Academic Success AS 111 Week 2 Objectives Accepting

Academic Success AS 111 Week 2 Objectives

Accepting Personal Responsibility Successful Students…. . • • • adopt a creator mindset, believing that their choices create the outcomes and experiences of their lives. master Creator language, accepting personal responsibility for their results. make wise decisions, consciously designing the future they want. Struggling Students…. . • • • accept a victim mindset, believing that external forces determine the outcomes and experiences of their lives. use Victim language, rejecting personal responsibility by blaming, complaining, and excusing. make decisions carelessly, letting the future happen by chance rather than by choice. Downing, S. (2017). On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Week 2 Outcomes • Adopting a Creator Mindset. • Victim vs. Creator Language • Introduction to Brenau Student & Retention Services. • Developing a Research Topic. • Mastering Creator Language. • Making Wise Decisions. • Introduction to APA & MLA. (APA Writing is used in Academic Success AS 111).

Study Skills • Reading (pgs. 268 -273) • Taking Notes (pgs. 274 -281) • Writing (pgs. 307 -314) Reference Downing, S. (2017). On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.