Study Tips & Resources

Remote Learning Resources for Students

Our goal is to provide you access to the best information and resources you need to excel at Furman. Here, you’ll find links to a variety of tools. Explore our resources, and find the tools that best meet your needs.

• Communicating with professors [PDF]
• Study tips and Executive Functioning [PDF]
• How to Study: Website with tips, articles, and other resources all related to study skills and other academic-related areas.
• Minute Physics YouTube Channel: Short videos related to Physics concepts.
• Khan Academy: Personalized learning resource that offers practice exercises and instructional videos.
• Mindtools.com: Website devoted to helping individuals learn personal effectiveness skills.
• Quizlet: Provides customizable activities to help students practice and master earning

Furman Specific Resources

• ​Tips for Academic Success: General success-focused tips [PDF]
• Tips for Resilience [PDF]
• Furman Schedule Worksheet [PDF]: Serves as a time management resource related to organization and planning.
• FALL 2020 Weekly Student Calendar: Serves as a time management resource related to organization and planning.
• Grade Sheet [PDF]: Serves as a short- and long-term planning as well as an accountability tracker. Students can list due dates, assignments, overall grade percentages and grade percentages for each assignment.
• Know the Rules of the Game: Serves as the one-stop-shop for all course syllabus information. [PDF]
• The 5 Day Exam Prep: Serves as an organizational tool for studying. [PDF]
• The Study Cycle: Serves as a resource to help students become more efficient learners. [PDF]
• Apps for Success: Resource created to explore how your electronic device can support your success in college. Over 50 apps referenced! [PDF]
• Eisenhower Principle- Urgent v. Important: Visual to implement important v. urgent tasks. [PDF]
• Project Map: Visual to help with long-range planning of large assignments. [PDF]

Taking Care of Yourself

Furman Counseling Center: Our definition of mental health is broad and we are able to help with a ride range of problems. You might be feeling depressed, experiencing academic stress and anxiety or problems in a relationship. Schedule an appointment with the counseling center today!

Furman’s LiveWell program: Furman’s health sciences department provides information on eating well, exercising, managing weight and stress, and reducing your risk of disease.

Mindtools.com: Website devoted to helping individuals learn personal effectiveness skills.

Taking Notes

Cornell Note Taking System: One example of note-taking. See other related note taking strategies in the resources above. [PDF]

Writing

Furman’s Writing and Media Lab: Information on writing, finding the writing lab, and meeting with a writing consultant.

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): Provides more than 200 free resources, including APA / MLA formatting guides, avoiding plagiarism, researching, grammar and mechanics, and developing a resume.