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2.00 Credits
Principles and techniques of academic success. Focus will be on classroom skills such as text reading and notetaking skills. Time management and exam taking strategies also will be covered. All techniques will be directly applied in the students’ content courses. Prerequisite- Corequisite Corequisite: Students should be enrolled in a credit-bearing course which includes a textbook.
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3.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to help students to become more aware, active, and capable learners. Emphasis will be on a core of specific study strategies based on learning theory, such as reading academic texts, making notes from texts and lectures, managing study time effectively, and taking exams successfully. Students will apply these strategies to their own courses.
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1.00 Credits
Use of college textbooks as study aids, principles of effective text reading, and text study systems. Extensive application of these principles in the student’s own textbook. Examination of the organizatinal patterns, as they exist, in oral communication. Explorations on systems of note-taking and application of these systems to student’s own lectures and notes. The instructor will have the flexibility to determine, for each class, the amount of time required for each topic based upon student’s needs.
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1.00 Credits
Establish general principles of academic success, relationship between outside work and study, scheduling and organizing time, and evaluation of individual learning styles. Introduction of theories of memory, methods of review, strategies for taking objective and essay examinations related to test anxiety. The instructor will have the flexibility to determine, for each class, the amount of time required for each topic based upon student’s needs.
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1.00 Credits
Shaping the Paper: Development of a topic, location of appropriate resources and digestion of the material. Writing the Paper: Outlining effective composition and proper form. A hands-on approach in which students actually research a topic and compose a term paper.
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1.00 Credits
Logic as an art. Logical principles taught in imaginative ways to achieve understanding. Emphasis on the practice of reasoning. Fundamental logic rules are taught as tools to enable the students to gain experience and confidence in thinking about issues that are important to them.
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2.00 Credits
Introduction to all aspects of the microcomputer through lecture and practice. Students will master at least one word processing package, as well as gain familiarity with both a graphics and a spreadsheet package. This course is intended for students who have no prior knowledge of micro-computers.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive course in the examination and exploration of the learning process. Students will synthesize their knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the learning process to plan, implement and evaluate their own peer tutoring. Emphasis on workshopping and collaborative learning. Intended for tutors, Supplemental Instruction Leaders, and students considering a career in education. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: Department Chair Interview and Approval.
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0.00 Credits
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of integers; whole number exponents and square roots; order of operations and parentheses; evaluating variable expressions; estimation and appropriate calculator use; applications including graphs and scale.
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0.00 Credits
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of arithmetic fractions and decimals. Fractions in equivalent form. Conversion between fractions, percents and decimals with rounding. Define and simplify rational expressions with negative exponents. Evaluate rational variable expressions given values of the variable. Solve basic percentage, ratio and proportion application problems. Solve problems using scientific notation. Solve problems using involving both English and Metric measurement conversions. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: MAT 080 Integer Arithmetic
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