The aim of the course is to familiarise a student with modern meth-
ods of studying and to enable a student to acquire the skills neces-
sary for studying, such as the ability to learn independently, self-
presentation, public speaking, scientific discussion, responsible
teamwork, studying scientific literature, preparing research reports,
initiating topics for study, developing a research and creative atti-
tude, as well as managing his/her time and coping with stress - thus
all those elements of knowledge and skills and competences that
are required in the course of studying other subjects. The course is
intended to help students to overcome difficulties they may encoun-
ter at the beginning of their studies in connection with the need to
change the style of learning typical to school into the academic style
of independent knowledge acquisition and the acquisition of skills
and competences.
