CETL—For Undergraduate Students

Study Skills Counseling

Would you like to manage your time better? Prepare for tests more effectively? Take better notes? Feel less stressed about keeping up with your homework? We see students who are on the Dean's list, as well as students who are on academic probation. Anyone who would like to get more out of his/her studies is welcome to be part of our study skills counseling program and Methods of Inquiry, our study skills course.

Individual Study Skills Counseling

Our confidential study skills counseling offers you individual discussions with a counselor who will help you improve your academic performance and efficiency. Your counselor will meet with you, discuss your concerns, and help you discover learning techniques that will enable you to enhance your overall academic performance. All appointments with study skills counselors are free, and you may meet with them for a one-time troubleshooting session or on a regular basis.

Study Skills Counselors and Hours for Spring 2013

  • River Campus (Lattimore 107):
  • Melissa Raucci: Tuesday 9am - 5pm,  Thursday 9am - 5pm
  • Derek Rushton: Monday 9am - 5pm  
  • Ali Safivand: Friday 9am - 5pm
  • Lisa Vandenbossche: Wednesday 9am - 4pm 

Additional hours may be available—please contact our office to check for times not posted here.

Study Skills Course

In addition to individual sessions, study skills counselors teach a six-week course, CAS 142, Methods of Inquiry, each semester. This course focuses on issues such as time management, stress, test-taking strategies and motivation that are relevant to learning effectively. This is a workshop-style class in which students will be required to submit a number of short assignments and a short final essay; students will also be asked to give an in-class presentation at the end of the course.

The following one-credit courses will be offered in the Spring 2013 semester.

CAS 142 Methods of Inquiry:

March 18 - April 24
CRN 91942, MW 6:15 – 7:30pm, Meliora 218
Instructor: Lisa Vandenbossche

March 19 - April 25
CRN 15226, TR 6:15 – 7:30pm, Meliora 208
Instructor: Melissa Raucci

Please contact our office in Lattimore 107, call 275-9049, or email cetl@rochester.edu for more information about the course and/or to make a counseling appointment.