APS 101 Applied Psychology 3 credits
This course is designed to assist students in developing the necessary skills to become expert learners. Expert learners know how to learn. In this course, students develop an understanding of basic cognitive and motivational psychology concepts and then apply these concepts to their own learning. Students practice applying a model for self-regulated learning to several essential academic skills. Through such efforts, students learn to optimize efforts while minimizing study time and maximizing results. (3 lecture hours)