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Student Development Courses

SDEV 0170. Orientation to College

Syllabus for SDEV 0170

Prerequisite: None

This course is for the new student adjusting to the college: its staff, facilities, services, policies and procedures; motivation academically, the get-acquainted process; stimulation of continued personal growth. It is offered in a variety of day, evening, and pre-semester (summer) formats. It is required of both day and evening students who are either entering freshman or have earned less than 15 semester hours of college credit, and who enroll for nine or more semester hours meeting on the SAC campus in one semester.

SDEV 0171. Strategies for Success

Syllabus for SDEV 0171

Prerequisite: Referral from counselor, departmental advisor, or college Dean.

Strategies for Success is a one hour course designed to help students improve skills for academic achievement. Topics covered in the course include, but are not limited to: study techniques, note-taking, test-taking, time management, library use, critical thinking skills, career planning, and interpersonal skills.

SDEV 0370. Personal & Academic Success

Syllabus for SDEV 0370

Prerequisite: Written approval from SAC counselor or departmental advisor

This course is designed to increase the student’s success in college by assisting the student in obtaining skills necessary to reach his/her educational objectives. Covered in the course are topics such as campus services, time management, decision making, personal issues, interpersonal communication, career analysis, behavioral self-management, test taking and study techniques, library use and question-asking skills. The course is primarily designed for the full developmental education student, who needs full remediation in English, mathematics and reading. Completion of SDEV 0370 will satisfy the orientation requirement
at San Antonio College. This course is especially recommended for all international students, to be taken only after successfully completing all their required ESOL course sequences.