In this course, students will focus on the challenges facing academic "knowledge workers" (in management consultant Peter Drucker's famous phrase). We will consider concrete methods that allow us to do our coursework, research, and writing more creatively, more productively, and more efficiently. Achieving this goal will require us to familiarize ourselves with some of the leading ideas in the field of human learning, organization, intellection, and cognition. Students should expect to be active participants in this course and be open not only to learning about the processes of learning itself, but also to develop strategies for becoming better learners. Although this course is open to all students, first- and second-year students are especially encouraged to enroll. No prerequisites.