness of how you learn. If you are interested in open academic coaching, please fill out this .
For more information, please contact the GLS Program Manager, Zipporah Robinson at zrobinson@iit.edu or call at 312.567.3710.