COURSES OFFERED

Academic Strategies 1abcd
Individualized Academic Strategies

1 unit; 3 hours lab to be arranged
Credit, not degree applicable

A laboratory class emphasizing self-paced individual approaches to learning in college including diagnoses of difficulties through tests and observations. Offered as a support system utilizing multi-media workshops and learning contracts to students enrolled in content area courses.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 20ab
Prewriting Workshop

This course has two goals: to break the negative psychological barriers to writing and to develop an understanding of writing as a process that includes prewriting as its most important step.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 22ab
Vocabulary Building for College Students

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This course is designed to increase the student’s reading, writing, listening and speaking vocabularies by introducing words and concepts that are essential to academic success by emphasizing a systemized method of continued vocabulary development.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 23ab
Spelling Techniques

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This course is designed for adult learners to identify personal spelling problems and to provide practice of diverse spelling techniques for college level writing.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 25ab
Thinking Skills for College Courses

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This class is designed to teach students how to analyze information, evaluate statistics, identify patterns, simple analogies and draw logical conclusions with precision and thoroughness.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 27
Creative Problem Solving Workshop

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This workshop examines main blocks to and common misconceptions about creative problem solving. Students practice a process of problem solving which begins with brainstorming and culminates in specific techniques to develop fresh insights and to produce original solutions to realistic problems.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 30ab
Test-Taking Strategies

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This course is designed to assist the student in acquiring confidence and competency in understanding the principles of test development and then using the techniques necessary for successful mastery of taking various types of achievement tests.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 31ab
Study Techniques

Designed to assist the student in acquiring competency in textbook study techniques and in developing an organized system of time and study management.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

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Academic Strategies 33ab
Memory Techniques

A course designed to introduce the student to the known methods of memory improvement, and provide practice in the techniques and their application to individual learning situations.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 35ab
Listening and Notetaking Strategies

Designed for the student who needs to improve listening comprehension skills, determine main concepts in lectures, to learn different methods of notetaking for specific courses and tests, and to organize notes into meaningful categories and relate them to course assignments.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 36ab
Sentence Errors and Punctuation

This course is designed to clear up the most common and troublesome sentence structure errors and teach correct use of punctuation.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 40ab
Mathematics Anxiety Workshop

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This is a course designed to help students understand mathematics anxiety as well as provide an opportunity to discuss its myths and realities, and to improve one’s ability to be successful in a mathematics course. Strategies, techniques and activities will be offered which enable students to overcome the barriers impeding their success in mathematics.

Note: Credit/no credit only.

Academic Strategies 50
Special Topics in Academic Strategies

This course is designed to explore topics in Academic Strategies more specific than provided in other courses in the regular departmental curriculum. Students are referred to the current schedule of classes for details of specific courses.

Academic Strategies 60
Strategies for Success in Distance Education

The goal of this course is to prepare students for taking distance education classes. This course covers the basics of taking an interactive, asynchronous distance education course via the Internet or other computer and instructional television based systems. Use of email, online class interactions such as groups, World Wide Web access, equipment needs and differences between online and onsite courses will be covered.

Academic Strategies 100
Learning Resources Supervised Skills Development

This course provides students with individualized instruction related to their classroom assignments. Students will receive instruction in the content area of their assignments, on locating learning resources appropriate to their specific curricular needs, and on applying appropriate Academic Strategies to specific curricular areas.

Note: This course is repeatable.

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