Biology Summer Prep Program

 

How can you be proactive about your college success?

One of the best ways is to evaluate your strategies for learning and understand how you learn most effectively. Memorization may have served you well in high school, but it will not be sufficient at UTC.  We want to help you understand what techniques for learning will empower your success in science. How are we planning to do this?

How to Learn Biology Summer Prep Program

This FREE, 7-week online program (July 3 – August 20, 2023) is designed to teach growth mindset strategies that empower students to succeed in biology and other college level courses. This program was first offered during summer 2022 and saw marked student success. Incoming freshmen who took the summer prep program were more successful in BIOL 110 in fall semester than other freshmen who did not take the summer prep program.

What types of activities will the program contain?

• There will be weekly modules that you complete asynchronously online in Canvas (the campus online learning management system).
• You will be expected to logon a few times throughout the week to engage in the program and interact with your peers.
• Tools for improving your learning strategies are presented and you select which tools will support your success.
• Introductory biology concepts will be shared to help you apply your new strategies to actual content.
• Assignments will include discussion boards, self-reflection, content quizzes and biology learning activities.

What will you gain from the experience?

• A deeper understanding of your personal learning strengths
• New tools to be a successful learner in college
• An introduction into Principles of Biology I at UTC
• A thorough understanding of Canvas, which will be used for all your courses.
• A FREE ELECTRONIC COPY of the program textbook, McGuire and McGuire’s (2018) Teach yourself how to learn: strategies you can use to ace any course at any level

What if you cannot take the summer prep program?

We only have 75 spots available in this unique summer prep program. Due to limited space, we are also offering "How to Learn Biology" as a course, BIOL 1000 CRN 46346, during Fall 2023 Part of Term 1 (first seven weeks of the semester). If you take the course during the fall semester, you will earn 1 credit hour (S/NC) biology elective and will be required to purchase the textbook for the course.

Please click on the button below to submit an application for the summer prep program.

If you cannot participate during the summer, you may opt to select the Fall 2023 offering of the course. Preference for the summer prep program and the fall course enrollment will be given based on the order the applications are received.