View the 2010-2011 Catalog (4 MB) - Lake Tahoe Community College
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LTCC CATALOG <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>2011</strong> 159 GENERAL STUDIESGES 142 INTERPRETATION OF LEARNINGSTYLES AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTLecture 1, Lab 0, Units 1This course is designed to provide strategies that will assist studentswith achieving academic success in college. Assessments administeredwill provide students with information about <strong>the</strong>ir learning styles,academic strengths and weaknesses, and determine eligibility fordisability services.Transfers to CSU, UNRGES 180 DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS - WRITINGLecture 3, Lab 0, Units 3This course provides students with skills in capitalization, punctuation,spelling, sentence structure, and pre-writing and development of aparagraph, which are requisites for success in regular academic andvocational classes. This course is primarily designed for students withdisabilities as well as for students who may benefit from course contentbeing presented at a slower pace.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.GES 182A JOB READINESS: PRE-EMPLOYMENTSKILLSLecture 2, Lab 0, Units 2This course is for students who require <strong>the</strong> knowledge of requisiteemployment skills. Included in this course are: formulating careergoals, resume writing, assembling a job portfolio, using <strong>the</strong> Internetas a job search tool, and a brief overview of <strong>the</strong> Americans withDisabilities Act. This course is primarily designed for students withdisabilities as well as for students who may benefit from course contentbeing presented at a slower pace.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.GES 182B JOB READINESS: JOB INTERVIEW,PLACEMENT, AND RETENTIONLecture 2, Lab 0, Units 2This course is for students who require <strong>the</strong> knowledge of requisiteemployment skills. Included in this course are: methods for successin interviewing, self-advocacy on <strong>the</strong> job, accommodations in <strong>the</strong>workplace, job placement, and job retention. This course is primarilydesigned for students with disabilities as well as for students who maybenefit from course content being presented at a slower pace.ADVISORY: GES 182A or equivalent.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.GES 184 DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS - SPELLINGLecture 3, Lab 0, Units 3This course provides for students to review spelling rules, study areaswhere frequent mistakes are made, look at <strong>the</strong> structure of wordfamilies, and develop tools for on-going study and improvement. Thiscourse is primarily designed for students with disabilities as well as forstudents who may benefit from course content being presented at aslower pace.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.GES 185 DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS - READINGLecture 3, Lab 0, Units 3This course provides students with skills in decoding, vocabulary,reading comprehension, and using references which are requisitesfor success in regular academic and vocational courses. This course isprimarily designed for students with disabilities as well as for studentswho may benefit from course content being presented at a slowerpace.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.GES 186 DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS - MATHLecture 3, Lab 0, Units 3This course provides students with skills in whole number operations,fractions, decimals, percentages, and basic algebraic formulas, whichare requisites for success in regular academic and vocational courses.This course is primarily designed for students with disabilities as wellas for students who may benefit from course content being presentedat a slower pace.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.GES 188 DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS -INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTLecture 0, Lab 2, Units 1This course provides instructional support for any course andaddresses individual areas of weakness. Individual programs will bestructured for each student by <strong>the</strong> Disability Resource Center staff.This course is primarily designed for students with disabilities as wellas for students who may benefit from additional tutoring. Enrollmentis open throughout <strong>the</strong> fifth week of each quarter.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.GES 191 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed to meet <strong>the</strong> needs of students for studies inoccupational, technical or college preparatory areas of special interest.Topics and credits will vary from quarter to quarter and will beincluded under this cover title published in <strong>the</strong> schedule of classes for<strong>the</strong> quarter in which <strong>the</strong> course will be offered.GES 193 DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS - STUDYSKILLSLecture 2, Lab 0, Units 2This course focuses on fundamental principles of study skills. Studentsare provided with strategies to improve skills in setting goals, timemanagement, critical thinking, memory, textbook reading, notetaking, test taking strategies, and managing stress. This course isprimarily designed for students with disabilities as well as for studentswho may benefit from course content being presented at a slowerpace.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.GES 196 DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS -VOCABULARYLecture 3, Lab 0, Units 3This course enhances <strong>the</strong> development of a reading vocabulary, as wellas usable and practical vocabulary for everyday communication, whichis requisite for success in regular academic and vocational courses. Thiscourse is primarily designed for students with disabilities as well as forstudents who may benefit from course content being presented at aslower pace.NOTE: Non-Degree Applicable course.French - General Studies