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  • © 2003

How to Manage your Science and Technology Degree

  • Accessible, practical advice including troubleshooting guides to help readers tackle new challenges
    An innovative view of the successful management of a degree course and a positive approach to the opportunities available to undergraduates
    Guidance on the nonacademic aspects of university life including advice on how to break into a career
    Help with finances, time management, revision and examination technique

Part of the book series: Macmillan Study Skills (MASTSK)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 1-9
  3. Getting Started

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 10-29
  4. Maximising your Learning Opportunities

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 30-50
  5. Making the Most of your Time

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 51-69
  6. Working your Options

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 70-95
  7. Beyond the Studying

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 96-116
  8. What if Things go Wrong?

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 117-132
  9. Examinations and Postgraduate Options

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 133-151
  10. Life after your Degree

    • Lucinda Becker, David Price
    Pages 152-172
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 173-175

About this book

How to Manage Your Science and Technology Degree is a ground-breaking book, offering a no-nonsense approach to all areas of undergraduate life, including maximizing learning opportunities, handling mathematics and coping with laboratory work. How to succeed in mastering time and finances is covered, as are examination techniques. It also discusses the wider aspects of university life and helps students to grasp each opportunity available to them. The book concludes with a chapter on how to break into your chosen career.

About the authors

LUCINDA BECKER is an Associate Professor at the University of Reading within Arts and Humanities. She is also a professional trainer, developing and delivering courses in communication, presentation, management techniques and job-searching skills. She is the author of The Mature Student's Handbook14 Days to Exam Success and co-author of Writing for Engineers and Presentation Skills for Students (with Joan van Emden).

DAVID PRICE is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Chartered Chemist and a Visiting Research Fellow at Reading University. He is an L.E.A. school governor and gives lectures to sixth formers, tutors, undergraduates and postgraduates and presents his research at international conferences.

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