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246 • Phoenix College 2005-20<strong>06</strong> Catalog<br />

Course Descriptions<br />

COM/THP271<br />

Voice and Diction<br />

3 credits 3 periods lecture<br />

Exercises and techniques to free the voice<br />

and improve projection, resonance, and<br />

articulation. Covers international<br />

phonetic alphabet and standard stage<br />

speech. Prerequisites: None.<br />

COM281<br />

Communication Activities<br />

1 credit 3 periods lecture + lab<br />

Designed to provide students with<br />

competence and confidence in a variety<br />

of speech situations beyond the<br />

classroom setting. May include<br />

presentations to service organizations<br />

and/or competition at other colleges and<br />

universities. Prerequisites: None.<br />

COM298AA-AC<br />

Special Projects<br />

1-3 credits 1-3 periods lab<br />

Organized and tailored around the<br />

interests and needs of the individual<br />

student. Structured to provide an<br />

atmosphere of individualized research<br />

and study paralleled by professional<br />

expertise and guidance. Professional<br />

type facilities and equipment are made<br />

available for student use. Allows the best<br />

aspects of independent study and<br />

individualized learning to be combined<br />

to maximize student development.<br />

Prerequisites: None.<br />

CPD – Counseling & Personal<br />

Development<br />

CPD100<br />

Orientation for Student Development<br />

1 credit 1 period lecture<br />

Offered to orient new students to college<br />

life. Emphasis on assessing students'<br />

academic potential, facilitating curricular<br />

advisement and registration procedures,<br />

learning academic survival skills, and<br />

becoming aware of all services available<br />

to students on campus and in the<br />

community. Prerequisites: None.<br />

CPD101<br />

Personal Development<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Designed to assist students in<br />

developing confidence in making<br />

personal, social, and educational<br />

decisions. Examination and assessment<br />

of individual needs, interests, abilities,<br />

and values to develop and strengthen<br />

interpersonal communication, enhance<br />

transitional skills, and identify realistic<br />

life planning goals. Prerequisites: None.<br />

– CPD102 Counseling Topics –<br />

Counseling courses offered as special topics<br />

for students. Emphasis on skill development<br />

in areas of personal concern.<br />

CPD102AA<br />

Assertiveness Training<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Designed to help students differentiate<br />

assertive, non-assertive and aggressive<br />

behavior, overcome blocks to acting<br />

assertively, establish boundaries, and<br />

develop effective verbal and nonverbal<br />

assertive behavior. Group discussion,<br />

role playing, and videotape feedback are<br />

used to enable students to express<br />

feelings, beliefs, and opinions in a direct,<br />

appropriate manner. Prerequisites:<br />

None.<br />

CPD102AB<br />

Career Exploration<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Designed to assist students making<br />

career choices. Focuses on selfassessment<br />

in terms of educational and<br />

career opportunities and reasonable<br />

possibilities in the world of work.<br />

Includes assessment for personal/career<br />

interests, values, needs, attitudes, skills,<br />

and other potential, and exploration of<br />

occupational information to establish<br />

career and educational goals.<br />

Prerequisites: None.<br />

CPD102AD<br />

Eliminating Self-Defeating Behavior<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Designed to help students change<br />

behaviors that work against their<br />

potential, i.e., inferior feelings, shyness,<br />

nervousness, stage fright,<br />

underachievement, etc. Focus on<br />

identifying undesirable thoughts,<br />

emotions and behaviors, for the purpose<br />

of developing alternative, and more<br />

desirable thoughts, emotions, and<br />

behaviors. Prerequisites: None.<br />

CPD102AE<br />

Exploration of Values<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Designed to explore values as guidelines<br />

to directions taken in life. Emphasis on<br />

value definition and personal value<br />

clarification. Includes strategies for<br />

implementing knowledge of personal<br />

values in various life roles. Prerequisites:<br />

None.<br />

CPD102AH<br />

Stress Management<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Reviews the sources of stress, the<br />

physiological effects and the<br />

psychological impact of stress on the<br />

individual. Provides strategies to reduce<br />

stress. Prerequisites: None.<br />

CPD102AN<br />

Anger Management<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Provides an understanding of the<br />

emotion of anger, explores the types,<br />

origins and typical reactions to anger.<br />

Covers stress and the need for stress<br />

management in relation to anger.<br />

Examines personal anger patterns and<br />

feelings, and the use of effective<br />

interpersonal communications in<br />

effective anger management.<br />

Prerequisites: None.<br />

CPD102AR<br />

Relaxation Training<br />

1 credit 1 period lecture<br />

Emphasis on specific relaxation<br />

techniques to alleviate dysfunctional<br />

tension. Use of progressive relaxation<br />

methods to reduce stress. Discussion of<br />

other modalities of relaxation.<br />

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.<br />

CPD102AS<br />

Conflict Resolution<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Developing new skills for dealing<br />

effectively with everyday conflict and<br />

improving quality of one's own life.<br />

Opportunity to discuss issues and seek<br />

cooperative resolutions. Prerequisites:<br />

None.<br />

CPD102AT<br />

Building Self-Esteem<br />

2 credits 2 periods lecture<br />

Practice in specific methods for building<br />

and keeping self-esteem. Personal<br />

assessment of attitudes, values, support<br />

systems, and goals. Prerequisites: None.

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