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Fall 2009 CASE Workshop Schedule

The first CASE session with Jennifer Carr will be on Tuesday, August 25. The topic of this session will be “Reading and Briefing Cases.”

Several CASE sessions will be offered during the fall semester. Each session will be held on Tuesday morning (to accommodate day students) and will be repeated on Tuesday evening (to accommodate evening students). You need only attend one session.

The sessions will be held in the following rooms at the designated times:
Tuesday morning: 9:00 am – 10:25 am in Room 102
Tuesday evening: 7:50 pm – 9:00 pm in Room 102

Below is a schedule of sessions that will be offered:

8/25/09

Reading Cases

Learn how to read faster yet retain more.

09/01/09

Briefing Cases

How to create those “case briefs” everyone keeps talking about.

09/08/09

Learning Theory

Improve your ability to understand and memorize by tailoring your study habits to your personal learning style. 

09/22/09

Time Management

Drop by—it’s a good way to procrastinate. 

09/29/09

Note Taking

Get the most out of class, whether you handwrite your notes or type. 

10/06/09

Outlining

We’ll discuss why you need to outline, how to outline, when to outline and how to “exam target” your outline

Exam Series Begins

Professor Correales will present a series of exam writing workshops.

11/03/09

Exam 1

How to write an exam answer

11/10/09

Exam 2

How to avoid the common mistakes in exam writing

11/17/09

Exam 3

Mock Exam—take an exam and have your answer analyzed.

 

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