New Student Orientation - Counseling Department
Personal Development Options
PD-100 Transition to College
- 1.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 1.00
- Accepted For Credit: CSU
This course is designed for new students as an orientation to Ohlone and to college life in general. Students will become familiar with various aspects of Ohlone such as campus facilities, programs, services, policies, technology, and campus-wide issues. Additional topics that will be covered are study skills, academic expectations, diversity, health/wellness, and relationships. (GC)
PD-101 College Survival Techniques
- 0.50 hrs lecture
- Units: 0.50
- Accepted For Credit: CSU
This course covers specific topics designed to help students succeed in college and to understand college life. The emphasis will be on effective learning strategies, problem solving, academic planning, and individual motivation. The theme and content of each class varies and is determined by the counseling faculty. This course will be offered as a short-term course. Repeatable = 2 times (CR)
PD-105 College Success
- 3.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 3.00
- Advisory: ENGL-101A
- Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
The goal of this course is to assist students in developing personal and academic skills needed to be successful in college and life. This course integrates personal growth, learning techniques, academic and career success, problem solving, and critical and creative thinking. The course focus is on the following topics: self evaluation and assessment, goal setting, career decision making, educational planning, time and financial management techniques, instructor-student relationships, effective writing and communication, cultural diversity, health maintenance, stress management, campus resources, learning styles and strategies including lecture note-taking, test-taking, memory, and concentration. (GC)
PD-111 Strategies for College Success
- 1.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 1.00
- Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course covers specific topics designed to help students succeed in college. Additionally, students are assisted in adjusting to college life and identifying learning strategies, problem solving, academic planning, critical thinking, and individual motivation. The theme and content of each class varies and is determined by the counseling faculty. Repeatable = 2 times (GC)
PD-113 Strategies for Succeeding in College
- 2.00 hrs lecture
- Units: 2.00
- Accepted For Credit: CSU & UC
This course helps students to adjust to college. The focus is on the following topics: college expectations and opportunities, campus resources, learning styles and strategies including lecture note-taking, test taking, memory and concentration, life management, goal setting, educational planning, health maintenance, cultural diversity and relationships. This course integrates personal growth and academic success with problem solving, critical and creative thinking. The theme and content of each class varies and is determined by the counseling faculty.
Repeatable = 2 times (GC)
