Unit 10 Writing Assignment
Academic Strategies for the Business Professional was an ideal course to begin my first
term taking online courses with Kaplan University. It has been six years since I attended
college therefore my skills and strategies as a student were raw and out of practice. Each
unit of this course helped to revive my abilities as a student. I was able to reawaken my
skills with time management, note taking, and critical thinking. Furthermore I also
reacquainted myself with my personal learning style and multiple intelligences. Even
though I was able to recall ingrained proficiencies from my previous days as a student, this
course helped me to refine and strengthen these aptitudes. During this time, I was able to
utilize my abilities in my other course work which was extremely effective and beneficial.
The correlation between the teachings in Academic Strategies and my other course assisted
in my successful reentrance to university. I firmly believe that the knowledge, skills and
strategies that I renewed and strengthened not only helped me reintegrate back into school
but aided me in making my first term successful and positive. This course helped reinforce
my decision and dedication to return to college to complete my associate’s degree in
accounting.
There are several key concepts and topics that this course featured that helped to enhance
and improve my abilities as a candidate in the professional business world. One of the first
and I feel one of the most important to possess was efficient time management and stress
