Courses

• DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS 1 -GRAMMAR APPLIED TO WRITING (NDA) 3 UNITS Prerequisite: None. Lecture 3 hours. Note: Class graded credit/no-credit. This course offers an introduction to basic grammar as it relates to writing and other communication skills. It covers parts of speech, sentence structure, types of phrases and clauses, verb tenses and agreement, noun possessives and plurals, pronoun usage, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives, capitalization, and punctuation.
• DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS 22 -COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY (NDA) 5 UNITS RPT2 Prerequisite: None. Lab 5 hours. Note: Class graded credit/no-credit. Provides students with the opportunity to improve academic skills. Recommended for students with deficiencies in specific areas such as reading, vocabulary, language skills and study skills. Provides individualized tutoring and programmed media instruction as prescribed. May be taught in modules.
• DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS 34 -BASIC READING (NDA) 3 UNITS RPT1 Prerequisite: None. Lecture 3 hours. Note: Class graded credit/no-credit. A Basic Reading course designed to diagnose reading problems, improve word-attack skills, increase sight and speaking vocabularies, develop dictionary skills, and help students acquire the ability to comprehend and identify main ideas and supporting details
• DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS 36A AND
  DEVELOPMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS 36B -READING COMPREHENSION AND STUDY SKILLS (NDA) 6 UNITS RPT1 Prerequisite: None. Lecture 6 hours. Note: Class graded credit/no-credit. This course presents advanced reading comprehension skills and college-level study approaches. It's design and focus is to help prepare average readers for mainstream college work by developing and refining basic reading skills and critical analysis abilities
• EDUCATION 6 -METHODS AND MATERIALS OF TUTORING 1 UNIT RPT2 Prerequisite: None. Lecture 1 hour. Note: Class graded credit/no-credit. This class trains new tutors in theory and practice in tutoring techniques, group dynamics, interpersonal skills, and record- keeping. Tutors will be trained to work with self-instructional materials and will tutor students enrolled in supervised learning assistance and/or other college approved tutoring programs.