Investigating the content and structure of post-secondary preparation courses at McMaster University

Abstract

University INSPIRE Office of Flexible Learning recognizes that a large gap exists in the skills, knowledge, and expectations of first-year students transitioning from high school to university. As a result, the INSPIRE intersession learning courses were designed to help incoming first-year students transition into their first year of university. McMaster Research Shop collected feedback on the experiences of first and second-year McMaster University students to identify course topics and a structure that would be appropriate for INSPIRE courses.