Includes references, endnotes, credits, index

Contents: Part 1: College: Strategies for success -- the college system: an orientation -- taking charge of your college career -- establishing goals and managing your time -- managing your life and coping with stress -- communication skills for the classroom -- thinking critically and solving problems -- Part 2: Learning and thinking strategies: learning styles and teaching styles -- learning and memory -- Part 3: Applying your skills to academic disciplines: study strategies for academic discipline -- learning specialized and technical vocabulary -- Part4: Mastering course content: thought patterns of academic disciplines -- note taking for class lectures -- learning from textbooks, graphics, and online sources -- organizing and synthesizing course content -- critical reading and thinking about course content -- Part 5: Exams: Thinking under pressure: preparing for exams -- reasoning skills for objective exams -- taking essay exams.