Educational Skills
Based on the English placement exam, you may be required to enroll in an Educational Skills course. These courses, designed to bolster foundational reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, will help you make the most of your FIT education — and pay dividends throughout your career.
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Courses
Educational Skills courses teach efficient study habits and healthy habits of mind that will set you up for success.
Our entry-level courses are designed for first-year students and anyone else who needs assistance in:
- drafting, editing, and revising
- grammar and punctuation
- researching and summarizing
- thesis statements and supporting evidence
- English as a second language (including pronunciation, oral presentation skills, and conversation)
Further Studies
In collaboration with the Center for Continuing and Professional Studies, the Educational Skills department offers a noncredit ESL certificate program.
This is a three-week program offered every July
The transformative power of language in essays, novels, memoirs, lyrics, and so forth has helped me better understand and categorize the world, as well as my place within it. As an educator, I aim to help students seize that transformative power of language, and make it their own.
Learn From the Best
Reading, writing, and research skills that will help you flourish at FIT. Meet more Educational Skills faculty.
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Educational Skills
Matthew Petrunia
Jaclyn Hilberg
Katherine Vasquez
