Curriculum PD 100
SBCC
Associate Degree Credit Course Outline
Department: Counseling
Subject Area and Course Number: Personal Development 100
Course Title: College Success
Discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
Units: 3
Repeatability: None
Catalog Course Description: Students will clarify their educational objectives and develop the skills necessary to reach them. Topics include time management, reading and study skills, goal setting, career planning, and communication skills.
Description for Schedule of Classes: Students will clarify their educational objectives and develop the skills necessary to reach them. Topics include time management, reading and study skills, goal setting, career planning, and communication skills.
Lecture Hours per Week: 3.3 (Semester total hours for Short Course version = 54)
Laboratory Hours per Week: None
Plus Hours: None
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Skills Advisories: ENG 70 and ENG 80
Course Advisories: None
Limitation on Enrollment: None
Course Objectives:
- Develop reading, writing and study skills
- Develop notetaking techniques
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Develop study and time management skills
- Clarify reasons for attending college
- Develop confidence-building techniques
- Develop interpersonal skills
- Identify personal and work values
- Establish career and life goals
- Investigate academic programs, including course, major and graduation requirements
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Investigate SBCC's learning resources and support services
Course Content and Scope:
I. Academic Issues
A. The value of college
- Motivations for enrolling in college
- The educated individual in society
- Learning for learning's sake
- Academic expectations
- World and career relationships
B. College procedures and policies
C. Students' rights and responsibilities
D. Academic information and planning
E. Skills related to content classes
- Studying
- Library
- Test-taking
- Textbook reading
- Behavior
- Time management
- Writing
- Speaking
- Analysis
- Memorization
- Notetaking
F. Campus resources
- Programs and services
- Student-faculty relationships
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Faculty expectations and assumptions
II. Personal-Social Issues
A. Interpersonal relationships
B. Communication
C. Personal values and goal-setting
D. Personal problem solving
E. Decision-making and responsibility
F. General health
G. Budgeting and finance
H. Learning style
I. Diversity
III. Career Information and Planning
A. Self-Assessment: interests, abilities, values
B. Occupational and educational relationships
C. Decision-making
D. Goal-setting (This is also listed under personal-social issues above.)
Methods of Instruction: The methods of instruction include lectures, group discussion, guest speakers, group and individual exercises, computer utilization, video and film presentations. See additional for online class.
Required Assignments:
- Read the text and selected articles
- Write weekly 250-500 word essays
- Practice specific study skills using materials from their own content courses.
- Turn in lecture and textbook notes from their classes
- Meet with their content instructors to discuss papers, assignments, progress, etc.
- Meet with a counselor or academic advisor to develop an educational plan
- Give oral presentations
- Complete written reports and problem solving exercises
- Keep a learning journal
- Complete specific Discover modules
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Online Presentation
Methods of Evaluation:
- Oral/Online presentation
- Completion of written assignments
- Demonstration of application of specific study skills to content courses
- Attendance/Online discussions
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Final examination
Appropriate Texts* and Supplies:
- David Ellis, Becoming a Master Student, Houghton-Mifflin, 2006.
- Jodi P. Holschuh and Sherrie L. Nist, Effective College Learning, 2007.
- Skip Downing, On Course, 2005.
- Fralick, College and Career Success, 2006
- SBCC College Catalog
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SBCC Student Planning Guide
Selected articles
*Or other similar texts and readings
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