Developmental Communications
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.