COURSES OFFERED  

Academic Strategies 1abcd
Individualized Academic Strategies

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

This laboratory course emphasizes self-paced individualized instruction based on computerized diagnoses of difficulties in reading and/or mathematical computation.  After diagnoses, individualized instructor-led and computer-based interventions are offered to improve reading or math skills.
Note: Pass/no pass only

Academic Strategies 20ab
Prewriting Workshop

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

In this course students will learn strategies to break negative psychological barriers to writing and to increase their understanding and use of prewriting as an important first step in the composing process.
Note: Pass/no pass 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, listening, writing, and speaking vocabularies by introducing words and concepts that are essential to academic success.  A systematic method for continued vocabulary development is emphasized.
Note: Pass/no pass 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 errors and to provide practice using the appropriate rules of spelling necessary for college level writing.
Note: Pass/no pass only

Academic Strategies 25ab
Thinking Skills for College Courses

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This course is designed to instruct students on how to analyze and use information, identify patterns, find the relationships in analogies and draw logical conclusions with precision and accuracy.
Note: Pass/no pass only

Academic Strategies 30ab
Test-Taking Strategies

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

In this course, examine how testing instruments (such as true/false, multiple choice, and essay questions) are structured.  Students learn techniques designed to increase success on various types of achievement tests.
Note: Pass/no pass only

Academic Strategies 31ab
Study Techniques

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This course is designed to assist the student in acquiring competency in textbook study techniques and in developing an organized system of time and study management.
Note: Pass/no pass only

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Academic Strategies 33ab
Memory Techniques

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This course is designed to introduce the student to methods of memory improvement and to provide practice in the techniques and their application to individual learning situations.
Note: Pass/no pass only

Academic Strategies 35ab
Listening and Notetaking Strategies

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This course is designed for the student who needs to improve listening for comprehension.  They will learn to take organized notes, identifying main and subordinate points into meaningful categories.
Note: Pass/no pass only

Academic Strategies 36ab
Sentence Errors and Punctuation

2 units; 2 hours lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

This course focuses on students locating and correcting in their own writing the most common and troublesome sentence structure errors.  The correct use of punctuation is reviewed and practiced.
Note: Pass/no pass 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 the origin of mathematics anxiety, and then provide opportunities, strategies, and techniques in overcoming the barriers that impede their success in mathematics courses.
Note: Pass/no pass only

Academic Strategies 50
Special Topics in Academic Strategies

Units determined by individual course;
lecture/lab hours determined by individual course
Credit status determined by individual course

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

1 unit; 1 hour lecture
Credit, not degree applicable

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-based systems. Use of e-mail, online class interactions such as discussion groups, World Wide Web access, equipment needs and differences between online and onsite courses will be covered.

Academic Strategies 100
Supervised Tutoring: Academic Skills Development

0 units; 72 maximum hours lab per semester
Enrollment Limitation: referral by instructor or counselor based on assessed academic need
Non-credit

This course provides students with supervised tutoring related to their classroom assignments. This tutoring course covers the application of learning skills, use of learning resources, and review of course content. 
Note: This course is repeatable and open for enrollment at registration and at anytime during the semester.

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