Class Offerings

Study Strategies - COL-104/1 credit - offered both 1st and 2nd quarters - College Study Strategies is designed to help students make the academic adjustment to college life. The small group structure of the course enables the instructors from the Learning Center to assist students with differing needs. In this class, students will: 1) develop a working knowledge of the Information Processing Model of Memory, 2) demonstrate an understanding of personal learning style, 3) choose effective academic strategies to understand and remember information associated with current academic course work, 4) learn to monitor academic progress, 5) develop an awareness of personal reasons for attending college.

Tutor Training Level 1 - COLL-109/1 Credit - Prerequisites: cumulative B average and Tutor Supervisor permission - Tutor Training Level 1 instructs capable students to become effective tutors. The training is founded upon the principle of facilitating the academic independence of students who use the tutoring service. The class emphasizes tutor guidelines, goals, responsibilities/roles, and strategies appropriate for the tutorial session. This one-quarter course is among the requirements for students preparing to tutor in the Learning Center’s tutoring program. It has been designed to meet the tutor program certification criteria through the College Reading and Learning Association.

Graduate School Test Preparation - COLL-305/1 credit - This course gives students an opportunity to practice for the various tests required for admission to graduate school (GRE, LSAT, GMAT, etc…). Students take practice tests to determine strengths and needs, analyze the results, and use the analysis to plan a course of study.

Lindamood-Bell ® approach to learning - DEV-005/counts toward hours enrolled - fee-based*; permission of instructor required; 1-2 development hours - Instructors trained in the Lindamood-Bell ® learning processes use a clinical approach to enable students to improve their written and verbal language and mathematical comprehension. In one-on-one sessions, students gain automaticity with word recognition, greater accuracy with spelling, and increased reading speed. Other sessions focus on comprehension by using concept imagery to process meaning, organize thought, and retain information. *See page 4 for a detailed description and the fee scale.

Mentor Advantage Program - DEVL 020 - 024 - 1 - 2 hrs.
The Mentor Advantage Program offers strategic organizational and academic support to the student who is making the transition to college. Through participation in organizational mentoring and strategic content tutoring, the student is guided to plan academics, to start to work, to develop strategies to understand and complete course requirements, and to follow through on academic tasks. Students are assisted to build personalized strategies based on their unique processing strengths. In the Transition Phase (DEVL 020), students enrolled in the Mentor Advantage Program have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with mentoring staff five hours weekly to organize and carry out coursework preparation. A professional tutor will be on duty for Evening Check-In (DEVL 024) 15 hours per week to provide academic support between the hours of 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. in the Learning Center study area, Sunday through Thursday, while the College is in session. During the first two semesters, students will engage in the College Transition Group (DEVL 022 and 023) for weekly discussions that focus on adapting to college life and developing self-regulated learning skills. After a successful transition to the College is made, the opportunity to stay enrolled in the Mentor Advantage Program while scaling down to a less intense level of assistance in the Persistence Phase (DEVL 021) of the program is available. Students may enroll in individual components of the Mentor Advantage Program as well. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and additional fee required. *See pages 6 and 7 for a detailed description of the fee schedule.

Mentor Advantage Strategic Content Tutoring I - IV - DEVL 025 – 029 - (1 - 5 hours per week) 0 hrs.
The strategic content tutor works with the student to manage the pace of specific coursework. Students are supported in their work of structuring and setting up strategies for class readings, preparing for learning in the class setting, structuring class assignments, reviewing and reworking class notes, and organizing learning for quizzes and tests. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and additional fee required. *See pages 6 and 7 for a detailed description of the fee schedule.

Math Practicum - DEVL - 008 - (0 hrs.) This course is designed to help students with disabilities who have difficulties with basic math. Math skills are assessed and individualized instruction is provided to target the student’s specific math skill deficits. Mathematical operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing) across the field of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals are the focus of instruction.

Algebra Practicum - DEVL - 008 - (0 hrs.) This course is designed to help students with disabilities who have mastered basic math skills, but have difficulty understanding algebra. The student’s knowledge of basic math and algebra is assessed and individualized instruction is provided to address skill deficits. This individually paced practicum provides students with the opportunity to learn basic algebraic terminology, operations, and procedures.