Making Thoughtful and Informed Decisions

33 m

This course explores how our interpersonal preconceptions and assumptions affect thoughtful and informed decisions about others. It discusses the impact of myths and stereotypes in the graduate school setting and provides strategies graduate students can use to uncover and combat those potentially harmful preconceptions and assumptions. Coursetakers will unpack myths surrounding ability, lifestyle, experience, and classroom behavior with the purpose of mitigating the impact of those myths in the graduate school environment. The unique challenges facing students from various underrepresented communities will be explored, along with what research says about providing support that fosters academic success and good mental health.

Making Thoughtful and Informed Decisions

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